Sonia Manchanda

Sonia Manchanda is Founding Partner at Spread, a global practice with a stellar reputation in Brand and Experience Design, building expertise in design-led media and technology, creating virtual immersive experiences. She has set up the Design Barn, India’s first independent facility to bridge the design + innovation gap.

She is a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. She has been building creative organizations of repute and leading transdisciplinary project teams on massive transformational projects for governments and industry nationally and globally. Her intent is to spread design as a way to sense the shifts, to respond with creativity, optimism, and imagination.

In 2013, her independent open innovation and design research effort, the Dream: in Project was recognized as a global game changer by Metropolis Magazine.