Dr. Asavari Thatte Pendharkar

Asavari Pendharkar is an educator, researcher, designer, and entrepreneur. As an academician and designer/entrepreneur, she finds the synergistic relationship between Design Thinking theory and practice exciting. Having closely experienced multiple cultures and geographies as a designer and transnational scholar, Asavari strongly believes in creating design that responds to cultures and places. As an educator, her focus with Design Thinking is to encourage students to examine cultural, behavioral, and spatial contexts relevant to design. Asavari’s research in art education, design, and transnational scholarship has been published in peer-reviewed journals and edited books. Her research and writing examine design in curricular and cultural contexts.