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title: "About Utkarsh Panwar | Founding Product Designer"
description: "Utkarsh Dhairya Panwar is a founding product designer and design engineer at CodeAnt AI (YC W24). Based in India, open to remote full-time or contract roles."
url: https://www.utkarshdesign.com/about
author: Utkarsh Dhairya Panwar
updated: 2026-10-11
---

# About Utkarsh Dhairya Panwar

I'm Utkarsh. A designer who finds clarity in constraints and structure in chaos. I do my best work when the problem is messy and the stakes are real.

When I'm not designing, I'm at a card table, on an impromptu trip or doing absolutely nothing, guilt-free. That balance is what keeps the work sharp.

## What I'm looking for

Open to full-time or contract roles (founding product designer, design engineer), remote from India, and to freelance projects. [Roles I'm open to](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/open-to-roles) · [Hire me for a project](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/hire)

## Highlights

- IIT Roorkee Graduate
- Awwwards Young Jury
- 5+ Design Awards
- Framer Expert

## Career timeline

- Mar 2026: Awwwards Young Jury
- Jun 2025: Framer Expert
- May 2025: IIT Roorkee Graduation
- Jan 2025: Career Talk, IITR
- Jun 2024: CodeAnt
- Apr 2024: Adobe Hackathon Runner-up
- Jan 2024: xPay
- Aug 2023: Fampay
- Apr 2023: Sportskeeda
- Mar 2023: AppNova Runner-Up
- Feb 2023: TinkerQuest Winner
- Jan 2023: Syntax Error, Runner-Up
- Nov 2022: First Live Work
- Feb 2022: Design Pivot
- Nov 2021: Entered IIT Roorkee

## More about me

- [Intro](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/intro)
- [Timeline](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/about/timeline)
- [Experience](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/about/experience)
- [Education](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/about/education)
- [Achievements](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/about/achievements)
- [Resume](https://www.utkarshdesign.com/resume)

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Utkarsh Dhairya Panwar, Founding Product Designer and Design Engineer (IIT Roorkee; Founding Designer at CodeAnt AI, YC W24). Email: work@utkarshdesign.com · Book a call: https://cal.com/utkarsh-design/30min · Hire: https://www.utkarshdesign.com/hire · About: https://www.utkarshdesign.com/llms.txt