People & advisors

The people behind the Institute.

A founding board of design educators, an independent advisory board of practitioners across design, product, public health, AI and enterprise, and faculty and fellows at DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad, India.

Founding board

Academic direction and institution building.

Advisory board

Independent advisors who guide our direction.

Practitioners from four continents who steer the Institute's governance, curriculum and partnerships.

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Sanmitra Chitte

Design & Innovation Strategist · International Partnerships, BITS Design School, Mumbai

Design educationLinkedIn ↗
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Dr Kawahya Tizhe

Public Health Physician · World Health Organization · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Global healthLinkedIn ↗
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Chandrima Deuri Sikka

Product Marketing Manager, Somfy North America · ex-HP, ex-Samsung

Product strategyLinkedIn ↗
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Shibu Prabhakaran

Design Strategist, Kloudspot · Indian Institute of Science

Design strategyLinkedIn ↗
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Deepak Krishnan

UX Design Leader, Mashreq, Dubai

UX & AI designLinkedIn ↗
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Jomon Jacob

Entrepreneur & Investor, Tricta Technologies · IT, IoT and AI services

Enterprise & venturesLinkedIn ↗
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Gaurav Sahni

Corporate Strategy, Growth & Responsible AI · Bengaluru

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Gavin Remedios

Experience Design Leader, IBM Consulting · India & South Asia

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Faculty & fellows

Teaching and research at DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad, India.

Portrait — Jacinta Bell

Jacinta Bell

Interaction designer · Researcher, DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad, India · Fellow, HCD Institute

Co-author, course book
Portrait — Marsukola Kranthi Kiran

Marsukola Kranthi Kiran

Member, DIC · Research Scholar, IIT Hyderabad, India

Research
Portrait — Prof. Delwin

Dr Delwin Remedios

Professor, Department of Design, IIT Hyderabad, India · Head, Animation Lab

Faculty
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Elias V

Research Scholar, IIT Hyderabad, India

Research

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