Industrial Design, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, India

Integrated Product Design, Faculty of
Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft,
The Netherlands

Department of Design, Indian Institute of
Technology Guwahati, India

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On-field Ginger-Turmeric Processor

Funded by Design Innovation
Center Setup by MHRD at
Department of Design, IIT
Guwahati

The International Learning Network of
networks on Sustainability

Funded by Erasmus+

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06

Design and performance evaluation
of solar tunnel dryer for high value
agricultural products of NE region

Funded by Design Innovation
Center Setup by MHRD at
Department of Design, IIT
Guwahati

04

Redesign of 2 Wheel Power Tiller
Based Bed Planter for Bangladesh

Client - International Development
Enterprise - Bangladesh

Design and Development of a Hand
Operated Assam Lemon Fruit
Harvester

Funded by Design Innovation
Center Setup by MHRD at
Department of Design, IIT
Guwahati

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09

A MooC course on System Design for
Sustainability

Funded by NPTEL

08

A Springer book on how to design for
sustainable product-service systems
applied to Distributed Economies

Funded by Erasmus+

07

Sustainable agricultural
mechanisation guidelines

PhD Thesis

Study the ease of disassembly for
ABB LV products as related to End-
of-Life stage of product lifecycle

Client - ABB LV

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1. Ramjee, P., Rathi, A., & Banerjee, S. (2023). Design of User-Friendly Smartphone Settings Configuration and Troubleshooting Features for Indian Senior
   Citizens. Proceedings of the 35th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, 245–256. doi.org/10.1145/3638380.3638393
2. Ramjee, P., Rathi, A., Banerjee, S. (2023). 'Senior Citizens and Smartphones: Identifying User Segments in Urban Middle-Class India'. In: Chakrabarti, A.,
   Singh, V. (eds) Design in the Era of Industry 4.0, Volume 1. ICORD 2023. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 343. Springer, Singapore.
   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0293-4_38.
3. ​
   Samanta, S., Banerjee, S., Upadhyay, P. (2023). 'A Bibliometric Analysis of Research in VR and Haptics'. In: Chakrabarti, A., Singh, V. (eds) Design in the Era
   of Industry 4.0, Volume 1. ICORD 2023. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 343. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-
   0293-4_77.
4. Banerjee S., Upadhyay P., Punekar R.M. (2022). ‘‘Designerly Ways’ for Sustainable Livelihoods’. In: Melles G.B. (eds) Designing Social Innovation for
   Sustainable Livelihoods. Design Science and Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8452-4_4.
5. Hassan, M. N., & Banerjee, S. (2021) 'Mindmaps-Based Tool for Planning and Structuring Design Research Papers'. Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp.
   587-593.
6. Sehji, U., & Banerjee, S. (2021) 'Campaign Design to Nudge Men in Public Spaces in Order to Reduce the Crime Rate Against Women'. Singapore:
   Springer Singapore, pp. 339-349.
7. Munakala, Sree Mahit, Chetan Manda, and Sharmistha Banerjee. 2021. "The Infinity Process: A Design Framework for Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving."
   In, 419-28. Singapore: Springer Singapore.
8. Vezzoli, C., Petrulaityte, A., Banerjee, S., Upadhyay, P., & Punekar, R. M. (2021). Designing S.PSS and DE: New Horizons for Design. In C. Vezzoli, B. Garcia
   Parra, & C. Kohtala (Eds.), Designing Sustainability for All: The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies (pp. 85-
   121). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
9. dos Santos, A., Vezzoli, C., Garcia Parra, B., Molina Mata, S., Banerjee, S., Kohtala, C., . . . Xia, N. (2021). Distributed Economies. In C. Vezzoli, B. Garcia
   Parra, & C. Kohtala (Eds.), Designing Sustainability for All: The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies (pp. 23-
   50). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
10. Garcia Parra, B., Kohtala, C., Marttila, T., dos Santos, A., Molina Mata, S., Zhong, F., . . . Punekar, R. M. (2021). S.PSS and DE in Practice. In C. Vezzoli, B.
    Garcia Parra, & C. Kohtala (Eds.), Designing Sustainability for All: The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies
    (pp. 123-142). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
11. ​
    Munakala, S. M., Manda, C., and Banerjee, S., 2021. Tackling anger in children with hearing impairment. Paper presented at the ‘Designing for children'
    with focus on 'Play and Learn', Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India.
12. Punekar, R.M., Banerjee, S. and Upadhyay, P., 2020. Design for Sustainability—Collaborative Learning and Dissemination at IIT Guwahati, Assam. In
    Sustainability Awareness and Green Information Technologies (pp. 479-494). Springer, Cham.
13. Banerjee, Sharmistha, Pankaj Upadhyay, and Ravi Mokashi Punekar. "Contextualising Sustainable Product-Service Design Methods for Distributed
    Economies of India." Designing Sustainability for All - 3rd Lens World Distributed Conference. Eds. Ambrosio, Marcelo and Carlo vezzoli. 1 ed. Vol. 1.
    Milano, Italy: Edizioni POLI.design, 2019. 270-75. Print.
14. Majumdar, Prarthana, et al. "Lamps - ‘Designerly Ways’ for Sustainable Distributed Economy." Designing Sustainability for All - 3rd Lens World Distributed
    Conference. Eds. Ambrosio, Marcelo and Carlo Vezzoli. 1 ed. Vol. 1. Milano, Italy: Edizioni POLI.design, 2019. 245-50. Print.
15. Banerjee, Sharmistha. "Pura Framework - a Model for Distributed Economy for India." Designing Sustainability for All - 3rd Lens World Distributed
    Conference. Eds. Ambrosio, Marcelo and Carlo Vezzoli. 1 ed. Vol. 1. Milano, Italy: Edizioni POLI.design, 2019. 265-69. Print.
16. Banerjee, S., Upadhyay, P. and Punekar, R.M., 2019. Teaching Design for Sustainability for Socioeconomic Ecosystems—Three Case Studies. In Research
    into Design for a Connected World (pp. 935-946). Springer, Singapore.
17. Majumdar, P., Banerjee, S., Diehl, J.C. and Van Engelen, J.M.L., 2019. Connected Us! How Social Motives Determine DIY Behaviorism in Rural Base of the
    Pyramid Communities. In Research into Design for a Connected World (pp. 807-819). Springer, Singapore.
18. Majumdar, P., Banerjee, S., Diehl, J.C. and van Engelen, J.M.L., 2019. Motivation for Do-It-Yourself in Rural Base of the Pyramid Communities and the
    Changing Landscape. In Research into Design for a Connected World (pp. 611-625). Springer, Singapore.
19. T, Jithin Krishna C, Yellamelli Pallavi, and Sharmistha Banerjee. Exploring Material Selection Using Intangible and Sensorial Properties. Edited by Aneesha
    Sharma and Jamuna Rajeswaran. 1st International Conference on Creativity and Cognition in Art and Design (ICCCAD). Bangalore: Bloomsbury India,
    2017.
20. Majumdar, Prarthana, Shiva Ji, and Sharmistha Banerjee. "Consumer Preferences and Value Proposition Disconnect—Assam Rattan and Bamboo
    Furniture Industry." In Research into Design for Communities, Volume 1: Proceedings of Icord 2017, edited by Amaresh Chakrabarti and Debkumar
    Chakrabarti, 665-77. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017.
21. Majumdar, Prarthana, and Sharmistha Banerjee. "The Challenges to Sustainable Growth of the Micro Scale Kuhila Craft Industry in India." In Research into
    Design for Communities, Volume 2: Proceedings of Icord 2017, edited by Amaresh Chakrabarti and Debkumar Chakrabarti, 665-77. Singapore: Springer
    Singapore, 2017.
22. Jamil, Needa., Vysak, A. S., Parihar, Aditya, and Sharmistha Banerjee. "Understanding the Hope Harbingers–ASHA, the women foot soldiers of India’s
    National Rural Health Mission." In Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2: Proceedings of Icord 2017, edited by Amaresh Chakrabarti and
    Debkumar Chakrabarti, 665-77. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017.
23. Shiva Ji, Sharmistha Banerjee, and Ravi Punekar Mokashi. "Assessment of GRIHA and LEED on the parameters of Sustainable Design and Development of
    Buildings". In Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2: Proceedings of Icord 2017, edited by Amaresh Chakrabarti and Debkumar Chakrabarti,
    665-77. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017.
24. Singh, Arushi and Sharmistha Banerjee, "'Spill in My Gills’ - a Board Game Design to Increase Oil Spill Awareness among School Children." Cumulus
    Mumbai 2015: In a planet of our own - a vision of sustainability with focus on water, Mumbai, 2015.
25. Tiwari, Sowmya, Neha, Utkarsh Mishra, and Sharmistha Banerjee, "Education for Sustainability- Cultural Diversity: Imparting Cultural Knowledge through
    Activity Based-Democratic Participation." Suscon, IIM Shillong, 2015.​
26. Banerjee, Sharmistha, "Case Study - Giving Voice to the Farmers, Machine Operators, Local Service Providers and Small Scale Manufacturers in Designing
    Scale-Appropriate Agro-Machinery for Rural Bangladesh." ICCIG3 2015, Ahmedabad, 2015.
27. Athavankar, Ameya, Sharmishtha Banerjee, B. K. Chakravarthy, and Uday Athavankar. "Conflicts in the Idea of ‘Assisted Self-Help’ in Housing for the Indian
    Rural Poor." In Icord'13: Global Product Development, edited by Amaresh Chakrabarti and Raghu V. Prakash, 605-16. India: Springer India, 2013.
28. ​
    Banerjee, Sharmistha, Kirti Meera Goel, Debkumar Chakrabarti, and Abhijit Das. An Approach to Specify Informal Sitting in Classroom.Humanizing Work
    and Work Environment (HWWE). Edited by Debkumar Chakrabarti and Abhijit Das. Guwahati: Allied Publishers, 2005.

Book Chapters/ Conference Proceedings

Design for Motivation to Facilitate
the Adoption of Assisted Self-
Production in Emerging Economies
(Rural and Semi-Urban Context)

Prarthana Majumdar

Research Questions:

1. What are the characteristics of the
Making culture in emerging
economies?

2. How can Design facilitate the
adoption of Making culture amongst
the youth of emerging economies?

3. Research Question 3: How usable
and effective is the framework?

Pedagogic Pathways to
Sustainable Development of Crafts
and Craftspersons

Shivram Kumar

Research Questions:

1. How can we classify crafts and
craftspeople on the basis of their
training needs?

2. How is crafts training being imparted
in various governmental and non-
governmental organisations in Eastern
India?

3. How to improve the efficacy of the
training program for the “artisan-
entrepreneurs”?

Aradhna Moktan

Community-Based Disaster Risk
Management for Sustainable
Settlement Design Framework

Research Questions:

1. How do existing sustainable
   settlement design frameworks
   address aspects of DRR and
   community-driven aspects, related
   or unrelated to DRR?

2. How can existing frameworks be
adapted and extended to incorporate
CBDRM effectively?

3. How does the integrated framework
perform in real-world scenarios, case
studies, or expert evaluations?

A Design support for assessing and
designing products for
environmentally sustainable end-
of-life performance​

Baishalee Sonowal

Research Questions:

Coming Soon

Role of women in disaster
preparedness

Pankaj Kavidayal

Research Questions:

Coming Soon

sharmistha@iitg.ac.in

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