Teaching & Courses
Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad
Interaction Design
B.Des + M.Des
The Interaction Design course introduces students to the principles of designing meaningful interactions between users and products, systems, and interfaces.
Through hands-on exercises and real-world examples, students develop a foundational understanding of user-centered design, usability, and iterative design processes.
UI/UX Design
B.Des
The UI/UX Design course introduces students to the fundamentals of designing intuitive, user-centered digital experiences.
Through a balance of research, design principles, and hands-on practice, students learn to translate user needs into effective interface and interaction solutions.
Data & Information Visualization
B.Des
The Data & Information Visualization course aims to help students understand the growing volume and complexity of information, and develop skills to filter, organize, represent, and reveal patterns and relationships within data.
Through this process, students learn to create engaging and context-sensitive information solutions that inform, inspire, entertain, and encourage critical thinking.
Design Culture & Society
B.Des
This course uses design as a lens to examine social and cultural systems and practices, positioning design as an evolving process shaped by its social and cultural context.
It seeks to highlight both the self-organized and intentional dimensions of design, helping students understand how design emerges, adapts, and intervenes within society.
Entrepreneurship & Business Planning
B.Des + M.Des
This course offers an introduction to the business dimensions of design, focusing on how design ideas translate into viable ventures.
It aims to equip students with the skills to develop, articulate, and propose business plans and startup concepts grounded in design thinking.
Certificate Courses
TalentSprint
Design Thinking
The course introduces design thinking fundamentals, methodologies, and techniques, as well as developing creativity, empathy, and problem-solving skills through case study examples, and application of the processes for real world problems.
UX Research, UI Foundations & Ideation Process
The course introduces the role of research in UX building on the model of Design Thinking, introduction to ideation processes, principles of UI, and an overview of Atomic Design Process.
Other Courses
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History of Art & Design
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Basics of Design
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Universal Design
Publications
1 / Analysing the Role of Cultural Event Spaces in the Formation of Place Identity in a Second-Tiered Indian City: A Case of Guwahati, Assam
Das, A., & Das, A. K. (2025). In Responsible and Resilient Design for Society, Volume 08. Springer Nature Link.
Mallubhotla, S.S.S.S., & Das, A. (2025). In Design Research Society, Digital Library.
3 / Spectacles of the Temporal City: An Analysis of the Effects of Festivals on Identity in an Urban Context.
Das, A., & Das, A. K. (2021). In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 221. Springer, Singapore.
4 / Visual Culture of Urban Spectacles: A Discourse on Festivals in the Light of Urban Semantics.
Das, A., & Das, A. K. (2019). In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 135. Springer, Singapore.
5 / Transmutative Visual Culture of Folk Festivals in a Semi-urban Scenario: A Study and Exploration of ‘Magh Bihu’in Assam.
Das, A., Hani, U., & Andukuri, S. H. (2017). Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 66. Springer,
Singapore.
6 / Design Intervention in the Handloom Industry of Assam: In the Context of a Debate Between Traditional and Contemporary Practice
Hani, U. & Das, A. (2017). In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 65. Springer, Singapore.
7 / Spectacles of the City: An analysis ofthe effects of Festivals in the formation of New Urban Identities.
Das, A., Hani, U., & Das, A. K. (2017). In Jinan K. B., Kumar P. P. A., Chithra K., Radhakrishnan N., Manohar L., Deepa P. (eds) Design Pedagogy and Contextual Aesthetics, Thanima 2. ICDPCA 2017, NIT Calicut
8 / The journey of Eri Silk: From home based agro industry to the global market.
Hani, U. & Das, A. (2017). In Jinan K. B., Kumar P. P. A., Chithra K., Radhakrishnan N., Manohar L., Deepa P. (eds) Design Pedagogy and Contextual Aesthetics, Thanima 2. ICDPCA 2017, NIT Calicut
Paper Presentations
1 / The Temporal City: Urban Festivals, Urban Identity and the Urban Social Space.
Das, A., & Das, A. K. (2018). Paper presented in Twelfth International Conference on Design Principles and
Practices. ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design, Barcelona.
Das, A., & Das, A. K. (2018). Paper presented in Conference Internationale Sur La Conservation Urbaine. Kolkata.
3 / Transmutative Visual Culture of a non-native festival: A study and exploration of Chhath Puja' in Assam.
Das, A., Das, A.K.& Andukuri, S. H. (2017). Paper presented at National Conference on ‘Culture-Design-Cognition’.
Bengaluru.
Poster Presentations
1 / Learning Through Play: Participatory Methods
for Financial Literacy in Rural SHGs.
Siwal, V., & Das, A. (2025). Poster presented in ServDes 2025, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
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