Sumit Sute
Fullstacksmith blending Tech, Art & Social Change
Bengaluru
7+ years of work experience
Jun 20251 yr 4 mosPresent
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Design and implement end-to-end features for a senior assisted living hospitality system, building a React and Redux frontend integrated with a serverless AWS Lambda backend running MongoDB CRUD operations and Alexa voice interactions using Alexa for Hospitality (A4H) API. Create helpful features that streamline communication tasks and assist caregivers in delivering compassionate care.
Mentor former UI designers transitioning to developer roles through pair programming, documentation, and interactive learning exercises, accelerating their proficiency and team contribution. Collaborate closely with the team to improve user interfaces in ways that make technology more accessible and helpful for users.
Lead a cross-functional team to develop and deploy a Next.js browser game, narrating a marginalized student’s journey to promote empathy and inclusion in Indian higher education. Support UI/UX design, frontend development, and deployment efforts to create meaningful tools that foster positive social change.
Jan 20231 yr 7 mosJul 2024
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Spearheaded the development of a communication strategy document that seamlessly aligned with the organization's goals, renowned for its pioneering work in designing games, simulations, and workshops to drive inclusive policymaking. Leveraged comprehensive secondary research methodologies and acquired a deep understanding of the organization to meticulously craft intricate communication objectives. Objectives then transformed into easily implementable communication initiatives, actionable modules, drafts, guidelines, and templates amplifying the qualitative impact of the communications across mediums. Through rigorous literature analysis, uncovered invaluable insights that drafted our organizational formal value system, mission and vision statements, policies, and procedures. Passionately promoted an open and transparent atmosphere, infusing the principles of the Open Door Policyand Work in Public, cultivating a culture of integrity and accountability.
Aug 202111 mosJun 2022
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Played a role in significantly enhancing the visual impact of the nation's leading daily newspaper. Responsibilities included the meticulous acquisition, curation and enhancement of visual content for both print and digital editorial content at the national editorial desk. This encompassed the critical task of gathering and interpreting data, information, and content within a fast-paced global digital environment to ensure the availability of the most impactful visuals. Archived news photographs, preserving invaluable historical moments for future reference. Collaborative efforts with global news agencies, photo departments, and individual photographers involved the skillful application of digital techniques and tools to effectively represent visual information for compelling news articles. Anticipating roadblocks in formally acquiring factful visuals, I devised workarounds to ensure the continuous momentum of the workflow without the loss of quality and trustworthiness.
May 20192 yrs 8 mosDec 2021
Been a recipient of Maraa’s Mirrors Creative Fellowship (2024), contributing to a group exhibition on contemporary masculinity, and a featured contributor to All That Blue, India’s first anti-caste print art magazine. Showcased work at some of India's most impactful art exhibitions, notably the Vannam Photo Exhibition 2023 in Chennai. Secured admission with remarkable scholarships at prestigious art schools in the USA, including the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles and the International Center for Photography in New York. Embarked on advanced photographic studies with a focus on exploring political perspectives and analytical framing within the realm of photographic art. Currently, actively delving into web design using technologies such as React.js and p5.js, among other JavaScript frameworks, to create web-based visual expressions and art forms.
May 20183 yrs 2 mosJun 2021
On-site
Created Bengaluru’s Photographic Database for IIHS:
Established and enriched Bengaluru’s photographic database for the Indian Institute For Human Settlements (IIHS) through meticulous approaches and benchmarking, ensuring comprehensive coverage and accessibility, in alignment with in-house research.
Documented Maharashtra Government's Transformative Impact:
Identified key metrics and effectively communicated the impact of the Village Social Transformation Mission on tribal and rural communities for the Maharashtra Government. Utilized the art of visual storytelling to vividly portray the mission's far-reaching effects.
Mobilized for Drought Eradication with Paani Foundation in Maharashtra:
Harnessed the potent tools of communication and photofilms to mobilize communities in the critical mission of drought eradication for Paani Foundation. My work served as a catalytic force for collective action.
Reported on Challenging Social Issues for The Wire:
Dedicated reporting for The Wire entailed extensive field visits in rural India and the analysis of complex social issues. This task demanded an unwavering commitment to in-depth research, social justice and storytelling, supporting editorial needs while ensuring alignment with stakeholders' perspectives and needs.
Sumit’s AI Stack
Education
Dual Degree, Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Join Sumit and 10k+ other professionals on
Tal is the app where bosses meet engineers & builders directly, without middlemen
Download Tal Boss