Mr. Rohith V Raj T M
About
Rohith V Raj T M is a Product Designer, UX Designer, and educator with over Five years of experience across user experience design, product design, applied research, and design education. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in UX & Product Design at MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune. His expertise spans user research, problem framing, information architecture, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, and design validation. He has led and mentored multidisciplinary teams as a Design Lead and Product Owner, facilitating design sprints, critiques, and iterative design processes.
At MIT Academy of Engineering, he has led more than 15 UX projects and contributed to the design of the School of Design website and the visual identity for UNTITLED 2025, the annual design degree show. His mentoring has contributed to state-level recognition at the Aavishkar Research Competition, along with four patent filings and one registered design. Prior to this, he worked as a UX Designer and UX Faculty with ImaginXP / CollegeDekho, delivering industry-oriented UX programs and workshops and mentoring capstone projects. His industry and research experience also includes multidisciplinary design projects at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, including work on healthcare and medical products at various Startups like Hoyasan Labs, SID etc,.
Rohith holds an M.Des in Product Design and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, where his capstone focused on a compact sisal fiber extraction and combing system, along with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Kozhikode. His areas of expertise include UX Design, Product Design, User Research, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Design Systems, Design Thinking, and Design Leadership. He works with tools including Figma, Framer, Miro, Adobe XD, Sketch, Unity, and ShapesXR, and focuses on connecting design education with real-world problem solving through research-driven, user-centered, and iterative design approaches.