Dr. Yathindra Lakkanna

Feild of Interest

I have been actively involved in research, education and consultancy in the areas like:-

1. Sustainable Product Design,

2. Packaging Design

3. Indian Handicrafts and traditional design sensibilities of indegenous unorganised design industries.

Academic          

PhD (Sustainable product design) from  Dr. MGR University Chennai, 2012

MS (Systems) from BITS Pilani, 2002

BE (Mechanical) from Bangalore University, 1997

Additional      

Design for All from Domus Academy, Milan, Italy, 2009

Case study writing from Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) Hyderabad, 2004

Associate Member Institution of Engineers  (India) - AMIE

Member International Engineers Association

National Institute of Fashion Technology

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Phone: 080  22552550 to 57 Hand phone: 9845894420            Email: thinkyatin@hotmail.com

My Special field interest is Design through tradition and culture, their effect on society. It has associated me with a large number of investigations and field work cases that I have undertaken.

I am actively involved in the field based design research and providing recommendations based from the grass roots to policy making authorities. I have delivered many lectures on this subject in India and abroad.

1.       “Design for Human Energy: A Sustainable Design Attitude “ at IGNOU NECRD,  November 23, 2010.

2.       “Design for human energy A design methodology that incorporate traditional manufacturing techniques “  Indian journal of Traditional Knowledge, IJTK, NISCAIR,  April 2012

3.       “Indian Tribology Education at a Glance” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Research, May 2012, Dr Yathindra Lakkanna and Muralidhar.

4.       “Lean Tool, Die & Mould Manufacturing “ 19th National Convention of Production Engineers, IEI, Mysore, Pg 81-98. 2004

5.       “DFM Techniques in Bidri Casting” Team Tech International Conference of Manufacturing Engineers, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2005.

6.       “ Design for Variety” Agility, Design And Manufacture International Summit & Expo, Centre for Agile Manufacturing Research and Development,  December 10, 2005

7.       “Design for Variety: An extreme design elements value model for concept selection,” Team Tech International Conference, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, February 2006

8.       “Design for Handcrafts” SLM Workshop,  Bengaluru, Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) 5^th Dec 2011

9.       “A premier on GI - Toys case study” Techniques for product protection, Confederation of Indian Industries & KSHDC, Bengaluru, June 2013.

10.   “Management of GI ( Toys) as an effective tool for Business excellence” Techniques for product protection, Confederation of Indian Industries & KSHDC, Bengaluru, June 2013