Santosh Jagtap

Education

• Ph.D., University of Cambridge, UK

• M.Des., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Recent Experience

Prior to joining IIT Guwahati, Santosh worked as a faculty member at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden and at Lund University, Sweden. He has also worked in the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, Netherlands. 

Areas of Interests

Santosh Jagtap's work spans a wide array of topics within the field of design. His work delves into understanding and enhancing design practices across various domains, including product design, interaction design, and other visual design disciplines, all within diverse socio-economic and cultural contexts. Some examples of topics about this are: co-design, design creativity and innovation, design theory and methodology, sustainable design for both society and the environment, aesthetics, product service systems, and related subjects. 

Additionally, Santosh explores user interactions with design outcomes, examining how individuals engage with products, interfaces, visuals, and other design manifestations. He is also interested in the human-centered design of tangible and visual artefacts that incorporate emerging technologies. 

Santosh is also an Associate Faculty in the Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems at IIT Guwahati.

Editorial Board Membership 

Santosh is a member of the Editorial Board of CoDesign, an international journal published by Taylor & Francis.

Recognitions

Santosh has received several national and international recognitions for his research and contributions to design, including: (1) ‘Notable Alumnus’ award from the Department of Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, (2) ‘Distinguished Paper’ award at the International Conference on Research into Design, IIT Hyderabad, (3) ‘Best Student Paper’ award at the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Oslo, (4) ‘Reviewers’ Favourite’ award at the International Conference on Engineering Design, Korea, (5) ‘Certificate of Merit’ at the International Conference on Research into Design, IIT Madras.

Selected Publications

• Jagtap, S. (2024). Design and Engineering for Low Resource Settings: A Practical Guide. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-66155-6. (link to the book)

• Opiyo, E., Jagtap, S., Keshwani, S. (2023). Conceptual Design in Informal Metalworking Microenterprises of Tanzania. Sustainability, 15, 986. (download the paper)

• Jagtap, S. (2022). Codesign in Resource-Limited Societies: Theoretical Perspectives, Inputs, Outputs and Influencing Factors, Research in Engineering Design. DOI: 10.1007/s00163-022-00384-1. (download the paper) 

• Corsini, L., Jagtap, S., & Moultrie, J. (2022). Design with and by Marginalized People in Humanitarian Makerspaces, International Journal of Design. 16(2), 91-105. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. (2021). Co-Design with Marginalized People: Designers’ Perceptions of Barriers and Enablers. CoDesign. DOI: 10.1080 / 15710882.2021.1883065.

• Pramod, K., & Jagtap, S. (2021). Can Design be Non-Paternalistic? Conceptualizing Paternalism in Design Profession. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation. 7 (4), 589-610. 

• Jagtap, S. (2021). Frugal-IDeM: An Integrated Methodology for Designing Frugal Innovations in Low-Resource Settings. International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2021, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. (download the paper)  

• Jagtap, S. (2020). Barriers and Enablers in Co-Designing with Marginalized People. International Design Conference – Design 2020. Dubrovnik – Croatia. 

• Jagtap, S. , & Larsson, T. (2019). Resource-Limited Societies, Integrated Design Solutions, and Stakeholder Input. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation , 5 (4), 285-303. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. (2019). Key Guidelines for Designing Integrated Solutions to Support Development of Marginalized Societies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 219C, 148-165. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. (2019). Design and Poverty: A Review of Contexts, Roles of Poor People, and Methods. Research in Engineering Design , 30 (1), 41-62. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. (2019). Design Creativity: Refined Method for Novelty Assessment, International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 7 (1-2), 99-115. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. (2018). Shaping Products: Differences Between Expert and Novice Industrial Designers. International Design Conference – Design 2018. Dubrovnik – Croatia. (download the paper) 

•  Jagtap, S. (2018) Intentions and Inspiration in Shaping Visual Appearance of Products: The Practice of Professional Industrial Designers in India, The Design Journal , 21: 1, 85-107. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. , Larsson, A., Warell, A. (2017). Design for Resource-Limited Societies: Informational Behavior of Designers. International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED-17. Vancouver, Canada. 

• Sörensen, C., Warell, A., Jagtap, S. (2017). Material selection – A qualitative case study of five design consultancies . International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED-17. Vancouver, Canada.

• Jagtap, S. (2017). Inspiration in Product Form Design: A Survey of Professional Industrial Designers. Proceedings of ICoRD 2017, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Springer Singapore. 

• Jagtap, S. (2017). Attributes and Emotions in Product Form Design: A Survey of Professional Industrial Designers . Proceedings of ICoRD 2017, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Springer Singapore.  

• Aranda-Jan, C. B., Jagtap, S., & Moultrie, J. (2016). Towards a framework for holistic contextual design for low-resource settings. International Journal of Design, 10(3), 43-63.

• Jagtap, S., and Jagtap, S. (2015). Aesthetic Design Process: Descriptive Design Research and Ways Forward. ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries. Springer. (download the paper)

• Jagtap, S., Larsson, A., Hiort, V., Olander, E. & Warell, A., (2015) Interdependency between average novelty, individual average novelty, and variety, International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 3 (1), 43-60. (download the paper)

• Jagtap, S., Larsson, A., Hiort, V., Olander, E., Warell, A. & Khadilkar, P. (2014). How design process for the Base of the Pyramid differs from that for the Top of the Pyramid. Design Studies, 35 (5): p. 527-558. (download the paper)

• Jagtap, S., Warell, A., Larsson, A., Motte, D., & Hiort, V. (2014). Design Methods and Factors Influencing their Uptake in Product Development Companies: A Review. International Design Conference – Design 2014. Croatia. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S., A. Larsson, et al. (2013). Design and development of products and services at the Base of the Pyramid: a review of issues and solutions. International Journal of Sustainable Society, 5(3): 207-231. (download the paper)  

• Jagtap, S., Larsson, A., Hiort, V., Olander, E., Warell, A. & Khadilkar, P. (2013). Fighting Poverty through Design: Comparing Design Processes for the Base and the Top of the World Income Pyramid. International Conference on Engineering Design. Seoul, Korea. 

• Jagtap, S., Larsson (2013). Design of Product Service Systems at the Base of the Pyramid. International Conference on Research into Design, IIT Madras, India. ICoRD’13, Springer. (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. and A. Johnson (2011). In-service information required by engineering designers. Research in Engineering Design , 22 (4): 207-221.  (download the paper) 

• Jagtap, S. and A. Johnson (2010). Requirements and use of in-service information in an engineering redesign task: Case studies from the aerospace industry. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61 (12): pp. 2442–2460. (download the paper)