Biographical note

Amaresh Chakrabarti is Senior Professor and current Chair of the Department of Design and Manufacturing (formerly Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He has B.E. (Mech Engg, IIEST Shibpur), M.E. (Mech Design, IISc), and Ph.D. (Engg Design, University of Cambridge UK). His area of interests include synthesis, creativity, sustainability, informatics, Industry 4.0, and research methodology. He published 22 books, over 300 peer-reviewed articles, and has 10 patents granted/pending. He co-authored DRM, a methodology used widely as framework for design research. He co-initiated India’s first Smart Factory Lab. He also heads IISc-TCS Innovation Lab, IISc Press, and Springer International Book Series on Design Science & Innovation. He received Careers360 Faculty Research Award 2018 for being the ‘Most Outstanding Researcher’ in Decision Sciences and IISc Alumni Award for Research Excellence in 2022.

Satyam Suwas is Professor and current Chair of the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in materials and metallurgical engineering from IIT Kanpur and worked at Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad; University of Lorraine, France; and RWTH Aachen, Germany, before joining IISc. His specialization includes materials processing, microstructural engineering, and mechanical behaviour of materials. He has authored more than 300 research papers. He is Humboldt Fellow and has been conferred with Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award by the Humboldt Foundation, Germany. In India, Prof. Suwas was awarded Metallurgist of the year 2012 by the Ministry of Steel and was conferred Eminent Engineering Personality in the year 2014 by the Institution of Engineers. He is Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) as well as the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI).

Manish Arora is Associate Professor in the Department of Design and Manufacturing (formerly Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. He obtained Ph.D. in applied physics from the University of Twente, the Netherlands (2006) and B.Tech. in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2002). He has 70+ patents and research publications at national and international levels to his credit. He has been employed with University of Oxford, UK, from 2006 to 2010, GE Global Research 2010-12, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2012-14. His areas of interest include biomedical devices, co-design, collaboration, open source in design, and quality manufacturing of medical devices. He is Principal Investigator in UTSAAH Lab, which aims to develop affordable and accessible medical technology solutions for promoting universal healthcare. He also teaches courses at IISc on mechatronics and design of biomedical devices and systems.