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

Looking for Postdoctoral candidates (Indian and International)
Title: Artificial Intelligence to aid Design for Sustainability
To apply: https://iitg.ac.in/rnd/ipdf/loginCandidate.php
Looking for PhD candidates in the following areas:
1. Design for sustainability 
2. Frugal design and social innovation
3. Designing for children
New Project: Study the ease of disassembly for ABB LV products as related to End-of-Life stage of product lifecycle
The study aims to conduct a sustainability assessment of ABB Switchgearproducts using disassembly analysis methods and provide general guidelines for improving the product's design in light of the analysis.

News

June 2022
Pragnya Ramjee received the Governor of Assam Gold medal from honorable Governor of Assam during 24th Convocation of IITG.
June 2022
IF Design Talent Award 2022 for our MDes alumnus Mr. Achyut Shanbhag who worked under the supervision of Dr. Pankaj Upadhyay.
March 2022
New Publication- Banerjee S., Upadhyay P., Punekar R.M. (2022). ‘‘Designerly Ways’ for Sustainable Livelihoods’. In: Melles G.B. (eds) Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods. Design Science and Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8452-4_4.
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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