About

Saptarshi, a.k.a. Sapta, is an engineer from IIT Madras who has turned into a product designer & content creator, based in Bangalore.

He is the Assistant Vice President of Design at Swiggy and is a highly influential figure in the fields of design, startups & content creation. He has conducted 100+ talks & workshops, including 3 TEDx talks.

He has the ability to explain complex concepts in a way that is easily understandable to everyone. He uses everyday examples and analogies to simplify ideas. It is believed that he once explained UX design to his grandmother using the example of Poha. :)

Sapta was born on 28th July 1989 in Dibrugarh, Assam to a Telugu father, Prakash Palaparthi and a Bengali mother, Shilpi Chakraborty. He also has a younger brother, Sargam Prakash who is a Senior Designer working with Swiggy.

Sapta completed his schooling from Don Bosco School in Dibrugarh, Assam. He later joined joined FIITJEE Hyderabad for his pre-graduation and IIT coaching.

He got into Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) in a Dual Degree program. He received his bachelors and masters in Electrical Engineering in 2014. During his days at IIT, Sapta was heavily involved in Organising institute festivals like Shaastra & Saarang. He was also the founder of the Design Club of IIT Madras. In his final year, he also headed the undergraduate student wing of Mitr, the guidance and counselling unit of IIT Madras.

Sapta speaks Bengali with his parents and brother. He is married to Shivani Gupta who is a software engineer by profession. Shivani hails from Agra, Uttar Pradesh.