Indus University

Mechanical Engineering Department

Detailed program schedule for
Short Term Training Program on
“Design Thinking as Strategical Tool for Innovation and Creating Start-up”

Date 19-04-2021 20-04-2021 21-04-2021 22-04-2021 23-04-2021

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Inaugural of the STTP Session:3 Session:6 Session:9 Session:12
(10:30 to 11:30) Mr. Karmjitsinh Bihola Mr. Karmjitsinh Bihola Mr. Karmjitsinh Bihola Dr. Pranjal Kumar Phukan
Chief guest Founder, Innodesk Designovation Founder, Innodesk Designovation Founder, Innodesk Designovation Global Mentor- Indian Institute of
Shri Manoj Aggarwal IAS, Services Services Services Entrepreneurship Guwahati Assam
Additional Chief Secretary, Social
Justice & Empowerment Observation & Empathy Ideation Entrepreneur-ship and Startup basics Financial Analysis
10.00 to 11.30 Department, Government of Gujarat Understanding User & their needs o Idea Generation o Traits of an Entrepreneur o Investment Strategy, Funding, Various
Guest of Honour o Innovation Myth & Types of Innovation grants
Dr. Narottam Sahoo, Various tools & Techniques of Empathy o Tools & Techniques of Ideation: Startup Journey and Process
Advisor and Member Secretary, phase HMW, Lateral Thinking tools, Startup Pitch Deck
GUJCOST, DS&T, Government of Ideation Canvas
Gujarat Research Plan
Field Work
Stretch break (11.30 to 11.45)
Session:1 Session:4 Session:7 Session:10 Session:13
Mr. Karmjitsinh Bihola Mr. Shamit Shrivastava, Dr. Prakash Apte Dr. Pranjal Kumar Phukan Dr. Pankaj Borkar
Founder, Innodesk Designovation Associate Director, ISDI School of Retired Professor IIT Bombay & Global Mentor- Indian Institute of Dy Controller of Patents, Patent office
Services Design & Innovation, Mumbai Adjunct Prof. COEP Pune Entrepreneurship Guwahati Assam Mumbai & Working at RGNIIPM
Nagpur
Key note session: Design Thinking Articulating Actionable Insights Concept Development Value Proposition Canvas (VPC) &
leading to Innovation & Entrepreneur- o Form, Feature, Function Creating USP IPR and Company Structure for
ship Research mapping o TRIZ and Taguchi method o Customer Value Mapping Startups
11.45 to 13.15
o Research findings and observation o SWOT Analysis on solution o Creating USP through VPC
o Why What and How - Design data mapping to make sense out of o Conceptualization
Thinking? the data
o Difference between DT and Traditional
Thinking

Case study based Interactive

Discussion
Lunch Break (13.15 to 14.00)
Session:2 Session:5 Session:8 Session:11 Session:14
Mr. Prabhuling Zunja Dr. Prakash Apte Mr. Prabhuling Zunja Mr. Karmjitsinh Bihola Mr. Karmjitsinh Bihola
Certified Design Thinker and Coach Retired Professor IIT Bombay & Certified Design Thinker and Coach Founder, Innodesk Designovation Founder, Innodesk Designovation
Senior Manager, Mahindra & Adjunct Prof. COEP Pune Senior Manager, Mahindra & Services Services
Mahindra, Pune Mahindra, Pune
Problem definition and TRIZ tool for Business Model Canvas Road map ahead on How to integrate
Observation & Challenge brief defining problem with convergence Prototype & Test o 9 building blocks explained and Design Thinking in Academia for
14.00 to 15.30
o Why Observation, Tools for of insights o Ways for prototyping, build quick and preparation Innovation & Startup
Observations o Tool & Techniques of Prototyping & o Strategy for Business Design
o Team building Testing Design Thinking Recap and wrap-up
o Introduction of real-world challenge o Refinement, Iterate, Build
Hands-on Exercise Valedictory
o Icebreaking to foster creativity &
Innovation