Biographical note

Amaresh Chakrabarti is a Senior Professor and current Chairman for the Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. He received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from IIEST Shibpur India, M.E. in Mechanical Systems Design from IISc Bangalore, and Ph.D. in Engineering Design from the University of Cambridge, UK. His research interests are in synthesis, creativity, sustainability, informatics, research methodology and Industry 4.0. He has published 18 books, over 300 peer-reviewed articles, and is the series editor for Springer’s book series on Design Science & Innovation. He has been granted/pending for 10 patent applications. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous prestigious journals and has been on the Advisory and Management Board of the Design Society; member of the CII National Committee on Design India; Jury for the India Design Mark; and invitee to the CII Smart Manufacturing Council India. He is an HonoraryFellow of the Institution of Engineering Designers, the peer society under the UK Royal Charter in engineering design, and TUM Ambassador Awardee from TU Munich Germany. 
Manish Arora is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He obtained his 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+ patent and research publications both in national and international level to his credit. His areas of interest include biomedical devices, co-design, collaboration, open-source in design and quality manufacturing of medical devices. He is the Principal Investigator in UTSAAH Lab, which aims at developing affordable and accessible medical technology solutions for promoting universal healthcare. He teaches courses at IISc on Mechatronics and Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems.