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INNOVATION SPACES Innovataion Lab,
IIT Mandi

The Design and Innovation Centre is an initiative taken up by the Ministry of Human
resource Development, Govt. of India, as a part of its 12th Five year plan (2012-17). The
Design and Innovation Centre will focus on concept to prototype to product
transformation as a part of its mission in the hub-spoke model. IIT Mandi is linking up
with IIT Delhi as its hub institute in the Design and Innovation Centre programme.
Keeping in mind the broader institutional goals, the Design and Innovation Centre at
IIT Mandi has set forth the goals of developing technologies that are technologically
beneficial to the Himalayan region preserving the ecological balance by and large.

The centre is envisioned to provide a perfect ambience for the students to walk in with some thoughts and ideas and
walk out with a product. A number of technologies such as automatic ration vending machine, fire fighter, electronic
guitar are already under development in the centre.
Our team
Prof. B.D. Chaudhary, Advisor Dr. Kaustav Sarkar, Member
Dr. Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury, Coordinator Mr. Sahil Arora, Student coordinator
Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli, Member Mr. Pulkit Rajgadiya, Student coordinator
Dr. Atul Dhar, Member Mr. Kunal Gour, Student Coordinator
Dr. Mohammed Talha, Member

Workshops Organized
- MIT IIT Make in India Bootcamp ( jointly with IIT Delhi, MIT, Asian School of Business (June 23 to July 03, 2017))
- PCB Fabrication Workshop (July 06-07, 2017)