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Nidhi B
Product Design and manufacture

University of Nottingham

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Industrial Design

My location: Mumbai, India

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University of Nottingham

Nidhi B

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First Name: Nidhi

Last Name: B

University / College: University of Nottingham

Course / Program: Product Design and manufacture

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Industrial Design

My Location: Mumbai, India

About

Greetings, I am Nidhi. Finding joy in nitpicking and solving problems I technically could have ignored led me all the way here from India to do Product Design and Manufacture, which sits in a space that allows me to breathe life into products and develop how they can survive in markets technically, realistically, and meaningfully. I have spent some time in the world of FMCG products, sustainability, and consultancy-style workflows, where I can leverage the versatility of product design while constantly learning new things. This curiosity has led me into ergonomics, motion graphics, UI/UX and many adjacent fields, simply to explore better ways of communicating ideas and understanding how things work. If any of my work interests you, feel free to say hi on LinkedIn!

SOI - a Chapati Vending Machine

Chapatis are India’s everyday staple, with over 3.3 billion consumed daily. Unlike bread, they stale within hours, leaving working professionals with dry and brittle homemade chapatis by lunchtime. SOI (सोय) is a chapati vending machine designed for India’s corporate canteens, delivering fresh, hot chapatis from scratch, on demand, 24/7. Users simply tap to order through an intuitive touchscreen, customise their order, pay, and collect their freshly kneaded, pressed, and puffed chapatis in under a minute via colour-coded slots. Built with food-grade materials, patented technologies, NFC-controlled access, and IoT monitoring, SOI prioritises hygiene, reliability, transparency, and efficient maintenance, bringing modern automation to one of India’s oldest everyday foods.