Dr. Dhriti Dhaundiyal

Dr. Dhriti Dhaundiyal, Assistant Professor & HOD


Faculty Photo Faculty Details
  • Education: PhD Industrial Design (IIT Bombay), MSc Urban Sustainability (Kings College, London), BDes (National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad)
  • Email: dhritidhaundiyal@doonuniversity.ac.in,hod.sod@doonuniversity.ac.in
  • Area of Specialization/Interest: Participatory Methods & Co-design, Design Thinking & Prototyping, Sustainable Design, Mobility Systems.
IRINS Profile
Best Five publications in last five years:
  1. Dhaundiyal, D. (2026) Grammars of Kinship: Designing Relational Coexistence through Language in Participatory Design Conference 2026. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA 10.1145/3789492.3796382
  2. Dhaundiyal, D., and Sharma, N. (2026) Actions speak louder: identifying tacit needs of women commuters in India through participatory prototyping, in Equitable Everyday Journeys: Inclusive Mobilities for South Asian Cities by EQUIMOB: Inclusive Cities through Equitable Access to Urban Mobility” Utrecht University, Routledge India
  3. Dhaundiyal, D. (2026). Mobility planning in emerging smart cities: A critical analysis of Dehradun's comprehensive mobility plan and metro rail proposal. In S. Joshi, A. Awasthi, & M. Sharma (Eds.), Sustainable and smart city logistics. Emerald Publishing.
  4. Dhaundiyal, D. (2025). Design Justice. In The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic. DOI: 10.5040/9781472596178-BED-ONLINE-084 https://www.bloomsburyvisualarts.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9781472596178&tocid=b-9781472596178-BED-ONLINE-084&st=
  5. Dhaundiyal, D., & Sharma, N. (2024). Gendered Mobility and Sustainable Urban Transport: Women’s Experiences On Mumbai’s Suburban Railway. Asian Interdisciplinary and Sustainability Review, 13(2), 121–135. https://doi.org/10.14456/aisr.2024.21
Ongoing Projects:
  1. User-Centric Product Design for Public Transport in Uttarakhand with a focus on Dehradun Metro, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand (CMHE)
  2. Low Cost Learning Aids to Build Cognition & STEM Skills in Early Learners in Rural Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand State Council for Science And Technology (UCOST)
  3. Gendered Identity and Participation of Women in Community and Crafts of Uttarakhand, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
  4. Designing for Information, Education & Communication Collaterals for Namami Gange, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
  5. SDG Goalkeeper Field Documentation, UNDP & CPPGG, Department of Planning, Govt. of Uttarakhand