Faculty at School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Vikash Kumar
Assistant Professor
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Dr. Vikash Kumar holds a Ph.D. from IIT Guwahati. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Design, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shiv Nadar University. Previously, he worked as a programmer analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions India in Chennai. His research interests include product-service system design for sustainability, design pedagogy, social design, and innovation through sustainable design. Among his achievements, he served as an expert and jury member representing India in the Industrial Design Technology category at the Asia-Pacific Best Practice Marathon 2022 (IV Khabarovsk International Skills Competition) organized by the WorldSkills Russia Regional Centre. Currently, he is the Chief Expert of India Skill in the Industrial Design Technology category to nominate candidates for WorldSkills 2024. He has been invited by institutions like Delhi Technical University and NID, Kurukshetra, to mentor design students.
Product-Service System design for Sustainability, Design Pedagogy, Social Design and Innovation through Sustainable Design
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2006, BE (Electronics and Communication), SCSVMV University
2009, M. Des. (Master of Design), IIT Guwahati
2015, Ph.D., IIT Guwahati
2014, Assistant Professor, Department of Design, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
2006-2007, Programmer Analyst, Cognizant Technology Solutions India, Chennai
Kumar, V., & Mittal, S. (2022). Smelly Shoes? An Opportunity for Shoe Rack Re-Design. In Ergonomics for Improved Productivity (pp. 287?293) Springer Nature Singapore https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2229-8_33
Kumar, V. (2019). Indian Cultural Practices as a Manifestation of Environmental World View? An Exploration as a Tool for Environmental Stress Mitigation. In A. Chakrabarti, Research into Design for a Connected World Volume 1 (Vol. 134, pp. 519?528). Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5974-3_45
Kumar, P., & Kumar, V. (2019). Teaching Creative Design to Undergrad Engineering Students?Some Experiences. In A. Chakrabarti, Research into Design for a Connected World (Vol. 134, pp. 1011?1021). Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5977-4_84
Kumar, V., & Yammiyavar, P. G. (2015). What Sustainable Design Means for Novice Creative Designers: An Exploration of Their Perceptions and Mental Models in the Indian Context. In M. Mani & P. Kandachar, Design for Sustainable Well-being and Empowerment: Selected Papers. IISc Press, ISBN: 978-81-925707-1-6 and 978-94-6186-345-4].
Vikash Kumar and Pradeep Yammiyavar, "Towards development of a tool for integration of sustainable development in education" a case study of design education in India, presented at International Conference on Environment and Humanities, Eco-revolution 2013, Pokhara, Nepal on October 1, 2013; abstract published by Eco-needs foundation, India, page no 41, ISBN: 978-62951-818-3.
Pradeep Yammiyavar and Vikash Kumar, "E-Waste generation from mobile phones and sustainability issues for designers", presented at International Conference on Research into Design, IISc Bangalore on January 11, 2011; published by Research Publishing, Chennai, titled "Research into Design supporting sustainable product development" page nos 523-532, ISBN:978-981-08-7721-7.
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"Model Making and Prototyping", Guest Lecture at the Department of Design, Delhi Technological University, University of Delhi, INDIA 2022
"Enterprise Design" workshop organised by IDA (India Design Academy) at Chitkara University, INDIA, 2021.
"Design Thinking" Invited talk at Annual IC3 Conference organised by IC3 (International Career & College Counselling) Institute, INDIA 2020.
'Design Semantics for Product Design' Invited talk at the School of Engineering Design, MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi(D), Pune, INDIA, 2019
"Indian Cultural Practices as a Manifestation of Environmental World View?An Exploration as a Tool for Environmental Stress Mitigation" at ICoRD 2019, organised by IISc Bangalore, INDIA, 2019
"Creativity Tool for Sustainable Design", International Conference on Creativity and Cognition in Art and Design (ICCCAD), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, INDIA, 2017.
"What Sustainable Design Means for Novice Creative Designers: An Exploration of Their Perceptions and Mental Models in the Indian Context? at International Conference on Design for Sustainable Well-being and Empowerment", organised by IISc Bangalore, INDIA, 2015.
"Towards development of a tool for integration of sustainable development in education, a case study of design education in India", International Conference on Environment and Humanities, Eco-revolution 2013, Pokhara, Nepal, 2013.
"GUI based remote public bus transport management system for Guwahati with a proposal for Sustainability Assessment", Symposium on Human Computer Interaction Design in Virtual Environments, IIT Guwahati, INDIA, 2012.
"Role of Ergonomics in Sustainable Product Design - A case study of ergonomic consideration in bus design for IITG Campus, International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment- ERGO 2012:Safety for All" G. B. Pant University of Agriculture, Pantnagar, INDIA, 2012.
"E-Waste generation from mobile phones and sustainability issues for designers Pradeep Yammiyavar, International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2011)", IISc Bangalore, INDIA, 2011.
"Systems Approach to a Sustainable Transportation System - An Overview" at National Round-table technical meet on Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources for Public Transportation Systems, IIT Guwahati, INDIA, 2010.
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