Bibhuti Ranjan Bhattacharjya

Product Manager

Assam, India9 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in frugal innovation and design thinking.
Experience in rural community development projects.
Strong academic background in product design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Design expert focused on sustainable development and frugal innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignResearchFrugal Innovation

Other Skills

Sustainable DevelopmentPowerPointMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OfficeCAD/CAMMicrosoft ExcelRural Community Development

About

I teach Product Design at the Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. My area of research includes design thinking for design and innovation in the resource-constrained society, human factor and ergonomics, frugal innovation and frugality, and technology for rural MSMEs.

Experience

Indian institute of technology, roorkee

Assistant Professor

Jun 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

ResearchSustainable DevelopmentProduct Design

Trans-disciplinary research cluster on frugality studies (trcfs), jawaharlal nehru university

Consultant Researcher

Feb 2021 – May 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

To study the frugal innovation ecosystem in the Indian context: financing mechanism, the role of informal actors, knowledge co-creation, etc.

ResearchFrugal Innovation

Unnat bharat abhiyan, iit guwahati

Senior Technical Professional

Sep 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · India

Indian institute of technology, guwahati

Associate Project Engineer

Jun 2011 – Jul 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Guwahati, Assam

Setting up of a pilot project on ‘Mechanized weaving of Muga silk’
Design and development of cost effective multipurpose tool for rural use to mitigate problems like scarcity of fodder for cattle rearers in hilly areas during freezing winter.
Design and development of cost effective Betel nut cutter to uplift the economy of rural women
Design and development of cost effective easily transportable Chaff cutter for mushroom industry of Assam
Design and Development of accessories for weaving sectors
Coordination among NGOs, institutes and organizations of the region for successful implementation of project
Technology dissemination in rural North Eastern part of India
Organize NGO meet at different part of the region
Organize ‘Rural Enterprise management Program’