Born in a higher middle-class family, Dhruva was always exposed to both ends of the world. Schooled in one of the most prestigious schools in India, Jnana Prabodhini, he was taught about solving third-world problems and debating about first-world problems very smartly. He soon realized he wanted to create experiences that people would cherish and celebrate using.

With this strong desire in mind, he graduated as a product designer from MIT institute of design, he went to France to study lifestyle, brand, and packaging design from Strate Ecole de Design. He kept on enriching himself with knowledge and experience. He worked with international brands like Pepsico, Rolex, English breakfast, and designers like Emmanuel Cairo in France, UK, and the USA. With his products getting sold in International markets, he received several awards and mentions on international forums. Dhruva is the first Indian to work with one of the world’s most Influential designers Karim Rashid in his studio in Manhattan.

While experiencing and exploring the worlds of design, he always kept on studying the Indian Market and developments. He noticed the gap between design markets. There was no such company that provided design strategies with a holistic approach. That’s where his goal matched the need of that hour and Dominix Global Design Private Limited came into existence. Dhruva and his brother Vyom Paknikar researched for 4 years and curated more than 141 principles of human psychology, global and design context mapping processes, and Dominix strategic information architecture to quantity the intangible outcomes of the design process. His work and knowledge reflects in Dominix’s principles. Dominix is committed to balancing the bridge between Human Psychology, Sciences, and the Arts. Dominix has delivered design and strategic solutions with Dhruva as a Chief Strategist and Global Creative Director to more than 400 multi-national clients for over 450 projects in the past 5 years.

Apart from his professional achievements and work, as a pro-bono activity and out of pure passion, Dhruva is the founder and the principal designer of ABLED Labs at Avantika University Ujjain- Creating free, bespoke designs and products for Specially Abled people.

Being the young mind behind all the achievements of the company and himself Dhruva states – ‘Good Design Liberates. What matters tomorrow should be designed today.’