This is a listing of IDCians from the first 25 batches (1969 to 1995) holding leadership positions in industry/ firms/ oranisations/ institutions.
Almost one in every four graduates from these batches hold key positions.
| Total in this list | = 174 out of the 522 (graduates from 1969 to 1999) (the first 30 batches at IDC) (One in every three students from IDC hold leadership positions in industry/ firms/ organisations/ institutions) |
| Director/Heads In Academics | = 25 |
| President /Vice Presidents of Multinationals/large company | = 15 |
| CEO | = 10 |
| Started Own Company/Design Firms | = 47 |
| Working Abroad | = 50 |
| Head of Design in Product Design Industry | = 38 |
| Head of Design in User Experience/Computing Industry | = 40 |
| Head of Design in In Automobile Industry | = 22 |
| Head of Deign in Communication Industry | = 15 |
| Total PD of 25 batches | = 388 |
| Total VC of 11 batches | = 134 |
| Total 25 batches | = 522 student |
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PD 1970-72 |
B Bhaumik |
Vice President of Product Development (Retired) |
| PD 1970-72 | Kishore Munshi | Professor and Head (Past) IDC, IIT Bombay, India |
| PD 1970-72 | Kadiru Ramachandran | Professor and Head (Past) DoD, IIT Guwahati, India |
| PD 1970-72 | Harikumar Nair | Director, Global Advanced Design Studio of Whirlpool, USA |
| PD 1971-73 | Arun K Siddha | Managing Director (Past), Kalyani Sharp, Pune India |
| PD 1971-73 | Neera Adarkar | Urban Research and Urban Activism Adarkar Associates, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1973-75 | Vijay Bapat | Professor and Head (Past) IDC, IIT Bombay, India |
| PD 1975-77 | K Joseph Peter | Church Architect of Kerala K J Associates, India |
| PD 1975-77 | Kishore Babu | Chief Executive Officer Composite Technologies, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1975-77 | Ravi Poovaiah | Professor and Head (Past) IDC, IIT Bombay, India |
| PD 1976-78 | Ashok Panwalkar | Design Head and Creative Director (Retired) Philips India, India |
| PD 1976-78 | Gulu Bhumra |
Senior Vice President, |
| PD 1976-78 | Shrikant Potnis | CEO, Easun MR Tap Changers, Chennai India |
| PD 1977-79 | Satish Raut | Head of Design (Retired) MSME Development Institute, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1979-81 | Rajkumar Konar |
Professor in Design, |
| PD 1979-81 | MN Shivram | President, TeleVital, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1980-82 | Ajith Kumar | General Manager Funskool India, India |
| PD 1980-82 | KumKum Nadig | Head of Graphic Design Department Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1980-82 | Dinesh Verma | Managing Director Ace Group of Architects, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1980-82 | Basha Mohammad | General Manager R and D TVS Motor Company, Chennai, India |
| PD 1981-83 | Y. D. Venkatesh | Principal Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1981-83 | Vijay Kothari | Design Director Adaptive Design, Nagpur, India |
| PD 1982-84 | Dilipan R | Vice President R and D Stovekraft Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1982-84 | Ravi Mokashi | Professor and Head (Past) DoD, IIT Guwahati, India |
| PD 1982-84 | Pradyumna Vyas | Director National Institute of Design (NID), India |
| PD 1983-85 | Abhimanyu kulkarni | Design Head and Creative Director Philips India, India |
| PD 1983-85 | Sunil Malhotra | Chief Executive Officer and Head of Design Ideafarms, New Delhi, India |
| PD 1983-85 | Ravi Nafde | Director and Chief Technical Officer Cleantech, Nagpur, India |
| PD 1983-85 | Anil Saini | Director, Design Studio General Motors (GM), India |
| PD 1984-86 | Sanjay Jain | Director – Design Incubation Centre MIT Institute of Design, Pune, India |
| VC 1984-86 | Sunil Khullar | Director Software Technologies Summit, Delhi, India |
| PD 1984-86 | Peer M Sathikh |
Deputy Chair |
| VC 1984-86 | Sridhar Ranghayan | Film Director and Gay Activist Mumbai, India |
| PD 1984-86 | Simhan V Mandyam | Chief Executive Officer Triage Life Sciences, California, USA |
| PD 1984-86 | Nitin Urdhwareshe | Associate Vice President & Head - User Experience Presitant Systems, Santa Clara, USA |
| VC 1985-87 | Srirang Sathye | Director Animation Tata Elxsi VCL, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1985-87 | Pradeep Save | Design Manager Onida Design Centre, Mumbai, India |
| VC 1985-87 | Anubir and Bhavana Singh |
Directors |
| PD 1985-87 | Rajan Vernekar | Managing Director Ravedesign, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1985-87 | Sunil Kolhe | Vice President Product Development VIP Industries, Hong Kong |
| PD 1986-88 | Suresh Hiremani | Deputy General Manager Integrated Design and Manufacturing Centre, Mahindra and Mahindra, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1986-88 | B K Chakravarthy | Professor and Head Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, India |
| VC 1986-88 | Raghu Kolli | Vice President and Head Livelabs, IMRB International, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1986-88 | Vinay Mundada | Director Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune, India |
| PD 1986-88 | Boban Varghese | Professor and Head Department of Architecture at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa |
| VC 1987-89 | Deepak Patil | Chief Operating Officer Mindsensors Robotics, Richmond, VA, USA |
| PD 1987-89 | Prasad boradkar | Professor, Director of InnovationSpace Arizona State University, USA |
| VC 1987-89 | Dipti Varghese | Creative Director Design@bay, Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa |
| VC 1987-89 | Poornima Phaltankar | Creative Director, Tattva Design Studio, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1987-89 | Unmesh Kulkarni | Design Director Philips Design, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
| PD 1987-89 |
Puhazhendi Kaliyappan |
Director - Global Customer Support Perfint Healthcare, Chennai, India |
| VC 1987-89 | Vikas Saligram |
Head of the Department |
| PD 1988-90 | Punya Mishra | Professor and Director of Master of Arts in Educational Technology Michigan State University, USA |
| PD 1988-90 | Rajeev Prakash Khare | Art Director Delhi Press, New Delhi, India |
| PD 1989-91 | Sudheer Barve | Chief Designer ATG airports ltd, London, UK |
| VC 1989-91 | Sudeep Dasgupta | Lead Design Manager ebay, San Jose, USA |
| PD 1989-91 | Pankaj Junja | General Manager of Design Tata Motors, Pune, India |
| PD 1989-91 | Satyendra Pakhale | CEO Satyendra Pakhale associates, Amsterdam The Netherlands |
| PD 1989-91 | Dhananjay shahane | Design Manager Balck and Decker, Pune, India |
| PD 1989-91 | Prakash Unakal | Professor and Senior Associate Dean Business Design, We-School, Bengaluru, India |
| VC 1989-91 | Ajay Thombre | CEO Fineline Advertising LLC, Dubai, UAE |
| PD 1989-91 | Gayatri Rao | Director Animagic India, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1989-91 | Phani Tetali | Vice President and Producer (Past) FXLabs Studios, Hyderabad, India |
| PD 1990-92 | Sameer Bagga | Vice President & Head of Marketing, HCL America at HCL Technologies, NY, USA |
| VC 1990-92 | R. Venkatesh | Deputy Director (Past) Singapore Polytechnic Design School, Singapore |
| PD 1990-92 | Swaminathan Iyer | Design Manager Electrolux SEA Pte Ltd, Singapore |
| VC 1990-92 | Dinesh Khatre | Associate Director and HoD Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune, India |
| PD 1990-92 | Sudhakar Lahade | Manager for New Business Innovations and Growth Initiatives Steelcase, Grand Rapids, MI, USA |
| PD 1990-92 | Sabanayaham P | CEO 1 Message, Bangaluru, India |
| PD 1990-92 | Samudra Sen | CEO Learning mate, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1991-93 | Ganesh Gaikwad | Head User Experience Tata Consultancy Services, Pune, India |
| VC 1991-93 | Satish Babusenan | Film Maker and Partner Fifth Element Film, Kerala, India |
| VC 1991-93 | Ravi Krishnan | Associate Vice President, Experience Design, Wipro BPO, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1991-93 | Mugendi M'Rithaa | President Elect, ICSID Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology South Africa |
| VC 1991-93 | P M Hashim | Design Director Design Difference, Cochin, India |
| PD 1991-93 | Vijay Kumar | Founder and Principal Designer Ergoform Consulting, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1992-94 | Swapna Behar | Director Product Design and IPR, Icarus, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1992-94 | Sandeep Datar |
Head and Director of User Experience |
| PD 1992-94 | Rattan Gangadhar | Head of Department of Digital Design, Indian School of Design, Pune, India |
| PD 1992-94 | Sandeep Karyakarte | Head Passenger Car Design Tata Motors, Pune, India |
| PD 1992-94 | Sujit Kolke | Manager QA PTC, PUne, India |
| VC 1992-94 | Sachin Paliwal | Principal Architect Design Avenues, Bhopal, India |
| VC 1992-94 |
Julie Zachariah |
Technical Director NIC, Kerala, India |
| VC 1992-94 | Vikar Sharon | CEO Regalix, Palo Alto, USA |
| VC 1992-94 | Nimish Vohra | Senior Vice President Regalix, Bengaluru, India |
| VC 1992-94 | Vandana Balwally |
Senior Manager, Graphics |
| VC 1993-95 | Joy Banerjee | Director Woodapple Design, Gurgoan India |
| PD 1993-95 | Rupa Narayan | Head of Department Communication Design, NFT, Mumbai India |
| VC 1993-95 | Suni Hadap | Senior Research Manager Adobe Research, San Jose, USA |
| PD 1994-96 | Ashok George Abraham |
Design DirectorVolvo AB, Shangai, China |
| VC 1994-96 | Debasish Mahapatra |
Managing Director Pancham Studios, Bhuvaneshwar |
| PD 1994-96 | Chandrashekar Vyavahare |
DirectorFuturing Design Studio, Pune, India |
| VC 1994-96 | Ben Anthony |
Head of Department (Past) |
| PD 1995-97 | Ananthan Ramkripa | Design Head Mahindra and Mahindra, Mumbai, India |
| PD 1995-97 | Utkarsh Biradkar | Co-founder and Head of Design, UX, Product, Momoe, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1995-97 | A K Das | Professor and Head of Department (Past) Department of Design, IIT Guwahati India |
| PD 1995-97 | Narendra Ghate | Chief Designer, Service Design Tata Elexsi, Bengaluru, India |
| PD 1995-97 | Manjit Singh Kholi | Project manager, Visualisation, Technology and Research, Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA |
| VC 1995-97 | Prasanna Kulkarni | Executive Creative Director, JWT, Delhi-Mumbai, India |
| VC 1995-97 | Malini Rao | Principal User Experience Designer, Acquia, Inc. Massachusetts, USA |
| PD 1995-97 | Rajesh Shelke | Vice President, R and D Veol Medical Technologies, Mumbai, India |
| VC 1995-97 | Sanjay Sundaram | Artist Delhi, India |
| VC 1995-97 | Hemedra Kumar | Director of User Experience Design, LinkedIn, Mountainview, CA, USA |