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Joy of Design 

November 2022

Dr. Raman Saxena was invited by the Association of Designers, Hyderabad to give a talk at the Joy of Design Conference organised as part of the VFX event at Novotel Hyderabad on 3 November. Dr. Saxena presented one of his project work Design of Agriculture Market  (Mandi), funded  by the Government. of Uttar Pradesh to showcase how Design Research is critical for an innovative solution. The research focussed on Farmers, Auctioning Process & Platform, Revenue and Payments, Processes, Information & Communication, Waste Management, Architecture and Space planning to identify the design interventions to improve the functioning and efficiency in the operation of Agriculture Markets (Mandis across Uttar Pradesh and also facilitate the Farmers in selling their produce without getting exploited. The design research was conducted at around 30 agriculture markets across India as well as four International Agriculture Markets in Europe including Rungius near Paris, France; Flora Holland near Amsterdam, Netherland;  and Agriculture Markets at Singapore and Hong Kong. The events were attended by a large number of delegates representing industry, academia, and research organisations.