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2025
November 2025:
Heartfelt congratulations, Dr. Manisha Mohan on your outstanding achievement! Her PhD thesis, 'Effectiveness of Immersive Media and Game Based Learning in Building Empathy Among Nursing Professionals in India,' is a remarkable contribution to the field of Design.
Happy to share that she got PhD Excellence award is a testament to your dedication and research excellence.
June 2025:
Happy to receive this certificate of participation for completing the Runway Basecamp, a 5-day entrepreneurship residential program organized by Runway Incubator, UPES, with the support of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Grateful for the experience and knowledge gained during this program. Thanks to the organizers and mentors for their guidance and support.
April 2025:
🎉Congratulations to Dr. Manisha Mohan for successfully defended her PhD thesis and earned the title of "Dr." So proud of you. She is my first PhD scholar. Happy moment for me and for all the HFID lab researchers.
Ph.D. Thesis Title: “Effectiveness of Immersive Media and Game-Based Learning in Building Empathy Among Nursing Professionals in India”
April 2025:
Happy to announce that Dr. Naveen Kumar has been promoted to Associate Professor in recognition of his exceptional contributions to research and academic excellence.
March 2025:
Excited to share that HFID lab is equipped with new devices KAT VR, Oculus Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3. I hope to have meaningful research outcome from these device :)
January 2025:
Dr. Naveen Kumar attended the 10th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD'25) held at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
2024
December 2024:
Two papers got accepted and presented in 6th International Conference on Innovative Product Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IPDIMS 2024).
Paper titled-
a. Design and Development of wearable walking device for Parkinson Patients (single Author: Dr. Naveen Kumar)
b. Digital Twin for Smart Factory: A collaborative perspective (Co-author Mr. Meenakshi Sundaram)
Happy to share that I got the Best Paper award for my research paper presentation at NIT Rourkela in IPDIMS 2024 conference.
December 2024:
Happy to share our upcoming release of the first edition of Exploring the Metaverse: Challenges and Applications 🌐✨Click Book 📙
Published in Academic Press, Elsevier. Edited by : Deepika Koundal (Ph.D.) and Naveen Bhardwaj, PhD
This book dives deep into the opportunities and hurdles that the metaverse brings to our digital future.
November 2024:
A paper titled " Comparative Analysis of Teleportation and Joystick Locomotion in Virtual Reality Navigation with Different Postures: A Comprehensive Examination of Mental Workload" has been published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction in collaboration with Dr. Reza and Dr. Seul Chan Lee
November 2024:
Lab researcher Swikriti Srivastava and Dr. Naveen Kumar attended the India HCI 2024 Conference Held at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) and presented short paper, poster presentation.
September 2024:
Three papers has been accepted in International Conference on Research Into Design (ICoRD), 2025
Paper titled-
1. AutoSX: Designing a Mobile App for Enhancing Automobile Service Experience.
2. Gender differences in response to game-based learning for Indian Nurses.
3. Exploring factors related to adoption of Exergaming among young and older adults in Indian context.
Congrats researchers and thanks for all the efforts!!
September 2024:
A paper titled "Empathy Development through Game-Based Learning: An investigative study on Nursing Professionals" has been accepted and published in Nurse Education Today Journal. This work is led by HFID Lab members, especially Manisha Mohan. Congrats and thanks for all the efforts!!
August 2024:
A Short paper titled "An Interactive 3D Augmented Reality Business Card" has been accepted in India HCI 2024. This work is led by HFID Lab member, especially Swikriti Srivastav. Congrats and thanks for all the efforts!!
May 2024:
One paper published in International Health Informatics Conference (IHIC 2023) Springer, Paper title: "A Framework For Development of A Virtual Reality Environment For Building Empathy In Indian Nursing Professionals". Thanks and congratulations to Manisha Mohan.
March 2024:
Congratulations to Manisha Mohan for presenting the PhD thesis abstract. This is a second last step for any PhD research scholar. Her PhD title is "Effectiveness of Immersive Media and Game Based Learning in building Empathy among Nursing Professionals in India".
January 2024:
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all my researchers (Manisha Mohan, Sidharth Kumar, Meenakshi, Spandan, Kuheli, Swikriti) for your dedication and unwavering support to the HFID lab. Your hard work, innovative ideas, and collaborative spirit have been instrumental in driving our research forward.
Thank you for being an invaluable part of our team. I am excited about the possibilities that the coming year holds for us, and I look forward to achieving even greater milestones together.
Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful and prosperous New Year!
2023
December 2023:
Lab researchers attended the 4th Asian Conference on Ergonomics and Design, Held at Indian Institute of Management Mumbai (IIM -Mumbai) and presented three research papers.
November 2023:
Joined as a life time member of the Indian Society of Ergonomics.
November 2023:
Lab members attended the 14th International conference India HCI 2023 and presented a research poster on "The usage of digital twin to reduce manufacturing defects in Industry 4.0"
November 2023:
Attended 14th International conference India HCI 2023 and presented paper poster on digital twin.
Titled- The Usage of digital twin to reduce manufacturing defects in Industry 4.0"
Congratulation to Authors: Mr. Meenakshi Sundaram M and Prof. Venkatesh
October 2023:
Three papers has been accepted for the 4th Asian conference on Ergonomics and Design, IIM Mumbai
Paper title- Smart Walking Stick Design for Elderly People from The Perspective of Ergonomics, Technology, and User Experience
Paper Title- HOPE for smart living: A UX case study
Paper title- Designing a mobile application for customers and employees of supermarket- A UX case study,
Congratulation to all the lab researchers.
September 2023: A paper entitled "A Framework for Development of a Virtual Reality Environment for Building Empathy in Indian Nursing Professionals" has been accepted and will be published in the proceedings of International Conference on EdTech 2023. Congratulation to all the authors.
August 2023: A paper entitled "Effects of Posture and Locomotion Methods on Postural Stability, Cybersickness, and Presence in a Virtual Environment" has been accepted and published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Congratulation to all the authors.
August 2023: Promoted as Head of UX and Interaction design program in School of Design, UPES Dehradun, India.
June 2023: Call for Book Chapters for the book titled- "Exploring the Metaverse: Challenges and Applications". Thanks to Dr. Deepika Koundal from Department of Computer Science, UPES for collaborating with us.
February 2023: Siddharth Kumar has joined HFID Lab as researcher.
January 2023: Shalini and Pankaj has joined HFID Lab as researchers.
2022
July 2022: First paper from HFID Lab, UPES entitled "A Comparative Study of Prototyping Methods for HCI Design Using Cognitive Load-Based Measures" has been published in 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022. Thanks to Dr. Jyoti Kumar.
July 2022: A paper entitled "A Systematic Literature Review on Machine Learning Techniques for Human Status Detection" has been accepted and published in IEEE Access. Special thanks to Dr. Suman Kalyan Sardar for all his efforts and congrats!! DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3190967
June 2022: Dr. Naveen Kumar joined the School of Design, Interaction Design at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun as an assistant professor.
Jan 2022: A paper entitled "Human-Machine Interface in Smart Factory: A Systematic Literature Review" is published in Technological Forecasting & Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121284
2021
December 2021: My last day in HCT Lab, GNU, South Korea and new journey begins...
I am with HCT Lab members. "Miss you all"
November 2021: The HCT Lab attended ESK 2021 Fall Conference at Jeju Island. Paper poster presentations won the award!!
September 2021: A paper entitled "Human-Machine Interface in Smart Factory: A Systematic Literature Review" is accepted and will be published in Technological Forecasting & Social Change. This is the first publication led by only HCT Lab members.
February 2021: A paper entitled "Human-Machine Interface in Smart Factory: A Systematic Literature Review" in Technological Forecasting & Social Change has been submitted.
2020
October 2020: Dr. Naveen joined Human-Centered Technology Lab and started working with Dr. Lee
May 2020: Deliver a talk on "Cognitive ergonomics in Design", Invited by Dr. Somnath Gangopadhyay, Dept. of physiology, Culcatta university.
2019
October 2019: Dr. Naveen attended International Conference on Humanizing Design, World Design Organization Research and Education Forum, Hyderabad and presented paper poster on "A new approach to design assistive robots: humanizing design for future"
August 2019: Dr. Naveen published paper entitled "Challenges for Interface Designers in Designing Sensor Dashboards in the Context of Industry 4.0" in international journal of industrial and manufacturing engineering.
May 2019: Dr. Naveen joined Unitedworld Institute of Design, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar as an Assistant Professor.
2018
Dr. Naveen completed PhD Degree from UXLAB Department of Design, IIT Delhi under the supervision of Dr. Jyoti Kumar
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