Teaching

Over the past 9 years, I have been teaching design at the undergraduate and graduate levels in India, Canada and Australia. Since 2023, I have been teaching as a sessional lecturer in the Industrial Design Program at RMIT University. I am also a guest faculty at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Department of Design, IIT Delhi. I have delivered guest lectures and seminars globally, including at the University of Cambridge, University College London, Royal College of Art, University of Salford Manchester and OCAD University, Toronto.

Taught Courses

• Design for healthcare
• Industrial Design Engineering
• Design for Sustainable Production
• Honours project supervision
• Design prototyping
• Design drawing

I am currently teaching Design for Sustainable Production (GRAP2575) and supervising Honours students. I am available as an external for the supervision and examination of undergraduate and masters theses in industrial design, design for health, design for sustainability and systemic design.

Arun Kumar, P. (2024). What is good practice? Reflections on practice and research in medical device design [Hybrid presentation]. Global Disability Innovation Hub, University College London, London, UK Jun. 2024. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/IC7PeUClc7I?feature=shared

Arun Kumar, P. (2020). Design for Sustainable Healthcare – Making sense of wicked-wicked problems [Video]. Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto Nov. 2020. Retrieved from: https://vimeo.com/548603163