ADVANCES IN
ERGONOMICS RESEARCH AND
PRODUCT DESIGN –
APPLICATION TO INTERIOR SPACE AND
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS OF INDIAN POPULATION
Course Director
Dr. Mahalakshmi V.Reddy
Co-Directors
Dr.D.Anitha & Dr.K.Mayuri
Centre of Advanced Faculty Training
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University
College of Home Science
Saifabad, Hyderabad – 500004
10th to 30th, November 2011
Venue: Post Graduate and Research Centre
ANGRAU
Saifabad, Hyderabad – 500004
Ergonomics and Human Safety
About the training
In the present day, human factors and anthropometry play an
important role in consumer product design, clothing design, office
space design and interior design where statistical data about the
distribution of body anatomy and dimensions in the population
are used to optimize the form of the products. Human factors
involves the study of all aspects of the way humans relate to the
world around them, with an aim of improving operational
performance and safety through life costs and/or adoption through
improvement in the experience of the end user. Usernomics takes
usability and ergonomics to a higher level of effectiveness and
accountability. We can research, design, evaluate and test
products or work environments to be more useful, usable, safe
and satisfying.. The implications of this for product design are
subtle, but important. It helps one to assess and determine
abilities and needs for designing products, homes, and
environments to make working and living space safe and simple;
particularly for children, adults, and elderly population who are
normal or disabled.
Home Science Education serves in grooming the students as
change agents in providing quality environment for people
through application of Ergonomics in interior space design,
clothing design and products used for daily and special needs. Of
late, due to rapid changes in the consumer environment, there are
immense numbers of choices available to the consumer. In reality,
the consumer is drowned in choices and experiences dilemma in
selecting the ‘one’ that suits to his spatial, functional and
economic needs. In addition, people with special needs such as
the physically challenged are also being targeted in the design
industry to help them live in comfort and self sustenance. The
products and environmental needs of regular population in special
conditions such as in pregnancy, lactation, infant care, child care
etc also need examination for its appropriateness of design in
meeting their needs.
The faculty of Home Science provides an expanse of Interior
and Product Design courses, Apparel Design and Child-care
Education programmes. Each of these disciplines has to make
progress in the application of ergonomics for the comprehensive
needs of regular and disabled population. This necessitates an
advanced faculty training in order to design and evaluate products
for further modifications, to identify faculty as ergonomic design
Home Science in Forefront
Recognizing the specialized services rendered, during the past 16 years
by CAS in ANGRAU, in the review meeting conducted at New Delhi,
the ICAR elevated the status of Centre of Advanced Faculty Training –
Foods & Nutrition to Centre of Advanced Faculty Training – Home
Science ( CAFT) in the month of May, 2010 with redefined mandate to
serve as a national resource and training centre for five disciplines of
Home Science. The CAFT – Home Science, Hyderabad is the only
centre of it’s kind in India, in order to cover the five disciplines of Home
Science, viz; Foods and Nutrition, Human Development and Family
Studies, Family Resource Management, Apparel & Textiles and Home
Science Extension and Communication. Faculty of Home Science in
ANGRAU has extended advanced trainings to the faculty of all the State
Agricultural Universities for curriculum up gradation and strengthening
of teaching and evaluation at UG and PG level.. Also, it has been the
National resource center for dissemination of nutrition information.
Host Faculty
The Department of Resource Management and Consumer Sciences,
College of Home Science, ANGR Agricultural university, Hyderabad
that is known for organizing advanced trainings for 21 days in the areas
of consumer issues, computer aided design application for Interior and
product design, Residential and Commercial Interior Design, Visual
presentations techniques. The training on “Advances in Ergonomics
Research and product design – Application to Interior space and
functional needs of Indian population” will be organized by this
Department in close co-ordination of well trained faculty members of
Apparel and Textiles, Human Development and Family Studies.
Invitation to Participants
ANGRAU extends invitation to faculty members of SAU’s, ICAR
institutes, ICAR KVK’s and other associates in the field of Textiles and
Apparel Design, Human Development and Family Studies, Resource
Management and Consumer Sciences, Family Resource Management,
Home Science Extension and Communication Management and other
related fields especially in the cadre of Assistant and Associate Professor
to be the participants. Free boarding and lodging facilities will be
provided only to faculty of State Agricultural University as per the
guidelines of ICAR. Accommodation will be is a decent guest house,
accessible to Railway/Bus station/Airport. Pre-request is necessary for
any accompanying members. Boarding and lodging charges will be extra.
Nomination form can be downloaded from www.angrau.net
Last date for submission of Nomination Form is
30thSeptember 2011
Course Director: Dr. Mahalakshmi V.Reddy
Co-Directors: Dr.D.Anitha & Dr.Mayuri
Phone : 040-23244058-221,211,213,222 Fax 040-23230781
Mobile Contact:98490-47906, 93469-88886, 91775-32608
Email: cafthscangrau@gmail.com /
mahalakshmi.v.reddy@gmail.com
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