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Department of Design

Design Programme offers training for students to synthesize technology and aesthetics in the service of human-needs. The programme encourages creativity, innovation, craftsmanship, and personal expression leading to evolution of products and services in the field of engineering design and visual communications.
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Department of Design
Projects and Research

The Department works on cutting edge research problems and design products using humanity-centered design process.
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Department of Design

Design Programme offers training for students to synthesize technology and aesthetics in the service of human-needs. The programme encourages creativity, innovation, craftsmanship, and personal expression leading to evolution of products and services in the field of engineering design and visual communications.
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Our News

Shortlisted Candidates - MDes Interview - 23 May

Shortlisted Candidates - MDes Interview - 24 May

Selected Candidates for MDes 2024-25

Our Programs

M.Des

Masters programme in Design aims at atracting students from diverse backgrounds who exhibit high levels of creativity and intellectual ability.

Dual Degree M.Des

Dual Degree programme invites bachelors students from multiple disciplines to explore their expertise in design.

PhD in Design

We offer oppurtunities for graduates to pursue their careers in diffenrent areas of research in design.

Projects and Research

Automotive UI

Multimodal Interaction, Driver Distraction, Cognitive Load Estimation By HIVE Lab.

Autonmous Navigation Rover

Navigation robot with object recognition and obstacle avoidance and path planning By HIVE Lab.

Music Techology

Design Musical intruments to liverage novel interaction techniques and musical expressions By HIVE Lab.

Flexible and hybrid manufacturing processes

Flexible forming, 3D Printing, 5-axis machining, tunnel shapes By Amar Behera.

Industry 4.0 and IIoT

IoT devices, sensors, digitalization, integrated healthcare systems By Amar Behera.

Multi-robot systems

Smart cities, robotics, manufacturing automation By Amar Behera.

Our Courses

Design Theory (DES601)

Koumudi Patil

Design for Human Machine Systemic Relationships (DES640)

Vivek Kant

Human Machine Interaction (DES638)

Gowdham Prabhakar

Topics in Motion Pictures (DES623)

Satyaki Roy

Design for Biosecurity (DES637)

Mainik Das

Design Practice I (DES602)

J Ramkumar

Integrated Product Development (DES633)

Nachiketa Tiwari

Design for Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT (DES641)

Amar Behera