Alka Hingorani

Alka Hingorani is an Associate Professor at the School of Design, Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). She teaches courses including World of Images and Objects (DE 132), Applied Science for Designers (DE 133), Introduction to Scriptwriting (DE 413), Indian Thought and Tradition (DE 627), Story and Narrative (DE 706), and On Ways of Seeing (DE 731).

Her research centers on storytelling as pedagogy and cross-media adaptations, visual narratives, art and aesthetics, collaborative design methodologies, and technology-enhanced learning. She leads the Learn Through Stories (LeTS) project, which pioneers student co-creation of educational content to deepen engagement through narrative frameworks.

Her scholarly output includes the book Making Faces (2012), examining Himalayan artisan communities and identity transformation through ritual art, alongside the 2020 Retelling Invisible Cities workshop. Her work bridges anthropological inquiry, visual culture studies, and educational innovation with emphasis on community-centered design.

Through the LeTS initiative (http://learnthroughstories.org), she directs interdisciplinary teams developing narrative-driven pedagogical tools that transform traditional teaching into collaborative knowledge production.