Short Bio

Sameer Sahasrabudhe is a Professor of Practice in Design, at IIT Gandhinagar. He has a cumulative experience of over 25 years in various fields such as advertising, animation film-making, and educational multimedia production.

He has contributed in the development of the Learner – Centric Model and has created many MOOCs for IITBombayX, edX, and SWAYAM. His course on 3D visualization and animation is subscribed by over One lakh learners worldwide and was shortlisted for the edX prize 2019. Sameer holds a PhD in Subject Communication; PG Diplomas in Distance Education and Animation Film-making; and a Graduation in Fine Arts.

Longer Bio

Sameer Sahasrabudhe is a Professor of Practice in Design, at IIT Gandhinagar. He has a cumulative experience of over 25 years in various fields such as advertising, animation film-making, and educational multimedia production.

Prior to this, he was the Director, Educational Multimedia Research Center (EMMRC), Pune, India from June 2020 to July 2022. He spearheaded the production of audio-visual production of MOOCs, and also conducted capacity building programs for MOOC instructors to inculcate leaner-centric approaches in their content creation for MOOCs.

Earlier, as a Research Scientist at IITBombay, he has contributed in the development of the Learner – Centric MOOC (LCM) model at the IDP-ET; and the MOOCs platform: IITBombayX at the Dept. of CSE, IIT Bombay. He has created many learner-centric MOOCs for platforms such as: IITBombayX, edX, and SWAYAM. His course on 3D visualization and animation is subscribed by over 25000 learners across the world and was shortlisted for the edX prize 2019.

Sameer holds a PhD in Subject Communication; Post graduate Diplomas in Distance Education and Animation Film Making; and a Graduation in Fine Arts. He has been a member of academic councils and boards of studies for many Universities. He also has been a Principal Investigator for projects by the Government of India, and recently for Kyoto University, Japan. Apart from publishing widely in the research domains of 3D visualization, creating animation for education, enhancing engagement in MOOCs, etc.; he has bagged awards at various film festivals for his documentary and animation films.