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title: "Timeline | Utkarsh Panwar's Design Journey"
description: "The journey so far: from IIT Roorkee to design lead for E-Summit, internships at Fampay and Sportskeeda, and Founding Designer at CodeAnt AI (YC W24)."
url: https://www.utkarshdesign.com/about/timeline
author: Utkarsh Dhairya Panwar
updated: 2026-10-11
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# Timeline

## 2016 → 2020

### Started with Visuals

Sketching, painting, exploring illustration. Built early instinct for composition and aesthetics

## 2021

### Entered IIT Roorkee

Joined Civil Engineering, later switched to Mechanical. Explored multiple paths before finding design

## 2022

### Discovered Design Seriously

Started with graphic design and real projects. Shifted toward UI and UX after understanding product thinking

### First Real Work

Took up internships and freelance work. Worked on visuals, landing pages and basic product flows

## 2023

### Moved into Product Design

Sportskeeda: Designed high-scale web experiences. FamPay: Improved fintech flows and reduced user errors

### Recognition

Winner, TinkerQuest UI UX Design. Runner-up, Appnova UX Hackathon. Runner-up, Syntax Error Design Track. Runner-up, DInC Logo Design Competition

## 2024

### Expanded across Teams and Products

Worked with xPay (YC W24), HelpNow (YC W20), Saveo, Entvin (YC S22), OceanFriends, Zania. Handled end-to-end design across UX, UI and brand

### Recognition

Runner-up, Adobe Design Hackathon

### CodeAnt - YC W24

Joined as Founding Designer. Own product, design system, website and marketing. Impacting workflows for 40,000+ developers

## 2025

### Started Sharing and Mentoring

Delivered career talk at IIT Roorkee. Shared practical paths into design

### Graduated from IIT Roorkee

Transitioned fully into product design career

### Recognition

Official Framer Expert. Featured in Wall of Portfolios

## 2026

### Industry Recognition and Leadership

Awwwards Young Jury. Judge, Cognizance Design Hackathon, IIT Roorkee

### Started building with code

Began prototyping small products and tools. Exploring vibe coding and shipping useful things independently

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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