Department of Business Development and Technology

Karthikeya Acharya (Karthik) is a design researcher. His focus is on undertaking inquiry through constructive design approaches, including field based prototyping. He is the director of PROTO* lab, a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Digital Business Development and also in charge of the Industrial Design course at Business Development Engineering Program (2023). He has a doctorate in Design from Aalto University in Helsinki, a masters degree in Interaction Design from Domus Academy+IDII program in Milan and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Manipal University in India. He has gained industry experience working as a researcher with Fortum, the Finnish state energy corporation, as a design researcher and consultant with Nokia Design and Nokia Research Center and also as a professional architect with design studios in South India.