Capabilities and Areas of Interest:

• Design for MSMEs and Craft Sector
• Technology & Design Fusion Initiatives
• Design for Development
• Sustainable Design
• Service Design,
• Experience Design
• Design Research

Work Experience Prior to Joining NID:

Engineer - Worked with a leading Voluntary agency, Antyodaya Gruh Nirman Yojana(AGNY), Valod.
( 1986/87)     

Product Designer - Kinetic Engg. Ltd., Pune One of the largest moped-manufacturing units in Asia. (1991/92)

Designer & Production In-charge - M/S   N. R. Jasani, Bombay, A leading modular office furniture manufacturer. (1992/1993)       

Design Consultant - Worked with various Industries, both small scale as well as large industries as design consultant. (1993/ 2000)

Present responsibilities at NID:

Faculty of Industrial Design

Product design and development through NID’s professional projects both for the industry and
craft sectors.

Previous Responsibilities held at NID:

Board Member, National Design Business Incubator, Ahmedabad (April 2019 - June 2022)
Activity Chairperson, Education (July 2015 – June 2019)
Member, Advisory Committee, National Design Business Incubator, Ahmedabad (September 2011 – April 2019)
Mentor, Design Clinic Scheme for MSMEs (July 2015 – June 2019)
Activity Chairperson, Faculty Development Programme (November 2010- July 2015)
Project Head, Design Clinic Scheme for MSMEs (February 2010 - July 2015)
Member, NID Staff Evaluation Committee (March 2006 – July 2014)
Mentor – Product Design, NID  (June 2013 – July 2014)
Head, Centre for Training of Trainers ( Aug. 2009 – November 2010)
Chairman, Purchase Committee, ( March 2004 – November 2010)
Activity Chairperson, Industry Programmes & Projects ( Aug. 2009 – November 2010)
Head, Foundation Programmes ( Aug. 2009 – February2010)
Activity Chairperson, Research & Publications ( March 2007 – July 2009)
Addnl. Activity Chairperson, Education ( March 2006 – March 2007)
Head, Student Matters & Acting Centre Head, PG campus, NID (March 2006)
Chairman Task force: Students’ Academic matters & related issues
Activity Chairperson, Outreach Programmes & Activity Chairperson, Industry Programmes & projects     (March 2004 – March 2006)
Activity Chairperson, Industry & International Programmes (March 2003- march 2004)
Activity Vice-chairperson, Education (March 2001- March 2003)
	Post Graduate Programmes
	Research fellowship Programmes
	International Linkages
Coordinator – Product Design Department  (March 2002- march 2003)
Convener – Technology and Design Interface Forum ( March 2000 – March 2002)
In-charge – Materials Sample Center ( March 1998 – march 2000)
Coordinator Product Development Center (Aug. 93 – march 98)
Member ; Advisory and Academic Board - PGDM-Business Design; WeSchool, Mumbai; ( April 2021 -  )
Reviewing proposals for publication; Bloomsbury Publishing; London
International expert - Paper Review Committee; Design as Common Good 2021 (www.designascommongood.ch)  - Framing design through pluralism and social values' ; (August 2020)
External Expert, Selection Committee, faculty members, Department Design, Tezpur University, Tezpur, 8th January, 2020
Jury member, India Design Mark 2019, Chennai, March 14 - 15, 2019.
Guest of Honour, Philately Exhibition(AMPEX-2018), Department of Post, Gujarat Circle, 13th December, 2018
Member, Academic Council of the university, Avantika University, Ujjain
Member, Academic Council, National Resource Center (NRC)  in Design by MHRD,  IIITDM Jabalpur, 2018
Member, expert committee, selection of Faculty, Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad, 12th June, 2018.
Member, Project review committee, Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards,  Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), 2018
Jury member, Design Demo Day (DDD) 2k17 at GTU, Chandkheda, 7th April, 2017
Expert member, faculty selection committee, Design Department, IIITDM Jabalpur, February 2017
Panel Member, GTU's Design Thinking initiation, a Round table meeting on 05th May , 2016 to revise the guidelines for Design Engineering for AY 2016-17.
Member, Project review committee, Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards,  Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), 2016
Member Panelist, Integrating sustainability thinking in higher education, Western Region Sustainability Symposium, 21st October 2016, Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), Ahmedabad
Expert member, faculty selection committee, Design Department, IIITDM Jabalpur, August 2016
Member Jury, Design education Initiatives, The 2016 Core77 Design Awards, March 2016.
Final Selection juror, International Student Design Competition, October 15 to 19, 2015, Taipei, Taiwan
Member, Plenary session on ‘Collaborating with Business Membership Organizations for MSME Promotion: Tools and Strategic Options’, 23rd Sept. 2014, 2nd Indo-German SME Forum, Hotel Lalit, New Delhi.
Member, Brainstorming meeting for Promotion of Indian Designs, 06th May 2014, Office of Controller General of Patents, designs and Trade Marks, Mumbai.
	Member, Scientific Review Committee, Design, Development & Research Conference 2013, July 18-20, 2013, Kumasi, Ghana; www.ddr2013.com.gh
	External Examiner, Dissertation Project, M.Des Programme, IIITDM, Jabalpur, 22nd March 2013
	Jury Member, India design Mark 2013
	Member, MSME Committee, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India, ACMA, 28.09.2012
	Member Advisory Committee of National Design Business Incubator, NDBI, NID 01.10.2011
	Member Review Panel, Selection of Projects for VRF under NDBI 29.09.2012
	External Examiner, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Powai, Mumbai 24.06.2011
	Project Head, Design Clinic Scheme for MSMEs, the scheme financially supported by the ministry of MSMEs, Government of India.
	Coordinator, DESIS-India Network, the India Chapter of the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability, DESIS, part of the international DESIS Network
	Visiting Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, UNSW,Sydney, Australia, Year 2010-12
	Member,Trust Board, Suruchi Shikshan Vasahat Trust, Bardoli.
	Member, Peer Review Committee, the International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development,(IJIRD), Inderscience Publishers, (www.inderscience.com), 2011.
	Member, Peer Review Committee, “Young Creators for Better City Better Life”, CUMULUS Shanghai Conference 2010, TongJi University, Shanghai, China
	Member, Programme Committee, ICARE-2010, the second Collaborative Academia Research Exchange workshop, IBM Research – India
	External Expert, Project Evaluation for  National Council of Rural Institute, NCRI, Hydrabad to evaluate the project “Revamping Yantra Vidyalaya, Bardoli – A Rural Engineering Training Centre, for training of Artisans, Landless Labourers and Unemployed Tribal Youth on Nai Talim Concept”,  April 2010.
	Member, Programme Committee,  I-CARE 2009, Collaborative Academia Research Exchange workshop, IBM Research – India
	Member, Advisory Committee and member, Peer Review Committee, International Conference FLUX: Design Education in a Changing World; DEFSA, South Africa, 2007.