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

July 2020 - October 2020 
Online course on System Design for Sustainability. Register at https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc20_de07/preview
Mar 2019 
Our BDes student Muskan Gupta alongwith IIITDM Jabalpur BDes students Tanishqa Bobde & Karttikeya Singh won an Honorable mention award in the LeNS International Student Design Competition, 2018.
Jan 2019 
Our Research Scholar, Prarthana Majumdar, bagged the best paper award at ICoRD 2019 for her paper titled: Motivation for Do-It-Yourself in Rural Base of the Pyramid Communities and the Changing Landscape.
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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