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Courses Taught at the MDes Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 1994-2001

Course Title Components D/M/T Years

Design for Sustainable Development (Elective) Ecodesign, Sustainable Development (D) 2000-01

Placement and Degree Show Resume/ Portfolio making, exhibition, Placement (D) 2000-01

Studies in Product Configuration and Detailing Form and detailing (D) 1997-01

Applied Ergonomics Ergonomics (D) 1996-01

Product Interface Design Interface Design (D) 1996

Framework of Design Introduction to Design (D) 1996-01

Seminar Term Paper (D) 1996, 2001

Advanced Materials, Processes and Finishes Manufacturing (T) 1994-01

Design for Environment and Human Care Universal Design, Ecodesign, Sustainable Development (D) 1995-96

Communication and Presentation Skills Drawing, Form, Rendering (D) 1994-95

Engineering Function, Materials and Processes How things work, Model making (T) 1994-95

Sketching (For, Design Engineering Students) Object Drawing (D) 1994-95

Product Form and Aesthetics Form and theory (D) 1994

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Courses Taught

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Studio

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Evaluations

Framework of DesignSoumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work Teaching Courses // Supervising Projects // Developing courses, schools, programmes // International teaching // Conferences and Seminars // Writing

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Framework of Design

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Exercises in innovation, creativity & problem solving

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Communication and presentation skills

Product Form and AestheticsSoumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work Teaching Courses // Supervising Projects // Developing courses, schools, programmes // International teaching // Conferences and Seminars // Writing

Applied ErgonomicsSoumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work Teaching Courses // Supervising Projects // Developing courses, schools, programmes // International teaching // Conferences and Seminars // Writing

Studies in Product Configuration and DetailingSoumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work Teaching Courses // Supervising Projects // Developing courses, schools, programmes // International teaching // Conferences and Seminars // Writing

Construction in Paper and wire

All structures to be 5 feet high

Detailing articulated as links and the joinery

Studies in Product Configuration and DetailingSoumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work Teaching Courses // Supervising Projects // Developing courses, schools, programmes // International teaching // Conferences and Seminars // Writing

Design for Sustainable Development (Elective)Soumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work Teaching Courses // Supervising Projects // Developing courses, schools, programmes // International teaching // Conferences and Seminars // Writing

Placement and Degree Show 2000Soumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work Teaching Courses // Supervising Projects // Developing courses, schools, programmes // International teaching // Conferences and Seminars // Writing

Whirlpool Projects

Anis Ahmad and Abhishek Pratap Singh, 2002

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Asian Institute of Transport Development

PRT- Personal Rapid Transport System

Sugandh Malhotra/ 2002

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Ashok Leyland Truck Cab

Ridhu Sehgal, 1996

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The Fan for outdoors and halls

Orthodox project with product analysis and manufacturing studyG. Sathya Seelan 2000

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Tractor

Gurvinder Singh Walia, 2001

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Sports Utility Vehicle

Ajay Saran Sharma 1998

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The South Indian Coffee FilterM. Rajavel, 1996

The Sharbat dispenserSumit Joshi, 1996

Theme Food and Concern: The semiotics of the context

Mythical Objects

Concerns of Gift Giving, Mauss, Dowry,Object culture .

Makarand, 1997

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The Chair for Janet Robbins

T. Vineet, 1997

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Baby Incubator(Vipin Pillai)Infusion Pump(Makarand Dharphale)Modular Wheel Chair(Naveen, Ketan, Ravish)Wheel Chair(Rahul Kamble)Hyper Car(Pramod)Bycling path infrastructure(Nischal Jain)Schoolbus Rickshaw(Prabhu Stayajit)Eco Car(Vini Pant)Retro Motorcycle(Freddy Sangma)Rickshaw(Prabhu Satyajit)Driving kit for disabled(Debasish Pradhan)Driver Reflexes Testing System(Debasish Pradhan)City Bus(Praveen Nahar)Baby Stroller(Satish Beella)Sports Utility Vehicle(Ajay Sharma)Nomadic Computer(Raja Thomas)

Banking device(Arup Roy)Eco packaging for a fast food chain(Saumitri Chaudhury)Internet PCO(Aseef Kadir)Lights for the bachelor(Parag Anand)Brief case(Saurabh Mukherjee)Digital Jewellery(Abhinandan Dhole)Luggage(Yugandhara Majumdar)Soda Maker(Makarand Dharphale)Coffee Maker(Prashant Subedar)Tableware for Coffee, Tea and Cold Beverages(Rajavel, Ananya, Sumit)Solar Lamps(Shubho Sanyal)Alarm Clocks(Deepti)Door handles(Shubho Sanyal)Audio System(Vinay)Refrigerator(Nishant)Toys for lonely children(Pratyay)

Fan(Sathya)Chair(Vineet)Radio(Devanuj)Clocks(Shyam)Rocking Chair(Anis)Rural Refrigerator(Abhishek)Small Water cooler(Anis)Playground equipment(Avinash)Computer assisted learning kit(Nishant)Exhibition aids(Saumitri)Recycling programme infrastructure(Avinash)Website for ecodesign Project(Kaushik)EcoDesign CD ROM(Abhishek)Tools for craftspersons(Pankaj, Harsh, Jagjit, Manish, Blessen)

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Projects Supervised

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Clock

G Shyam

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ATV

Amitoj Singh

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ATV

Amitoj Singh

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BUS

Praveen Nahar

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Lamps

Parag

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Photocopier

M Sinoj

Seminar Course, Les Ateliers, France, November 2002

Clothing Care collaboration, Polytecnic of Milano, Italy, May 2002

Classroom exercise on food implements Syracuse University, USA, October 2000

Story Telling: A two week project on ways to design, Bezalel Academy, Israel, December 1999

Lectures Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE), Turkey, June 1997

Jury Member, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, June 1996

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International Academic Assignments and Collaborations

School of ArchitectureTVB School of Habitat Studies

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Curriculum and learner

centered reform

Formulation of foundation

course

Founder member

Furniture Design

Curriculum for the MArch Programme in Industrial Design at the School of Planning and Architecture1993Soumitri Varadarajan // Academic Work

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Teaching ResourcesCourse Abstracts CompilationCourse Documentation1986-2002

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