Agnivesh Sharma

About

Agnivesh Sharma is an industrial designer, engineer, design researcher, educator, and entrepreneur. He holds a PhD from the IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). His research focuses on participatory design, design for sustainability, permaculture, agroecology, systems thinking, and the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices among small and marginal farmers. His doctoral research involved co-designing a participatory permaculture toolkit that integrates farmers’ experiential knowledge with visual, tangible, and collaborative farm-planning methods. His broader interests include social innovation, circular economy, rural development, product design, design education, and the application of design research to complex socio-ecological challenges.

Employment

• Symbiosis International University Assistant Professor
  2026 - Present
• Karnavati University Assistant Professor
  2022 - 2026
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Teaching Assistant
  2019 - 2022

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay PhD
  2019 - 2026
• IIITDM M.des
  2016 - 2019
• RGPV BE
  2011 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• Designing a participatory-based permaculture toolkit for marginal Indian farmers to support sustainable farming
  Agnivesh Sharma, Vivek Kant, Sugandh Malhotra
  The Design Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2025.2573718
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• Participatory Design and Social Innovation for Permaculture
  Agnivesh Sharma
  Human Centred Design for Systems 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-30376-9_10
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• Puzzle: Reducing Cognitive Load on Parents Raising Autistic Child
  Apurva Mokal, Kaavya Bhosale, Mithali Kini

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  • Tanya Joshi
  • Dhruv Jadhav
  • Agnivesh Sharma
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-5503-8_9
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• Resilience Through Participatory Design: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture Among Indian Marginal Farmers
  Agnivesh Sharma, Sugandh Malhotra, Vivek Kant
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-5487-1_7
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• Resilience through Participatory Design: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture among Indian Marginal Farmers
  Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2025) 2025
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• Empowerment Through Participatory Design: Charting Paths to Inclusion
  Dhriti Dhaundiyal, Agnivesh Sharma, Nishant Sharma
  2024 DOI: 10.1145/3661456.3666082
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• Cultivating Resilience: A Participatory Approach to Permaculture for Marginal Farmers in India
  Cumulus Budapest 2024 Conference Proceedings 2024
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• Design Challenges in Permaculture Adoption in India: Case Study of Wheat and Soybean
  Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2023) 2023
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• Enhancing AFC Gates and Implementing a User-Centric Navigation System for Ahmedabad Metro Stations
  4th Asian Conference on Ergonomics and Design (ACED) and 21st Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE) and BRICSplus HFE Conference 2023
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• Mapping of Blind Spots for Heavy Goods Vehicles in the Context of Western India
  4th Asian Conference on Ergonomics and Design (ACED) and 21st Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE) and BRICSplus HFE Conference 2023
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• Participatory Design for Change: Adoption of Permaculture Farming among Marginal Farmers in India
  RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2023
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• Planting the Seeds of Sustainability: The Benefits and Strategies of Early Permaculture Education for Children in India
  The European Conference on Education (ECE 2023) 2023
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• Uncovering Tacit Needs through Prototyping: Designing Post-Harvest Storage Solutions for Marginal Farmers in India
  Experiential Knowledge and the Role of Prototypes in Design Research (EKSIG 2023) 2023
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• Participatory Research with Marginal Indian Farmers: Identifying Post-Harvesting Challenges and Developing Affordable Storage Space
  Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2022
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