Professor, Department of Design
Visual Communication, Folk Art and Crafts, Creativity, Film Making , Design Thinking , User Experience Design
Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences/
Design Programme/
Media Technology Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur 208016
UP, India
Graphics (Printmaking)
PhD, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. 2003-07
MFA, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. 1997-99
BFA, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. 1992-97
Courses taught - [18], Courses Developed* - [12]
Undergraduate
Art 101 – Art105 are offered as Core Level 1 courses while Art404 and Art410 are Electives Level II courses offered from the Discipline of Fine Arts, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur for the B. Tech, BS, B. Tech-M. Tech Dual, BS-MS Dual Degree students. Every UG student of IIT Kanpur is expected to register for a minimum 5 courses and earn 45 compulsory credit units in HSS component during their tenure.
Postgraduate
These PG courses are offered to Master of Design, B.Tech-M.Des Dual Degree and the Ph. D students in Design and Fine Arts. In addition, these PG courses are offered as open electives for all students at the institute.
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Singh, Siddharth, and Satyaki Roy. 2021. "Indian Folk Arts and Commoditization: Thick Description of Gond Art within the Framework of Contemporary Art." The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts 16 (4): 19-34. doi:10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v16i04/19-34.
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Mittal, S., Roy, S., Kumar, M., & Sameer, A. (2021). Introducing Visual Literacy Activities for Primary School Children in India. Design for Tomorrow—Volume 3, 745–760. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0084- 5_61
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Kumar, M., Roy, S., Bhushan, B., Sameer, A., Mittal, S., & Sarkar, B. (2021). Understanding the Dynamics of Emotions During the Design Process. Design for Tomorrow—Volume 2, 469–482. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0119-4_38
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Kumar, M., Ranjan, R., Bhushan, B., Roy, S., & Sameer, A. (2021). Pupil Dilation, Emotion Valence, and Recall of Visual Images. Advances in Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Communication of Design, 498–505.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80094-9_59
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Evolving Methodology for Visual Perception of Urban Place: Urban Competitiveness of Kolkata in Context to Smart City, Ghosh Mainak, Roy Satyaki, Nag S. SPANDREL 2015-16, Issue 11, 'Making Cities Smart and Competitive' pp.90-103
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Evolving Methodology for Visual Perception of Urban Place: Future Direction to Incorporate Geo-spatial Context. Ghosh Mainak, Roy Satyaki, Nag S. SPANDREL 2016-17, Issue 12 ‘Geo Spatial Aspects of Planning and Development’ pp.114-122 ISSN: 2231-460
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Visual Perception of Urban Place: Issues Need Attention in Kolkata, Ghosh Mainak, Roy Satyaki, Nag S. Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, Vol. 78 (7) pp.49-51. (2013)
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Pupil Dilation, Emotion valence, and Recall of Visual Images. Kumar, M., Ranjan, R., Bhushan, B., Roy, Satyaki, & Sameer, A., International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. Springer, Cham. AHFE 2021, Manhattan, USA
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
DyMAR: Introduction to Dynamic Marker Based Augmented Reality Using Smartwatch. Satyaki Roy, Pratiti Sarkar, Surojit Dey. International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics. In: De Paolis L., Bourdot P., Mongelli A. (eds), AVR2017. Ugento, Italy, pp.448-456, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10324. Springer, Cham, ISBN: 978-3-319-60921-8 (Print), ISBN: 978-3-319-60922-5 (Online), DOI. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319- 60922-5_35
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Comparing the incubation effect between the undergraduate and upper primary school students during creative problem solving. Mritunjay Kumar, Swati Mittal, Satyaki Roy, Braj Bhushan, Alok Bajpai, Ahmed Sameer, International Conference on Creativity and Cognition in Art and Design (ICCCAD). NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru Jan 19 - 12, 2017. pp.137-145 Bloomsbury, India. ISBN - 978-938-63- 4988-0
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Visual Communication Design and Urban Design as Tool for Urban Regeneration: Case Study of Kolkata, Mainak Ghosh Satyaki Roy, Sanjib Nag, National Symposium on Sustainability and the Built Environment: Searching for Synergies. pp.100-109, Feb 21-22, 2014. Department of Architecture, Town & Regional Planning Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur (2014)
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Social Innovation and Sustainability of Folk Aesthetics, Shatarupa T Roy Amarendra K Das, Satyaki Roy, 'Design for Social Innovation & Sustainable Development'5th India International Design Innovation & UX Conference. Auroville, pp 1-7Nov 02-05, 2011
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Understanding the dynamics of emotions during the Design Process. Kumar, M., Roy, S., Bhushan, B., Sameer, A., Mittal, S., & Sarkar, B. (2021, January). In International Conference on Research into Design. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 223. ISSN 2190-3018 ISSN 2190-3026, ISBN 978-981-16-0118-7. pp 469-482. Springer, Singapore.
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Introducing Visual Literacy Activities for Primary School Children in India. Mittal, S., Roy, S., Kumar, M., & Sameer, A. (2021, January). In International Conference on Research into Design. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 223. ISBN 978-981-16-0083-8, ISBN 978-981-16-0084-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0084-5 pp 745 - 760, Springer, Singapore.
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Re-Assignment of E-Waste Exploring New Livelihood from Waste Management, P. Vivek Anand, Jayanta Chatterjee, Satyaki Roy ICoRD’13, Global Product Development Part 1 Amaresh Chakrabarti, Raghu V. Prakash, pp.593 – 604, ISSN 2195-4356, ISBN 978-81-322-1049-8, ISSN 2195-4364 (electronic) ISBN 978-81-322- 1050-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-1050-4. Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Evolving Process of Application of Methodology for Visual Perception of Urban Place: Case Study of Kolkata. Mainak Ghosh Sanjib Nag Satyaki Roy, International Conference on Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 1 Amaresh Chakrabarti (ed.) ISBN 978-81-322-2231-6 (Print), 978-81-322-2232-3 (Online) pp.443 - 455, 2015 Springer India
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Empowerment for Chhattisgarh Craft Clusters. Parth Shukla Satyaki Roy, International Conference on Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2Amaresh Chakrabarti (ed.) ISBN 978- 81-322-2228-6 (Print) pp.151-157, 2015, Springer India
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Research in Visual Ethnography Focusing on Markets of Kanpur. Siddharth, Satyaki Roy, ICoRD15 Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 1 Amaresh Chakrabarti (ed.) ISBN 978-81-322-2231-6 (Print), 978-81- 322-2232-3 (Online) pp.181-192, 2015, Springer India
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
A Story of Languishing Doll: Revival of Cloth Dolls of India. Satyendra Mishra, Satyaki Roy, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Volume 66, Series Editors: Robert James Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2, Proceedings of ICoRD 2017, Amaresh Chakrabarti, Debkumar Chakrabarti, ISSN No: 2190-3018, 2190-3026 (Electronic) Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ISBN No: 978-981-10- 3520-3, 978-981-10-3521-0, DOI 10.1007/978-981- 10-3521-0. pp.71-78, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Augmented Learning Experience for School Education, Satyaki Roy, Surojit Dey, Pratiti Sarkar, Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, N. Lee (ed.) ISBN No: 978-3-319-08234- 9. pp-01-07, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_88-1, Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Influence of Creative thinking on the creative styles of the Individuals. Mritunjay Kumar, Satyaki Roy Ahmed Sameer. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Volume 66, Series Editors: Robert James Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain. Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2, Proceedings of ICoRD 2017 Amaresh Chakrabarti, Debkumar Chakrabarti. ISSN No: 2190-3018, 2190-3026 (Electronic) Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ISBN No: 978-981-10- 3520-3, 978- 981-10-3521-0, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3521-0, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Reflection of Indian Philosophy in Design. Sourav Dutta, Kanishka Biswas, Shatarupa T Roy, Satyaki Roy. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 135, Series editors: Robert James Howlett, Bournemouth University and KES International, Shore-by-sea, UK, Lakhmi C. Jain, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia; University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia; KES International, UK, Research into Design for a Connected World Volume 2, Proceedings of ICoRD 2019 , Editor: Amaresh Chakrabarti, ISSN 2190-3018, ISSN 2190-3026 (electronic) Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, ISBN 978-981-13-5976-7 ISBN 978- 981-13-5977-4 (eBook
Journal, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters
Improving Experience at Indian Railways Reservation Counters by Digitizing the Ticketing Process. Abhishek Bose, Jyotsana and Satyaki Roy. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 135. Series editors: Robert James Howlett, Bournemouth University and KES International, Shore-by-sea, UK, Lakhmi C. Jain, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia; University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia; KES International, UK, Research into Design for a Connected World Volume 2, Proceedings of ICoRD 2019 , Editor: Amaresh Chakrabarti, ISSN 2190-3018, ISSN 2190-3026 (electronic) Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, ISBN 978-981-13-5976-7 ISBN 978-981-13-5977-4 (eBook)
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Indian Folk Arts and Commoditisation: ‘Thick description’ of Gond Art in framework of Contemporary Art. Siddharth, Roy S. International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in Arts, © Common Ground Research Networks, Arts in Society 2020
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Thick Description of folk Painting of ‘Bengal Pattachitra’ tradition; cognisance as community exercise appreciating symbiotic collaboration. Siddharth, Roy S. International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in Arts © Common Ground Research Networks, Arts in Society 2021
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Indian Traditional Folk Paintings in Contemporary Context: Representation of Aesthetics and Communication of Social norms. Siddharth, Roy S. International Journal of Design in Society. Design Principles and Practices 2021
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Traditional Folk Art of Madhubani – A feminine preserve, Shatarupa T Roy, Satyaki Roy, Amarendra K Das. Design History Society Annual Conference: 'Design Activism and Social Change', Barcelona, Sep-07-10, 2011
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Innovation Ecosystem, Satyaki Roy, Jayanta Chatterjee. 'New Building Blocks for Jobs and Economic Growth' Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 2011
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Cultural Digital Archives – Research in Visual Ethnography Focusing on Markets of Kanpur, Siddhartha Satyaki Roy. International Symposium on Culture, Art and Literature (ISCAL2013), Bangkok, Thailand, 06-08 Nov 2013
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Methodology for Visual Perception of Places: A Design Discourse Approach to Smart Cities, Mainak Ghosh Sanjib Nag Satyaki Roy. Smart Countries and Cities Congress, Paris, Sep 1-3, 2015, France
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Re-Voicing Bawan Buti Sari, Satyaki Roy Satyendra K Mishra Shatarupa T Roy. Design History Society Annual Conference: 'Design Activism and Social Change', Barcelona 05-08 March 2018
Papers presented at the International Conferences
Refugee Settlement in Rasoolabad - A contextual study, Shatarupa T Roy, Satyaki Roy. The XX International Oral History Association Conference 2018, Memory & Narration University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Recognized for contribution in the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL Phase I-II, 2004-2014)
Indian Patent No: 234987 - The Drift-Battery Operated Campus Vehicle
Indian Patent No: 238758 - "Stair Climbing Wheel Chair"
Paper in Design History Society Annual Conference: 'Design Activism and Social Change', Barcelona 'Traditional Folk Art of Madhubani – A feminine preserve
Recognized for contribution in Design Education, Training and Research by different Institutions, forums within and outside India
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, October 2001 – Till Date
New Era High School, July – September 2001
Sahyadri School, Krishnamurti Foundation of India, August 2019 – June 2001
Establishing the Media Technology Centre at IIT Kanpur
Establishing the 90.4 FM Community Radio Station at IIT Kanpur
Formed a start-up company in 2013: Gestures Design and Media Solutions Pvt.Ltd.
NPTEL Phase I-II 2004-2014
Developing 9 courses in Film Making, Design and Media Arts at IIT Kanpur
“Visual Perception of Urban Place: A Methodological Approach to Analyse and Design”, Authors: Ghosh Mainak, Roy Satyaki, Nag Sanjib. Publisher: Routledge, 2021
The Drift-Battery Operated Campus Vehicle” Inventor/s: Satish S, Satyaki Roy, J Ramkumar, Indian Patent No: 234987. Dated07/03/11
Stair Climbing Wheelchair Inventor/s: Shanu Sharma, Shatarupa T Roy Satish S, Satyaki Roy, J Ramkumar, Indian Patent No: 238758. Dated 09/11/11
Patent application no. 201611026411 entitled ‘AN EFFICIENT WRITING TOOL FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED’ has been published in the Official Journal No. 10/2018 dated 09-03-2018 of the Patent Office. Name of Inventor/s: Sachin N P, Vimal Chandru, Shantanu Bhattacharya, Satyaki Roy
Patent application no 201711032866A entitled Portable Beverage Dispenser has been published in the Official Journal No. 18/2019 dated 03-05-2019 of the Patent Office. Name of Inventor/s: Asish Mohandas, P B Karthik, Ashwani Roy, Alkesh Sinha, Satyaki Roy, Deepu Philip
Funding Agencies: MHRD, MOE, DST, MIB, DMSRDE, UPPCL, MLA, MOT, CSTUP, NOKIA, JCBL, UPID etc.
Major Ongoing Projects
2015 Central Sector Scheme For MOOC-Compliant E-Content Creation, NPTEL Swayam
2016 DTH Swayam Prabha Project,
2021 Jaivik Yatra, a series of 108 episodes on the practice of Organic Farming in India for Doordarshan. Phase I – 26 Episodes
Projects Completed
2003 Computer Aided Design for Furnishing (Wearing Design)
2004 Design and Development of Light Weight Backpack Tents for Indian Army
2004 Opening Ceremony of Media Technology Centre
2005 Digital Ecosystem for Agriculture & Rural Livelihood (Digital Mandi Phase-II)
2006 CAD Based Carpet Design
2006 Carpet Washing Machine
2007 Design Exhibition Adex 2008
2007 Design Centre - Leather Handicrafts Products for Kanpur Cluster
2008 Design Bank
2008 Training Through Established Institutions
2009 Initiation Grant for Mdes Programme
2009 Gj100: Golden Jubilee Account
2009 National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning (Phase II)
2009 Opaals-Social Sciences (European Union)
2009 Golden Jubilee Cultural Programmes
2009 Community Radio Awareness
2010 Sculptures & Other Art Works
Projects Completed
2010 Bhasha: Encouraging Use of Indian Languages Through Mobile Phone
2011 Fm Radio Station Lab User Charges
2011 Product Design Lab
2012 Media Technology Center Account
2012 Fm Radio Mathematics
2013 Creating Health Awareness Among Community - Around IITK
2013 Development of Small Sized Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial System
2013 Understanding Jugaad: Multidisciplinary Approach
2013 Coordination of Taoos Chaman Ki Myna
2014 Audio Video Cell
2016 IIT Pal Project
2016 The Science Bus Project
2017 Leather Art, Craft & Design Workshop
2018 Fm Radio Salary & Wages Account
2018 Computer Based Test for Recruitment of Assistant Engineers in UPPCL
2018 Science Bus Operation/Running
2020 Recruitment of Assistant Engineers in UPPCL
Evolving Methodology for Visual Perception of Urban Place, Ghosh, Mainak. Co-Supervisor Nag, Sanjib, Department of Architecture Jadavpur University
Reviving the Lost Motifs of Baavanbuti Sari, Satyendra Kumar Mishra, Co-Supervisor Roy , Shatarupa Thakurta.
Folk and Tribal paintings of India; aesthetic continuum, insights on the contemporary state, nature of change and the sustainability, Siddhartha
Emotions during the Design and Creative process, Kumar, Mrityunjay
Design and development of a sustainable pottery cluster in Kanpur, Arman Ovla
Design of assistive tools of yoga for elderly patients, Sourav Dutta
Sneh Singh Walia, Signage Design
Manmohan V, Design of educational visual aids for dyslexic children
Sourav Bhattacharya, Medical Systems Design
Midhun P, Design of Agricultural Implements
Guruprasad, ‘Dolls of Jaynagar: A Cultural History of a Craft’