Supervisor: Sonali Srivastav
Research Areas : Gender and Sexuality Studies, Media Infrastructures, Film Studies, Gendered Labour practices
Joining Year:2025
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayathri-s-kumar-274919183/
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Research Areas : Traditional Construtcion practices,spatial dynamics
Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid
Research Areas : 3D, Animation, XR
Joining Year:2025
Website: https://www.vidhisiwal.com/
Supervisor: Anusmita Das
Research Areas : Financial Inclusion, UI/UX
Supervisor: Neelakantan P K
Research Areas : Collective Memory, Aural Environment, Festivals, Everyday Life in City
Joining Year:2025
Website: https://pramodranjan.com/
Supervisor: Saurav K Deori
Research Areas : Craft, Service, Contemporization
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Joining Year:2024
Website: https://www.nurecas.com
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Subconscious/mental imagery, consciousness and AI art
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Research Areas : upcycling, sustainibility, waste management
Joining Year:2024
Website: https://www.pradiptarch.com
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Research Areas : Computational, AI, and IoT-Driven Approaches for Decoding and Modelling Ancient Indian Temple Architecture from Scriptural and Traditional Sources
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Research Areas : Climate resilience and taditional systems
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : BIM, XR, GenAI
Supervisor: Shiva JI
Research Areas : Living Heritage
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : UAM Interaction Design
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Art Design Education, STEM and STEAM Education in Indian Schools
Joining Year:2024
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/namrata-swargari-0011a381/
Supervisor: Saurav K Deori
Research Areas : Heritage Architectural Ornamentation, Visual Culture, Visual Semiotics
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Haptic based Interaction
Joining Year:2023
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Design Futures
Joining Year:2023
Supervisor: Neelakantan P K
Joining Year:2022
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-raxam-775133219/
Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid
Research Areas : Design Research, Neography, Visual Culture, Cultural Heritage, Typography, Disourse Analysis
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Exploring the EV penetration in Rural India
Joining Year:2022
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/usha-kiran-mangalgiri-912575267/
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Exploring the Impact of VR on STEM Education in Indian Middle Schools
Joining Year:2021
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Music and craft tradition of Adilabad Gond community
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Research Areas : Exploring the significance of Traditional knowledge in localisation of UN SDGs
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Transportation, Urban Air Mobility, Product Semantics, Perception of Safety
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Research Areas : Digital Heritage Interpretation, Heritage Building Information Modeling, Extended Reality, Bhumija Temple
Joining Year:2021
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Joining Year:2021
Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid
Joining Year:2021
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivaram-reddy-129309100/
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Spatial Data Visualization, Decision Making, Urban & Rural Studies.
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Indigenous Cultural Heritage, Material Culture
Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid
Research Areas : Type Design, Visual culture, Indian scripts, Design for Society
Supervisor: Neelakantan P K
Research Areas : Jaali, Vernacular, Contemporary, Porosity
Joining Year:2020
Defense Year: 2024
Supervisor: Shiva Ji
Joining Year:2020
Defense Year: 2024
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : urban mobility, drone interiors
Joining Year:2019
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Heritage, Museums
Joining Year:2019
Defense Year: 2024
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : game based learning tools for STEM education
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Concept generation tools, Linkage Mechanisms, Engineering Design, Mental Work Load in Design
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : VR Cinema
Joining Year:2018
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : AI in art, archaeology and museum
Joining Year:2018
Defense Year: 2024
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Design Education
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : 3D printed textile for lehanga
Joining Year:2017
Defense Year: 2021
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Autonomus drones for urban population
Joining Year:2016
Defense Year: 2021
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : AR/VR, Art and design education for schools
Joining Year:2016
Defense Year: 2024
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Haptic design of textiles
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Design Innovation, Value Creation
Joining Year:2015
Defense Year: 2022
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Affect-cognition interaction in graphic design inspiration and ideation, graphic design and visual communication
Joining Year:2015
Defense Year: 2024
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : On Design brief and it's effects on final design
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Visual Culture and Representation, Hybrid Visual Practices, Archiving and Digital Preservation,
Joining Year:2015
Supervisor: Haripriya Narasimhan
Research Areas : Art
Joining Year:2014
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Colour in cinema
Joining Year:2014
Defense Year: 2019
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Heritage conservation, Architecture
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