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.

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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

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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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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

Book Chapters/ Conference Proceedings

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.
    

Seeking PhD candidates within the expansive field of Design for Sustainability.

Design for financial independency in ​rural sector for the sustainable ​development of crafts and ​craftsperson

Semi-Urban Women Makers in ​Assam: Research, Analysis and ​Design Interventions for ​Sustainability

Reimagining older adult's care ​experience after breaking a bone ​due to osteoporosis to ensure their ​first fracture is their last.