UID Unitedworld Institute of Design Faculty

Manish Joshi

Professor (Product Design)

Qualification: B.Des (Industrial Product Design), M.A. (Sociology)

College/University: NID Ahmedabad, IGNOU

Introduction: Manish is an Industrial Design practitioner and educator with over 22 years of experience in a variety of industries including Solar PV, FMCG Retail, Lifestyle products, Furniture, and Industrial Equipment, among others. He has been involved with Design Education for over 8 years and is currently the Programme Leader of the Industrial Product Design programme. Manish has worked in leadership positions at design departments of Design consultancies, MSMEs, as well as corporate design setups, and thus brings a wide range of experience to the classroom. Apart from his core area of Industrial and Product Design, Manish has also been providing active inputs for areas such as communication strategies and collaterals, web and social media presence, exhibition and retails space design, HMI and User interface design, and marketing strategies. His research interests include the Sociological aspects of Design, new age technologies, and pedagogy of design teaching and learning.