Sustainability & Social Innovation Lab
Design for Sustainability (DfS) is an emerging and significant domain. It is also one of the prime needs of the hour considering the burden of human consumption and production. In order to create sustainable human consumption and production, a complete revamp of the consumption structure is needed. Through the SSI Lab, the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati, aims to foray into this domain.

Updates

New Project: A look into the lives of Indian Dhobis
We successfully completed the project on understanding the life and work of the washermen community in Guwahati.
Partnership with LeNSin
We joined the Learning network in Sustainability International, an Erasmus+ funded project.
On-field Ginger-Turmeric Processor Design
A project initiated under Design Innovation Center at DoD, IIT Guwahati.

News

Starting from 30th July 2018 an NPTEL MOOC course on System Design for Sustainability by Sharmistha Banerjee. For more information and to register, visit: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_de01/preview
12 - 23 Feb 2018
Pilot Course on Sustainable Product Service System Design applied to Distributed Design and Distributed Manufacturing. For more information, visit: Learning Network on Sustainability
Jan 2018
An interview of Sharmistha Banerjee published in the Journal MIX Sustentável on Design for Sustainability. http://www.nexos.ufsc.br/index.php/mixsustentavel/article/view/2454/1465
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The Learning Network on Sustainability - LeNSin
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On-field Ginger-Turmeric Processor
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Redesign of 2 Wheel Power Tiller Based Bed Planter