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Prof. G. G. Ray


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Source: India,  

Tenure: 1979 to 2017

Date: 1979

Medium: Photograph

Credits: IDC


Detailed Description

Prof. G. G. Ray is a prominent faculty member at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at IIT Bombay, holding the position of Ramakrishna Bajaj Chair Professor. He is also an honorary professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering at IIT Bombay. Prof. Ray's academic background includes an M.Sc. degree in physiology with a specialisation in ergonomics and work physiology and a Ph.D. in physiology in the area of ergonomics from the University of Calcutta. His areas of interest include product ergonomics, consumer ergonomics, workstation design, manual material handling, musculoskeletal disorders, automobile ergonomics, and products for the physically handicapped. Prof. Ray has received several accolades, including the UNDP Fellowship and the "IEA Award for Promotion of Ergonomics in Industrially Developing Countries. He has been involved in various consulting projects for major companies and organisations like Godrej & Boyce, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Indian Railways, among others. Additionally, he has published numerous papers in international journals and presented at several national and international conferences.



Projects

Project e-slate | Ergonomics Intervention in Traditional Brick Kiln activity

The Project e-slate was developed by Prof. G.G. Ray. The aim is to promote self-learning by having fun with a handheld computer for the daycare home of toddlers whose parents are working as migrant construction workers. The application will have five different sections: • Initial Preparation: This section covers pattern recognition, basic colour concepts, basic geometric forms, right/left, up/down, above/below, inside/outside, and so on. • Main alphabets: This section discusses Swarabarna and Banjanbarna pattern recognition, as well as their writing strokes. •'Barakhadi’ : This section deals with the use of ‘Matras’ (swarabarna) adjacent to the Banjanbarna. •'Anka’ (Mathematics) : This portion deals with the numerical characters and their meaning with suitable examples. • "Goshthi Katha": A section describing story telling based on Indian children's stories, including Ishap's. The Ergonomics Intervention in Traditional Brick Kiln Activity Project by Prof. G.G. Ray attempts to address the drudgery of the workers engaged in traditional brick kiln. There are all together six different stages in traditional brick making namely, 1) Soil preparation and mud making, 2) Brick moulding, 3) Transfer of raw bricks to the kiln, 4) Stacking of raw bricks for firing, 5) Firing of raw bricks, 6) Removal of fired (red) bricks from the kiln. The objective of the project is to improve human efficiency, safety, and occupational health by innovating new concepts in tools and methods. It is observed that to make a final red brick from raw earth, a male worker needs an average of 4 min and 7 kcal of human energy, while those for a female worker are about 5 min and 10 kcal, respectively.