© 2025 Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad
Last Modified Date on 12th November 2025
Joining Year:2025
Website: https://linktr.ee/sourapravo
Supervisor: Neelakantan P K
Research Areas : Cultural memory, Urban-rural networks, Visual architecture, Built environment, Cinema culture, Collective viewing
Joining Year:2025
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rucha-arundhati-deshpande-351341b/
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Genrative AI, User experience, Generational Shift, Design Education
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Cultural heritage, craft preservation
Joining Year:2025
Website: https://www.neethajoseph.com/
Supervisor: Saurav Deori
Research Areas : Architectural Ornamentation, Sacred Spaces and Art, Visual Culture, Visual Semiotics, Material Storytelling, Heritage and Culture Studies
Supervisor: Mohammad Shahid
Research Areas : Crafts, Culture, Indigenous Textiles, Visual Culture
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: 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:2019
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : Heritage, Museums
Supervisor: Prasad Onkar
Research Areas : Concept generation tools, Linkage Mechanisms, Engineering Design, Mental Work Load in Design
Joining Year:2018
Supervisor: Deepak J Mathew
Research Areas : AI in art, archaeology and museum
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Last Modified Date on 12th November 2025