I'm a designer, turned entrepreneur, now a product manager. I like creating things- essays, websites, scripts, apps and startups. Anything which is positive sum, and impactful.
Born in India. Currently living in London. Found a home on the internet.
Writing is thinking. It's something I deeply enjoy. 10 years from now, or a 100, It might probably outlive me. This is an attempt at that posterity.
The internet is best when strangers meet. Write to me at hey[at]shreyasprakash[dot]com
Works
I currently work as a Product Manager at Noora Health, leading the Remote Engagement Service (RES) and Special Projects. RES helps expectant and newly delivered mothers receive mobile health education at home.
Throughout my work, I've helped support the navigation of difficult lives through tech— high-risk mothers, alzheimers patients, healthcare workers, deaf-blind runners, rural artisans, tribal children etc.
I have 7+ years of experience shipping products and services across femtech, healthcare, education, cleantech and SaaS. I'm also a self-taught developer that's topped Product Hunt a few times.
Featured Products
- Remote Engagement Service — Digital health education for patients and caregivers
- UVfy — AI-based hospital safety device.
- Design Hive Labs — Tribal makerspaces for children
- Health Educators Platform — Digital attendance app for healthcare workers (Android/iOS/Whatsapp chatbot)
- Build Cohorts — Live Cohort Based Courses for product builders
- Health Query Assistant— AI/LLM Assist, Medical Intent Recognition for clinicians
- Soft LEGO — Gender accessible soft robotics toolkit for preschoolers
- Equarun — Haptic navigation for Deafblind runners
Experience
- Noora Health | Product Manager, Shared Platforms | 2021 - PRESENT
- dVerse Labs | Head of Product, Co-Founder | 2020 - 2021
- Lead by Design Foundation | Head of Product, Co-Founder | 2017 - 2020
- York University of Toronto | Research Assistant | 2015
Talks
- Inventing for Social Good, World Futures Festival
- Curiosity for building products, Penguin Latte Podcast
- Design Thinking and Education, Reinvent Podcast
- Useful, Usable and Desirable Products, Seekwise Podcast
- Generative Art 101, Curiosity Chronicles
- Lead by Design, Global Youth Advancement Summit
- IDE Academy, TU Delft Workshop on Tribal innovation through co-creation
- Proyectos LATAM COVID-19, Live LATAM broadcast on Open Source Hardware
Awards and Lists
- Google x Biodesign Challenge Semifinalist (link)
- DESIGN X SOCIAL Global Innovation by UMO Design (link)
- Best NoCode/Design Award by Xperian (link)
- Digit Magazine (UVfy) (link)
- iF Design Talent Award (Equarun) (link)
- James Dyson Award Semi-finalist NL (Equarun)
- MIT Open COVID Challenge, India (Sterilo)
- UNICEF Ideas for Change (Reimagine India Hackathon) (link)
- Advisory Board Member of hundrED Innovation Summit, Helsinki (link)
- Philips Innovation Award Semi-finalist (dCode Labs) (link)
- Social Impact Award - BAIF Foundation
- Toronto Star - Solar EV Carport (link)
Research Publications
- Prakash, S. (2020). Using soft robotics as a medium for gender accessible STEM education of preschoolers. (link)
- Persaud, S., Prakash, S., & Flipsen, B. (2021). Dialogue for design teams: A case study of generative conversations for dealing with diversity. In DS 110: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2021), VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark. 9th-10th September 2021. (link)
Books
- Co-design Rural Toolkit — Toolkit for co-creating rural innovations with children