“Leadership is not only about leading a team—sometimes it means being a voice for others who are not being heard.”
Nandita Gupta standing on stage wearing a Emerald Green Sari with TEDx Georgia Tech behind her.
I want to design inclusive products that change the way we interact with technology. I’m a Product Manager at Microsoft, where I work on creating inclusive products for all users! I have a background in electrical engineering, UX Research, and a strong passion for accessibility and inclusive design.
I founded The Shakti Collective, a digital accessibility storytelling collective that aims to celebrate and share the stories of various people who work within the field of accessibility!
Honors
Faces of Inclusive Excellence 2020
2020 Diversity Champion Award: Accessibility
Google Lime Scholar 2020
Influential Women in Manufacturing 2019, Putman Media.
Bagley College of Engineering, Student Hall of Fame
Speaker
GVU Brown Bag Speaker, Georgia Institute of Technology, Sharing the story around The Shakti Collective.
TEDx GT 2021 Speaker - “Look Within Yourself: Embarking on my Accessibility Journey.”
UX Hustle Speaker, “What Martial Arts taught me about UX and Accessibility?”
hACCESS Speaker on “Intro to UX Research for Inclusive Design”, June 2020.
Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing 2019, Panelist for “Mental Illness in the Workplace: How to have a Honest, Real Conversation.”
Tomorrow’s Workforce Podcast, “Building networks of mentors”. Interview, June 2019.
Anita Borg Communities, 28 Days of Technology Careers: Presenter, March 2019.
Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing 2018, Speaker on “It’s a Challenge, not a Roadblock: How to turn obstacles into challenges.”
Publications
Human-Computer Interaction International Conference, “Accessibility Practices for Prototype Creation and Testing.” Paper & Presentation. (Upcoming July 2021)
Journal on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, CSUN 2021. Paper and Presentation.
Presented a poster at World Information Architecture Day, 2020.
International Society of Automation PCS: ‘Putting the ‘Human’ back in HMI’. Paper & Presentation. 2018.
Control Magazine Publication: “How can we design safe HMI system by being more inclusive?”, January 2019 issue.
I’d love to chat and connect with you!