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 PhD candidates in the following areas:
1. Design for sustainability 
2. Frugal design and social innovation
3. Designing for children
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

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.
July 2021 - October 2021
Online course on System Design for Sustainability. Register at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_de09/preview?fbclid=IwAR0BNK9aHg7EdFGzct9ObSk9Ukp_sVm5psubB901ZqClf5-Jz_CYCfjnGwo
Jan 2021 
Distinguished paper award for Prof. Pankaj Upadhyay and Prof. Ravi Mokashi Punekar for their paper titled "What can designers learn from failed solution in BOP contexts?" at ICoRD'21.
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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