Chandrashekhar (Shekhar) Badve
Founder & Director, Lokusdesign Master’s in Industrial Design, NID Ahmedabad
For 25 years, Shekhar has been helping organisations simplify complexity, unlock growth, and build future-ready brands and institutions.
Selected work includes projects for Mitsubishi, Havells, Raymond, HPCL, Nestlé, ITC, Marico, Dabur, Cadbury, JnJ, Boston Scientific, and leading museums such as Abhay Prabhavana Museum, Gandhi Vatika Museum, Palakkad Heritage Museum, and Rashtrapati Bhavan Tribal Museum.
Core expertise includes:
- Museum, exhibition & storytelling design
- Experience centre design & spatial storytelling
- Systems thinking & complexity reduction
- Strategic innovation & business growth
- Brand strategy & business transformation
Recognition:
- Juror Cannes Design Lions
- Juror India Design Mark, Govt. Of India
- Recipient Rado Fellowship,
- Opus Design Award
- Member CII National Committee on Design
- President NIDAA
- Member Board of Studies WeSchool, MIT Institute of Design, World University of Design