Sanmitra Chitte

About Sanmitra Chitte

Sanmitra is currently the Head, International Partnerships, at BITS Design, BITS Pilani. India. She is an Optimistic Futuristic Design thinker and believes that design is the differentiator for any product/ service/ institution under the sun. She is a Polymath.She has an experience of 24+ years in Design, Design thinking, Innovation Capacity Building, Business creation and Design Management. Now moved to academics, Sanmitra has also set up her own design studio in partnership, working in Graphic Design, branding and Exhibition space before joining Strategic Design Management in National Institute of Design. She is an excellent calligrapher & has participated in India Art Fair & India Design ID. She has curated Art Shows and has participated as well. She has diverse education and believes in multidisciplinary education as a base for holistic knowledge. Her education ranges from Pharmacy, Animation, Graphic Design, Design Management, Innovation capacity building and Service Design and is an IIM research scholar. She is a trained ZMET (Zaltman\'s Metaphor Elicitation Technique) Interviewer and Analyzer. She believes Design Management is the next best Education in Management sector, looking at the fact that Design is now becoming the core of future technologies. She clearly defines Design Management as Design Facilitation. She has conducted more than 100 Design Management conversations on Instagram. She believes in giving back to the society. Hence is engaged in a few voluntary positions. She has been the founding Dean, School of Business, World University of Design. She has been the elected President, Association of Designers of India, Delhi Chapter for 2 terms. elected for a second term. She is an AIM mentor, is the member of National Committee of Design at CII. currently holds talks with people from Design Strategy, Design Management, Sustainability and Innovation on Instagram - within an #analyst,#Innovative thinker,#Innovation enabler, Design Leader, Designer #empathy,#Womanleader #breakingceilings #mom #conversationalist #womenempoweringwomen You can connect on calendly.com/sanmitrachitte

Experience

1. Member, Cii National Design Committee

   Confederation Of Indian Industry

   Jul 2020 — Present · IN

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

  Certificate, Road Map for Innovation, transformation & Global Competitiveness

  2008 — 2008

• C-DAC

  DACA, multimedia & graphics

  2001 — 2001

• Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University

  Dip.J, Print Journalism

  2001 — 2002

• The University of Alabama

  Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

• Plusacumen Novoed

  Certificate , Systems Practice

  2021 — 2021

• IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation

  Professional Education, Mobile User Experience Design

  2016 — 2016

• National Institute of Design

  PGDPD, Strategic design management

  2008 — 2010

• Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune

  B.Journalism, Broadcast Media

  2005 — 2007

• Indian Institute of Management Kashipur

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD / FPM, Marketing Sustainability

• IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation

  Design thinking

  2014 — 2015

• Bharati Vidyapeeth

  D.Pharmacy, Pharmacy

  1999 — 2001

• University of Virginia Darden School of Business

  Certificate, Design thinking

  2015 — 2015

Skills

• Creative Direction
• Graphic Design
• Innovation Consulting
• Idea Generation
• Design Strategy
• Photography
• Design Management
• Ideation
• Concept Development
• Typography
• User Experience Design
• User Interface
• Banners
• Creative Strategy
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Indesign
• Stationery
• Illustrator
• Corporate Identity
• Management
• Business Innovation
• Art Direction
• User-Centered Design
• User Interface Design
• Packaging
• Design Leadership
• User Experience
• Logos
• Design Research
• Corporate Branding
• Strategic Design
• Advertising
• Magazines
• Information Architecture
• Logo Design
• Information Visualization
• Design Education
• Innovation Management
• Information Design