Faculty
Member
Raj
Kumar Konar
Professor in Design
(Ceramic/Furniture/Products)
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Department
Silpa-Sadana
Areas
of Specialisation
Architecture,
Furniture, Interior, Industrial Product,
Craft Product and Techno-Craft Product and System Design
| Date of Birth | 3rd February 1954 | ||
| Qualification | |||
| Year | Degree | College/University | |
| 1976 | B.Arch. (Archietecture) | B.E.College, Calcutta University | |
| 1981 | M.Des. (Production) | I.I.T. (Bombay) | |
| Research Projects, Papers and Books | |||
Visva-Bharati design style Rathindranath
Tagore and Surendranath Kar's contribution in design Knocked down portable
furniture Lowcost precast
modular housing system Standardization
of Institutional furniture Doccumentation
of Furniture and Interior work done at Visva-Bharati Design and development
of Institutional furniture (wooden) Visual Aesthetics-2D
and 3DResearch Paper/Monograph Illusion &
its application in Design - 1981 Decorative doors
& windows - 1985 The Future of
Craft in India, 1991 In search of an
Indian Idiom in Design - 1992 Rathindranath
and Silpa-Sadana - 1989 Textual Monograph
- (a) History of Furniture & Interior, (b) Product Innovation,
Planning, Development & Marketing, (c) Technical Drawing, (d)
Basic design, (e) Farm, Structure & Ergonomics |
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| Teaching Experience | |||
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16 years in Visva-Bharati 6 years in National
Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad |
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| Awards and other Academic Distinctions | |||
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Won several awards in college level sports and games Passed N.C.C.
Certificate "B" Passed B.Sc Part
I with Distinction marks |
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| Other Co-curricular Interests | |||
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Photography Lighting Film Animation
Children dance
drama Shadow pupetry
Exhibition design
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| Any other information | |||
| Had
opportunity to work on many multi-disciplinary professional projects
e.g. (i) Designing residential / Institutional / Industrial buildings
(ii) Museum Design - Rabindra Bhavana Gallery, Santiniketan (iii)
Metro-Railway Calcutta (iv) Electronic product design (v) Interior Design - Central Cottage Industries Centre (CCIC) Emporium, Calcutta (vi) Furniture Design, etc. |
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