Academic Contributions

Apart from guiding various students, he has been a member of academic boards and advisory committees of various design, management and engineering institutes for guiding on his areas of specialization.

Academic Associations

  • Member of Research Recognition Committee (RRC), Symbiosis International University, Pune (2017)

  • Member of Ph. D. Selection Board, MIT Institute of Design, MIT Art Design Technology University, Pune (2017)

  • Member Board of Studies for UX Design (2016) MIT Institute of Design, Pune

Ph.D. Scholars

  • Jury Member for Keyur Sorathia for Ph.D. Thesis on Gestural Interfaces for Maternal Healthcare: A case study of rural Assam, North-East India, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati.

  • Local guide for Prof. Ganesh Bhutkar, Usability of Medical Devices, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Mumbai (Ongoing)

  • Jury Member for Jyoti Kumar Bansal for Ph.D. Thesis on Comparative Study of Users' experiential data collection techniques for human computer interaction design across cultural settings, Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 2010

  • Jury for Ph.D. Proposal Defense by Saraschandra Karanam, A cognitive model of web-navigation based on semantic information from pictures, PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, IIIT-Hyderabad (In collaboration with Utrecht University

Master of Design (M.Des.) Students

  • Mandar N. Sarnaik, A Study for Designing ‘Visitor Experience’ in Museums, Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Powai, Mumbai, 2009

  • Prasanna Kate, Redesign of HR System, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, 2008

Master of Engineering (ME) Students

  • Bhavesh Gabani, Role of digital forensics in digital preservation, Gujarat Technology University, 2014

  • Nikhil Padhiyar, Digital preservation of mobile data as legal evidence, Gujarat Technology University, 2014

  • Yogendra Tank, Digital preservation of e-mail, Gujarat Technology University, 2014

Bachelor of Design (B. Des.) Students

  • Abhishek Kumar, Usability Evaluation and Interface Design of QuickMM Album Author Software, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, 2002

  • Kapil Arora, Exploring Virtual Reality for Bhagvadgita Temple Metaphor, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, 2003