PROFILE - Ravi Mokashi Punekar
Ravi Mokashi Punekar
Professor & Head, Department of Design IIT Guwahati
Ravi Mokashi Punekar is a Product Designer. He is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Design, IIT Guwahati. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Masters degree in Industrial Design and a Ph.D in Design.
After a stint of working in Industry with Godrej and Boyce Ltd, Mumbai and Kelvinator of India, Faridabad, he joined the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and was teaching in the Faculty of Industrial Design.
As a Design Researcher and academician his fields of interest are Design Pedagogy, Material Culture and Design, Form Studies, Product Semantics and Craft Studies and Design.
He has publications in design journals and has actively participated in National and International conferences. Prof. Punekar has rich academic, administrative experience. He is widely travelled and takes a keen interest in sports and Indian music.
