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NMIMS School of Design

Challenge – Evolve - Impact

We challenge our students to evolve them with Design education to impact lives

 

NMIMS Deemed to be University has added to its impressive multidisciplinary lineage of imparting outstanding learning experiences, the School of Design. The nucleus of the School is to impart future-scoped Design education to prime the student to be a design professional in the emerging scenarios.

NMIMS’s School of Design is a definitive pathway for those students who harbour a creative and an artistic bent of mind while also being enthusiastic about technology. For today, the role of a designer is varied—it combines design with technology and cognitive and behavioural sciences to serve business and social needs. It entails designing communications to designing businesses. Responding to the fact that Design is much more than mere visual appeal now; but a strategy, a solution that builds business value, the school relays a trans-disciplinary approach wherein design is crafted based on user centricity, scientific inferences and expected business outcome which is enabled or opportune digitally.

Our AICTE approved, 4-year undergraduate program, B. Des. in Humanising Technology, resolves the problem faced by young students to make a choice between their interest in art, science and technology by offering a seamless amalgam of the these streams. The program brings new focus on this aspect of ‘multidisciplinarity’—the byword in the field of design. It enables crafting product/service experiences that are delighting wherein the technology is consumable and unseen, thus ‘humanised.’


Vision


To prime designers to craft value enhancing, future scoped solutions in an increasingly digitised world.

Mission

  • To nurture students in an immersive, holistic, multi-disciplinary learning engagements
  • To prepare students to be innovative professionals who will create value by humanising technology in emergent scenarios.




Administration

Name

Designation

Dr. Arundhati Guha Thakurta

Dean In Charge

Prof. Nitin Shantaram Nigde

Assistant Professor, Program Anchor of B.Sc.(Animation & VFX)

Ms. Blanche Dias

Placement Executive

Ms. Pragati Ghugare

Coordinator (Academic - Admin)

Ms. Vidya Thorat

Coordinator (Academic - Admin)

Mr. Abasaheb Padalkar

Workshop Instructor (Lab incharge)



Academic Council Member: Design

Prof.Uday Athavankar,

Emeritus Professor
IDC, IIT, Mumbai


Board of Studies

The B.Des. Humanising Technology & B.Sc. Animation & VFX programs has been enriched by the expertise and experience brought to the table by the eminent members of its Board of Studies. This Board is unique mix of Academia, Design professionals and Business owners.


BOS Members : B.Des. Humanising Technology Program



Prof. Dr. Prasad Bokil,

Associate Professor,
IDC, IIT Bombay

 

 

Mr. Dhananjay Shahane,

Co-founder & Director,
Isomorphic Design Lab LLP

 

Mr. Amit Inamdar,

Founder and CEO | UX Design Consultant,
Zealous Design Solutions | HFI

 

 

Mr. Gavin Remedios,

Leader Experience Design Director,
IBM, India / South Asia

 

 

Mr. Tanmay Shah,

Director,
2626 Creative Studio Delhi / Mumbai

 

Mr. Mahesh Patil,

Co-Founder,
August

 

 



BOS Members : B.Sc. Animation & VFX Program



Prof. Sumant Rao,

Professor
IDC, IIT Bombay

 

 

Prof. Dr. Sameer Sahasrabhude,

Professor of Practice (Design),
IIT Gandhinagar

 

Mr. Naveen Paul,

Founder & Creative Head/Visual Effects Supervisor,
NY VFXWAALA (a division of Ajay Devgn Films)

 


Alumni Association

Ms. Prajna Raghuveer,

2017-2021
President
UX Consultant, Deloitte

 

 

Ms. Saima Khatri,

2017-2021
Vice President
Senior Product Designer, Axis Bank FreeCharge

 

 

Ms. Hasika Tejwani,

2017-2021
Treasurer
UX Consultant, Deloitte

 

 




Mr. Himanshu Mantri,

2017-2021
Head of Logistics
UX Designer, Yuj Designs

 

 



Ms. Abha Pawar,

2020-2024
Head of Marketing
UX Designer, ZEUX Innovation

 

 


Faculty

An educational experience is complete only with committed, talented and inspiring faculty. The School of Design is proud to have well-qualified academicians with practitioner experience. Specialists in their own right, they engage wholeheartedly in moulding and engaging young design aspirants.

Kshitija Katare
Dr. Arundhati Guha Thakurta
Dean In Charge

Education:

  • Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering, Ergonomics & Human Factors Engineering), National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
  • Master of Science (Human Physiology with Ergonomics & Human Factors), University of Calcutta
  • Bachelor of Science (Human Physiology), University of Calcutta

Specialisation:

Design Ergonomics, UX/UI Design, Cognitive Psychology & Human Factors, Usability Design, User centric Design & Research Innovation through Design Thinking, HCI/HMI Automation

Himabindu P
Prof. Himabindu P
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • PG in Product Design from MITID, Pune
  • B.Tech in Mechanical Engg from JNTU, Hyderabad.

Specialisation:

Physical Product Design / Industrial Design, Design of Plastic Electronic Enclosures. Plastic Product Design, Product Detailing, Product management, Ideation and conceptualization, Design Thinking, Strategic Thinking, Research Analysis.

Dr. Manoj Nikam
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Production Engineering from VJTI Mumbai
  • M.E. in CAD/CAM and Robotics from University of Mumbai
  • B. Tech. in Mechanical form Dr. BATU Lonere

Specialisation:

Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Mechatronics, CAD/CAM and Robotics, Industrial Automation, Un-conventional Manufacturing Processes

Prof. Nitin Nigde
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • Master of Fine Art, Sir J.J. School of Art , Mumbai
  • Bachelor of Fine Art, Sir J.J. School of Art , Mumbai

Specialisation:

Academic Portrait Painting, Cartoon , Caricature , Illustration ,Sketching & Drawing, Animation Pre-Production Designer, Percussionist

Prof. Pranav More
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • Master in Media & Entertainment Management, SGVU Jaipur University
  • Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai University

Specialisation:

V- Ray Professional, 3D Lighting & Rendering, 3D Game Assets Modelling, 3D Environment Modelling, 3D Unwrapping & Texturing.







Prof. Siddhesh Shirsekar
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • Master of Fine Arts (Applied Art)- (Lettering and Typography) from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, University of Mumbai 
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Applied Art)- (Lettering and Typography) from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, University of Mumbai

Specialisation:

Lettering and Typography, Communication Design, Information Design, Publishing Design and Design Research

Sneh Hazra
Prof. Sudhakar Kalgutkar
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • Master of Fine Art (Portrait Painting) from Ojaswini College of Fine Art (OCFA), North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
  • Bachelor of Fine Art, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai

Specialisation:

2D and 3D Animator, Storyboarding, Composing, Character Designing & Caricature

Sneh Hazra
Prof. Sudhir Bania
Assistant Professor

Education:

  • M. Des in Product Design from, IDC, IIT Bombay
  • BE (Electronics) from Mumbai University

Specialisation:

Product / Industrial Design, Design Research, Product Innovation, Design language development, Project Management, Design Thinking, Product Qualification & DFM, Appliances, Lab equipment, Packaging/POS Design



           
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