Prof. Lalit Kumar Das pioneered Industrial Design education at IIT Delhi. He has developed a programme that is an excellent blend of design sensitivities and industrial propensities. Very many of his students have distinguished themselves at National & International Design competitions.

Prof. Das graduated in Civil Engineering from IIT Kanpur. Thereafter he did his Masters of Technology in Design Engineering from IIT Delhi and then Master of Art in Industrial Design from the Royal College of Art, London. He is well acquainted with power and potential of campus life and peer group learning. He is deeply interested in sustainable approach to design and a non parochial non partisan framework for study of design. He has many publications to his credit. His doctoral students are working in a variety of areas from emotion, sustainability, e-governance, etc. He has widely traveled and has worked at the Industrial Design Center, I.I.T. Bombay and at the Department of Fine Art, University of Manitoba, Canada.