Divyadarshan
Associate Professor
- Teaching
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.
Senior Design Researcher, National Institute of Design, Bengaluru, 2013 - 2018
Assistant Professor, Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies (now Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences), 2010 - 2013
Researcher and Associate Designer-Industrial Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru, 2007 - 2010
ndustrial Designer, IDEA Pvt Limited (ideaproductdesign.com, now LUMIUM), Ahmedabad, 2006 - 2007
CAD/CAM Engineer, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), 2002 - 2004
Project Engineer, Acumac Machine Tools Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, 2001 - 2002
Experience: 20 + years
Foundation Courses
Design Methodologies
Form Studies
Product Design and Development
Design Innovation & Management
Infographics
Design Interventions for Social Innovation
Vehicle Design
Capstone Project
Test Coordinator
CCM Coordinator
FAM Coordinator
NAAC documentation support
AATMATRISHA (AT) Coordinator
Design Innovation
Product Semantics
Indian crafts
Bionics/Biomimicry
"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
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Design and Development of an X-ray Film Dryer for the Rural Market, ICBT Oxford 2024
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"Design and Development of an Automatic X-Ray Film Dryer" SASTech Journal, 2006, ISSN: 2249-5924
Education
MSc. (Engg) in New Product Design, Coventry University, UK affiliated to Ramaiah University, Bengaluru, 2004-2006
Diploma in Tools & Die Making(DTDM), GT&TC, Visvesvaraya Technological University, 1996-2000