Bhaskar Bhatt — CEO
For over two decades, Prof. Bhaskar Bhatt has been at the forefront of shaping design education and practice in India. Trained in engineering, design, and management, he is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and has held senior leadership roles at eminent institutions, consistently championing a philosophy of design that extends beyond objects. Prof. Bhatt has influenced design policy and practice at a national scale through committee service, advisory roles for government initiatives, speaking engagements, and evaluation of excellence as a jury member for India’s Best Design Awards and the CII National Design Awards. Across his work, Prof. Bhatt advocates the power of design to deliver value, combining innovation, strategy, and operational excellence to strengthen India’s design fraternity and its impact nationally and globally.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in design education and transformation within higher education.
Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Experience: 21 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Academic Leadership
- Higher Education Leadership
- Design Education
- Higher Education Administration
- Higher Education Teaching
- Team Leadership
Career Highlights
- Over two decades of design education leadership.
- Influenced national design policy and practice.
- Advocated for design's value in innovation and strategy.
Work Experience
UPES
Head - Office of AI Transformation (1 mo)
Dean - School of Design (1 yr 7 mos)
Anant National University
Director - School of Design (3 yrs 11 mos)
ATLAS SkillTech University
Associate Dean (2 yrs 11 mos)
Lincoln University (NZ)
Doctoral Research (1 yr 1 mo)
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
Assistant Professor (1 yr 10 mos)
National Institute of Design
HOD (Product Design) (4 yrs)
Crevolve Design Technologies
Founder, Director (7 yrs)
Qmulus Design Studio Private Limited
Founder, Director (3 yrs)
Education
Senior Leadership Programme at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Master's degree at National Institute of Design
Bachelor of Engineering at Bangalore University
