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Creativity & Innovation

An elective course that introduces Bachelors and Masters level students to the concepts of Creativity and Innovation and about philosophy of how different historical art & design institutions have been able to stand out.
Taught by Ass. Prof. Mriganka Madhukaillya

  • Syllabus
    Cognitive issues in creative thinking; Neurobiological studies of human brain lateralization with respect of creative thinking phenomena; Introduction to knowledge engineering and management; Modeling of Design Thinking and Tacit knowledge representation; Fuzzy thinking, vertical thinking, lateral thinking; Management issues in creativity and innovation; group versus individual creativity; Creativity techniques and tools; Brain storming, Hypnologic imaginary, TRIZ method, Morphological analysis of ideas; Role of creativity in Innovation and Invention; Comparative studies of creativity in the Arts, Sciences, Engineering and Design; Future casting; Case Studies; Issues in Intellectual Property Rights.
    Tutorials / Studio : Assignments emphasizing explorations in creative thinking practices and techniques using various methods are applied to (a) Everyday problems, (b) Engineering and Design problems.
  • References
    1. M. Runio and S. Pritzker (eds.), Encyclopedia of Creativity, Academic Press, 1999.
    2. G. Schreiber, H. Akkermans, A. Anjewierden, R. de Hoog, N. Shadbolt, W. Van de Velde and B. Wielinga, Knowledge Engineering and Management, MIT Universities Press India Ltd, 2000.
    3. S. D. Savransky, Engineering of Creativity – introduction to TRIZ method of inventive problem solving, CRC Press, 2000.
    4. E. De Bono, Serious Creativity, INDUS Harper Collins Publishers India, 1992.
    5. D. Morey, M. Maybury and B. Thuraisingham, Knowledge Management, Universities Press MIT, 2000.
    6. T. Proctor, The essence of Management Creativity, PHI, New Delhi, 2002.
    7. H. Petroski, Invention by Design, Universities Press (India) Ltd., 2000.
    8. M. French, Invention and Evolution – Design in Nature and Engineering, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
    9. N. Cross, Engineering Design Methods – Strategies for Product Design, John Wiley & Sons, England, 1995.
    10. E. Kroll, S. Condoor and D. G. Janson, Innovative Conceptual Design, Cambridge University Press,2001.