Anurag Arora

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