Hi everyone, my name is
Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee
Assistant Professor, Department of Design & Associated Professor, Centre for Disaster Management and Research
IIT Guwahati
Education
PhD
Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
MSc
Integrated Product Design, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, The Netherlands
BDes
Industrial Design, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Areas of interest
About Me
Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. She obtained PhD is in Design for Sustainability in the arena of scale-appropriate agricultural equipment design from IIT Guwahati. She did her bachelor’s in Industrial Design from IIT Guwahati and master’s in Integrated Product Design from Technical University of Delft, Netherlands. In the past few years, she has worked in the arena of Design for Sustainability in India, Bangladesh and Netherlands with companies like ABB, Philips, Infosys, MIDCO, VU Medical University Amsterdam, Conpax Verpakking, Beat Belly, Botanische Tuin Delft, ACC Ltd, educational institutes like IIT Guwahati, MIT Institute of Design Pune, IDC, IIT Bombay and L'Ecole de Design (Indian Operations), Nantes-Atlantique, France and NGOs like International Development Enterprise Bangladesh.
Sustainability & Social Innovation Lab
Design for Sustainability (DfS) is crucial due to high human consumption. We are exploring this field through the SSI Lab to revamp consumption structures for sustainability.
Projects
01
Study the ease of disassembly for ABB LV products as related to End-of-Life stage of product lifecycle
Client - ABB LV
02
The International Learning Network of networks on Sustainability
Funded by Erasmus+
03
On-field Ginger-Turmeric Processor
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
05
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
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
07
Sustainable agricultural mechanisation guidelines
PhD Thesis
08
A Springer book on how to design for sustainable product-service systems applied to Distributed Economies
Funded by Erasmus+
09
A MooC course on System Design for Sustainability
Funded by NPTEL
Publications
Journals
Book Chapters/ Conference Proceedings
Research & Development
Seeking PhD candidates within the expansive field of Design for Sustainability.
PhD
Students
Prarthana Majumdar
Design for Motivation to Facilitate the Adoption of Assisted Self-Production in Emerging Economies (Rural and Semi-Urban Context)
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?
Baishalee Sonowal
A Design support for assessing and designing products for environmentally sustainable end-of-life performance
Research Questions:
Coming Soon
Shivram Kumar
Pedagogic Pathways to Sustainable Development of Crafts and Craftspersons
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”?
Pankaj Kavidayal
Role of women in disaster preparedness
Research Questions:
Coming Soon
Aradhna Moktan
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable Settlement Design Framework
Research Questions
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?
MSR & MDes
Students
Anmol Mohak
Design of a Portable Harvester suitable for small farms of Assam
Abhishek Kunta
Redesigning the rice transplanter for the context of Assam
Pragati Murathia
Optimizing Energy Consumption in Residential Sector
Ashik Purushotham
Redesign of ICS Toolkit
Diganggana Bhardwaj
Design for financial independency in rural sector for the sustainable development of crafts and craftsperson
Niharika
Hindi language learning in education for children in primary classes
Udayanka B
Material-Driven Electronic Product Design Using North-East Indian Materials
Saranya Anandha Krishnan
Semi-Urban Women Makers in Assam: Research, Analysis and Design Interventions for Sustainability
Sanika Manikkuwar
Bridging the gap between particulars of PCOS and women of reproductive age
Raj Panchal
Design intervention for effective integration of data in the healthcare sector
Yash Khot
Design research on mental health of transgenders going through Dysphoria and Transition
Anjali Venugopal
Design Intervention for Environmental Sustainability in the Food Delivery Industry
Phuntsok Choephel
Design Intervention for Thanka artists in Sikkim
Muskan
Increased screen time affecting school children in India
Pranav Lokhande
Flood Mitigation with the use of an Information System for Mumbai
Minakhi Das
Reimagining older adult's care experience after breaking a bone due to osteoporosis to ensure their first fracture is their last.
Abhishek Kunjappan
Design of a skull cutter for autopsy
Shyam Krishnan
Aid for facilitating creative problem solving in Product design
Uzair Iqbal
Design Intervention for Improving School Education in Kashmir
And some administrative roles
Leisurely loves
My love for knitting and crocheting…
Sharmistha Banerjee
Looking forward to working with me!
Email Address
sharmistha@iitg.ac.in
My Lab’s Website
http://www.sustainability-and-social-innovation.com