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Vansh Gautam Baruah

Strategy & Operations @ Aspire (YC W18) | ex-UXR @ IIT Delhi

India

3+ years of work experience

Aspire
May 20264 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Building Aspire, an all-in-one Financial OS platform based in Singapore, backed by Y-Combinator, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Tencent, PayPal, etc.
Aspire
Apr 20262 mosMay 2026

Bengaluru

- Saved 8 hours a week in VOC data reporting by automating the end to end process using AI and n8n. - Reduced monthly average open bugs across products by 60% by building and maintaining AI generated daily and weekly bug reports.
Aspire
Sep 20258 mosApr 2026

Bengaluru

• Conducted extensive qualitative research with SMB business owners and C-Suite Executives in Singapore and Hong Kong for multiple research projects and delivered insights leading to product decisions. • Executed quantitative research across 1000+ SMB owners and C-suite executives, optimising product performance, design and brand perception. • Streamlined workflows of the research function through the implementation of Jira and Confluence, resulting in a more systematic and structured approach to research. • Built an internal AI chatbot in collaboration with developers to provide a chat-based access to customer experience research data to members company-wide, resulting in saved time and effort of manually navigating through research databases from hours to seconds.
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Jan 20255 mosMay 2025

New Delhi, India

Interned at the UX Lab, Department of Design. • Led UX research for the National Curriculum Framework, focusing on enhancing the cognitive development of early learners through user-centered design. • Conducted field research, including surveys and interviews across Delhi municipal schools, to gather real-world insights from educators and students. • Designed a Voice UI experience for Amazon Alexa that promotes child well-being by aligning interactive content with National Development Framework competencies.
Virtual Internships
Feb 20244 mosMay 2024

London, United Kingdom and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Associate at Virtual Internships, an edtech platform focused towards offering guaranteed internships to university students. • Designed and optimized UIs for 3 core products, increasing user engagement by 15% and reducing support queries by 10% for interns, host companies, and account executives. • Conducted UAT and heuristic evaluations on 3 products, resolving critical usability gaps and improving user experience. • Collaborated with a cross-functional team of designers, developers, and product managers to implement design enhancements. • Provided direct support to Growth and Account Executive teams, facilitating product utilization and maintaining a positive user feedback rate amidst significant platform growth, supporting a surge of over 800 new internship applications and 200 host companies during peak season.
Radiant Infonet Private Limited
Jul 20234 mosOct 2023

New Delhi, India

• Designed the NE FarmHub B2B portal and website, which connects over 10,000 farmers and 100+ Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) across all 8 states and 1,000+ villages in Northeast India. • Collaborated with NERAMAC, a Government of India enterprise, as part of the product team to deliver this platform. • Designed the launch-ready version, which received recognition at World Food India 2023 and the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, demonstrating its role in modernizing agricultural trade.
Jan 20231 yr 7 mosJul 2024

Delhi, India

As a student founder, I spearheaded the product prototype research, MVP development, marketing and external relations. • Led design of a mobile-first fintech app for Gen Z, from user research to wireframes to polished UI, focused on simplicity and usability. • Grew a user base of 250+ within three months through effective onboarding and iterative UX improvements. • Led a 10-member design and development team, ensuring consistent visual language via a shared Figma system. • Collaborated with IIM Bangalore on user research and validation to refine core product features. • Finalist at Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (Jaipur & Navi Mumbai chapters, 2022–23), amongst the top 10 out of 125 participating startups nationaly. • Secured funding of INR 50,000 and backed by DTU IIF and NSRCEL IIMB for product growth and design-led innovation.

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Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

NSRCEL's Launchpad program (cohort 24)

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)

Bachelor of Design, User Experience and Interface Design

Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)

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Headline

Strategy & Operations @ Aspire (YC W18) | ex-UXR @ IIT Delhi

Location

India

AI stack

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Work experience

Strategy & Operations Associate (CTO Office) at Aspire, May 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Building Aspire, an all-in-one Financial OS platform based in Singapore, backed by Y-Combinator, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Tencent, PayPal, etc.

CTO Office Intern - Tech & Product at Aspire, Apr 2026 - May 2026 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, - Saved 8 hours a week in VOC data reporting by automating the end to end process using AI and n8n. - Reduced monthly average open bugs across products by 60% by building and maintaining AI generated daily and weekly bug reports.

UX Research Intern at Aspire, Sep 2025 - Apr 2026 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, • Conducted extensive qualitative research with SMB business owners and C-Suite Executives in Singapore and Hong Kong for multiple research projects and delivered insights leading to product decisions. • Executed quantitative research across 1000+ SMB owners and C-suite executives, optimising product performance, design and brand perception. • Streamlined workflows of the research function through the implementation of Jira and Confluence, resulting in a more systematic and structured approach to research. • Built an internal AI chatbot in collaboration with developers to provide a chat-based access to customer experience research data to members company-wide, resulting in saved time and effort of manually navigating through research databases from hours to seconds.

UX Research Intern at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Jan 2025 - May 2025 · 5 mos, New Delhi, India, Interned at the UX Lab, Department of Design. • Led UX research for the National Curriculum Framework, focusing on enhancing the cognitive development of early learners through user-centered design. • Conducted field research, including surveys and interviews across Delhi municipal schools, to gather real-world insights from educators and students. • Designed a Voice UI experience for Amazon Alexa that promotes child well-being by aligning interactive content with National Development Framework competencies.

Product Design Associate at Virtual Internships, Feb 2024 - May 2024 · 4 mos, London, United Kingdom and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Associate at Virtual Internships, an edtech platform focused towards offering guaranteed internships to university students. • Designed and optimized UIs for 3 core products, increasing user engagement by 15% and reducing support queries by 10% for interns, host companies, and account executives. • Conducted UAT and heuristic evaluations on 3 products, resolving critical usability gaps and improving user experience. • Collaborated with a cross-functional team of designers, developers, and product managers to implement design enhancements. • Provided direct support to Growth and Account Executive teams, facilitating product utilization and maintaining a positive user feedback rate amidst significant platform growth, supporting a surge of over 800 new internship applications and 200 host companies during peak season.

UI/UX Design Intern at Radiant Infonet Private Limited, Jul 2023 - Oct 2023 · 4 mos, New Delhi, India, • Designed the NE FarmHub B2B portal and website, which connects over 10,000 farmers and 100+ Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) across all 8 states and 1,000+ villages in Northeast India. • Collaborated with NERAMAC, a Government of India enterprise, as part of the product team to deliver this platform. • Designed the launch-ready version, which received recognition at World Food India 2023 and the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, demonstrating its role in modernizing agricultural trade.

Founder at Grotesk Fintech Private Limited, Jan 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, Delhi, India, As a student founder, I spearheaded the product prototype research, MVP development, marketing and external relations. • Led design of a mobile-first fintech app for Gen Z, from user research to wireframes to polished UI, focused on simplicity and usability. • Grew a user base of 250+ within three months through effective onboarding and iterative UX improvements. • Led a 10-member design and development team, ensuring consistent visual language via a shared Figma system. • Collaborated with IIM Bangalore on user research and validation to refine core product features. • Finalist at Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (Jaipur & Navi Mumbai chapters, 2022–23), amongst the top 10 out of 125 participating startups nationaly. • Secured funding of INR 50,000 and backed by DTU IIF and NSRCEL IIMB for product growth and design-led innovation.

Education

NSRCEL's Launchpad program (cohort 24), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Bachelor of Design, User Experience and Interface Design, Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)