Ravi Poovaiah

Professor Ravi Poovaiah
OccupationsAcademician, Designer
Notable workco-designed Electronic Voting Machine

Ravi Poovaiah, is a Professor and Emeritus Fellow at the IDC School of Design at IIT Bombay and a co-designer of the Indian 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. At IIT Bombay, Poovaiah holds the D L Shah Chair for Innovation. He is the Coordinator of the 'e-Kalpa' project, 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 and the principal investigator of the D'Source project. Poovaiah has been instrumental in pushing for open sourcing of design and design education in schools.

Notable students

Selected publications

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. 1 2 3 Tegta, Malvika. "Talkin' about a revolution". DNA. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 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 (8 May 2018). "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.