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PhD Student

Aman Rupesh Xaxa

MDes (VC), IIT Bombay
Joining Year: 
2025
25D1325 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam
Details coming soon...

Shah Jinal Jignesh Bina

M.Des, Communication Design, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay
Joining Year: 
2025
jinalshah [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. G V Sreekumar
Details coming soon...

Likhitha A R

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
Joining Year: 
2025
likhitha.a.r [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anisha Malhotra
Details coming soon...

Uthra S Ganesh

MDes (ID), IIT Bombay
Joining Year: 
2025
gsuthra [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Sugandh Malhotra (IIT Bombay) Prof. Daphne Flynn (Monash University) Prof. Selby Coxon (Monash University)
Details coming soon...

Jayashree C

M.Arch (Urban Design), School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
Joining Year: 
2025
jayashree.c [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Nishant Sharma
Details coming soon...

Ajay Babu E

National Institute of Technology Calicut
ajaybabu [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Swati Pal
Details coming soon...

Anadi Bhagat

National Institute of Design, Gandhi Nagar
Joining Year: 
2025
anadi_bhagat [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
TBD

Antara Paul

The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
Joining Year: 
2025
antara.paul [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anisha Malhotra Dalvi
Details coming soon...

Sajana Ali

School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Joining Year: 
2025
24d1325 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam
Details coming soon...

Unni Mohan

Mdes (MVD), IIT Bombay
Joining Year: 
2024
unnimohanm [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Nishant Sharma
Details coming soon...

Abhishek Verma

Mdes (AN), IIT Bombay
Joining Year: 
2024
verma.iitb [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof.Jayesh Pillai
Details coming soon...

Swati Agarwal

Mdes (AN), IIT Bombay
Joining Year: 
2024
23d1327 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Prasad Bokil
TBD

Yogesh Jahagirdar

M.F.A., Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai
Joining Year: 
2024
yogesh.j [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Prasad Bokil
Details coming soon...

Saurabh Shankar

BE, Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University (2000), MBA, Indian School of Business (2007)
Joining Year: 
2024
saurabh.shankar [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof Anirudha Joshi
Details coming soon...

Megha Kapoor

Master of Design, Banasthali Vidyapith
Joining Year: 
2024
megha.kb [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Purba Joshi
Details coming soon...

Muniba

Nift - Bdes, Mdes SPAB
Joining Year: 
2024
muniba [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Prasad Bokil
Details coming soon...

Akanksha Singh

M.Des, IIT Hyderabad
Joining Year: 
2023
23D2026 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Purba Joshi
Details coming soon...

Tharali Sayali Dasharath Shweta

M.A, University of Mumbai
23D1326 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Girish Dalvi
Details coming soon...

Elvira Mishra

M.Sc, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Joining Year: 
2023
23D1325 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Jayesh Pillai
Details coming soon...

Vijayanand Banahatti

M.Sc ENGG, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Joining Year: 
2023
23D1322 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
Details coming soon...

Parmar Bharat Chhitubhai

M.Des, NID Ahmedabad
Joining Year: 
2023
22D1331 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
Experimental Film, Storytelling and Narrative, Instructional Design

Kothari Bhavin V.

M.Plan, CEPT University
Joining Year: 
2022
bkothari [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Vivek Kant
Strategic Design, Organisation Design, Design Audit

Sanya Jain

B.Des, NIFT, New Delhi
Joining Year: 
2022
22D1328 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Mazhar Kamran
Character Design, Masks, Roleplay, Non-verbal communication

Kirti Shrikant Kulkarni

M.Des, NID Ahmedabad
Joining Year: 
2022
22D1327 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Prasad Bokil
Details coming soon...

Nitika Kapoor

MBA, Sikkim Manipal University
Joining Year: 
2022
nitikak [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
Design education, Role of feedback in assessment

Saurabh Janbandhu

M.Tech (CAD CAM), Nagpur University
Joining Year: 
2022
22D1325 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Nishant Sharma
Mobility, Participatory Design, New product development

Krishnanunni K. U.

M.Des (Industrial Design), SPA Delhi
Joining Year: 
2022
krish.karayil [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Sugandh Malhotra
Form Finding in Nature, Evolutionary Algorithm in Design

Nimmi Elizabeth Thomas

M.Des (International Masters of Interior Architecture Design), CEPT University - HFT Stuttgart
Joining Year: 
2022
nimmi.thomas [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Avinash Shende
Craft, Digital Fabrication

Shivam Vats

M.Des, UP Institute Of Design, Noida
Joining Year: 
2022
shivamvats [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Sugandh Malhotra
Sustainable Product Design, Design Strategies and Methodologies

Sukesha Ghosh

M.Arch (Urban Design), KRVIA, Mumbai University
Joining Year: 
2022
sukeshaghosh [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Swati Pal
Housing typologies,, Ergonomics, Human-Factor Design, Interaction Design

Priyansi Kansara

B.Arch, Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai
Joining Year: 
2021
priyansi.kansara [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Avinash Shende
Hybridizations, Craft, Narratives, Processes, Creativity, Form

Pallavi Rao Gadahad

Masters in Information Systems, NTU Singapore
Joining Year: 
2021
pallavi.rao [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
Human-computer interaction (HCI)

Arun Mascarenhas

M.F.A (Sculpture) College of Art, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, University of Delhi
Joining Year: 
2021
arun.mascarenhas [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. G. V. Sreekumar
Creativity, Creative Economy, Education Policies, Pedagogy

Bishal Goswami

MURP, IIT Roorkee
Joining Year: 
2021
Joint PhD Scholar at IITB-Monash Academy
bishal.goswami [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam (IDC, IIT Bombay), Dr. Arnab Jana (CUSE, IIT Bombay) Dr. Ilya Fridman (MADA, Monash University), Dr. Xavier Ho (MADA, Monash University)
Democratisation, design for social change, neighbourhood mapping, participatory planning, data settings, sustainable societies

Yash Bohre

M.Des in Industrial Design, IIT Delhi & B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar
Joining Year: 
2021
Joint PhD Scholar at IITB-Monash Academy
yashbohre [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Purba Joshi (IIT Bombay), Rowan Page (Monash University)
Medical Device Design, Assistive Technologies

Khyati Priya

B.Des, IIT Guwahati
Joining Year: 
2021
khyatipriya [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Jayesh Pillai, Prof. Avinash Shende
Digital fabrication, 4D printing, form-shifting products, shape-changing interfaces, FDM

Nebu George

M.Des (Film and Video Communication), NID
Joining Year: 
2021
nebugeorge [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Mazhar Kamran
Cinema, Literature, Literary Adaptation

Shruti Agrawal

M.Des (Product Design), Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Joining Year: 
2021
shruti.idc [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Girish Dalvi
Details Coming Soon...

Tanaya Vyas

MA, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK
Joining Year: 
2020
204130001 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Girish Dalvi
Details Coming Soon...

Seema Krishnakumar

MS (Communication Design) Pratt Institute, NY
Joining Year: 
2019
seemskk [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Venkatesh R
Interactive storytelling, Science Communication, Data visualization, information Design

Nabajit Deka

M.A (VC), CEPT University B. Arch, Jamia Millia Islamia University
Joining Year: 
2020
Joint PhD Scholar at IITB-Monash Academy
nabajit.deka [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Sugandh Malhotra (IIT Bombay), Prof. Gene Bawden (Monash University), Prof. Ilya Fridman (Monash University)
Design Thinking, Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Self-Help Groups

Manisha Naskar

M.Des (Animation Film Design), NID
Joining Year: 
2019
194130007 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Mazhar Kamran
Documentary, Animation, Film Studies

Felnunmoi Gangte

M.Des, NIFT Mumbai B.Des, NIFT Delhi
Joining Year: 
2019
felnunmoi [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Avinash Shende
Weaving in Forms

M. Shah Faizan

M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), AMU
Joining Year: 
2019
msfaizan [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Swati Pal
Ergonomic Design, Product Design, Human Factors, Posture, Hand-Object Interaction.

Agnivesh Sharma

Bachelor's (Mechanical Engineering) RGPV Bhopal, M.des (Industrial Design) IIITDM Jabalpur.
Joining Year: 
2019
agnivesh [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Sugandh Malhotra (IIT Bombay) ; Co-Supervisor: Prof. Vivek Kant (IIT Kanpur)
Sustainable agriculture, Participatory design, Permaculture, Design tools

Sangeeth Sankar A

M.Tech (Technology and Development), IIT Bombay
Joining Year: 
2018
184130004 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Nina Sabnani
Investigating the transitions in Kerala's Shadow puppetry

Sasupilli Madhuri

Joining Year: 
2018
184130003 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Prasad Bokil
Investigating the Learnability in Educational Games

Sivaranjini J

M.Des (Film & Video Communication), NID
Joining Year: 
2018
184130002 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Mazhar Kamran
A Study of Narratives between Reality and Fiction in Cinema

Rupesh Nath Uppinivalasa

M.Des. (Industrial Design), IIT Bombay B.Tech (Mech.)
Joining Year: 
2017
rupeshnath [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
HCI, Micro-interactions, Indic Language Inputs, Input Methods, Indic Keyboards, Emergent Users, Industrial design, Craft and Creativity

Deepshikha Priyadarshini Dash

M.Arch (Industrial Design), SPA Delhi B.Arch, TVBSHS Delhi
Joining Year: 
2017
174130002 [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Sugandh Malhotra
Design Foresight in Mobility

Swayamsiddha Panigrahi

M.Des, IIT Kanpur B.Arch, CET
Joining Year: 
2017
Joint PhD Programme at NTU Singapore
swayamsiddha [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Mazhar Kamran Prof. Hans-Martin Rall (NTU Singapore)
Traditional art inspired Animation Art in Transition Trans-Culturation & Liminality Visual Identity Storytelling Oral history collection

Deepak Ranjan Padhi

M.Des, M.B.A
Joining Year: 
2016
deepak.padhi [at] iitb.ac.in
Supervisor: 
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
Parental Engagement in Child Education – Creating engagement framework for design interventions

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