Praveen Nahar

Praveen Nahar

Professor, Design

BE: Amravati University, 1994
MDes: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 1996

Email: pnahar -AT- iitgn.ac.in

Office: AB 11/312 A
VOIP: 2654

Work Experience
- Product Design Consultant, Godfrey Philips India Ltd., New Delhi (1996)
- Sustainable Design Fellow, NFP, TU Delft, Netherlands (1997)
- Project Associate (Product Design), TRIPP, IIT Delhi (1997–1998)
- Lecturer, IDC, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (1998–2002)
- Senior Faculty Member (Industrial Design), National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad (2002–2026)
- Director, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad (2019–2024)
- Member Secretary, India Design Council (2019–2024)
- Chairperson, National Design Business Incubator (2019–2024)
Awards
1. Winner of the India–UK Excellence Award for Collaborations in Higher Education for the project, 2016.
2. Schmidt–MacArthur Post Graduate Fellowship on Circular Economy (Mentor), Ellen MacArthur Foundation (UK), 2013–2017.
3. Visiting Research Fellow (honorary), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2010–2013.
4. APO Scholarship Award EcoDesign Programme Japan, 2011.
5. Autodesk University Scholarship USA Award 2007 & 2008
6. AOTS Scholarship Award (Japan) for New Product Development Programme, 2003.
7. Netherlands Postgraduate Fellowship Award for Programme in Sustainable Technology and Environment Product Design at TU Delft Netherlands, 1997.
8. MODI–XEROX Design Award 1995.

Research Interests

● Systems Thinking and Systemic Design
● Design for Sustainability and Circular Economy
● Smart Products, Product Service Systems and Emerging Technologies
● Human–Technology Relations and Responsible Innovation
● Mobility and Future Transportation Systems
● Strategic Design and Innovation Leadership
● Design for Public Domain, Policy, and Infrastructure
● Crafts, Indigenous Practices and Social Innovation