Naga Nandini Dasgupta
Product designer; craft communities, frugal design and design ethics
A product designer who has worked with craft communities in eastern India since 1990, on product development, setting up artisan groups, and communication for craft groups and Fair Trade, including long work with Sasha, Kolkata. At SMI since 2008, she coordinates the Frugal Design DESIS Lab and has shaped curriculum, administration and teaching; she is a trustee of SELCO Foundation.
Courses
Alternative Glossaries: Relooking at Biodiversity Registers
23 Nov – 20 Dec 2026
A primer on co-creating biodiversity registers through creative methods and artefacts for Foundation Studies students of Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology
- Schools For Concentration: Sensitive Ecologies
- Learning Module: Primer
- Trimester: 01
- Institutional-Collab