AT A GLANCE
Ashwathi Sharma
Assistant Professor – Selection Grade
Area of Practice: Education
OVERVIEW
I am an educator active in the intersecting disciplines of design and art, and I am passionate about pedagogy, learning about the complex relationships between creativity, culture, and human behavior. Using a foundation built on academics and practical experience, I strive to foster and equip students to discover the transformative potential of design thinking and creative expression.
EDUCATION
M.Tech (Industrial Electronics), Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad
M.A. (Design Education), University of Mysore
WORK EXPERIENCE
9 years at Srishti Manipal Institute of art, design, and technology
1.25 years at an International Baccalaureate school in Pune
INTEREST AREAS
Sociology, history of modern South Asia, material memories, migration studies
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
I am PhD scholar looking at the displacement of Indians from Burma to India during the second world war, using material memories.
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
My work reflects my passion for interdisciplinary education while bringing in the importance of creativity in learning and my commitment to fostering critical thinking, cultural awareness, and social responsibility through art and design education. I attempt to emphasize the integration of sociological perspectives and systems thinking into my teaching practice.
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
My professional practice lies in education, pedagogy, creative and critical modes of thinking and making, with materials and media.
- Contours of Time – Tracing Borders, Politics, and Migration in the Historical Canvas of India and Burma ( Conference paper), 2024-02-22
Presented at an International conference titled – ‘Modernities Redefined – Perspectives from South Asia’
Hosted by Gitam University,Bangalore - Implications of the ‘Heritage’ Status on the Agraharams of the Kerala Tamil Brahmins in the Kalpathy Village of Palghat, Kerala ( Journal article), 2024-02-01
Published in Retrospect: Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal of Archaeology, Anthropology, History and Heritage Tourism, ISSN – 3030-7457 - Tracing intergenerational trauma and memories – The 1942 return of Indian families from Burma ( Conference paper), 2025-04-02
National Colloquium titled’ Memory, Marginality and Resistance’ hosted by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala
