Seminar on Design Thinking for Waste Recycling

On 26-05-2022 Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a seminar on “Design Thinking for Waste Recycling”. The session was handled by Dr. R.Suman Associate Professor/S&H, Francis Xavier Engineering College. The Programme started with the prayer by Prof. Dr.G.Aravind Swaminathan.

The resource person explained the process of design thinking and how the design thinking can be used to find solutions to the business problems. He highlighted few examples for waste recycling and how it can be used for some productive use. By using the design thinking concept how one can develop a solution which can be used to manufacture a product. Therefore, by identifying the usefulness of the waste recycling the wastages can be minimised and it can be used for some productive purpose. The examples cited by the resource person created a taught provoking idea. The conversion of waste plastics into biochar which can be used in the fields as the fertiliser. The students actively participated in this seminar and gathered lot of insights about design thinking concept and the process of waste recycling. The event was co-ordinated by Mr. M.Mukesh Krishnan, AP/CSE.