Faculty Areas
Research at IDC
Faculty research interests include pedagogic experimentation, Indian product tradition, environments for learning, information visualization, perception and cognition, cultural studies, ergonomic investigation, product interfaces, contextual innovation, regional typefaces, story-telling, etc.
IDC faculties have research interests in the following areas.
| Athavankar, U A Professor |
 Gamification and game Design Metal Imagery and VisualisationAffordable Housing Communication Theory Design Process and Methods Design and Culture |
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| Bapat, V P Professor |
Product DesignDesigning for PlasticsDesign for materials and ProcessesProduct detailing and Design for ManufacturabilityApplied ErgonomicsProduct Interface Design & IOTAffordable HousingBionicsToy DesignCreativity & Design InnovationProduct PlanningFurniture Design |
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| Balan Sudesh Assistant Professor |
Digital Film-makingPhotographyCinematographyLens Optics & Image manipulationVFX Photography |
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| Chakravarthy, B K Professor |
New Product InnovationProduct Styling and Perception, CreativityDesign StrategyHumanising TechnologyCollaborative Innovation Methodology Form & AestheticsCreativity & Idea GenerationInnovation MethodologyUser Centered Design |
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| Dalvi, Girish Assistant Professor |
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| Hingorani, Alka Associate Professor |
Film, Photography and Story-telling - adaptations across mediaArchitecture and design (Research interest in Biomimicry) AestheticsArt Criticism and AppreciationVisual Narratives |
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| Joshi, Anirudha Professor |
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| Joshi, Purba Assistant Professor |
Computer Aided DesignProduct form and AestheticsProduct Prototyping |
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| Mazhar Kamran Professor |
Animation |
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| Malhotra, Sugandh Assistant Professor |
Frameworks for future designDesign forecastingTrend Research and AnalysisIntelligent mobility systemsDesign Research methods |
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| Mohanty, Raja Professor |
Narratives and ImageryCeramicsVisual ArtsAestheticsApproaches to EducationArtisanal Livelihoods |
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| Pillai, Jayesh Assistant Professor |
Visual CommunicationVideo CommunicationVirtual Reality |
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| Poovaiah, Ravi Professor |
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| P. Kumaresan Assistant Professor |
Product Interface DesignProduct innovationCraftPrototyping |
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| Ranade, Shilpa Professor |
AnimationIllustration Graphic DesignCulture and Story telling |
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| Rane, Mandar Associate Professor |
Order and hierarchy Information design Rationalizing design decisions Design and culture Semantics and communication theory |
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| Rao, Sumant M Associate Professor |
Animation Design Animation TechniquesSocial Design Design and CultureThe Indian Chakra systemMythology & FolkloreVisual Storytelling |
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| Rao, A G Professor |
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| Ray, G G Professor |
Product ErgonomicsConsumer ergonomicsWorkstation designManual Material HandlingMusculoskeletal DisordersAutomobile ErgonomicsProducts for the Physically Handicapped |
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| Venkatesh Rajamanickam Associate Professor |
Human-Computer Interface DesignData VisualizationTechnology and LearningDesign HistoryAffordable Housing |
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| Sadhu, N Assistant Professor |
Product Ergonomics Visual Ergonomics Human Computer Interface |
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| Sabnani, Nina Professor |
Animation FilmsVisual CommuniactionVisual Culture Visual EthnographyWord-Image RelationshipParticipatory Film-makingIllustrationFolkloreAnimation as EthnographyMaterial CultureLearning Pedagogies amongst traditional artists |
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| R, Sandesh Associate Professor |
Product DesignForm StudiesNature and FormSystems ThinkingCraft Culture Design and Development |
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| Sreekumar, G V Professor |
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| Sharma, Nishant Associate Professor |
Automotive DesignVehicle Design ProcessProduct Form and AestheticsParticipatory Innovation |
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| Tetali, Phani Associate Professor |
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