Course Overview
History of Innovation – great innovations that have shaped mankind. Relation between Design and Innovation. Factors for Innovation – from problem framing to reframing. Culture of innovation – understanding needs, cross-connections, limits and challenges. Problem-solving strategies that lead to innovation. Collaborative methods to enable innovation.
| Total Credits | 4.0 |
| Type | Theory |
| Lecture | 2.0 |
| Half Semester | N |
| Text Reference | – Tim Brown, Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation, HarperBusiness, 2009- Steven Johnson; Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, Riverhead, 2010 |
About Instructor
Prof. B.K. Chakravarthy
Prof. B.K. Chakravarthy teaches Innovation by Design at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay. He has set up the Shenoy Innovation Studio at IITB, where students and young designers are given the opportunity to work on live projects and benefit from expertise in a range of interrelated fields. Prof. Chakravarthy works closely with other academics engaged in cutting-edge research at IIT Bombay and has played a key role in translating such research into products that reach the hands of users. ‘A Collaborative Model for New Product Innovation’, an outcome of Prof. Chakravarthy’s doctoral research, has had wide application in the industry. Prof. Chakravarthy has also worked frequently with government departments and occupational communities engaged in essential services.
