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Dr. Anuja Agarwal

ADJUNCT FACULTY at K J Somaiya Institute of Management
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Introduction

Dr. Anuja Agarwal is a Delhi University Graduate in Computer Science, holds a Masters degree in Computer Application(MCA) from DAVV, Indore and a Ph.D. in Management Studies from Mumbai University. Her Ph.D. thesis is in Design-Thinking and Innovation. She has recently authored a Best-seller Book Titled “Design Thinking: A Framework for Applying Design Thinking in Problem-Solving”, published by Cengage Publishers, which has been adopted by top B-Schools in India, including some of the IIMs.

Having learnt ‘Design Thinking’ at some of the top names in the world, namely Stanford D-School and IDEO, followed by her Ph.D. thesis in ‘Applying Design-Thinking in Management Education’, Dr. Anuja Agarwal has developed expertise in an end-to-end process of applying Design-thinking concepts to create Innovative solutions that solve problems, and facilitate the companies to manage their Innovation process and make it Sustainable.

Socially relevant Projects undertaken with application of Design-Thinking process -

  1. AI-Powered Smart Jewellery Box.
  2. Smart Tap that empowers 'Water-users' to become 'Water-conservers'.
  3. Developing Strategies for Alternate Energy based Business Ecosystems in Rural India
  4. ‘Jaggery to Jags’ for enhancing local income through high-end positioning of Jaggery in the market by making it available in convenient, attractive, micro-unit sizes and modern flavours, akin to Chocolate bars.
  5. Project GELL-AMAR - GEnerating Local Livelihood to Arrest Migration & Aid Reverse-migration project in Ladakh.
  6. Sustainable Water Resource Management Solution to enhance livelihoods. This Water Conservation Project at Village Kheware in Rural Maharashtra is being worked on using a combination of design-thinking principles and innovative hollow shaft technology. 
  7. Zero Waste City with ‘Smart Taps’ Project - This project is aimed at reduction, segregation and collection of household waste, measuring to minimise energy & water consumption and educating people about hazards/impact of overconsumption.
  8. Waste-to-value solutions benefiting farmer community – written a case study of the work done by  CSR arm of a leading organisation in India.
  9. Project ‘Pace’- Personal metronome: a low-cost concept product to help manage ‘Freezing’ in Parkinson’s patients.
  10. Software tool for supporting Ethnographic Research in Innovation Projects which was presented at a conference, ‘Technology for Education’ held at IIT, Bombay.

Dr. Anuja has also joined a mission of providing world class Computer science education to bright underprivileged children in India. She does this assignment on pro-bono basis as the Founding Dean at Sitare University.

Education

B.Sc. (Computer Science),Delhi University,1989

MCA,DAVV,1992

PhD (Management Studies),Mumbai University,2013

Professional Experience

    Academic

  • Mukesh Patel School of Tech. Mgmt. & Engg., NMIMS Univ., Professor & Associate Dean, November 2015 - November 2022
  • Non Academic

Courses/Subjects Teaching

Research Specialisation

  • General Management

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Achievements, Recognitions & Awards

  • Third Place in 2024 Health Tech Global Case Writing Competition organised by Williiam Davidson institute (WDI).
  • Kyoto Design Lab innovation Prize, by Design4Health conference held at Art & Design Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England
  • innovative Smart Solution - Knowledge & intellectual, by BW BusinessWorld
  • Order of Merit award for Academic Program on Smart Cities, by BW BusinessWorld
  • First Position in the new ventures category in the international Case Masters competition, by IIM Ahmedabad.
  • IconSWM-CE Excellence Award 2023 for Best Paper Presentation

MDP / FDP

  • MDP conducted in Design Thinking & innovation for Kirloskar oil Engines, Hyatt group of hotels, Mahindra Finance, L&T, Travel Foods and Services (Airport lounges), Dr. Reddy's

  • MDP on Design Thinking & innovation to Godrej & Boyce

Research Papers

Pintu Shah & Anuja Agarwal.(2020).Cybersecurity Behaviour of Smartphone Users in India: An Empirical Analysis,.INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SECURITY,28(2):293-318.https://doi.org/10.1108/ICS-04-2019-0041
Anuja Agarwal.(2020).Cybersecurity Behaviour of Smartphone Users Through the Lens of Fogg Behaviour Model.IEEE Explore,0(0):79-82.https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCITA47329.2020.9137773
Anuja Agarwal.(2020).Feasibility of Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Banking and Financial Sector of India.Innovations in Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing,1189(1):0.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6067-5_54
Anuja Agarwal.(2020).Clinical Data Driven Decision Support in Healthcare Informatics.International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology,13(1):107-116.http://www.ripublication.com/irph/ijert20/ijertv13n1_14.pdf
Milind Godbole & Anuja Agarwal.(2020).Efficacy Analysis of Technology Approaches Toward Auto-assignment of Clinical Codes to the US Patient Medical Record.Advanced Computing Technologies and Applications,1(1):423–440.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3242-9_40
Anuja Agarwal.(2017).Impact of Patanjali products on the FMCG Business.International journal of Informative and Futuristic Research,4(5):6361-6382.
Anuja Agarwal.(2017).Future of Robotics in Banking.International journal of Informative and Futuristic Research,4(5):6297-6320.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318108459_Future_Of_Robotics_In_Banking?enrichId=rgreq-292a26b1567eb6fad23b9c00756356c9-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzMxODEwODQ1OTtBUzo1OTA4NzkwNzcxNzkzOTRAMTUxNzg4Nzk1ODc3OQ%3D%3D&el=1_x_3&_esc=publicationCoverPdf
Anuja Agarwal.(2010).Software tool for supporting ethnographic research in design and innovation projects in management education,.2010 T4E International Conference on Technology for Education,1(1):63-67.10.1109/T4E.2010.5550059

Proceedings

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Books

Anuja Agarwal.'(2023).Design Thinking - A Framework for Applying Design Thinking in Problem Solving. Na, Na: Cengage Learning,

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