Chakravarthy, B K

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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