About
Divyadarshan has spent 20 years as designer, researcher and academician. He has worked in various industries and institutions like TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), National Institute of Design (NID) and other industries and understands the design process. He has done research at NID on Indian craft sector by interacting with craftsmen working from generations and has knowledge of understanding socio-economic status and a need for design intervention to handicraft industry.
Research Areas
6Research Interest
- Design Innovation
- Product Semantics
- Indian crafts
- Bionics/Biomimicry
Research Projects
- "Industrial Design as Tool of Competitiveness for Indian Industries" with Dr.Darlie Koshy, Director, NID Ahmedabad, 2007
- Research on Indian Crafts ; Creating Digital Learning Environment for Design in India (‘e-kalpa’) 1. Digital online content for learning Design with distance e-Learning programs on Design 2. Social networking for Higher Learning with collaborative Learning Space for Design 3. Digital Design Resource Database including the craft sector. NID Bengaluru 2013-2018
Publications
2Conferences
- Design and Development of an X-ray Film Dryer for the Rural Market, ICBT Oxford 2024
Journals
- "Design and Development of an Automatic X-Ray Film Dryer" SASTech Journal, 2006, ISSN: 2249-5924
Teaching
9Education
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MSc. (Engg) in New Product DesignCoventry University, UK affiliated to Ramaiah University, Bengaluru2004-2006
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Diploma in Tools & Die Making(DTDM)GT&TC, Visvesvaraya Technological University1996-2000
Experience
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Senior Design ResearcherNational Institute of Design, Bengaluru2013 – 2018
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Assistant ProfessorRamaiah School of Advanced Studies (now Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences)2010 – 2013
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Researcher and Associate Designer-Industrial DesignNational Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru2007 – 2010
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ndustrial DesignerIDEA Pvt Limited (ideaproductdesign.com, now LUMIUM), Ahmedabad2006 – 2007
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CAD/CAM EngineerTATA Consultancy Services (TCS)2002 – 2004
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Project EngineerAcumac Machine Tools Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru2001 – 2002
Achievements
1- PATENT for a thesis project in PG program at Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences >Title of the Invention: "A Communication Device for People with Speech and Language Impairment" >Role : Inventor >Patent No. : 494995, >Patent Application No. 1155/CHE/2015 / dt: 10/03/2015, >Date of Grant ; 05/01/2024
Responsibilities
5- Test Coordinator
- CCM Coordinator
- FAM Coordinator
- NAAC documentation support
- AATMATRISHA (AT) Coordinator
Additional Info
1Experience: 20 + years
Campus
RR Campus