Date:Jan 18, 2022
Time: 3 PM onwards
Venue: Zoom Platform
Objectives:
- To Learn from domain experts
- To Learn to use the frameworks “Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design” in a wide variety of scenarios ready to face any challenge
- To understand the application of the concept “Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design in real world applications”
Speaker Details:
Dr. Rohini Patil [Doctor (MBBS), Nutritionist, Author (The Lifestyle Diet Book), Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Nutracy Lifestyle, Health & Nutrition columnist in Pune Mirror and Sakal Newspaper]
Mr. Deepesh Kuruppath [CEO-CargoFL (Innoctive Technologies Pvt.Ltd)]
Participants Details: 190 including students, faculty members, director, HODs joined the session via zoom link.
The Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design with 190 plus participants was held virtually on 18th January, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom platform by Dr. D. Y. Patil B- School in collaboration with AIC-Pinnacle. The President of DYPBS Startup and Innovation Cell, Dr. Sonali Saha welcomed the Chief Guest Dr. Rohini Somnath Patil (Doctor, Nutritionist, Author, Entrepreneur, CEO of Nutracy Lifestyle) also the Guest of Honour Mr. Deepesh Kuruppath (founder & CEO at CargoFL) and Mr. Avinash Thakur(CEO, AIC Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum).
Under the prominent leadership of the Director and Chief-Advisor, Dr. Amol Gawande, DYPBS Start-Up and Innovation Cell has been established to promote innovation in the institution through multitudinous modes leading to an innovation, promoting entrepreneurial eco-system in the campus.
The eminent speakers spoke about innovation and creative thinking to the students who aspire to start their own ventures. Besides this, the eminent speakers shared their experiential learnings towards transforming businesses and products through “Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design” and also ensured to guide and mentor students in their respective journeys towards starting their own ventures.
The event being an engaging, interactive, and creative learning experience, saw an overwhelming response of enthusiastic students and faculties throughout the session that ended on a positive note-‘Success do not come overnight, and it requires hard work and determination’.
Key outcome of the activity:
Application of the concepts “Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design” towards transforming businesses and products.
Material
In recent times, interest has re-emerged in design thinking as an iterative, human-centered, co-creative approach that can support innovation in the economy and wider society. This Explores the connection between design thinking, Ba (spaces for knowledge creation), and innovation in social services.
A brief literature review and key questions are presented in providing background and context for this event. A case study from the social services sector (Learning & Development Exchange: L&DEx) is used to present a theoretical exploration of how design thinking enables knowledge creation and innovation. Section 4 introduces the design thinking methods and stages of the L&DEx to explain the mechanisms through which Ba (spaces for knowledge creation) leads to innovation. Event provides a discussion and response to the key questions.
The Design Thinking & Innovations curriculum for std 6th students is an eighteen hours coursework divided into four sessions. Each session consists of three hours of classwork and one hour of homework. All the sessions are complete with one exposure presentation and two tasks that support the exposure. During the 18 hours of coursework the students will learn concepts like what is design, form transitions, sketching and product forms and the design thinking process. The teacher is expected to follow the prescribed format of instruction and tasks to ensure maximum learning outcomes.
The objectives of DT&I curriculum :
- Students should be able to explore their sensory abilities, cognitive abilities, and social abilities.
- It should create awareness in the students through observation, discovery, analysis, experience, collaboration, and reflection.
- It should nurture their curiosity and enhance their explorative abilities.
- It should foster creativity and innovation in students.
- They should be able to understand how to apply design thinking processes and methods to solve various problems.
- The focus is more on hands-on knowledge learned by doing, exploring, and acting upon challenges discovered within their surroundings.
- In addition, DT&I will promote socially responsible practice by enlightening the students with ways to solve problems within the Sustainable Development Goals as mentioned by the United Nations.
- The course will also help students derive culturally-rooted understanding of design from information documented under the Indian Knowledge Systems.