Publications

Books

Chandran, K. M. (2026). Remote Synchronous Collaboration in Industrial Design Teams. Springer Singapore; Monograph in Press, Forthcoming in July 2026.

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Journal Papers

Chandran, K. M., Ramamurthy, P. C., Kanjo, K., Narayan, R., & Menon, S. R. (2021). Efficacy of Ultraviolet-C Devices for the Disinfection of Personal Protective Equipment Fabrics and N95 Respirators. Journal of Research of NIST, 126. Special Section on Ultraviolet Technologies for Public Health.

DOI

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  author = {Chandran, K. M. and Ramamurthy, P. C. and Kanjo, K. and Narayan, R. and Menon, S. R.},
  title = {Efficacy of Ultraviolet-C Devices for the Disinfection of Personal Protective Equipment Fabrics and N95 Respirators},
  journal = {Journal of Research of NIST},
  volume = {126},
  year = {2021},
  issn = {2165-7254},
  note = {Special Section on Ultraviolet Technologies for Public Health},
  doi = {10.6028/jres.126.023}
}

Chandran, K. M., & Biradar, S. (2021). Global Pandemic and Rapid New Product Development of Medical Products. ACM Digital Government: Research and Practice, 2(2), 1–38. Article No. 17.

DOI

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  title = {Global Pandemic and Rapid New Product Development of Medical Products},
  journal = {ACM Digital Government: Research and Practice},
  volume = {2},
  number = {2},
  pages = {1--38},
  year = {2021},
  note = {Article No. 17},
  doi = {10.1145/3428492}
}

Chandran, K. M., Balaji, N. C., & Mani, M. (2015). Understanding transitions in a rural Indian building typology in the context of Well-being. Current Science, 109(09), 1610–1621. Special Section: Design for Well-Being.

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  journal = {Current Science},
  volume = {109},
  number = {09},
  pages = {1610--1621},
  year = {2015},
  note = {Special Section: Design for Well-Being}
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Book Chapters

Chandran, K. M., & Rao, P. V. M. (2025). Product Realization: First Year Maker Course for B.Tech. Students. In K. M. Chandran & B. Gurumoorthy (Eds.), Design Education in India – Enabling Structured Innovation. Springer; Accepted, Forthcoming.

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  series = {Design Science Series},
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Kumari, M. C., Ayachit, S., & Mallesh, R. (2024). Predicting product issues in the use-phase from online customer reviews – a demonstration using UV-C sterilizer products. In Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing, Proceedings of I-4AM 2024. Springer Singapore.

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  booktitle = {Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing, Proceedings of I-4AM 2024},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering},
  publisher = {Springer Singapore},
  year = {2024}
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Bhaumik, R., Bhatt, A., Kumari, M. C., Menon, S. R., & Chakrabarti, A. (2019). A Gamified Model of Design Thinking for Fostering Learning in Children. In A. Chakrabarti (Ed.), Research into Design for a Connected World (Vol. 135). Springer Singapore; Best Paper Award.

DOI

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  author = {Bhaumik, R. and Bhatt, A. and Kumari, M. C. and Menon, S. Raghu and Chakrabarti, A.},
  title = {A Gamified Model of Design Thinking for Fostering Learning in Children},
  booktitle = {Research into Design for a Connected World},
  editor = {Chakrabarti, A.},
  series = {Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies},
  volume = {135},
  publisher = {Springer Singapore},
  year = {2019},
  note = {Best Paper Award},
  doi = {10.1007/978-981-13-5977-4_85}
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Krishnaswamy, R., & Chandran, K. M. (2017). Connotations of Eco-design: A Commentary on the State of Discourse. In A. Chakrabarti & D. Chakrabarti (Eds.), Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2 (Vol. 66, pp. 409–420). Springer Singapore.

DOI

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  author = {Krishnaswamy, R. and Chandran, K. M.},
  title = {Connotations of Eco-design: A Commentary on the State of Discourse},
  booktitle = {Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2},
  editor = {Chakrabarti, A. and Chakrabarti, D.},
  series = {Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies},
  volume = {66},
  pages = {409--420},
  publisher = {Springer Singapore},
  year = {2017},
  doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-3521-0_35}
}

Chandran, K. M., Chakrabarti, A., & Mani, M. (2016). A Spatio-Temporal Product Lifecycle Network Representation. In R. Harik, L. Rivest, A. Bernard, B. Eynard, & A. Bouras (Eds.), Product Lifecycle Management for Digital Transformation of Industries (Vol. 492). Springer Cham; Best Paper Award.

DOI

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  author = {Chandran, K. M. and Chakrabarti, A. and Mani, M.},
  title = {A Spatio-Temporal Product Lifecycle Network Representation},
  booktitle = {Product Lifecycle Management for Digital Transformation of Industries},
  editor = {Harik, R. and Rivest, L. and Bernard, A. and Eynard, B. and Bouras, A.},
  series = {IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology},
  volume = {492},
  publisher = {Springer Cham},
  year = {2016},
  note = {Best Paper Award},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-54660-5_54}
}

Chandran, K. M. M., Balaji, N. C., & Mani, M. (2015). Well-being and Sustainable Design: A Case Study of Building Typology Transitions in a Rural Settlement in India. In M. Mani & P. Kandachar (Eds.), Design for Sustainable Well-being and Empowerment: Selected Papers (pp. 207–226). IISc Press and TU Delft; Best Paper Award.

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  title = {Well-being and Sustainable Design: A Case Study of Building Typology Transitions in a Rural Settlement in India},
  booktitle = {Design for Sustainable Well-being and Empowerment: Selected Papers},
  editor = {Mani, M. and Kandachar, P.},
  publisher = {IISc Press and TU Delft},
  pages = {207--226},
  year = {2015},
  isbn = {978-81-925707-1-6},
  note = {Best Paper Award}
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Chandran, K. M., Prabhune, P., & Sen, D. (2015). Sound Association for Product-Sound Design Using Semiotics. In A. Chakrabarti (Ed.), ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 1 (Vol. 34, pp. 491–503). Springer New Delhi; Best Paper Award.

DOI

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  title = {Sound Association for Product-Sound Design Using Semiotics},
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  publisher = {Springer New Delhi},
  year = {2015},
  isbn = {978-81-322-2231-6},
  note = {Best Paper Award},
  doi = {10.1007/978-81-322-2232-3_43}
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Chandran, K. M., Mani, M., & Chakrabarti, A. (2015). A Spatio-Temporal Network Representation for Manufacturing. In A. Chakrabarti (Ed.), ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2 (Vol. 35). Springer New Delhi; Best Poster Award.

DOI

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  volume = {35},
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  year = {2015},
  note = {Best Poster Award},
  doi = {10.1007/978-81-322-2229-3_39}
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Kumari, M. C., & Chakrabarti, A. (2011). Structure Sharing in Logo Design. In A. Chakrabarti (Ed.), Research into Design – Supporting Sustainable Product Development. Research Publishing Services.

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  isbn = {978-981-08-7721-7}
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Conference Full Papers

Chandran, K. M., & Evans, S. (2026). Elements of Regenerative Design. Inaugural Conference on Regenerative Futures: Engineering, Design, Systems and Communities.

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  title = {Elements of Regenerative Design},
  booktitle = {Inaugural Conference on Regenerative Futures: Engineering, Design, Systems and Communities},
  address = {University of Bath, UK},
  year = {2026}
}

Kumari, M. C., Ayachit, S., & Mallesh, R. (2023). Predicting product safety of consumer grade UV-C Sterilizers from customer reviews – A text mining approach. 2023 IUVA World Congress.

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  author = {Kumari, M. C. and Ayachit, Sara and Mallesh, Rohan},
  title = {Predicting product safety of consumer grade UV-C Sterilizers from customer reviews -- A text mining approach},
  booktitle = {2023 IUVA World Congress},
  address = {Dubai, UAE},
  year = {2023}
}

Kumari, M. C., & Gurumoorthy, B. (2021). Open design for enabling better access to STEM education for children. International Conference on Designing for Children with Focus on ’Play and Learn.’

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  author = {Kumari, M. C. and Gurumoorthy, B.},
  title = {Open design for enabling better access to STEM education for children},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Designing for Children with focus on 'Play and Learn'},
  address = {IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India},
  year = {2021}
}

Kumari, M. C., Biradar, S., Shukla, N., Iyer, A., & Gurumoorthy, B. (2019). Mobile Augmented Reality for teaching Physics to secondary school children. Proceedings of the 16th Annual EuroVR Conference 2019, 42–50.

DOI

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  author = {Kumari, M. C. and Biradar, S. and Shukla, N. and Iyer, A. and Gurumoorthy, B.},
  title = {Mobile Augmented Reality for teaching Physics to secondary school children},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th Annual EuroVR Conference 2019},
  pages = {42--50},
  address = {Tallinn, Estonia},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.32040/2242-122X.2019.T357}
}

Bhatt, A. N., Bhaumik, R., Chandran, K. M., & Chakrabarti, A. (2019). IISC DBox: A Game for Children to Learn Design Thinking. ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.

DOI

@inproceedings{bhatt2019dbox,
  author = {Bhatt, A. N. and Bhaumik, R. and Chandran, K. Moothedath and Chakrabarti, A.},
  title = {IISC DBox: A Game for Children to Learn Design Thinking},
  booktitle = {ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference},
  address = {Anaheim, California, USA},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1115/DETC2019-98066}
}

Chandran, K. M., Balaji, N. C., & Mani, M. (2015). Transition studies in rural building typologies: A case-study. International Conference CISBAT 2015, 359–364.

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  author = {Chandran, K. M. and Balaji, N. C. and Mani, M.},
  title = {Transition studies in rural building typologies: A case-study},
  booktitle = {International Conference CISBAT 2015},
  pages = {359--364},
  address = {Lausanne},
  year = {2015}
}

Policy Reviews

Kumari, M. C. (2020). National Design Policy of India, 2007 and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of India, 2013 (06A/10/2019; Issue 06A/10/2019). Centre for Society and Policy, IISc Bangalore; Policy Review, Open Access.

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  number = {06A/10/2019},
  year = {2020},
  note = {Policy Review, Open Access}
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Theses

Kumari, M. C. (2024). Understanding design communication in internet-enabled remote synchronous collaborative design in the early stages of design [PhD thesis]. Indian Institute of Science.

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  year = {2024}
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Chandran, K. M. (2011). Urban Interventions in City Spaces and Traffic Planning: A Case of a Shopping Street in Bangalore [MPhil Thesis]. University of Cambridge.

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Kumari, M. C. (2007). Bionic Vertical City [BArch Design Thesis]. Anna University.

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