Department of Design

Head of Department

Nachiketa Tiwari (Professor)
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Product Design, Acoustics and Noise Control, Solid Mechanics, Composite Structures, Vibrations, Automotive Systems, MEMS
Email : head_des@iitk.ac.in

DPGC & Faculty Convener International Affairs

J. Ramkumar (Professor)
Ph.D., IIT Madras
Micro/Nano Manufacturing and New product/process development, Tribology, composite, Manufacturing Process modeling
Email : jrkumar@iitk.ac.in

Core Faculty

Satyaki Roy (Professor)
Ph.D., Visva Bharati University
Visual Communication, Folk Art and Crafts, Creativity, Cinema Studies, User Experience Design
Email : satyaki@iitk.ac.in
Mainak Das (Professor)
Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Materials
Email : mainakd@iitk.ac.in
Vivek Kant (Associate Professor)
Ph.D., University of Waterloo
Human Machine Interaction, Human Factors, Human Systems Integration
Email : vkant@iitk.ac.in
Homepage: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~vkant/
Gowdham Prabhakar (Assistant Professor)
Ph.D., IISc Bangalore
Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Robotics, Music Technology
Email : gowdhampg@iitk.ac.in

Faculty

Koumudi P. Patil (Associate Professor)
Ph.D., IDC, IIT Bombay
Craft Thinking, Design for Frugal Innovation, Communication Design, Video Installations, Art History
Email : kppatil@iitk.ac.in

Adjunct Faculty

Avinash Shende, IDC IIT Bombay
Form & Aesthetics, Creativity
D Udaya Kumar, IIT Guwahati
Typography, Visual Communication
Jhumkee Sengupta Iyengar
People Centered Strategy and Design
Nishant Sharma, IDC IIT Bombay
Automotive Styling
Raman Saxena
Design Thinking, Ergonomics