The winning team of the QED 2020, a competition by Anant National University are our students of the B. Des Humanising technology program, Anuya Desai and Preshita Deshmukh. Their sustainable fashion project titled ‘Circular Fashion’ aims to integrate circularity in fashion by encouraging users to utilize their clothing for longer, instead of constantly purchasing.

This project was chosen from 100+ entries from across India through three tough rounds of elimination. The jury panel consisted of Architects Anubha Kakroo and Amit Gulati as well as Sustainability Champion Miniya Chatterji.

The competition aimed to give solutionists a platform to showcase work, that is innovative and sustainable in social and environmental areas. This winning project was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 75000

Circular Fashion

Project: 'Circular Fashion'
Student name: Anuya Desai and Preshita Deshmukh - year II students B.Des ( Humanising Technology)

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Our students of Humanising Technology program win yet again! The Team Fireflies reached the TOP 3 Winners at Social Impact Challenge (SIC) 2019-20 in the Dream Awards 2020 event. They were competing with 15 teams across 10+ renowned colleges of Mumbai to uplift bring a change in the social enterprise industry of Maharashtra, India.

The jury at Dream Awards 2020 comprised of 07 esteemed educators, deans, nationwide social impact workers, entrepreneurs, consultants and founders of various firms. Both the SIC competition and Dream Award 2020 was organized by Connecting Dreams Foundation (CDF). The competition was partnered and supported by Power Finance Corporation, Atal Incubation Centre, Rambahu Malgi Prabodhini, Keshav Shrusti Gram Vikas Yojna, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, University of Mumbai and National Service Scheme.

Green Gold Bamboo Handicrafts

Project: ‘Green Gold Bamboo Handicrafts’
Student name: Rajarshi Dasgupta, Rahil Parmar, year III students- and Ameya Sawant, Shashank Venkatraman, Aarushi Mehra year II students- B.Des ( Humanising technology)

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Our students were the top 30 finalists of the UMO Design Social Innovation Challenge, from 250+ entries from all over the world were our own team from the second-year- B.Des. Humanising technology program

The jury consisted of 7-member team consisting of esteemed designers and innovators from India and abroad.

Our students win yet again! Winners in the Game Design & Communication Design category of the D'source International Corona Design Challenge Their entries were selected from a pool of 1254 entries with over 2000 participants from 52 countries.

The jury panel consisted of around 40 designers, educators, design thinkers, and practitioners from different countries. The competition was organized by IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, D'source, and DesignIndia.net and supported by Cumulus, International Council of Design (ico-D), World Design Organisation (WDO), Banaras Hindu University and IIT Guwahati

Wipe Out – Game Design

Project: ‘Wipe out’
Category: Game Design
Student name: Khushali Parekh, Nidhi Kastiya, Nikita Bhatnagar- year II students, B.Des ( Humanising technology)

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Go Corona Go – Game Design

Project: ‘Go Corona go’
Category: Game Design
Student name: Akshata Chitnis - year II students,
B.Des ( Humanising technology)

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Zyada Hero Maat Bano – Communication Design

Project: ‘Zyada Hero Maat Bano’
Category: Communication Design
Student name: Preshita Deshmukh - year II students, B.Des ( Humanising technology)

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Congratulations to our first batch 2017-21 of B.Des(Humanising Technology). Sweeping the top positions in two categories and a special mention in the third. Three of the four teams that participated won! Students from B.Des (Humanising technology) participated in four different categories.

First prize in Packaging Design

Award: First prize in Packaging Design
Project: Nibbo, eat more by eating less
Student name: Hitiksha Kanani,year III student, B.Des ( Humanising technology )

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First prize in Industrial Product Design

Award: First prize in ‘Industrial Product Design’
Project: Safety and security for the visually impaired in transit
Student name: Aarushi Shukla , Damiya Jaswani, Shweta Mandwale - year III students, B.Des ( Humanising technology )

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Special Mention in Mobility Design

Award: Special Mention in ‘Mobility Design’
Project: Fuel Consumption and traffic control
Student name: Rahil Parmar, Rajarshi Dasgupta - year III students, B.Des ( Humanising technology )

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