Sanya Donald is an interdisciplinary designer and educator with deep-rooted expertise in fashion innovation, textiles, and design education. Her professional journey spans India’s functional apparel and technical textile industries to the refined realms of couture and bridal wear in Germany—forming a design continuum that bridges cultural insight with global sensibility.

She holds a master’s in design from the National Institute of Design (NID) and is a graduate of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), bringing academic excellence and industry relevance into every learning environment.

With a passion for reimagining the role of fashion in contemporary society, Sanya empowers the next generation of designers to think critically, create consciously, and innovate with purpose. Sanya focuses on developing future-ready design curricula, fostering cross-disciplinary dialogue, and guiding young designers to think beyond aesthetics toward impact and intent.

She brings a unique perspective to design education, rooted in her industry experience designing functional apparel and healthcare products at Vissco. Her work focuses on how thoughtful design can improve comfort, mobility, and dignity—especially in health and wellbeing contexts. As part of a research collaboration with IIT Delhi, she worked on the development of assistive wearables for autistic children, deepening her engagement with user-centered and inclusive design.

Her professional journey also includes hands-on experience in bespoke fashion studios in Germany, where she worked closely with master craftsmen to understand the precision, detail, and emotional value embedded in couture and bridal wear. This exposure deepened her appreciation for slow fashion, craftsmanship, and the intimate relationship between maker, material, and wearer. Sanya is committed to shaping responsive, future-oriented design curricula, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and mentoring emerging designers to create empathy, innovation, and social impact.

  • M.Des in Apparel Design from National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar (2011-2016)
  • B.Des in Leather Design from National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi (2016-2020)

  • Product Specialist at Fein Genaeht, Berlin, Germany: Optimized garment fit through creative sewing and workmanship, while gaining insights into German design methodologies.
  • Product Manager at Vissco Healthcare, Mumbai, India: Led new product development for healthcare aids and sports wearables.
  • Product Manager at Afferent Wearables, Pune, India: Managed the development and launch of tech-integrated outerwear, like self-heating jackets.
  • Product Manager at Trucarekidz , Delhi, India: Managed the end-to-end product development and design for a range of baby soft lines, toys for the brand Nuluv and introduced the orthopedic product range ActiFit.
  • Design Researcher at Textile Technology Department, IIT-Delhi: Led a research-oriented project that aimed to create wearable technology products for children with Autism between the ages of 5 and 12 years old.

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Dr. Chaitanya Solanki is an Assistant Professor at the School of Design Innovation, Mahindra University. Chaitanya holds a Ph.D. from IIT Hyderabad and an M.Des from NID Ahmedabad. He is also the author of the book ‘Me or We: Individualism and Collectivism through Six Contemporary Lenses’.

Chaitanya is a game designer and an HCI researcher whose future goal is to investigate empathy for the future of the world. Chaitanya also frequently delves into product design and wearable technology for medical assistance and inclusivity.

  • Ph.D. in Game design and Education Design, IIT Hyderabad, India (2019-2024)
  • M.Des in Visual Communication (Image Making), IIT Hyderabad, India (2013-2017)
  • B.Sc in Electronic Media, Educational Multimedia Research Centre, DAVV, India (2009-2012)

Publications
  • Me or We: Individualism and Collectivism from Six Contemporary Lenses C Solanki, 2023, Retrieved from https://amzn.eu/d/21tVUTG
  • Empathy towards Nonhumans in Popular Media as Insight into Sustainable Thinking – A Case Study of Ghibli Movies C Solanki, AS Nair, F Farhana, ICON Conference on Sustainable Design Practices. NIFT Kangra, 2023
  • Inherent Circularity, Modularity, and Multifunctionality of Fashion in Culture: A Case Study of Traditional Kerala Wear C Solanki, TS Greeshma, A Alice, ICON Conference on Sustainable Design Practices. NIFT Kangra, 2023
  • An empirical investigation into the impact of the first-person role-playing games to improve knowledge retention in middle-school children in India: A pre-post study of ‘Tattva Bhoomi’ C Solanki, DJ Mathew, 2023 DiGRA International onference: Limits and Margins of Games
  • Games an inherent learning environment: A thematic analysis of Indian population C Solanki, DJ Mathew, 9th ICoRD Conference, 2023
  • “This has been written by a bot”: A study of the SubSimulatorGPT2 subreddit C Solanki, 9th ICoRD Conference, 2023
  • Habit and perception towards games and game-based learning in India: A survey study of awareness and experience with digital games C Solanki, DJ Mathew, 2022 DiGRA International Conference: Bringing Worlds Together
  • An exploratory study using the first-person role-playing game ‘Tattva Bhoomi’ to improve learning in middle school children: A quasi-experimental study C Solanki, D John Mathew, Innovations Journal, 2022
  • First-person role-playing game to improve learning in middle school children: A quasi-experimental study in participatory design C Solanki, D J Mathew, Participatory Design Conference, NID Ahmedabad India, 2022
  • Habit and perception towards games and game-based learning in India: A survey study of awareness and experience with digital games C Solanki, D John Mathew, DiGRA Conference, Krakow, 2022
  • Factors Affecting Engagement in Digital Educational Games C Solanki, D John Mathew, India HCI 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1145/3506469.3506491), 128-132
  • Designing Criteria for Developing Educational Multimedia Games C Solanki, DJ Mathew, International Conference for Design Education Researchers Engaging with Challenges in Design Education
  • 3D Game Asset Generation of Historical Architecture Through Photogrammetry C Solanki, D John Mathew, Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games
  • Digital Preservation of the Qutb Shahi Monuments: Archiving Architecture for Historical Education C Solanki, D John Mathew, Design for Tomorrow—Volume 2; Proceedings of ICoRD 2021
  • Developing the P.O.L.E Framework for User Subjective Experience C Solanki, Design for Tomorrow—Volume 3, 3-15
Projects
  • ‘Penance of Padmanabha’, a Dungeons and Dragons-inspired Indian mythology-based role-playing board game, creator (Ongoing- 2023)
  • ‘Tattva Bhoomi’, an exploration-based game-based learning application, creator (2022), IIT Hyderabad
  • Shaanti Tiles, Sustainable Bamboo tiles for soundproofing (2021), IIT Hyderabad
  • B’Mukh, 3D Printed multi-connector for construction scaffolding (2021), IIT Hyderabad
  • Pondering Sonder Podcast (2020-2021), Youtube, Spotify, and Soundcloud
  • Photogrammetric archival of the Qutb Shahi tombs (2019-2020), Hyderabad
  • Virtual reality walk-through of the Qutb Shahi Tombs, development and installation (2019), Annual DIC meet, Dr Ambedkar International Centre, Delhi
  • Holographic turntable of the Qutb Shahi Tombs, development and display (2019), Hyderabad Design Week, HICC & Hyderabad International Airport

  • Assistant Professor, School of Design Innovation, Mahindra University (October 2024- present)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Design, College of Architecture Trivandrum (July 2023 – September 2024)
  • Senior Research Fellow, Design Department, IIT Hyderabad (January 2019 – June 2023)
  • Research Associate, Design Innovation Centre, IIT Hyderabad (July 2018 – January 2019)
  • Design Faculty, Thinc Institute of Design, Kerala (January 2017 – July 2018)
  • Exhibition coordinator, National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar (2015)
  • Wildlife photography intern, Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh (2015)

Key Contributions

  • ICoRD’25, Research Paper Reviewer (2025) DoD, IIT Hyderabad
  • India Human-Computer Interaction Conference, Research Paper Reviewer (2024) IDC, IIT Bombay
  • Doctoral Consortium, Senior Reviewer, DiGRA Conference (2023), Seville, Spain
  • CHI Late-Breaking Works Conference, Research Paper Reviewer (2023) Hamburg, Germany (Hybrid)

Teaching, Guidance and Mentoring

  • Digital and Analogue Game Design, Principal Instructor, College of Architecture, (Present) Trivandrum
  • Technical Writing, Principal Instructor, College of Architecture, (Present) Trivandrum
  • Interaction Design, Principal Instructor, College of Architecture, (Present) Trivandrum
  • User Experience, Principal Instructor, College of Architecture, (Present) Trivandrum
  • Inclusive Design and Universal Design, Lecturer, (2023), NID, Bhopal
  • Introduction to Digital Game Design, Principal Instructor (2022), IIT Hyderabad
  • Visual storytelling through photography, Lecturer (2022), Woxsen Institute of Design, Hyderabad
  • Research Writing, Principal Instructor (2023), Woxsen Institute of Design, Hyderabad

Teaching Assistance

  • ‘Design Culture’ Visual Design UX (2022), with Prof. Deepak J Mathew, Dr Neelakantan PK, and Dr Srikar AV, IIT Hyderabad & NSE TalentSprint
  • History of Art (2022), with Prof. Deepak J Mathew, IIT Hyderabad
  • Samagrah Gram Vikas (2022), with Prof. Prasad Onkar, IIT Hyderabad
  • Contemporary Photography (2022), with Prof. Deepak J Mathew, IIT Hyderabad
  • Universal Design (2022), with Prof. B K Chakravarthy, IDC Bombay & IIT Hyderabad

Invited Talks

  • Tools for quick and efficient gamification workshop, Principal Instructor, (2023), ICoRD, IISc Bangalore
  • Photogrammetry: A tool for enhanced heritage preservation, Lecturer (2022), Woxsen Institute of Design Hyderabad
  • Basics of photography & Reading photography, Principal Instructor (2022), IIT Hyderabad
  • Fashion photography workshop, Principal Instructor (2019), Woxsen Institute of Design, Hyderabad
  • History of Photography, Lecturer (2015), Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology, Indore

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Awards

  • PDF Fellowship (2023), IIT Hyderabad
  • Research Excellence Award (2022), IIT Hyderabad
  • MBPF Design Excellence Award (2021), for Bamboo, Product Design category
  • MBPF Design Excellence Award (2021), for Bamboo, Structure Design category
  • Finalist, Toycathon hosted by the Government of India (2021)
  • Winner, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) design challenge (2019), Hyderabad Design Week
  • Winner, Prakriti Wildlife Photography Competition (2019), IIT Hyderabad

Grants & Scholarships

  • Solidarity Scholarship Recipient (2022), DiGRA Conference, Krakow, Poland
  • BUILD Project Grant (2022), IIT Hyderabad
  • Selection, Swinburne -IIT Hyderabad joint PhD program (2019)
  • Sahapedia Frames Grant (2018), ‘Asiatic Wild Asses of Little Rann of Kutchh’

Exhibitions

  • Collective exhibition, ‘IPF’ (2019), IIT Hyderabad.
  • Photobook exhibition, ‘Zones of Privacy’ (2016), Chatterjee and Lal Gallery, Mumbai.
  • Book exhibit, Third Delhi Photo Festival (2015)
  • Image publication, Wildlife calendar by Earthcare Productions (2015)
  • Image publications, www.nationalgeographic.com (2014)
  • Collective exhibition, ‘Medium and Large format’, NID Gandhinagar (2013)
  • Collective exhibition, ‘Alternative Printing process’, NID Ahmedabad (2013)
  • Collective exhibition, ‘Pratibimb’, Pritam Lal Dua Gallery Indore (2013)

Media Mentions:

Prakash is a creative designer with wealth of industry experience in Illustration, Visual Storytelling, Multimedia and Brand Designing. Prakash is best-selling author of the book – Unbox your creativity. He has delivered 300+ creative projects and campaigns and has passion for elevating design innovation to new heights. He was positioned at New York and California for 2 weeks to ensure high-quality branding for organization’s annual event. He was also working for 2 years in Poland as independent branding designer.

A Gold medalist from J.J institute of Applied Arts and Masters in Design from NID, he has conducted design workshops on various topics in his career. Prakash has strong organizational skills and ability to lead and collaborate with multi-functional teams. He is an empathic listener & persuasive speaker with leading & delegating abilities.

  • B.F.A: Sir J.J. Institute of Arts, Mumbai
  • Masters in Design: National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
  • Certification Course from Coursera: VR and 360 video production
  • Certification Course from Interaction Design Foundation: Mobile User Experience

  • Best Selling Author of the book – Unbox Your Creativity

  • Present Assistant Professor School of Design Innovation, Mahindra University
  • 2021 – 2023 Independent Designer Multimedia Designer – Andea Sp. zo.o., Krakow (Poland)
  • 2017 – 2021 Creative Consultant– ZS Associates, Pune, India
  • 2013 – 2017 Graphic and Motion designer Cognizant Technology Solutions, Pune, India
  • 2009 Research Assistant IDC, IIT Bombay, India

His research focuses on understanding the cognitive, emotional, and psychological impacts of rich media applications in online learning environments. He specifically explores the use of visual sketchnoting within design innovation pedagogy and examines how this medium enhances learning processes, creativity, and knowledge construction in design education.

Bhanu Prakash Busagari is an award-winning short film director in both animation and live-action films. His recent stop frame animation short film “Will with Wings” has won 2nd prize at competition by AIDWA and it was also shortlisted in MIFF 2024 competition. His previous short films have won many awards including Best Director award too. Bhanu Prakash likes to make stories with stop frame animation using Indian Handicraft toys specially Kondapalli toys to promote them. He was the founder of his startup studio called Horse cart studio and designed logos for few companies and one of them is for Hyderabad Metro. He has 16+ years of experience in Industry and Education field. In this AI generation where things are happening with click of a button and making students impatient, Bhanu Prakash tries to make students unflappable by training them with hands on experience in stop frame animation. He tries to maintain balance with Indian Handicrafts and latest digital technology. He likes making furniture design, miniature handicrafts, interior designing, bicycling, playing chess and caroms.

  • Master’s in design (M.Des), National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad), 2007
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Applied Arts)

ORCID Id: 0009-0001-2068-0424

  • Assistant Professor, Mahindra University.
  • Associate Professor and Coordinator, Communication Department, National Institute of Design (NID), Andhra Pradesh.
  • Assistant Professor, DY Patil International University.
  • Concept Art Designer and Storyboard Artist, DQ Entertainment, Hyderabad.
  • Creative Head for Art and Design Department at a school in Hyderabad, where he designed curriculum and trained faculty members.
  • Founder, Horse Cart Studio, Hyderabad.
  • Assistant Director in the Telugu Film Industry, contributing to the pre-production of feature films.
  • Visiting Faculty and Jury Member at institutes including NIFT Hyderabad, MIT ADT Pune, and Avantika University, Ujjain.
  • Writer, Producer, and Director of award-winning animation and live-action short films.

Stop-motion animation and AI, Design Pedagogy, Indian Handicrafts and Indian culture.

Dr. Sonal is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Mahindra University. She has completed her Ph.D. from Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the area of grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship. Her Ph.D. research contributed to the entrepreneurship development of grassroots innovators. Furthermore, her research described how innovation potential can be explored and exploited for socio-economic development in a resource constrained environment. She also worked in the domain of regional foresight, circular entrepreneurship in tourism and leisure sector and technological innovations for sustainable development.

  • Ph.D in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  • B.Tech in Dairy Technology and MBA in International AgriBusiness Management from Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat.

Journal papers published
  • Kanakamedala, Venkata Chaitanya, Sonal Hukampal Singh, and Rishitha Talasani. “Sentiment Analysis of Online Customer Reviews for Handicraft Product using Machine Learning: A Case of Flipkart.” In 2023 International Conference for Advancement in Technology (ICONAT), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.
  • Martins, Jorge Tiago, and Sonal Hukampal Singh. “Boundary organisations in regional innovation systems: traversing knowledge boundaries for industry 4.0 regional transformations.” R&D Management (2023), vol. 53, Issue. 3. (A Grade in ABDC, Impact Factor -5.962)
  • Sonal H. Singh, Bhaskar Bhowmick, Dale Eesley, and Birud Sindhav. “Grassroots innovation and entrepreneurial success: Is entrepreneurial orientation a missing link?.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 164: 119582, (2021) (3*ABS, Impact Factor: 5.846)
  • Sonal H. Singh, Lohithaksha M. Maiyar, and Bhaskar Bhowmick. “Assessing the appropriate grassroots technological innovation for sustainable development.” Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 32(2)-175-194, (2020) (2* ABS, Impact factor: 1.867)
  • Sonal H. Singh, Bhaskar Bhowmick, Birud Sindhav and Dale Eesley. “Determinants of Grassroots Innovation: An empirical study in the Indian Context.” in Innovation: Organization and Management 22(3): 270-289, (2020) (2*ABS, Impact factor: 2.962)
  • Sonal H. Singh, Birud Sindhav, Dale Eesley and Bhaskar Bhowmick. “Investigating the role of ICT intervention in grassroots innovation using structural equation modelling approach.” Sadhana, 43(7): 104, (2018) (SCI Index, Impact factor: 0.849)
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhaskar Bhowmick. “Innovation Network for Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Indian Context: Exploratory Factor Analysis.” International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 13(7): 1650016, (2016) (1* ABS )
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhaskar Bhowmick. “An Exploratory Study for Conceptualization of Rural Innovation in Indian Context.” in Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 207 (2015): 807-815 (DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.10.171)
Book Chapter published
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhowmick Bhaskar. “Research on Rural Innovation in India: Evaluating Factors of Microfinance Innovation” in Innovative Management Solutions for Competitive Advantages, Excel India Publishers, (2017): 74-87.
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhowmick Bhaskar. “A study on Evaluating Factors of Community Innovation in Rural Indian Context.” In Proceeding of Eleventh Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship, Bookwell, I (2015): 401-409.
Conference
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhaskar Bhowmick. “Community Collaboration: Roles as its Implication in Grassroots Innovation Strategy.” in Strategic management Society Conference, Costa Rica, USA (2017).
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhowmick, Bhaskar. “A study for conceptualization of technological innovation in rural Indian context.” In Third International Conference on Innovation and Creativity at Grassroots, IIM Ahmedabad, India (2015).
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhowmick, Bhaskar. (2015). “Research on Rural Innovation in India: Evaluating Factors of Microfinance Innovation.” 8th ISDSI International Conference, Pune, Maharashtra, India (2015).
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhowmick, Bhaskar. “A study on Evaluating Factors of Community Innovation in Rural Indian Context.” In Eleventh Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship, EDI, Ahmedabad, India (2015).
  • Sonal H. Singh and Bhowmick, Bhaskar. “An Exploratory Study for Conceptualization of Rural Innovation in Indian Context.” in 11th International Strategic Management Conference, Vienna, Austria (2015).

  • She has worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Systems Management and Strategy, Business School, University of Greenwich in the FACET project (Facilitate the Adoption of Circular Entrepreneurship in the Tourism and leisure sector) in area of circular entrepreneurship.
  • She was a Research Associate in Regional Technology Foresight Project funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at Information School, the University of Sheffield from February 5th, 2020 to July 15th, 2020. As a Research Associate, she has worked in the area of regional foresight and entrepreneurship at the regional level.
  • She has also worked as a visiting Researcher in Innovate UK Project at Sheffield University Management School, the University of Sheffield from August 2019 to February 2020.
  • She has further worked as Assistant Professor at Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai, India from December 10th, 2018 to February 2nd, 2020.
  • She has completed her PhD thesis with the title “Developing Framework on Grassroots Innovation for Entrepreneurial Success in Indian Context” from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India on 4th December 2018.

  • My research interest includes innovation, circular entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, technology adoption, technology foresight, small business development and sustainable development.

Lalit Kumar Das pioneered Industrial Design education at IIT Delhi. He developed a program that is an excellent blend of design sensitivities and industrial propensities. Many of his pupils have won awards in national and international design contests and oversee design studios in India.

Lalit Das did his B.Tech from IIT Kanpur. Thereafter he did his Master of Technology in Design Engineering from IIT Delhi and then Master of Art in Industrial Design from the Royal College of Art, London.

Lalit is deeply interested in design and the inherent ability of humans to create. He has worked and designed products for the office, home and industry. He has designed for the differently enabled like children with cerebral palsy and others who are orthopedically handicapped. He is the founding editor of Design for All India newsletter. He has also designed educational and research equipment. He has worked with artisans and has conceptualized distant education for artisans under the banner of IGNOU. He is deeply interested in sustainable approach to design and a non-parochial nonpartisan framework for study of design. He has conducted ergonomic studies for the Design of the Operational Control Centre for Delhi Metro, Bangalore Metro and Hyderabad Metro, Western Dedicated Freight Corridor).

He has many publications to his credit. His doctoral students are in a variety of areas from emotion, sustainability, e-governance, image processing, frugal design, etc. He continues to supervise doctoral students at IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, DTU & NID. He has been developing the National Design Policy and is a member of the National Committee on Design and Artisan Development. He has widely travelled and has worked at the Industrial Design Centre, I.I.T. Bombay and at the Department of Fine Art, University of Manitoba, Canada.

Mr. Das has served as a jury for many national level design awards. He has been an Expert Member in the ‘Science & Society’ Program and Technopreneur Promotion Program (TePP) of Department of Science & Technology. In the past he also served as a local commissioner in two IPR related cases of the Delhi High Court. He was also a member of Program Advisory & Monitoring Committee member of the Government of India’s Design Clinic Scheme for MSME that provides financial & design support to MSME for development of new product design.

He has delivered TEDX talks on enabling innovation, and values that shape complex systems. He is deeply interested in Sustainable Design, Circular Economy and Emergent Systems.

He has been the guiding light in the setting of the Design Program at Delhi Technological University as an Honorary Faculty from 2018-2023. Currently, he is a distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Bombay and a Guest Faculty at the Department of Design & Innovation, Jamia Millia Islamia University. He has been teaching at IIIT Jabalpur, School of Planning & Architecture, Lady Irwin College and IIT Delhi as a guest faculty.

  • M.A. Industrial Design (Royal College of Art, London)
  • M.Tech (IIT Delhi)
  • B.Tech (IIT Kanpur)

  • “The Fuel Tank is the Most Delicious Part of a Motorbike: An Eye-tracking-based Investigation of Motorbike Styling Preferences in India.” A Singh, LK Das – Design Principles & Practice: An International Journal, 2010

  • Lalit Kumar Das pioneered Industrial Design education at IIT Delhi. He developed a program that is an excellent blend of design sensitivities and industrial propensities.
  • He has worked and designed products for the office, home and industry. He has designed for the differently enabled like children with cerebral palsy and others who are orthopedically handicapped. He is the founding editor of Design for All India newsletter. He has also designed educational and research equipment. He has worked with artisans and has conceptualized distant education for artisans under the banner of IGNOU.
  • He has been an Expert Member in the ‘Science & Society’ Program and Technopreneur Promotion Program (TePP) of Department of Science & Technology. In the past he also served as a local commissioner in two IPR related cases of the Delhi High Court. He was also a member of Program Advisory & Monitoring Committee member of the Government of India’s Design Clinic Scheme for MSME that provides financial & design support to MSME for development of new product design.
  • He has been the guiding light in the setting of the Design Program at Delhi Technological University as an Honorary Faculty from 2018-2023. Currently, he is a distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Bombay and a Guest Faculty at the Department of Design & Innovation, Jamia Millia Islamia University. He has been teaching at IIIT Jabalpur, School of Planning & Architecture, Lady Irwin College and IIT Delhi as a guest faculty.

Ph.D. Supervised

  1. “Development of an emotion centred research framework for product styling: A case study on motorbikes in India ” Amitoj Singh, 2009
  2. “Design of citizen centric e-Governance approach: a study of select ICT based rural initiatives” Charru Malhotra, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi catalog
  3. “Method for Automated Assessment of Potholes, Cracks and Patches from Road Surface Video Clips” L. Huidrom, L. K. Das, and S. K. Sud, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 104, pp. 312–321, Dec. 2013
  4. “Framework for forecasting design possibilities” Sugandh Malhotra, 2016
  5. Values centred design framework for sustainability, 2013, IIT Delhi Author: Sutapa Pati Supervisor: Lalit Kumar Das, Vijay Charrier
  6. Minimally Controlled Aerial Vehicles for Geographical Survey, 2014, Jamia Milia Islamia University Author: Dhiraj Gupta, Supervisor: Shahida Khatoon, JMIU,Lalit Kumar Das, IIT Delhi

Ph.D. Under Supervision

Broad Areas: Frugal Design, Jewellery Design, Learning tools or Autistic Children, System Framework for evaluation of PHC, Visual Narratives in School Education

Videos

Dr. B. K. Chakravarty, the distinguished founding dean of Mahindra University, is a visionary educator and innovator with a rich legacy of accomplishments. Before his role at Mahindra University, Dr. Chakravarty established the Shenoy Innovation Studio at IIT Bombay, a pioneering initiative aimed at cultivating a culture of innovation and design thinking among students and faculty. With a profound commitment to fostering creativity and excellence in education, and his leadership and dedication in driving innovation have left an indelible mark on the field of education and continue to inspire the next generation of innovators at Mahindra University.
In recognition of his commitment to education, creativity, and business, Dr. Chakravarthy received the esteemed Institute Chair Professorship in 2015. His partnerships with governmental organizations and professional associations demonstrate his faith in the transformative potential of design, producing significant products like an arsenic filter for Varanasi and an easy-to-maintain mailbox for India Post.
Beyond the classroom, Dr. Chakravarthy’s initiatives extend to the establishment of the Design Innovation Center at IIT Bombay in 2014, funded by the Ministry of Education. This centre has played a crucial role in bringing student projects to fruition, resulting in an impressive portfolio of patents and technology transfers with industry partners. Through online courses and video case studies under the Open Design School project, Dr. Chakravarthy’s methodologies have reached a wide student audience, garnering over 150,000 nationwide registrations.

Dr. Chakravarthy’s main areas of interest are product design, innovation, creativity, and design management. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Management Studies at IIT Delhi and a master’s in industrial design from IIT Bombay. His experience and passion for education have shaped the next generation of design pioneers at the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, where he has taught subjects including design basics, product design, and innovation by design.

  • B.Tech (Mech), Osmania University
  • M.Des (Industrial Design), IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay
  • Ph.D. (Management), IIT Delhi

Books
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2020). Innovation by Design: Lessons from Post Box Design & Development. Springer.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2022). Design for Human Factors – A light weight Palki for Vaishno Devi.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2022). Design for longevity – A Maintenance Free Letterbox for India Post
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2022). Design for Novelty – Serial Innovation in Gasoline Dispensers
International Conferences and Papers
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2015, January 19–20). Creativity & Innovation. Keynote at International Workshop on Cultures of Creativity and Innovation in Design (CoCreaID’15), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2006, December). Reliable Innovation Process for New Product Design. Sixth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management (GLOGIFT-06), Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2005, May). Methodology for Innovation. Institute of Design Strategy Conference, Illinois Institute of Design, Chicago, USA.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2005, March). Methodology for Innovation. International Seminar on Product Life Management, Noida, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2004, December). Collaborative Network for Entrepreneurial Innovation. Fourth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, Mussoorie, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2004, May). Collaborative Network for Entrepreneurial Innovation. Cumulus Conference, Oslo, Norway.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2004, April). Methodology for Innovation. Marcusevans Conference – Collaborative Product Development, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K., & Shatdal, A. (2002, November). Innovation: A Collaborative Approach. Indo-Japan Symposium on Technology and Innovation Management, IIT Delhi, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K., Shatdal, A., & Ghatgey, A. (2002, September). Collaborative Networking for New Product Concept Management. International Conference on Multimedia Development, Aptech Worldwide.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2002, January). Application Development Methodology – Is it Different for Aluminium? ALTECH 2002, Bangalore, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K., Albers, A., & Schweinberger, D. (2001, October). Collaborative Environment for Concept Generation of New Products. ICSID Conference, Senognam City, Korea.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2000, December). New Product Design Management with CPC (Collaborative Product Commerce). First Global Conference on Flexible Management Systems, New Delhi, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2000, March). Design of Safe Ride-on Toys. International Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, IIT Delhi, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (1999, August). Design Methodology. TNO Product Center, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (1999, July). New Product Development. University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (1999, July). User Interface – The Missing Link. International Workshop on Missing Link, Stuttgart, Germany.
National Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2007, December). Design of Letterbox for India Post. 7th CII–NID Design Summit, Bangalore, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2006, September). Industrial Design Case Studies. CII Workshop on Protection of Industrial Design, Mumbai, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2006, April). Role of Design in Enhancing Competitiveness of Indian Design Industry. National Seminar on Industrial Design and IPR, NID Ahmedabad, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2005). Design for Senior Managers – Manufacturing Excellence Workshop, Ashok Leyland, IIT Bombay, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (2003, December). Collaborative Model for New Product Innovation. CII Design Summit, Mumbai, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (1997). Concurrent Engineering in Indian Industry. National Conference on Concurrent Engineering, Indian Navy, New Delhi, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (1996). Human-Centered Concurrent Engineering. National Conference on Concurrent Engineering, DRDO, Pune, India.
  • Chakravarthy, B. K. (1994). Innovative Methods in Product Development. National Conference on Product Design, IISc Bangalore, India.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C2jwfOMAAAAJ&hl=en

  • Dean, School of Design and Innovation, Mahindra University, 2024- Present
  • Professor, IDC IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 2001- 2024
  • Associate Professor, IDDC IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 1999-2001
  • Assistant Professor, IDDC IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 1994-1999
  • Principal Designer, Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai 1988-1994

  • Organizing Committee In European Union Sponsored Collaborative Project on eco design involving three institutes, IIT Delhi, Tu Delft, Netherlands And Ineti Portugal From Feb-1999 To April-2002.
  • Nominated by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) for Research visit to University of Karlsruhe, Germany on the topic, ‘New Product Design Management’, from Feb 2001 to July 2001.
  • Visit to Design Expo 2000 Hanover fair Germany to study future projections in design, July 2000
  • Undertook a one-month research visit to Dept of Mech Engineering University of Karlsruhe Germany under the DAAD faculty exchange programme. Research theme “New Product Design Management Tools and Methodologies”. July 1999.

Anuja Premika is completing her Ph.D. from the Department of Communication at the University of Hyderabad. Her work engages with questions of digital cultures, social media, and the creator economy through the lens of feminist media studies.

She has served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at the Australian National University in Canberra. Her research and writing span peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, handbook contributions, and research reports, and she has presented her work at leading international and national forums, including the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), the International Communication Association (ICA), and the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR).

In addition to her academic work, Anuja has contributed as an independent writer to several national and regional publications.

  • Ph.D. (pursuing), Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad
  • Master of Arts, Mass Communication and Journalism, St. Francis College, Hyderabad
  • Bachelor of Design, Fashion Communication, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Hyderabad

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mpM0LuEAAAAJ&hl=en

  • Assistant Professor, Mahindra University (Present).
  • Senior Research Fellow (2023-2025), Junior Research Fellow (2020-2023) – Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad. UGC-NET funded PhD candidate and Teaching Assistant.
  • Visiting Research Fellow – Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS), Australian National University, Canberra (Jul 2024 – Aug 2024 )
  • Independent contributor – The New Indian Express (2017), Femina (2018-2020), Wow Hyderabad Magazine (2019-2022)

Digital cultures, social media, cultural production, creator economy, feminist media studies

Dr. Sreedhar Nemmani is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the School of Digital Media and Communication, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India.

He has a Ph.D. from the Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University. Sreedhar’s work focuses on the role of communication and media technologies (traditional and digital) in communities situated in multiple marginalities.

His research interests are in the intersections of the philosophy of communication, communication studies, media studies, science and technology studies, and religion. His work analyses the concept of communication through Buddhist onto-epistemic frameworks. Sreedhar is an ethnographer with extensive experience of conducting fieldwork and research projects in South Asia, Europe, and North America.

His Ph.D. dissertation involved nine months of ethnographic fieldwork among Buddhist communities in the Greater Himalayan regions.

  • Ph.D. in Media and Communication Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University (Dec 2025)
  • Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (Jan 2017)
  • PG Diploma in Journalism Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India (May 2011)

Publications
  • Nemmani, S. (2025) Can the other be heard? Crosscurrent, Media, Culture & Society, 47(04), 824-834. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437251336148
  • Nemmani, S. and Rodriguez, C. (2023) Between Incursions and Appropriations: Digital Technologies and Pluriversal Modernities in the Global South, Communication, Culture and Critique, 16(04), pp. 258-265. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcad028

  • Assistant Professor of Communication, School of Digital Media and Communication, Mahindra University (2025- Present)
  • Graduate Fellow and Extern, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University (2019-2025).
  • Researcher Fellow, The Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2017-2019).
  • Co-Founder, Charcha Media (2016-2022).
  • Senior Reporter, The Hindu (2011-2014).

  • Sreedhar’s research is focused on understanding how traditional as well as modern-day technological communication affects community formation.
  • Sreedhar is currently involved in four research projects spread across India, the US, and Australia, including a collaborative research project titled, Mediated Lifeworlds: Digital Cultures in a Context of Technological Scarcity, which is funded by Dean (R&D) Mahindra University.
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