Completed Research Projects

Title: The Learning Network on Sustainability - LeNSin
Principle Investigator: Ravi Mokashi Punekar, Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee, Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay,
Sponsoring Agency: Erasmus +

Title: On-field Ginger-Turmeric Processor
Principle Investigator: Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay, Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee
Sponsoring Agency: Design Innovation Center Setup by MHRD at Department of Design, IIT Guwahati

Title: A Frugal approach for design of a Treadle Pump
Principle Investigator: Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay
Sponsoring Agency: Start-up Grant, IIT Guwahati

Title: Design and Development of a Hand Operated Assam Lemon Fruit Harvester
Principle Investigator: Dr. Pankaj Baruah, Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee
Sponsoring Agency: Design Innovation Center Setup by MHRD at Department of Design, IIT Guwahati

Title: Design and performance evaluation of solar tunnel dryer for high value agricultural products of NE region
Principle Investigator: Manas Jyoti Barooah, Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee
Sponsoring Agency: Design Innovation Center Setup by MHRD at Department of Design, IIT Guwahati

Title: Burden of Cloths We Wear Part 2: Design for the 'Unstructured' Dhobi community in Guwahati
Principle Investigator: Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay
Sponsoring Agency: Procter and Gamble R&D and Supply Network Organization, Brussels

Title: Burden of Cloths We Wear: A look into the lives of Indian Dhobis
Principle Investigator: Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay
Sponsoring Agency: Procter and Gamble R&D and Supply Network Organization, Brussels

Title: Redesign of 2 Wheel Power Tiller Based Bed Planter
Principle Investigator: Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee
Sponsoring Agency: International Development Enterprise - Bangladesh

Title: Standardization of Virtual Keyboards in Indic Languages
Principle Investigator: Pradeep Yammiyawar, Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Title: Design of Gear for Avalanche Survival
Principle Investigator: Ravi Mokashi Punekar, Professor
Sponsoring Agency: ARTRAC, Indian Army

Title: Visual and Tactile Information Processing in Product Selection Process
Principle Investigator: Sougata Karmakar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India

Title: Research investigations on wearable computing interventions in healthcare and entertainment
Principle Investigator: Keyur Sorathia, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Nokia Research Center India

Title: Accessibility and Mobile User Interfaces
Principle Investigator: Keyur Sorathia, Assistant Professor
Co-Investigator: Prasad Bokil, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Samsung Research Institute Bangalore (SRIB)

Title: Revised DPR of Common Sliver Plant
Principle Investigator: Amarendra Kumar Das, Professor
Sponsoring Agency: KVIC

Title: Revised DPR of Khadi Haat
Principle Investigator: Amarendra Kumar Das, Professor
Sponsoring Agency: KVIC

Title: Flag and Badge Design
Principle Investigator: D Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management

Title: Presentations & Infographics
Principle Investigator: D Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Northeast Consumer Awards

Title: Logo Design for IIIT Sricity
Principle Investigator: D Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: IIIT Sricity

Title: Designing Bamboo Products
Principle Investigator: Avinash Shinde, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: UNIDO

Title: Development of an online design ideation tool
Principle Investigator: Pratul Kalita, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: All India Council for Technical Education

Title: Short term training program on Automotive Ergonomics and Design
Principle Investigator: Sougata Karmakar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: TATA Elxsi Ltd

Title:Impact Evaluation Study on Irrigation and Roads & Bridges Projects supported under RIDF in Assam
Principle Investigator: Amarendra Kumar Das, Professor
Sponsoring Agency: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD)

Title:Redesigning the Bed‐Planter agro‐machine according to the principles of the Human Centered Design (HCD) approach in the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia – Mechanization and Irrigation (CSISA‐MI) in Bangladesh
Principle Investigator: Sharmistha Banerjee, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: International Development Enterprise Bangladesh

Title:Design of Fruit and Vegetable Cart for Guwahati Municipal Corporation
Principle Investigator: D Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Co-Investigators: Supradip Das & Pankaj Upadhyay, Assistant Professors Sponsoring Agency: Guwahati Municipal Corporation

Title:Research on Dhobi and Dhobighats - Phase I
Principle Investigator: Keyur Sorathia, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: P&G, Brussels

Title:Impact Evaluation Study on Irrigation andRoads & Bridges Projects supported under RIDF in Assam
Principle Investigator: Amarendra Kumar Das, Professor
Co-Investigators: Pratul Kalita, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD)

Title:Research in Smartphone Accessibility Domain
Principle Investigator: Keyur Sorathia, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Samsung Research Institute Bangalore (SRIB)

Title:Workshop on Development of bamboo products in Assam
Principle Investigator: Ravi Mokashi Punekar, Professor
Co-Investigators: Avinash Shinde, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: State Institute of Rural Development, Guwahati

Title: Design of a logo for rural networking buses, Assam State Transportation Corporation (ASTC)
Principle Investigator: D.Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Government of Assam

Title: Logo design for IIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Principle Investigator: D.Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Title: Design of Logo for Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management
Principle Investigator: D.Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management

Title: Logo Design for Integrated Guwahati Flood Management Project
Principle Investigator: D.Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: District Disaster Management Authority

Title: Logo Design for District Disaster Management Authority
Principle Investigator: D.Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: District Disaster Management Authority

Title: Design and Evaluation of Play Ground for Primary School Children in Virtual Environment
Principle Investigator: Sougata Karmakar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Title: Design and development of an information system to educate pregnant women and family members about prenatal and postnatal care in Assam, India
Principle Investigator: Keyur Sorathia, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Title: Study of social acceptance of gesture based interfaces for low literate, low socio-economic rural users
Principle Investigator: Keyur Sorathia, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: IBM Research India

Title: Creative Design, Prototyping & Experiential Simulation Lab In  Human Computer Interaction
Principle Investigator: Pradeep Yammiyavar
Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), GOI

Title: Lecture notes preparatory to a text book: Digital Human Modeling and Simulation in Product and workstation Design
Principle Investigator: Sougata Karmakar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: QIP CD Cell, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Title: Introduction to ergonomics special reference to industrial design’, course ID 107103004- 40 video lecture series
Principle Investigator: Debkumar Chakrabarti, Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India

Title: Fundamental of Design (Web Course)
Principle Investigator: Utpal Barua, Associate Professor
Sponsoring Agency: NPTEL

Title: Logo Design Book
Principle Investigator: D.Udaya Kumar, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management

Title: Wireframe design of False Alarm application design
Principle Investigator: Keyur Sorathia, Assistant Professor
Sponsoring Agency: PMAM Pvt. Ltd.

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