Empowering
Design-Led Entrepreneurship
Celebrating 25 Years of UMO Design
UXINDIA25 invites designers to embrace entrepreneurship, moving beyond offering design as a service to building innovative products and businesses. We will explore how design can lead innovation, drive business, and shape the future.
What to expect
This year’s conference is all about shifting perspectives and pushing boundaries. We’re bringing you evolved content tracks that explore the future of design, innovation, and technology, focusing on actionable insights and inspiration.
Tracks:
All Things Design: Get inspired by new trends, creative processes, and transformative design stories.
Emerging Tech AI + Design: Stay ahead of the curve with sessions on how AI alters design and user experiences.
Design Leadership: Sharpen your leadership skills with insights from those shaping the design economy and leading innovation.
Formats:
Keynotes: Hear from trailblazing design entrepreneurs, business visionaries, and tech pioneers who are redefining the design landscape.
Workshops: Dive deep into hands-on sessions on design entrepreneurship and other essential design skills.
Ted-like Talks: Get inspired by powerful, thought-provoking stories and ideas from design leaders and changemakers — all delivered in short, impactful sessions.
Panels: Join dynamic conversations featuring diverse voices from the design community, exploring emerging trends, challenges, and the future of design.
UMO Design Foundation
UMO Design Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to fostering design awareness and promoting meaningful dialogue between designers and design-aware communities. We serve as a platform for collaboration, learning, and the celebration of design—driving growth and recognition for the design community across India.
UXIndia Conference
UXINDIA is a confluence of thought leadership in design from the industry, the institution, and the individual to ignite, inspire, and delight communities through design-driven social change. UXINDIA is a flagship program of UMO. UXINDIA is being organized by UiSER.
Our initiatives
Design Literacy
1MW Design
UMO Design Grads
Design X Social
Our Story
UMO Design began in 2000 as a passion project by Bapu Kaladhar, rooted in the belief that design has the power to shape culture and drive change. What started as a spark of design awareness has, over 24 years, grown into a global movement—connecting designers, communities, and leaders in pursuit of thoughtful, impactful design.
Today, UMO Design and UXINDIA are more than just platforms—they’re philosophies in motion. We champion ethical, accessible, and inclusive design, and empower individuals to become catalysts for change. Our journey is ongoing, but our purpose remains the same: to create a better future through the transformative power of design.
Our Vision
At UMO Design, our vision is to promote social equity and ethical design practices on a global stage. We are dedicated to building an accessible, inclusive platform where designers can connect, grow, and thrive.
More than just a community, we aim to spark grassroots change—empowering underrepresented voices to become the design leaders of the future. Over the past decade, our growing network has nurtured talent across industries, proving that with the right opportunities, anyone can make a meaningful impact through design.
Kaladhar Bapu
Founder & Chair
Design Leader
Champion of UX in India
Achievements
Pioneering UX Leadership
As the founder of UXINDIA, Kaladhar has built one of the world’s most influential platforms for UX design, using it as a catalyst for social and professional change.
Design for All
Kaladhar’s mission is rooted in inclusivity. Through programs like 1 Million Women in Design and the Design Literacy Program, he’s making design education accessible to underserved communities, nurturing the next generation of changemakers.
Building Success
Designing for Impact
With a rich history of shaping user-first innovations at companies like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Microsoft, Kaladhar has consistently built teams that turn ideas into meaningful experiences.
Shaping the Future of Design
Beyond building products, Kaladhar is shaping people. His leadership focuses on nurturing young talent and championing businesses that put design—and people—at the heart of their vision.
Leadership
And Curation Team
Shyam
Duriseti
Co-chair
Rohan
Sridhar
Co-chair
Shaistha
Jabeen
Co-chair
Sanjay
Enishetty
Co-chair
