The Department of Design (DoD) The Department of Design (DoD), one of the eleven departments at IIT Guwahati, was set up with a vision to enkindle some of the brightest technical minds of the country with a passion for innovation in technology, driven by a firm understanding, appreciation and celebration of design. IIT Guwahati was the first Indian Institute of Technology to start the bachelor and the PhD programmes in Design in 1999 and 2001 respectively. The Department currently offers B.Des, two masters degrees ( M.Des and M.Des in Electronic Product Design) and PhD in Design. The focus of these programmes is on the study, invention, and use of technologies for effective and enjoyable user experiences and on understanding the impact of technology on individuals, groups, and organizations. The Department promotes interdisciplinary research in engineering, design, behavioral and social sciences. It envisions to produce successful graduating students who will be capable of leading the changing scenarios of today and tomorrow through thought, innovation and values.
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June 2022 - IF Design Talent Award 2022 for our MDes alumnus Mr. Achyut Shanbhag who worked under the supervision of Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay on Cha, a sustainable bio-degradable composite |
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Jan 2021 - Distinguished paper award for Prof. Pankaj Upadhyay and Prof. Ravi Mokashi Punekar for their paper titled "What can designers learn from failed solution in BOP contexts?" at ICoRD’21. |
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Mar 2019 - Our BDes student Muskan Gupta alongwith IIITDM Jabalpur BDes students Tanishqa Bobde & Karttikeya Singh won an Honorable mention award in the LeNS International Student Design Competition, 2018. |
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Anmol Srivastava, ACM SIGCHI Travel Scholarship to attend 50th Turing Award Ceremony Association of Computing Machinery - ACM SIGCHI, Representing India as ACM SIGCHI Student Ambassador in the 50th Turing Award Ceremony, San Francisco | |
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Jan 2019 - Our Research Scholar, Prarthana Majumdar, bagged the best paper award at ICoRD 2019 for her paper titled: Motivation for Do-It-Yourself in Rural Base of the Pyramid Communities and the Changing Landscape. | |
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Anmol Srivastava, ACM SIGCHI Travel Scholarship to attend 50th Turing Award Ceremony Association of Computing Machinery - ACM SIGCHI, Representing India as ACM SIGCHI Student Ambassador in the 50th Turing Award Ceremony, San Francisco | |
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Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad Prashasti Award for Corporate & Social Strategy 2022, has been conferred to Dr. Pratul Chandra Kalita, on 16th of April, 2022. | |
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Akriti Kaur, SIGGRAPH Student Travel Scholarship Association of Computing Machinery - ACM SIGGRAPH Presentation of paper in Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Sweden+ more |
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