DYPDC
Masterclass

Full-time Faculty

DYPDC is proud to have on board, as its faculty, an extraordinary panel of teachers and scholars. Our faculty has the talent and a passion for teaching bright and eager minds. Not only do our faculty share the in-depth and extensive subject knowledge that they have with the students but they do so in a manner that is refreshing and lively making the classes highly interactive where students become active learners.

Education at DYPDC is about learning how to think. Our faculty encourages students not to become passive recipients of knowledge, but they facilitate the students path of discovery. With small class sizes the faculty has a chance to focus on every student encouraging them to think critically and express themselves clearly. Our faculty consists of a combination of full-time and visiting faculty drawn from within the top echelons of educational and industry circles from India and abroad.

Nallur Chandra Prasad

Dr Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade

Satyajit Kulkarni

Shruti Tambakhe

Uttam Hasabnis

Manjitsingh Ratansingh Pardeshi

Ravindra Vasant Pande

Prakash M Sonkamble

Kaushal K. Singh

Dr Shilpi Bora

Rahul Raj. R

Deepankar Bhattacharyya

Bhavin Mali

Kushal Jadhav

Rahul Manohar

Alex Velasco

Visiting Faculty

Bryon Fitzpatrick

College of Creative Studies

Elmer Van Grondelle

Delft University of Technology

Henri Christiaans

Delft University of Technology

Jon Ashmann

Northern Illinois University

Koos Eissen

Delft University of Technology

Nicola Crea

Design Manager & Consultant

Patrick Roupin

Managing Director, Kovent Infotech

Prasad Boradkar

Arizona State University

 

Sang Koo

Hanbat National University

Nallur Chandra Prasad

He pursued his dream of becoming an automotive designer by taking up the bachelor’s course in Transportation Design offered at Istituto Europeo di Design(IED), one of the premier design schools in Turin, Italy. During his college years, he won prestigious design projects sponsored by Azimut Yachts and Aston Martin Motor company. Though he has been inundated with offers from internationally renowned automobile companies, his passion lies in pedagogy. His core interest areas include conceptualization, freehand and digital sketching and rendering, automobile design history, aesthetics, and future mobility solutions. He has been guiding students in design projects since he joined the college as a full-time faculty in 2010. Along with other senior faculty members, he has been instrumental in establishing the Automobile Design discipline in college.

Dr Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade

Educationist, Researcher, and designer with 21+ years of experience. She has been the founding H.O.D of premier design schools in India (Symbiosis Institute of Design, MIT Institute of Design, Pune and Pearl Academy, Mumbai). She is a founding team member of the school of Fashion and a Professor at ADYPU. She continues as an educational consultant for higher studies in Design education pan India. She has diverse research experience in the area of Semiotics of fashion, Indian fashion system, Slow fashion side of sustainable fashion, varied applied research for design projects. Co-Founder and principal designer of slow fashion label “Vaibbhavi P”. The Label is about providing sustainable livelihoods to Indian craftspersons and promoting Indian textiles worldwide. Professionally she offers expertise in developing successful growth strategies by training both learners and team members through curriculum development and skill-building. She is committed educator to bring excellence in the field of higher design education with student experience at the core. She has presented papers at international conferences and published research in well-known journals. Her doctoral research with the title “A Semiotic Study of the Indian Sari” has garnered a lot of interest in the academic community as well as the Industry. She is also a guest keynote speaker and panelist at esteemed forums and her work and views have been published in national publications.

Satyajit Kulkarni

Mr. Satyajit Kulkarni is a Senior Alias Automotive 3d modeler with 7+ years of industry experience. He holds a master’s in Industrial Digital Design from DSK ISD. He has worked with Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Center, China, and Estech design of France. He was the first team member of Estech Design India. He has wide client exposure such as Renault, Citroen, Mahindra, Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, and Ashok Leyland.

Shruti Tambakhe

Shruti Tambakhe earned her degree in B.Des (Industrial Design) from Symbiosis Institute of Design and M.Des from Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur.

Ms. Shruti is passionate and believes in designing for solutions where product interaction along with customer satisfaction provides an efficient way to design. She has a keen interest in Design Thinking, User Interface, Visual Design, User Experience comprising Information Architecture and Information Design.

Uttam Hasabnis

Uttam Hasabnis is an advertising & design professional, and educator, with 10+ years of experience which spans a wide range of brands from various sectors and a vast array of clients. His specializations include Brand Identity Design and Typography with a creative flair and innovative approach. He has worked as a Creative Director at Creativeland Asia Advertising Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai. He has also worked independently as a brand expert and creative consultant for various ad agencies, design studios. He has led many integrated advertising campaigns, design projects across all mediums. Mr. Uttam has received his B.F.A. from Kalaniketan Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur. He believes in exhibiting his work and has won awards at many international events and competitions including Poster Design Winner for International Typography Day 2019, IDC, IIT Powai, Mumbai. His logos and brand works have been officially selected for many governmental organizations including CFSI, NCFF, URDC. He has also designed Brand Identity for several Bollywood celebrities. His writings on Brand Logo and “How to choose colors wisely” have been published in Creative GAGA magazine. He has designed and written extensively on Expressive Typography on social media. A true creative at heart, he loves what he does, produces great work, and never settles for second best. You can follow his work and activities online on Facebook and Instagram.

Manjitsingh Ratansingh Pardeshi

Mr. Manjitsingh carries 19+ years of experience in the field of design and has been associated with top design firms like Elephant Design and 3d Systems Corporation. He has bagged 300+ huge design projects. User Research & Interface are his interests considering his background in Graphic Design.

Mr. Manjitsingh carries a strong understanding of manufacturing processes and multiple materials in 3d printing. He is passionate about creating effective Designs, 3d rendering with VR technology. His specialties include Advanced Design, Visualization with new technologies, Lighting, Animation, Modeling, Sketching by hand to use them in 3ds Max, Photoshop, and Sculpting. He has acquired an amazing understanding of combining UI & UX with high efficiency for maximum application flexibility.

Mr. Manjitsingh is not only highly experienced but also well educated in Design, Product Design, Engineering Design, Environment Design, composition, color theory, contrast, and proportion. He is equipped with detailed knowledge of VFX, Game Design, Photography.

Ravindra Vasant Pande

Ravindra Vasant Pande carries a rich hands-on experience of 36+ years in the field of Graphic & Web Design, Typography & Type Design, & Teaching. Mr. Ravindra has conducted lectures on Calligraphy, Typography, Graphic & Visual communication at various design institutes for 15+ years. As a Visualiser in Advertising & Communication Design, he has planned and executed campaigns for various products, designed and developed Corporate Identity for various companies. He has also worked in the field of Publishing Design with the designing of 100+ books and book covers for eminent personalities in Marathi Publications. In his vast work experience, he has worked as a consultant in Web Design and Branding, designed and developed more than 100 fonts in Indian scripts for different purposes, such as text face, display face, calligraphic styles, and symbols. He has released a Unicode-based Devanagari (Marathi) OpenType font family named “Aksharyogini”.

Prakash M Sonkamble

Prakash M Sonkamble is a passionate educator and designer, motivating young learners to fulfill their dreams. He is an M.Des in Mobility & Vehicle Design from IDC IIT, Bombay. Before his M.Des, he has completed a degree in Product Engineering, carrying work experience as a Design Engineer in the automotive field. His core interests are automotive sketching and rendering, concept vehicles, future mobility, and human-centered design.

Kaushal K. Singh

Kaushal K. Singh carries 8 years of experience as a Car Interior Designer, in fast-paced Global Automotive Design studios like Johnson Controls India & U.S, Adient Germany, Xpeng Motors, CHJ Motors China.

He is adept at craftsmanship, research, a design that bring concepts to production. Mr. Singh holds a master’s degree in Transportation Design from ADYPU Pune (2010-12), and a well-rounded skill set from sketching & rendering to CAS modeling. Apart from his work, Mr. Singh is enthusiastic about hiking and cycling.

Dr Shilpi Bora

Dr. Shilpi Bora is a graduate of Assam Agricultural University Jorhat, Assam. She holds a Ph.D. degree from IIT Guwahati, Department of Design. Her specialization is in Human Factors & Ergonomics. She has also bagged the opportunity for a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Huaqia National University, Xiamen, China.

Dr. Shilpi carries 2 years of teaching experience at MIT AOE, Alandi, Pune as an Assistant Professor at the School of Design and 5 years of teaching assistantship at IITG, along with 5 years of research experience. During her Ph.D. she was invited as a visiting scholar at Shantou University, China for research purposes. Dr. Shilpi Bora has written research papers in both journals and international conferences and patents. Her areas of interest include Ergonomics, Product Design, Interior Design, Design Thinking, Design Intervention, and Research.

Rahul Raj. R

Rahul Raj is a postgraduate in Transportation & Automobile Design from Young India Design Society, Kochi, under PTC university, with 3+ years of experience in Industrial & Automobile design. He has served as an Automobile Designer in a Pune-based Electric Vehicle initiative called ‘Polarity Smart Bikes’, and also carries industry experience in Toyota and GM India as a freelance contract-based Exterior Stylist in 2010-11. His passion has been alive ever since and wishes to contribute to Design education for future designers.

Mr. Rahul’s core interest areas include Product Design, Graphic Design, Architectural Design, Concept Art, 3d Digital Modeling, and Design Research. He also guides students in their projects to help them develop their skill level in automobile sketching and rendering since the moment he joined the ADYPU university.

Deepankar Bhattacharyya

He has a keen interest in design thinking, its methods, processes, and concerns. He studies and conducts research on design thinking and writes on design issues. He is a strategic design consultant and educator. He is interested in discovering user-centered problems and processes to solve them to create opportunities using design thinking as a strategic tool. He uses design thinking to define problems, develop and execute creative solutions in order to overcome systemic challenges.

He is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad where he studied design during his undergraduate program. He is a member of the Academic Council at Ajeenkya D Y Patil University. He has participated in a number of projects related to design as a design consultant in his career. He worked with a few great names in the industry like Ivan Chermayeff (Chermayeff & Geismar), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, National Wastelands Development Board, Dandi Memorial Project, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Bhavin Mali

Bhavin earned his degree in mechanical engineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering affiliated with Mumbai University and completed his further education in design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad where he earned his postgraduate degree in design and became an industrial designer by profession. With over 10 years of real-life experience in the automotive and design industries, he has worked with companies like Maruti Suzuki, Godrej & Boyce, Elephant Strategy+Design, REVA Electric Car Company, and YO bikes electric vehicles. He has handled various positions ranging from sales executive to quality engineer to an industrial designer.

Bhavin is a product designer with a special affinity for ‘green’ products and services and he is passionate about transportation systems, from vehicles to the whole supporting infrastructure. His hobbies are blogging and photography.

Kushal Jadhav

Mr. Kushal is an engineer in telecommunications and a postgraduate in Industrial Design. He began his career in design at MIT ID, Pune while studying Product Design. He is a professional designer with 10 years of experience. His core expertise lies in materials and manufacturing processes, prototyping, electronic product design with a newly found interest in the design of urban farming systems.

Rahul Manohar

Being an automotive design aspirant, he started his education with BE Mechanical Engineering followed by specialization in Automobile Service & Maintenance Technology and later for a specialized design course at DSK ISD Supinfocom. Post his education, he compiled various experiences working under 3 design studios and thereby extending his area of expertise in, both Design and 3D. He has more than 8 years of industrial and academic experience. He will be soon joining us as an assistant professor in the design department.

He recently worked as an interior design of a production car, for a French Automotive Giant which will be released in the Indian market by 2021. Besides designing, he has worked in 3D for both interior and exterior of concept cars such as the Renault Kwid Climber & Racer, Trezor, and production cars such as Renault Kwid, Lodgy, Duster, and Espace. His key strengths in design would be sketching, digital rendering, and alias.

Bryon Fitzpatrick

College of Creative Studies

Bryon Fitzpatrick's professional career spans more than 60 years wherein he has worked with numerous institutions of repute and automotive companies like Ogle Design, Letchworth, England, UK, Bernadotte & Bjorn, Copenhagen, Denmark, Ford Motor Company, England and Cologne, Germany, British Motor Corporation, Sydney, Australia.

Some of the academic institutions he has been associated with include, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, Art Center College of Design (Europe), La Tour-de-Pellz, Switzerland, and Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.

Elmer Van Grondelle

Delft University of Technology

Elmer Van Grondelle is the Head of Advanced Automotive Design at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. He has close to thirty years of experience in automotive design and the design processes. He holds a B.A. from the Dutch Royal College of Art and a Design Management MBA from the University of Westminster. He has worked for companies like Ford, BMW, Lamborghini, Volkswagen, Toyota, Kymco and Hyundai. Currently Elmer freelances as a strategic automotive designer, and spends half of his time at Delft University of Technology, where he is the program manager for Advanced Automotive Design. Elmer teaches automotive design, strategy and design processes. His research involves the design of management models that frame and facilitate tacit knowledge in automotive design.

Henri Christiaans

Delft University of Technology

Henri Christiaans is an associate professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of the Delft University of Technology (TUD). He is also a visiting professor at the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), The Korean University of Technology (South Korea) and the Fachhochschule Voralberg (Austria). Furthermore, Henri is member of PATO-board (Post-academic Education in Technology) and chairman of PATO committee ‘Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design Engineering. Besides this, he is also the editor-in-chief of the ‘Journal of Design Research’. His education and research areas are focused on design thinking, information processing in design, cultural diversity, and cognitive ergonomics. He has published several books and papers on these topics. In the same areas, he’s supervising eight PhD projects and has been involved in several PhD committees abroad. Since 2008, he has been a visiting professor at the Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa, Departamento de Artee Design in Portugal.

Jon Ashmann

Northern Illinois University

Jon Ashmann has taught in the Visual Communication Program at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb for the past 22 years. Prior to teaching at Northern, he was an instructor for five years at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design. In addition, he has been an adjunct professor and visiting designer at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago over a period of twenty years. He has received international recognition for his design, having worked for over 40 Chicago and national companies. In 1995, he was honored with recognition for excellence in teaching at Northern Illinois University, and in 1999 he received the "Above and Beyond Award" from the American Institute of Graphic Arts Chicago Chapter for his advocacy for design and contributions on the board and education committee. Jon Ashmann has been invited to give numerous lectures across the United States at conferences and other events. He has the distinction of lecturing in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the South Pacific and having travelled to over 70 countries worldwide. As a frequent guest at the Accademia di Comunicazione in Milan, Italy; he has conducted many lectures and workshops over the past ten years. In addition, he has directed fifteen short-term study programs in the countries of England, France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy.

Koos Eissen

Delft University of Technology

Koos Eissen is the head of the drawing department and associate professor for Industrial Design at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. He is best known for his world-renowned book called, Sketching: Drawing Techniques for Product Designers, which has sold more than 50,000 copies the world over. Many of his students are currently heading design divisions in many reputed automobile companies.

Nicola Crea

Design Manager & Consultant

Nicola Crea,a design manager and consultant for product development was born in 1957. He has worked as a car designer at Pininfarina Concept Institute, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz cars and Giannini. In 1992, he ventured into designing of boats and motorcycles. He started his consultancy, “Victory design”, an engineering studio devoted to yacht design based in Naples. Upon moving to Germany, he worked for “Daimler-Chrysler” at the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design studio in Sindelfingen (Stuttgart), from 1996 to 1998. From 2006 to 2008 he headed CISME (Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi sulla Mobilità Ecosostenibile), research center of studies on sustainable mobility.

Patrick Roupin

Managing Director, Kovent Infotech

Patrick Roupin is an award-winning Belgian designer. In 2004, he won the Designer for Real World – Victor PAPANECK Prize. He holds a Masters degree in product engineering design from ISD - Supinfocom Group, Valenciennes. Patrick formerly worked as a usability specialist for one of the world's leading usability company in India. He has also worked as a product designer with companies such as Decathlon and Faurecia in France.

Prasad Boradkar

Arizona State University

Prasad Boradkar is an assistant professor in the School of Design at Arizona State University in Tempe. He holds degrees in industrial design and mechanical engineering, and has held positions at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands as well as ITT Technical Institute in California. At ASU, Prasad teaches studio, design history, and materials & processes at the undergraduate level, and a graduate course on design and cultural studies. The central objective of his research activities is to perform critical cultural analyses of objects, thereby expanding their accepted meanings in industrial design discourse. He is the co-founder of CriticalCorps, an interdisciplinary group of design researchers and educators who use critical and cultural theory as a means to understand the social significance of the designed environment and everyday life.

Sang Koo

Hanbat National University

Sang Koo is an Associate Professor at the Hanbat National University School of Industrial Design, Korea. Some of his vehicle design projects include, Mini Van Pregio Seat Design, Mid-size passenger car Credos interior design, senior designer, Mid-size passenger car Credos minor change exterior design, Kia Motors concept car in Tokyo Motor Show KMS III, Kia Motors sporty coupe concept design, Kia Motors sub compact passenger car Spectra Wing design, Hyundai Motors Starex  Ambulance Design, Hyundai Motors compact car concept ‘Sneakers’ design, Hyundai Motors sub-compact car ‘Olive’ design, Hyundai Motors Grand Starex Ambulance design, Hyundai Motors Luxury car concept research and Seoul Grand Park Online Electric Vehicle Body design.

Alex Velasco

Alex is a product design instructor who has been teaching new product development and design processes for over 20 years. He has taught at higher education institutions in the UK, Turkey, India and Georgia, where he was a Programme Director and helped found the International Design School at Georgian Technical University. Alex customizes design methods and innovation processes to help designers and teams involved in new product development arrive at innovative and feasible solutions.

Alex studied industrial design in Johannesburg (1986) and he attained a Master of Arts in Industrial Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London (1994) as a Gulbenkian scholar. He has worked as a professional and consultant industrial designer for clients in the technology, telecoms, and consumer product sectors in South Africa, Portugal, the UK and Turkey. As a Portuguese national, Alex speaks fluent English and Portuguese.

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