By ST Team

Innovation is all about a strong desire to create something new. One need not hold a doctorate to be an innovator. Niraj Gupta is recognized at Adobe India as an innovator whose tools are being used across Adobe’s product line. ‘You don’t have to be an engineer to innovate. All you need is an idea and lots of creativity,” says Gupta, Engineering Manager at Adobe India.

Creativity has been at the core of his heart since childhood, which he spent in Ramnagar amidst Himalayan flora and fauna learning to paint, sketch, draw, and remain artistic.

Identification of the need coupled with the freedom at Adobe led Gupta to invent a tool that helps in painting objects with gradual colors, and uses object shape in smooth color transition. “I wanted to paint a heart in such a way that there is a light pink color at the center and it becomes red as it reaches the edges. The earlier graphic tools allowed transition from one color to the other but not in the shape of the object you wanted,” says Gupta who spent several months coding to develop the tool that ultimately led him to his second patent.

Innovation, as Gupta says, can be sparked off by a small idea and great deal of enthusiasm. He evaluates the idea in different parameters and takes it forward. This process enhances and motivates him to work harder to achieve his goal. Innovation can come from anywhere. You only have to keep eyes open and identify new things in the work you do. And Gupta does just that.

Niraj Gupta 35 Engineering Manager (Digital Imaging and Digital Video group)

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