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Debsurya Dhar

Joining Year:2025

Email: md25resch01001[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Sonali Srivastav

Research Areas : Gender and Sexuality Studies, Media Infrastructures, Film Studies, Gendered Labour practices


Supervisor: Shiva Ji

Research Areas : Traditional Construtcion practices,spatial dynamics


Mohammed Jouhar Palakkal

Joining Year:2025

Email: md25resch01004[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.behance.net/jouharpalakkal

Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid

Research Areas : 3D, Animation, XR


Vidhi Siwal

Joining Year:2025

Email: md25resch02001[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.vidhisiwal.com/

Supervisor: Anusmita Das

Research Areas : Financial Inclusion, UI/UX


Deepak Das

Joining Year:2025

Email: md25resch01002[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Neelakantan P K

Research Areas : Collective Memory, Aural Environment, Festivals, Everyday Life in City


Pramod Priya Ranjan

Joining Year:2025

Email: md25resch04001[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://pramodranjan.com/

Supervisor: Saurav K Deori

Research Areas : Craft, Service, Contemporization


Harikrishna Manoj

Joining Year:2024

Email: md21b24p100001[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasmaketh/

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew


Fabin Rasheed

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch14001[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.nurecas.com

Supervisor: Prasad Onkar

Research Areas : Subconscious/mental imagery, consciousness and AI art


Toshit Ram

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch11004[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Shiva Ji

Research Areas : upcycling, sustainibility, waste management


Pradipta Roy Choudhary

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch14002[at]iith.ac.in

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


Nidhi Pratap

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch11001[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Shiva Ji

Research Areas : Climate resilience and taditional systems


Anjali Gautam

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch11002[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjali-gautam1011/

Supervisor: Prasad Onkar

Research Areas : BIM, XR, GenAI


Nitin Ranveer Sinha

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch04002[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Shiva JI

Research Areas : Living Heritage


Shovan Kanti Kar

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch04003[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shovankar/

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : UAM Interaction Design


Malthurkar Ganesh Kumar

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch01003[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Art Design Education, STEM and STEAM Education in Indian Schools


Supervisor: Saurav K Deori

Research Areas : Heritage Architectural Ornamentation, Visual Culture, Visual Semiotics


Banibrata Datta

Joining Year:2024

Email: md24resch01001[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Prasad Onkar

Research Areas : Haptic based Interaction


Salil S

Joining Year:2023

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Design Futures


Elizabeth Thomas

Joining Year:2023

Supervisor: Neelakantan P K


Julian Simbuk S Raxam

Joining Year:2022

Email: md22resch11001[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-raxam-775133219/

Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid

Research Areas : Design Research, Neography, Visual Culture, Cultural Heritage, Typography, Disourse Analysis


Aniruddh Dnyandeo Satpute

Joining Year:2022

Email: md22resch04001[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniruddhsatpute/

Supervisor: Prasad Onkar

Research Areas : Exploring the EV penetration in Rural India


Usha kiran Mangalgiri

Joining Year:2022

Email: md22resch01002[at]iith.ac.in

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


Naquah V

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


Ketan Madan Chaturmutha

Joining Year:2021

Email: md21resch11005[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ketanchaturmutha

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Transportation, Urban Air Mobility, Product Semantics, Perception of Safety


Tejas Eknath Pawar

Joining Year:2021

Email: md21resch11004[at]iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tejas-eknath-pawar/

Supervisor: Shiva Ji

Research Areas : Digital Heritage Interpretation, Heritage Building Information Modeling, Extended Reality, Bhumija Temple


Subhashree Mohapatra

Joining Year:2021

Supervisor: Shiva Ji


Ragini Ranjana

Joining Year:2021

Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid


Supervisor: Prasad Onkar

Research Areas : Spatial Data Visualization, Decision Making, Urban & Rural Studies.


Krishna Jayeshbhai Trivedi

Joining Year:2020

Email: md20resch11003[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Indigenous Cultural Heritage, Material Culture


Aalla Sai Chakradhar

Joining Year:2020

Email: md20resch11002[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid

Research Areas : Type Design, Visual culture, Indian scripts, Design for Society


Sreeprada Gogulapati

Joining Year:2020

Email: md20resch11001[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Neelakantan P K

Research Areas : Jaali, Vernacular, Contemporary, Porosity


Shilpi Chakraborty

Joining Year:2020

Defense Year: 2024

Supervisor: Shiva Ji


Meenakshi Mishra

Joining Year:2020

Defense Year: 2024

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : urban mobility, drone interiors


N R Visalatchy

Joining Year:2019

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Heritage, Museums


Chaitanya Solanki

Joining Year:2019

Defense Year: 2024

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : game based learning tools for STEM education


G Kalyana Ramana

Joining Year:2018

Email: md18resch11002[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Prasad Onkar

Research Areas : Concept generation tools, Linkage Mechanisms, Engineering Design, Mental Work Load in Design


Delwyn Jude Remedios

Joining Year:2018

Defense Year: 2024

Email: delwyn[at]des.iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : VR Cinema


Joseph Tsukka

Joining Year:2018

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : AI in art, archaeology and museum


Upasana Bhandari

Joining Year:2018

Defense Year: 2024

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Design Education


Indranil Saha

Joining Year:2018

Defense Year: 2024

Email: indranil.saha[at]alumni.iith.ac.in

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/indrascope/

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : 3D printed textile for lehanga


Priyabrata Rautray

Joining Year:2017

Defense Year: 2021

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Autonomus drones for urban population


Sumana Som

Joining Year:2016

Defense Year: 2021

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : AR/VR, Art and design education for schools


Rakhin K V

Joining Year:2016

Defense Year: 2024

Supervisor: Prasad Onkar

Research Areas : Haptic design of textiles


Doji Samson Lokku

Joining Year:2016

Defense Year: 2023

Email: doji[at]alumni.iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Design Innovation, Value Creation


Vimal Krishnan R

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


Mamata Nitin Rao

Joining Year:2015

Defense Year: 2024

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : On Design brief and it's effects on final design


Ankana Sen

Joining Year:2015

Email: md15resch01002[at]iith.ac.in

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Visual Culture and Representation, Hybrid Visual Practices, Archiving and Digital Preservation,


Anandakrishnan S K

Joining Year:2015

Supervisor: Haripriya Narasimhan

Research Areas : Art


Shijith V P

Joining Year:2014

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Colour in cinema


Parthiban K

Joining Year:2014

Defense Year: 2019

Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew

Research Areas : Heritage conservation, Architecture


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