The DRCI International Conference on Creativity, Design, Technology and Management (DRCI-ICCDTM) is conceptualised as a multidiciplinary design conference and as an annual event of the Design Research Council of India (DRCI) Research Community. This conference comited to generation of high quality reseach activities for design and alliaed disciplines. This is a hybrid conference. 

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Conference Themes

   

  1. Design Thinking and Innovation

   

• Human-centered design for complex problem solving
• Design thinking for social innovation and impact
• Cross-disciplinary approaches to design thinking
• Case studies in design-driven innovation

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  2. Emerging Technologies and Digital Transformation

   

• AI and machine learning in creative processes
• Augmented and virtual reality for immersive design
• Blockchain and NFTs in digital arts and design
• IoTEmerging Technologies and Digital Mediacted experiences

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  3. User Experience (UX) and Interaction Design

   

• Aesthetic UX in 3D virtual environments
• Inclusive and accessible design in digital spaces
• Emotional design for human-centered experiences
• UX metrics and evaluation techniques for digital products

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  4. Creative Arts and Digital Media

   

• The role of digital media in contemporary art practices
• Motion graphics and animation in multimedia storytelling
• The impact of social media on visual art and design trends
• Cross-cultural influences in digital art creation

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  5. Sustainable Design and Environmental Impact

   

• Eco-design practices and materials in product design
• Life-cycle thinking in design for sustainability
• Digital tools and simulations for sustainable architecture
• Biomimicry and nature-inspired design for sustainability

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  6. Design Thinking and Management

   

• Resilient design thinking for human survival and safety
• Technology-driven solutions for disaster management
• Creating responsive environments for emergency situations
• Adaptive architecture and planning for resilience
• Design Thinking for Marketing Management
• Strategic Design Management 
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  7. Artificial Intelligence and Creativity

   

• Generative AI in visual and performing arts
• Ethics and bias in AI-driven creative processes
• Machine creativity vs. human creativity in design
• AI as a collaborative tool in the creative industry
• AI in Animation 

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  8. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Design

   

• Design for Occupational Health
• Design for Safety
• Design for Healthcare
• Cognitivve Ergonomics
• User Experience Design / Interaction Design (HCI)
• Ergonomics in Product Design
• Ergonomics in Fashion Design
• Ergonomics in Interior and Retail Design
• Visual Ergonomics and Graphics Design
• Ergonomics in War Planning and Defence 
• Biomechanics and Sports Equipment Design

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  9. Arts and Crafts of India

   

• Any Indian Crafts
• Sustainable Livelihood of Craftsmen
• Empowering Craft Movements with Digital Transformation and Design

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  But not limited to above topics

   

  Tentative Publications

  DRCI International Journal of Design and Allied Sciences(Special Issue) confirmed

• In communication with -

  Springer and Elsevier (SCOPUS) book series

• Important Dates

• Call for Abstact / Paper: 1st Nov 2024 
• Last Date of Abstract Submission: 31st Jan 2025
• Communication of Acceptance of Abstact: 28th Feb 2025
• Last Date of Full Paper Submission: 30th May 2025
• Communication of Acceptance of Paper : 31st July 2025
• Registation & Camera Ready Submission: 30th Aug 2025
• Conference Date : 1-3 Nov 2025

• How to Submit Paper

  Step 1: Submit an Extended Abstract of 500 words in Springer Nature Format 

  Step 2: Peer Reviwe of abstract  and Communication of Review Results 

  Step 3: Submit full paper of 3000-4000 words (Springer Nature 10 formated pages/ 6 formated pages of MDPI Engineering Proceedings)  

  Step 4. Communication of Acceptance Letter 

  Step 5: Present Paper in the Conference 

Committees

Advisory Committee

1. Prof. Dhurjati Majumdar, Netaji Subhas Technological University, Delhi, India
2. Prof. Pradyumna Vyas, President Elect, World Design Organization, Former Director, NID
3. Prof. Sougata Karmakar,  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ) Guwahati, Assam, India
4. Prof. Uday Shanker Dixit, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ) Guwahati, Assam, India

Streering Committee

1. Prof. Anirban Chowdhury, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
2. Dr. Bhaskar Saha, Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar, India
3. Dr. Suhana Ghosh, Drona Seeker, Kolkata

Technical Committee (Academia)

1. Prof. Manisha Mohan, Karnavati University, Gujrat, India
2. Prof. Debashis Majumdar, UPES, Dehradun India
3. Prof. Shakti Banerjee, MIT ADT University, Pune, India
4. Prof. Manohar Desai , Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
5. Prof. Saikat Gochayit, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
6. Dr. Wricha Mishra,  MIT ADT University, Pune, India
7. Dr. Sangeeta Pandit,  Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India
8. Dr. Deepanka Bauah, National Institute of Design Jorhat, India
9. Prof. Nandita Bhattacharya, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, India
10. Dr. Arunachalam M., Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kanchipuram, India
11. Dr. Ananthanagu U., Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
12. Dr. Abhik Sarkar, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
13. Dr. Reema Namhata, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India
14. Dr. Swati Pal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India
15. Dr. Urmi Dhar, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Maharashtra, India
16. Dr. Arundhati Guha Thakurta, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
17. Yazan Alqudah, University of West Florida, USA
18. Bruhadeshwar Bezawada, Southern Arkansas University, USA
19. Sergey Biryuchinskiy, Vigitek, Inc., USA
20. Rajendra Boppana, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
21. Edward Chlebus, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
22. Zygmunt Haas, Cornell University, USA
23. Sumit Jha, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
24. Brian Kelley, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
25. Shad Kirmani, eBay, USA
26. Chung-Sheng Li, IBM Research, USA
27. Hossein Malekinezhad, Michigan Technological University, USA
28. Selwyn Piramuthu, University of Florida, USA
29. Oussama Hamid, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
30. Mohammad AlShabi, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
31. Amine Dhraief, University of Manouba, Tunisia
32. Ridha Ejbali, Faculty of Science of Gabes, Tunisia
33. Justin Dauwels, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
34. Grienggrai Rajchakit, Maejo University, Thailand
35. Bao Rong Chang, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
36. Lien-Wu Chen, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
37. Tai-Chen Chen, MAXEDA Technology, Taiwan
38. Uei-Ren Chen, Hsiuping University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
39. Chien-Fu Cheng, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
40. Chun-I Fan, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
41. Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
42. Wei-Chiang Hong, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
43. Wen-Yang Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
44. Ming-Fong Tsai, National United University, Taiwan
45. Chang Wu Yu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
46. Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
47. Siamack Ghadimi, Lund University LTH, Sweden
48. Dulani Meedeniya, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
49. Pablo Corral, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain
50. Felix J. Garcia Clemente, University of Murcia, Spain
51. Javier Gozalvez, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain
52. Cristina López-Bravo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
53. Maria-Estrella Sousa-Vieira, University of Vigo, Spain
54. El-Sayed El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
55. Dmitry Korzun, Petrozavodsk State University, Russia
56. Igor Kotenko, SPIIRAS, Russia
57. Felix Albu, Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania
58. Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
59. Ramiro Barbosa, Institute of Engineering of Porto, Portugal
60. Isabel Jesus, Institute of Engineering of Porto - ISEP, Portugal
61. António Rodrigues, IT / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
62. Dariusz Gasior, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
63. Marcin Paprzycki, IBSPAN, Poland
64. M'hamed Bakrim, University of Cadi Ayyad Marrakesh, Morocco
65. Rosaura Palma-Orozco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
66. Mohd Ashraf Ahmad, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
67. Ramesh Kumar Ayyasamy, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia
68. Anas Mohd Noor, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia
69. Mohd Natashah Norizan, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia
70. Amiza Rasmi, TM Research & Development, Malaysia
71. Alaa Eleyan, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
72. Choong Seon Hong, Kyung Hee University, Korea (South)
73. Yong-Jin Lee, Korea National University of Education, Korea (South)
74. Osama Abu-Sharkh, Princess Sumaya University For Technology, Jordan
75. Toshio Tsuji, Hiroshima University, Japan
76. Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
77. Domenico Ciuonzo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
78. Franco Frattolillo, University of Sannio, Italy
79. Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy
80. Michele Pagano, University of Pisa, Italy
81. Theofanis Raptis, IIT-CNR, Italy
82. Sabrina Sicari, University of Insubria, Italy
83. Ali Al Janaby, Ninevah University, Iraq
84. Aws Yonis, Ninevah University, Iraq
85. Adnan Adnan, Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia
86. Rashid Ali, AMU Aligarh, India
87. S Ashok Kumar, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, India
88. Hema Banati, University of Delhi, India
89. Arjav Bavarva, Marwadi University, India
90. Punam Bedi, University of Delhi, India
91. S Bhavanam, University College of Engineering and Technology, India
92. Sanjay Biswash, NIIT University, India
93. Joy Bose, Ericsson, Bangalore, India
94. Radhakrishnan Delhibabu, VIT Vellore, India
95. Chitra Gautam, CSIR-NPL, India
96. Neena Goveas, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, India
97. Nishtha Kesswani, Central University of Rajasthan, India
98. Koteswararao Kondepu, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, India
99. E Hari Krishna, Kakatiya University, India
100. Ranjeet Kumar, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
101. Priyatosh Mandal, Centre for Development of Telematics, New Delhi, India
102. Preetam Mukherjee, Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology, India
103. Mohankumar N, Amrita School of Engineering Coimbatore, India
104. Shashikant Patil, Vishwaniketan Institute of Management Entrepreneurship Engineering and Technology Khalapur Raigad MS, India
105. Anitha Pillai, Hindustan University, Chennai, India
106. Priya Ranjan, Bhuvaneshvar Institute of Technology, India
107. G. Ramachandra Reddy, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
108. Jaydip Sen, Praxis Business School, India
109. Petros Bithas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
110. Dimitrios Koukopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
111. Harry Skianis, University of the Aegean, Greece
112. Michael Vrahatis, University of Patras, Greece
113. Feng Cheng, University of Potsdam, Germany
114. Andreas Noack, University of Applied Sciences Stralsund, Germany
115. Roland Weiniger, PIAGET Research Foundation, Germany
116. Ramin Yahyapour, GWDG - University Göttingen, Germany
117. Mohammed Chadli, University of Paris Saclay, France
118. Maryline Chetto, Universite de Nantes CNRS, France
119. Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
120. Thierry Monteil, LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France
121. Mohamed Mosbah, CNRS-LaBRI UMR 5800, University Bordeaux, Bordeaux-INP, France
122. Eric Renault, LIGM, Université Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, ESIEE Paris, France
123. Patrick Siarry, University of Paris XII, France
124. Mohammad Sadegh Kayhani Pirdeh, University of Oulu, Finland
125. Roberto Carlos Herrera Lara, Electricity Company of Quito, Ecuador
126. George Dekoulis, Aerospace Engineering Institute (AEI), Cyprus
127. Yuanfang Chen, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
128. Pavel Loskot, ZJU-UIUC Institute, China
129. Jianhong Zhang, College of Sciences, North China University of Technology, China
130. Zbigniew Dziong, École de technologie supérieure, University of Quebec, Canada
131. Ahmed Mahmood, University of Guelph, Canada
132. Michael McGuire, University of Victoria, Canada
133. Ivan Ganchev, University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, Bulgaria
134. Dimitri Papadimitriou, University of Antwerp - imec, Belgium
135. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, United International University, Bangladesh
136. Edwin Lughofer, University of Linz, Austria
137. Volkan Dedeoglu, CSIRO, Australia
138. Jahan Hassan, Central Queensland University, Australia
139. Arindam Pal, CSIRO, Australia
140. Fatiha Merazka, LISIC Laboratory. USTHB University, Algeria
141. Hamouma Moumen, University of Batna 2, Algeria

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@brahmandaeducational.com or hony.secretary@drci.in