It must be noted that from the academic year 2021-22 the CRM University, through its Common Core Curriculum (CCC), has made Design Thinking a mandatory course for both its Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses.
Students from all disciplines takes part in CMR University launches Design Thinking Day 2022
CMR University today hosted the first edition of Design Thinking Day, taking a multidisciplinary approach to design thinking. The varsity believes that a problem-solving mindset is a key to helping deal with the world we are living in today. Students from Law to Engineering to Psychology have explored dealing with Wicked problems. It must be noted that from the academic year 2021-22 the CRM University, through its Common Core Curriculum (CCC), has made Design Thinking a mandatory course for both its Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses.
Through this students learned about the ground realities and explored the many facets of the wicked problems they are dealing with in these topics. They went through the different phases of the Design Thinking process (Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test). They even went to the landfill to see where Bangalore's waste goes finally.
In addition to landfills and viable options for waste management, various other projects were showcased at the inaugural event of Design Thinking Day to look into food waste, plastic waste, waste segregation, bio-medical waste, e-waste, travel and tourism, textiles and many more with an objective to bring in behavioural change. This year’s theme was ‘What Design Thinking Can Do?’ A few of the other recommendations by students include apps to reduce screen time on phones, a platform to connect charging infrastructure, methods of efficiency in food packaging, creation of an Aqua tunnel for lake conservation.
The year-long process witnessed participation from students across various streams within the university, including Engineering and Technology, Social Sciences, Management, Legal Studies, Economics and Commerce. Around 50 students presented unprecedented and creative ideas that can be easily implemented contributing to the betterment of the environment and community at large.
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