Naresh Nandagopal Raju has worked as a Designer & Estimation Engineer at Featherlite, a leading furniture manufacturing company in India, since 2008. He has handled over 90 projects for major clients across various industries. His responsibilities included designing modular furniture according to client specifications, providing cost estimates, and coordinating with clients and manufacturing. He has experience in all stages of projects from initial space planning and drawings to final execution and handover.
4. Featherlite
Featherlite group was founded in 1965, venturing into home furniture during its inception and
later pioneered into manufacturing aluminium folding furniture in India.
As of today, Featherlite is one of the leading furniture manufacturing & marketing organizations
in India. Featherlite’s core expertise lies in manufacturing and marketing extremely innovative
and cost effective customized office furniture such as modular work stations, chairs, partitions,
desks, conference tables, educational, laboratory & retail furniture and fixtures etc.
At Featherlite
Position : Designer & Estimation Engineer
Roles & Responsibilities :
•Design Modular furnitures according to Client’s specifications.
•Estimation and costing of the project.
•Assist manufacturing plant, by releasing Production drawings.
•Coordinating with the client to get the approval and finishes for the project.
•Supporting the design and procurement of raw materials.
•Coordinating with client and management for closure of the project.
Projects Handled :
•Worked on more than 90 projects in 20 months at Featherlite.
•Major clients such as Vodafone, UST Global, Leela Info Park, Aricent, Quest Pritech, Lifestyle
Oracle, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, BIAL, S & T Interiors, Adobe, Wizcraft,
Thomson Reuters, Cable & Wireless etc.
6. Stage 2 : Production Drawings with Estimation & Costing
Project : WISSEN INFOTECH, Bangalore
Estimation for the Project
7. Project : UST GLOBAL, Bangalore
Estimation for the Project
8. Stage 3 : Space Planning, Production Drawings with Estimation & Costing
Project : ORACLE, Bangalore
Step 1
•Layout received by the marketing team from the client
9. Step 2
•Space planning to be done with options
•The design outline of the workstation and cabin are plotted on the layout in Autocad
Step 3
•Based on design, Estimation is provided to the client.
Estimation for the Project
10. Step 4
•Approval on the layout & Estimation.
•Prodution drawings released to the factory.
Project still under execution Reference image
11. Project : TALLY SOLUTIONS, Bangalore
Step 1
•Layout received by the marketing team from the client
12. Step 2
•Space planning to be done with options
•The design outline of the workstation and cabin are plotted on the layout in Autocad
Step 3
•Based on design, Estimation is provided to the client.
Estimation for the Project
13. Project still under execution
Step 4
•Approval on the layout & Estimation.
•Production drawings released to the factory.