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The courses for M.Des commence with developing in the students the perceptual abilities, skills and techniques, social and general awareness and then lead on to a series of projects characteristics of the problems of a country

Industrial design of Gasoline Dispenser (Z-line Petrol Pump) - Organization, Design & Styling Product development of the Gasolene Dispenser using contemporary Materials and manufacturing methods Exhibition Design of Switchgear products at Hanover fair, West Germany Designs and Development of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Graphics for sales appeal and family resemblance for molded case circuit breakers Industrial Design of new range of Contactors Corporate Identity for Larsen and Toubro Limited Corporate identity and family resemblance for Switch gear products

ID 639 - Design Management and Professional Practice

( Prof. Anirudha Joshi & Prof. B.K. Chakravarthy )

Designer attributes. Setting up a design office. Finding clients. Business correspondence. Brief and briefing. Letter of contract. Professionalism and Ethics. Costing design and fee estimation. Management of Design Process. } Human factor in managing design / team work. Role of staff designer in R&D activities. Design Evaluation. Patent and Design Registration laws / procedure. Seminar on a topic related to Design Management.

 Lectures & workshop for Senior VC & PD Batch ( year 2003)

• Introduction to Design Management- Prof. K. Munshi
• Time management: Prof. Anirudha Joshi
• Managing design & Best practice in Human factors international:
• Apala Lahiri Chavan, Managing Director, HFI India
• Costing: Prof. Anirudha Joshi
• Learnings from Dubba walas: Mr. Ram Agarwal
• Intellectual property rights and design: Prof. Ram Ganguly
• Innovation and collaborative Design: Prof B.K.Chakravarthy
• Screening and discussion: CII conference proceedings video
• Lectures on (i) Design Strategy (ii) Creativity: Prof.B.K.Chakravarty
• Workshop on Case Study based Learning: Mr. TVP Chowdry