The IIT Bombay Industrial Design Centre School of Design (IITB IDC School of Design) is a design school part of the
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay or IITB) is a public research university and technical institute in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered as one of the best engineering universities in India and is top ranke ...
, a
public
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research university in Powai,
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
. It offers four-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) and two-year Master of Design (M.Des.) programmes, a five-year integrated Bachelor's plus Master's in design programme, and
doctoral programmes (PhD) in design across various disciplines such as industrial design, communication design, animation and automobile design.
Notable faculty
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Prof. R. K. Joshi
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Prof. Ravi Poovaiah
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Prof. Shilpa Ranade
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Prof. Nina Sabnani
Notable alumni
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Pranav Mistry
Pranav Mistry (born 14 May 1981) is a computer scientist and inventor. He was the President and CEO of STAR Labs (Samsung Technology & Advanced Research Labs). He is best known for his work on SixthSense, Samsung Galaxy Gear and Project Beyon ...
- inventor of 6th sense and Global Vice President of Research at Samsung
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Satyendra Pakhale
Satyendra Pakhalé (also known as Satyen Pakhalé; born 1967) is a designer, industrial designer, and architect. He realizes projects from industrial design, applied research to design vision of the future, technologically challenging product ...
- of Pakhale Associates
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Udaya Kumar - designer of the
Indian rupee sign
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References
External links
IDC official site
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IIT Bombay
Design schools in India
Educational institutions established in 1969
Education in Mumbai
1969 establishments in Maharashtra
Industrial design
Universities and colleges in Mumbai