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title: "Abhishek Srivastava, PhD - Associate Professor in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Abhishek Srivastava, PhD, Architect, Designer, Researcher, IKS enthusiast based in Greater Bengaluru Area. AI stack includes claude, gemini, and notebooklm."
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# Abhishek Srivastava, PhD on Tal

## Headline

Architect, Designer, Researcher, IKS enthusiast

## About

I am an Architect, Industrial Designer, Educator, Entrepreneur, Upcycler, Researcher and an IKS enthusiast\. I believe in becoming a fluid specialist who can work across domains\. I did B\.Arch\. and M\.Des\. from the School of Planning and Architecture\. New Delhi\. I have 8\+ years of work experience both as a Design Professional \(Infosys, Think Design, Welava Design\) and as an Educator \(SPA D, WUD, UPID Noida\)\. My interest areas include\- Design Education, Indian Knowledge Systems, Creative Thinking, Sustainable Design, etc\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude

gemini

notebooklm

Napkin AI

## Work experience

Associate Professor at RV University, Jul 2026 \- Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru

DAPC Student Representative \(PhD\) at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Aug 2025 \- Jul 2026 · 1 yr, Roorkee, DAPC: Departmental Academic Program Committee

Prime Minister's Research Fellow \(PMRF\) at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Jul 2022 \- Dec 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Research Scholar at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Dec 2021 \- Jul 2026 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Member of Board of Studies for BFAD/ BFA at Dr\. A\.P\.J\. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Oct 2018 \- Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Associate Dean \- Research & Development and Industrial Consultancy at Dr\. A\.P\.J\. Abdul Kalam Technical University, May 2018 \- Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Assistant Professor at U\.P\. Institute of Design, Noida, Apr 2018 \- Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Noida Area, India, Mentoring students of Bachelor & Master of Design for their academic design projects and competitions like\- Smart India Hackathon, Toycathon etc\. to come up with creative and innovative solutions\. Also a part of many institute committees & initiatives like\- One District One Product scheme, where research is being done district wise for the state of U\.P\. to identify challenges ad take the local craft/ industries to global platform\.

Founding Director and Co Founder at Welava Design, May 2016 \- May 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Projects related to Design consultancy and Upcycling were conceptualised and developed which required research on \- Materials, Market study, User study, Hands on Workshops, Business model etc\. Experienced the taste of being an Entrepreneur and learnt what it takes to run a start\-up\.

## Education

Doctor of Philosophy \- PhD, Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Master’s Degree, Industrial and Product Design, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

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