“Design Thinking” workshop/c​ourse @ IIT Kanpur (Sep 1st to 5th, 2014)

IIT Kanpur Design Thinking QIP Workshop

IIT Kanpur is organizing a week long workshop on Design Thinking under Quality Improvement Program as a Short Term Course. The objective of the short term course is to create awareness about Design Thinking, understand its role in innovation and creative problem solving.

The workshop also provides a platform for academicians and professionals from various fields to interact and exchange their views and ideas on the subject. We invite you to participate in this workshop and make this successful.

Details of the workshop are below

OBJECTIVES

Design thinking is fundamentally about how designers think and what tools and methods they use to solve complex problems, and find desirable solutions. During the past decade, design thinking has become a popular topic within design and especially business communities. Business leaders and managers have adapted design thinking as a part of their companies’ innovation process.

The objective of the short term course is to create awareness about Design Thinking, understand its role in innovation and creative problem solving.

COURSE CONTENT

The workshop will cover:
• Understanding Design Thinking?
• The fundamentals of design thinking: people, process, and tools,

• User-Centric Design Process.
• How Design Thinking can support innovation.
• Ways to apply design thinking to solve complex problems as a team.

The workshop also provides a platform for academicians and professionals from various fields to interact and exchange their views and ideas on the subject.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The workshop targeted towards educators, professionals, business people, NGO’s, policy makers, students etc. This hands-on workshop will lead you through the design thinking process and aimed at guiding the participants through the Design Thinking, Design Research and How the collected data during the research can be analyzed and defined is used in working on a appropriate solution for a problem space. The course will focus on User–Centric approach of design research and methods.

COURSE FEE

For Participants from Colleges

There is no course fee for teachers from engineering/science colleges. Participants will be paid to and fro train fare (III AC) via shortest route (strictly on the production of ticket) and free boarding and lodging in the guest house/hostels at IIT Kanpur. The application should reach the course coordinator latest by August 10th , 2014, giving information as shown in the Performa. The participants are required to get their applications duly recommended by the Head of Institution Department. The selected candidates will be required to send a refundable caution deposit of Rs. 1000 to ensure their commitment for participation in the course. This amount will be refunded only to those candidates who attend the course (please do not send the Demand Draft until you receive a confirmation of your selection by email).

For Participants from Industries / R&D Labs

Private and public sector companies and other organizations are welcome to depute their executives, managers, and engineers to participate in the course. The sponsoring organizations are required to pay a registration fee of Rs. 6000 per participant. The participants will have to make their own travel. Boarding and lodging can be arranged on the payment basis in the guest house/hostels at IIT Kanpur based upon prior request and availability.

MODE OF PAYMENT

The registration fee or caution deposit should be sent by demand draft payable at the  “State Bank of India, IIT Kanpur” Branch and drawn in favor of “WORKSHOP ON DESIGN THINKING-2014”

The selected candidates will be informed by the email communication.

IMPORTANT DATES

Receipt of Application: August 10th, 2014

Selection of candidates: August 15th, 2014

Receipt of Demand Draft: August 25th, 2014

Duration of the workshop: September 1 to

September 5th, 2014

For application form please send the following details to ramans@iitk.ac.in

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Feel free to contact us at +91 9695903332 for any clarification or information

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