Ravi Poovaiah

Ravi Poovaiah, is a Professor and Emeritus Fellow[1] at the IDC School of Design at IIT Bombay and a co-designer of the Indian electronic voting machine[2][3]

Professor Ravi Poovaiah
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Academician, Designer
Notable workco-designed Electronic Voting Machine

Career

Poovaiah has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras, a degree in Product Design and Graphic Arts from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, USA and an M.Tech. degree from IIT Bombay.[4] At IIT Bombay, Poovaiah holds the D L Shah Chair for Innovation. He is the Coordinator of the 'e-Kalpa' project,[3] that is sponsored by the MHRD, co-director of ‘The Centre of Social Media Innovations for Communities (COSMIC)’, a collaborative initiative between IIT Bombay, the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore[5] and the principal investigator of the D'Source project.[6] Poovaiah has been instrumental in pushing for open sourcing of design[7] and design education in schools.[3]

Notable students

Selected publications
  • Design for Tomorrow―Volume 1: Proceedings of ICoRD 2021: 221 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies) [9]
  • Design for Tomorrow-Volume 2: Proceedings of ICoRD 2021[4]
  • Design for Tomorrow―Volume 3: Proceedings of ICoRD 2021: 223 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies)[10]

References
  1. "Faculty". IDC School of Design. 6 June 2017.
  2. Chhapia, Hemali (17 April 2009). "It's possible to trace back every vote in EVM". Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  3. Tegta, Malvika. "Talkin' about a revolution". DNA. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. Chakrabarti, Amaresh; Poovaiah, Ravi; Bokil, Prasad; Kant, Vivek, eds. (6 February 2021). Design for Tomorrow-Volume 2: Proceedings of ICoRD 2021 (First ed.). Singapore: Springer. p. 1004. ISBN 9789811601187. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  5. "Ravi Poovaiah". UX India 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  6. Shete, Yugandhara. "The story of Indian animation: not just a blend of stories, but an unsung history". Animation Express. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  7. Dhar, Aarti. "Posting a new look". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. "Invent: a programming language for children". pranavmistry.com/. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  9. Design for Tomorrow―Volume 1: Proceedings of ICoRD 2021: 221 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies). Singapore: Springer. 20 May 2021. p. 983. ISBN 978-9811600401.
  10. Design for Tomorrow―Volume 3: Proceedings of ICoRD 2021: 223 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies) (First ed.). Springer. 26 April 2021. p. 837. ISBN 978-9811600838.
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