{"id":26993,"date":"2026-06-10T23:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/?p=26993"},"modified":"2026-06-20T23:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T23:14:19","slug":"drm-gurukooll-2026-4th-indian-summer-school-on-design-research-iisc-bengaluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/dm\/2026\/06\/10\/drm-gurukooll-2026-4th-indian-summer-school-on-design-research-iisc-bengaluru\/","title":{"rendered":"DRM Gurukooll 2026, 4th Indian Summer School on Design Research, IISc Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid  vc_custom_1781997185436\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\"><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018DRM Gurukooll\u2019 is as an annual initiative, held every summer at a different institution in India, with the objective to expose early career design researchers \u2013 PhD scholars and young faculty, to the vast landscape of design research and enable them in pursuing world class research into design.<br \/>\nGarnering the national collaborative spirit, this year\u2019s Summer School brought together 41 participants, from across 15 universities from all over India. Partnership and support was received from our fellow departments of design under the cooperation of DICs at IISc, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee. Participants also joined from other institutes of importance, such as, National Institute of Design (NID), Delhi Technological University (DTU), NIFT, MIT-WPU, DY Patil University, Woxsen University. Further, eminent speakers and mentors also contributed towards the national vision on nurturing design innovation, which boasted the unique presence of having the 6 heads of top design schools of India, namely; Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti from DM, IISc; Prof. Mamata Rao from NID Bengaluru; Prof. Prasad Onkar from DoD, IIT Hyderabad; Prof. Jyoti Kumar from DoD, IIT Delhi; Prof. Anirudha Joshi from IDC, IIT Bombay, and Prof. Sougata Karmakar, Head of DoD, IIT Guwahati.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_btn title=&#8221;More&#8221; color=&#8221;success&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fdm.iisc.ac.in%2Fdm%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F06%2FDRM-Gurukooll-2026.pdf&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1781997256183{padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018DRM Gurukooll\u2019 is as an annual initiative, held every summer at a different institution in India, with the objective to expose early career design researchers \u2013 PhD scholars and young faculty, to the vast landscape of design research and enable them in pursuing world class research into design. 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