IIT Roorkee establishes new design department, two new PG programmes

IIT Roorkee has established a new Department of Design and has launched two new post-graduate programmes - Masters in Design (Industrial Design) and Masters in Innovation Management (MIM).

IIT Roorkee has established a new Department of Design and has launched two new post-graduate programmes Masters in Design (Industrial Design) and Masters in Innovation Management (MIM) commencing academic year 2021-22. Prof. Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Dean, Academic Affairs, IIT Roorkee, said, “Inclusiveness, sustainability, critical thinking, foresight, environmental and social concerns, willingness to solve problems, and adaptability, among others, form the core of innovation and design applications. DOD, IIT Roorkee seeks to develop these qualities in students so that they shape and pass on to future leaders a novel world view to abide by”. Prof. Inderdeep Singh, Head, DOD, IIT Roorkee said, “Innovation and design play a significant role in determining what and how goods and services are produced and purchased, and the amount that is spent in the production thereof.”