Anurag Arora | Product Design • Culinary Arts

Anurag is a product designer based out of Bengaluru. He worked at Uber India as a Senior Product designer for over 5 years. He is known for his work on Uber Lite, Uber Bus and Phone call to ride. Before Uber, he worked briefly at Twitter and Microsoft. Now, he’s a co-founder of an on-demand interviewing platform called Intervue. Besides Design, Anurag also has a strong passion for Food. His love for food landed him at Le Cordon Bleu in London, where he pursued a professional culinary course. And he has also worked briefly in professional kitchens and Michelin Star restaurants. On this episode, we talk about Anurag’s interest in design and food, and about how he balances them both. SECTION TIME STAMPS Old Delhi Food Crawl : 00:02:00 - 00:19:30 Childhood, School and Design Education : 00:19:30 - 01:06:00 Internship at Microsoft | Work at Twitter : 01:06:00 - 01:20:00 Work at Uber : 01:20:00 - 02:06:00 Culinary Arts | Le Courdon Bleu | Food (Basically) - 02:06:00 onwards RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological) Anurag’s Site - anuragarora.com Le Courdon Bleu - cordonbleu.edu/home/en Old Delhi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Delhi Nihari - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihari Offal - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offal Kulfi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulfi Harees - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harees Punjab - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab Tadka - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempering_(spices) Kashmiri Wazwan - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wazwan Moga - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moga,_Punjab Sikhism - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism Langar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism) Jalandhar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalandhar NID - nid.edu IDC - idc.iitb.ac.in DoD, IIT - design.iitd.ac.in OCAD, Canada - continuingstudies.ocadu.ca Travis Kalanick (Uber) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Kalanick Uber Lite - www.uber.com/in/en/u/uber-lite-app/ Uber Transit (Bus) - www.uber.com/us/en/transit/ Uber Rebrand - wolffolins.com/case-study/uber Wolff Ollins - wolffolins.com Brand New Conference - bnconf.com Neapolitan pizza - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_pizza Punjabis making cheese in Italy - www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33149580 & www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Cheese_makers_of_Italy Ciabata - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciabatta Balsamic Vinegar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsamic_vinegar Cuisine of Sardinia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Sardinia Risotto - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risotto Honeycomb toffee - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb_toffee Anthony Bourdain - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain Atul Kochhar - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Kochhar Kricket, London - kricket.co.uk Pidgin, London - pidginlondon.com Burrata - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrata The Soul Company, Bangalore - thesoulcompany.in Miso - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso Intervue - intervue.io