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

MS​c

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

BD​es

Industrial Design, Indian Institute of ​Technology Guwahati, India

Areas of ​interest

  • Design for sustainability
  • Agricultural Product Design
  • Lifecycle Assessment and Design
  • Sustainable Product-Service System Design
  • Product design
  • Medical Product Design
  • User Experience Design
  • Human Centered Design


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

Playful Professional Corporate Innovation

Publications

Jo​urnals

  1. Gharate, T., Karanwad, T., Deka, M. K., Banerjee, S., & Banerjee, ​S. (2024). Comparative Life Cycle Assessment and ​Pharmaceutical Validations of Directly Compressed versus ​Additively Manufactured Tablets. Industrial & Engineering ​Chemistry Research. doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c00258
  2. Banerjee, S., & Punekar, R. M. (2020). A sustainability-oriented ​design approach for agricultural machinery and its associated ​service ecosystem development. Journal of Cleaner ​Production, 264, 121642. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121642


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.


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

  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?

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

  1. Departmental Posgraduate Program Committee Member Secretary (November 2021 - till date)
  2. Associate Warden, Subansiri Hostel, IIT Guwahati (March 2022 - till date)
  3. Department representative to Department AER Connect Committee (DACC) (November 2020 - March 2022)
  4. Organising Secretary, Antaaya 2021 - Symposium on Design Education organised by Department of Design
  5. Committee for Horticulture Contract (October 2020 - 2021)
  6. Finance & Accounts committee of Ishanaya, Festival of Design, Technology and Art (2019)
  7. Alumni meet committee of Ishanaya, Festival of Design, Technology and Art (2019)
  8. Department TEQIP co-ordinator (August 2018 - till date)
  9. Co-ordinator of Student Networking Team for 6th International Conference on Research into Design - ICoRD 2017 organized by IISc Bangalore, ​hosted by IIT Guwahati
  10. Departmental time-table co-ordinator (May 2015 - August 2018

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 Web​site

http://www.sustainability-and-​social-innovation.com