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Chakravarthy, B K

Professor
Phone: 091-022-2576 7860
Email:
chakku [at] iitb.ac.in

Courses:
DE 414 - Innovation by Design
DE 415 - Understanding Design
DE 122 - Design Studio II - Problem Analysis
DE 402 - Introduction to Design - Case Studies
DE 205 - Creative Thinking Process and Methods
DE 331 - Design, Technology and Innovation 

Specific areas of work: 
Teaching, Research and Practice in the following areas:

- New Product Innovation
- Product Styling and Perception, Creativity
- Design Strategy
- Humanising Technology
. Collaborative Innovation Methodology 
- Form & Aesthetics
- Creativity & Idea Generation
- Innovation Methodology
- User Centered Design 


Selected Projects and Initiatives:

Open Design School
 
Hand Cranked Filter integrated Water Bottle for CRPF Jawans
Window Mounted Solar Oven
 
Low Cost Vein Tracer for blood extraction
Collapsible helmet for for Two Wheeler Riders
Helmet for Anti-Riot Police
 
Ladies Helmet
 
Kids Helmet
 
Palkhi for Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Katra, Jammu
Light-weight Palkhi for Heritage Sites
 
Seat Prop for Plice Stick
 
Design of Domestic Arsenic Removal Water Filter
Low Cost Vein Tracer for blood extraction
Heritage lighting using LEDs to preserve ambience
Portable Patient Chair for Dental Camp
Drumstick Harvester
 
Water Cart For Hilly Terrain
 
Elevated Balloon-Kite Hybrid System
Maintenance Free Letterbox for India Post
Postman Bag for India Post
 
Hand Stamp for Post
 
Postal Trolley for India Post
 
Stamp Cancellation Machine
 
Natural Convection Solar Dryer
 
Soil moisture sensor
 
Frugal Harvesting Tools Sorghum
Army Stretcher for mountain regions with narrow pathways
Climate Responsive Building Facade
Increasing life of Jaipur foot by innovative screws
Serial innovations in Petrol pump
Nano-Cardiac Diagnostic kit
 
Nanotechnology based Explosive Detection
Design Innovation Center
 
Multi - Use Innovation Studio
 

Contact details:
Industrial Design Centre,
Indian Institute of technology, 
Powai, Mumbai 400076

Telephone:
+91-22-25767860
Fax:
+91-22-25723480
+91-22-25767803
email: chakku@iitb.ac.in

Residence:
A 16 Hill side IIT Campus
Powai, Mumbai 400076


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Publications:

"the concscious designer: about B.K.Chakravarty Industrial design Innovations" 
- The Design Digest 

B K Chakravarthy can't look at things around him without getting ideas for making them work better and easier to use.
-The sunday metropolise 

 

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