Smt. Amrit Raj
Development Commissioner (Handicrafts)
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31 people
DC, Handicrafts1
Faculty13
Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik
Chairperson
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof. Manoj Kumar Mondal
Co-Chairperson
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof. Sudip Misra
Co-Chairperson
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof Jenia Mukherjee
Co- Chairperson
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof. Sourangshu Bhattacharya
Co-Chairperson
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof.Bhaskar Bhowmick
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof.Ram Babu Roy
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof.Titas Bhattacharjee (Rudra)
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof.Arjun Mukherjee
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof.Mamoni Banerjee
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Jibesh Patra
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof.Jitendra Mahakud
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Prof. Anandaroop Bhattacharya
Member
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Researchers15
Ankit Kumar
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning (ML)
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- +3 more research interests: Explainable AI (XAI), Trustworthy AI (TAI), Hardware Optimization and Acceleration
Sayoni Mondal
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of IndiaSince 2026
- Geomorphology
- socio-cultural landscapes
- human–environment interactions
- +11 more research interests: environmental sustainability, handicrafts and craft communities, sustainable livelihoods, GIS and spatial analysis, and place-based approaches to development., Her current research particularly focuses on the intersections of craft, culture, community, spatiality, sustainability, and technology.
G. Manojit Rao
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Debajyoti Swain Acharya
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of IndiaSince 2026
- Microbiology and microbial ecology
- Microbial behaviour associated with natural and traditional materials
- Microbial safety and quality of handicraft products intended for food contact
- +11 more research interests: Scientific investigation of traditional material selection, processing, and finishing practices, Sustainable and environmentally friendly handicraft practices, Integration of traditional artisan knowledge with modern scientific approaches, Preservation and scientific documentation of traditional crafts and indigenous knowledge, Application of microbiology in sustainable agriculture and traditional practices, Interdisciplinary research connecting microbiology, handicrafts, sustainability, innovation
Madhur Singh Pradhan
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of IndiaSince 2026
- Literature & Cultural Studies
- Gender Studies
- Translation Studies
- +5 more research interests: Craft & Traditional Knowledge Systems, Science Behind Craft, Art, Culture & Society, Interdisciplinary Humanities Research
Manash Ranjan Nayak
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Ankur Kumar Das
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
- Toolkit recommendation and virtual spatial space planning
Kumarjit Ray
Researcher
Computer Science and Engineering
- Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Edge–Fog–Cloud Computing
- +3 more research interests: Digital Twins, and Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN), particularly LoRa.
Meenakshi Samanta
Researcher
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
- Narratology
- Folk Literature and Children's Literature.
Arindom Aich
Researcher
Computer Science and Engineering
- AI/ML
- IoT
Subham Mondal
Researcher
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
- Visual Art & Technology
- New Media Art
- Interactive Art
- +4 more research interests: Digital & Multimedia Art, Aesthetic Experience, Art & Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies in Art
Nandini Talukder
Researcher
Rishikant Mallick
Researcher
Bikramjit Das
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
Saurav Kumar
Researcher
Centre of Excellence for Unified AI-Enabled Craft Ecosystem Platform at IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Intelligent Software Systems
- Distributed Systems
- +3 more research interests: Cloud Computing & Cloud-Native Architectures, Data Engineering & Scalable Data Systems, AI Systems Engineering
