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The people behind the Institute.
A founding board of design educators, an independent advisory board of practitioners across design, product, public health, AI and enterprise, and faculty and fellows at DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad.
Founding board
Academic direction and institution building.
Founding Board Member · Professor, IIT Hyderabad · Head, DIC Hub
Dr Deepak John Mathew
Leads the Design Innovation Centre Hub at IIT Hyderabad, with research spanning design education, visual communication and emerging technologies including AR, VR and AI. PhD in design education; MFA, M.S. University, Vadodara. Sets the academic framework behind HCD Institute's teaching and certification.
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Founding Board Member · Fellow, DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad
Mathew Sebastian
A design educator and NID alumnus who works to take human-centred design beyond design schools, into classrooms, institutions and public systems. Advises governments on design education and employment, and leads the Institute's partnerships in India and abroad.
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Independent advisors who guide our direction.
Practitioners from four continents who steer the Institute's governance, curriculum and partnerships.
Sanmitra Chitte
Design & Innovation Strategist · International Partnerships, BITS Design School, Mumbai
Design educationLinkedIn ↗
Dr Kawahya Tizhe
Public Health Physician · World Health Organization · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Global healthLinkedIn ↗
Chandrima Deuri Sikka
Product Marketing Manager, Somfy North America · ex-HP, ex-Samsung
Product strategyLinkedIn ↗
Shibu Prabhakaran
Design Strategist, Kloudspot · Indian Institute of Science
Design strategyLinkedIn ↗
Jomon Jacob
Entrepreneur & Investor, Tricta Technologies · IT, IoT and AI services
Enterprise & venturesLinkedIn ↗
Gavin Remedios
Experience Design Leader, IBM Consulting · India & South Asia
Enterprise experience designLinkedIn ↗Faculty & fellows
Teaching and research at DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad.
Jacinta Bell
Interaction designer · Researcher, DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad · Fellow, HCD Institute
Co-author, course book
Marsukola Kranthi Kiran
Member, DIC · Research Scholar, IIT Hyderabad
Research
Dr Delwin Remedios
Professor, Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad · Head, Animation Lab
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Elias V
Research Scholar, IIT Hyderabad
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