About Me: Akshay Sharma is an assistant professor in the Industrial Design Department at Virginia Tech. He is passionate about using design as a catalyst for empowerment of women, especially in the developing regions .Currently he is working on projects related to microfinancing with an NGO in India, use of cell phones for creating a more efficient process maintaining immunization records in developing countries and working with jaipur foot organization to develop a foot measurement system. My Passions: Empowerment and equality My Challenges: time My Vision for the Future: Equal humane world My Areas of Expertise: Design Thinking

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Introducing myself and my journal: Designing Empowerment

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