The list of papers was selected for presentation during the conference.
Learning and Children:
1. Aarti Kawlra, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India: Deepa Kamath, Graphic Design Consultant, Chennai & Mumbai
At School with Design - Early Explorations in Introducing Design in the Curriculum at The School, Krishnamurti Foundation of India (KFI), Chennai
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Toys and Children:
2. Ajith Kumar G, Funskool India Limited
Designing Games for Children
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Children:
3. Ameena Batada, Sesame Workshop India, New Delhi, India
Harnessing a Child’s Love of Play: Examples from Sesame Workshop India’s Community Outreach Initiatives
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Play and Learn:
4. Ananthavalli Ramesh and Medha Satish Kumar, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Natural Play and Learn-A Morphological Analysis
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Environmental Design:
5. Anirudh Natuu and Shetall Natuu, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune, India
Design of Play Spaces in the Context of Modern Dwellings
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Game Play and Storytelling:
6. Anita Vachharajani, Freelance writer, and Amit Vachharajani, Film maker, Mumbai, India
Amazing India – A State-by-State Guide Challenges in designing an informative
book for children
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Design Learning:
7. Farhat Ara, Chitra Natarajan and Sugra Chunawala, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Mumbai, India
Naïve Designers: A Study Describing Indian Middle School Students’ Creative Design Solutions to a Real-World Problem
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Child Development:
8. Gayatri Menon, Toy and Game design program, National Institute of Design, India
The role of toys in early childhood
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Environmental Design:
9. Gedela Vidya, Srujanavani Voluntary Association, India, Shaik Basheer, Srujanavani Voluntary Association, India
Children’s Environment - Focus on play and learn
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Reading Room for Children:
10. Geetha Narayanan, Kinnari Thakker, Dipti Sonawane,Palash Mukhopadhyay and Gabriel Harp, Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru, India
Aata Paata Horaata: A Learning Ecosystem
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School and Learning:
11. Indrani De Parker, Communication Designer, Design Educator, IILM School of Design, Gurgaon, India
Complete Education - Addressing Social Issues using the Visual Language as
the Medium
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Special Needs:
12. Jayakumar, M, M. S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
Primacy of human centric design in the development of an educational toy for visually challenged children: A case study
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Learning Play Connected:
13. Jinan. k. b, Kumbham, Kerala, India
The cognitive space of Indigenous children: A natural way of awakening the senses and the cognitive tools
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Involvement and Learning:
14. Kanaka Ananth, DJ Academy of Design, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and Bindhu Madhu, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
A different perspective towards “Teaching & Learning” - Need to create
‘Thinkers’ who ‘Do’
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Interactive Design:
15. M. Shivakumar, Agastya International Foundation, Bangalore, India
Hands-on Learning - The Agastya Experiment
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Designing for Special Needs:
16. Manisha Mohan, Tata Interactive Systems, Mumbai, India
Designing Technology for Special Children
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Game Play and Storytelling:
17. Manu Sheel Gupta and Vijit Singh, SEETA organization (Software for Entertainment, Education and Training Activities), New Delhi
Food Force II: Community Learning through Storytelling
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e-learning and Children:
18. Manuj Dhariwal and Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Developing Mathematical Concepts for E- learning by Engaging Multiple Intelligences: a proposal for a new framework –CRIB
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Toy Design:
19. Mohsen Jaafarnia and Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Toy Designs: Whose Choice Matters - Children’s or Parents’
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Participatory Culture for Social Change:
20. Mydhili Bayyapunedi, Google India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
Leveraging the Power of Participatory Culture for Awareness among
Street Children
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Designing for Children:
21. N. Krishnaswamy, Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited, West Bengal, India
Banknote Design and Children
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Robotic Toys and Children:
22. Nikhil Karwall, Design Consultant, Mumbai, India
Visual Programming Application for Children to program Robotic Toys
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Children as Storytellers:
23. Nina Sabnani, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, India
‘Homing’ in with Stories
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School and Learning:
24. Peggy Mohan, Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, India
The Process and not the Product: Designing with Children
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Physical Interaction:
25. Pranav Gupta and Ruchika Sarda, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
An Interactive Floor: For the playful learning experience of children
through stories
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Reading Room for Children:
26. Priya Srinivasan, The Pomegranate Workshop, Mumbai, India
Design and Delivery of an Experiential Learning Model for Children
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Holistic Learning:
27. Raj Kumar Konar, Silpa-Sadana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Rabindranath’s Open-Air School System At Visva-Bharati And Its
All-Time Relevance
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Digital Design:
28. Rajeswari Namagiri Gorana and Mamata Pandya, Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, India
Designing an Educational Website for Children
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Storytelling and Communication:
29. Rebecca Glaser, Fulbright-Nehru at Sphoorti Foundation, Secunderabad, India
To Tell A Story: How Can Small Voices Make Themselves Heard?
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School Learning:
30. Ritesh Khunyakari, Swati Mehrotra, Sugra Chunawala and Chitra Natarajan, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Mumbai, India
Implementing D&T Educationin Indian Middle Schools
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Strory Creation Schema:
31. Sachin Datt and Ravi Poovaiah, Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Story Based Schema Building Approach in Science Learning
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Board Games:
32. Sanika Mokashi, Texas Instruments, India
Back to Our Roots: A Board Game Approach to Active Vocabulary
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Interaction Design:
33. Sayamindu Dasgupta, One Laptop Per Child, Kolkata, India
Interactive Ebooks - Experiments on the OLPC XO-1 Book-reading System
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Experiential Learning:
34. Sonali Soni Pal, Textile Design Department, Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi, India
Learning is not a child’s Play
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Creativity and Learning:
35. Suneet Kheterpal, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali, India
Creative Learning – Mental Mapping for Deeper Understanding
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Learning Play Connected:
36. Suneet Kheterpal, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali, India,
Bibhudutta Baral, National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore, India
Virtual Learning Environments - An Extension of the Physical World and More
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Creativity and Culture:
37. Venu Mehta, H.M. Patel Institute of English Training and Research, Gujarat, India
Designing for ‘Multiculturalism’: Children’s Experience
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National Speaker's Videos:
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 Naïve_Designers-A_Study_Describing_Indian_Middle_School_Students_Creative_Design_Solutions.mp4 | 226.44 MB |
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| Complete_Education_Addressing_Social_Issues_using_the_Visual_Language_as_the_Medium.mp4 | 414.03 MB |
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| Visual_Programming_Application_for_Children_to_program_Robotic_Toys_by_Nikhil_Karwall.mp4 | 103.31 MB |
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| Back_to_Our_Roots_A_Board_Game_Approach_to_Active_Vocabulary_by_Sanika_Mokashi.mp4 | 91.7 MB |