Sponsored R&D Projects
| Projects | Sponsor |
| Low Cost Multimedia Content Creation (Setting up of National Multimedia Resource Centre at C-DAC, Pune | Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi |
| Kumar Vishwa Kosha CD ROM, A Multimedia Encyclopedia in Marathi language for school children in Maharashtra | State Government of Maharashtra |
| Digital Library Technology Development for Indian Heritage | Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India |
| CD-ROMs on Life and Work of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Mathematical Genius | Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India |
| Low Cost Digital Library Solution for Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai | Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai |
| Multimedia Kiosk and Software for Harappan Gallery of National Museum, New Delhi | Department of Culture, Govt. of India, New
Delhi National Informatics Centre, New Delhi |
| Design and Development of Sanskrit Sambhashanam Portal | Department of Advance Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune |
| 3D Game Development to Teach Watershed Management (Rainwater Harvesting) Techniques to Villagers | Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR),
Ahmednagar |
| Quality Assuarance Framework for e-Learning | C-DAC, Hyderabad and Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India |
| User Interface Design for Software Products, Kiosk and Mobile based applications | On-going Internal R & D Projects |
| For
more information: Human Computer Interaction Design (HCID) National Multimedia Resource Centre of C-DAC |
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Research Papers
[1] Bhutkar G. , Katre D., Rajhans N., Deshmukh S. (2008). Scope of Ergonomics Design and Usability for an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): An Indian Perspective, Article 3., Journal of Ergonomics Australia, Published by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA), Vol 22, Number 1, March-June 08, pp. 26-32.
[2] Ganesh Bhutkar, N. R. Rajhans, Dinesh Katre, M. L. Dhore (2007),
Ergonomic Issues with Computer Based Products Used in Intensive Care Unit,
in the Proceedings of Humanizing Work and Work Environment (HWWE) 2007,
Bhopal, India.
[3] Katre D (2007). Model Based Heuristics for Constructivist e-Learning,
I-Manager's International Journal of Education Technology, January-March
2007, Volume 3, No. 4, pp. 58-65.
[4] Katre D. S. (2006), 'A Position Paper On Cross-cultural Usability
Issues of Bilingual (Hindi & English) Mobile Phones', In the Proceedings
of Indo-Danish HCI Research Symposium, Hosted by Department of Design,
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India.
[5] Katre D (2006). Unorganized Cognitive Structures of Illiterate as
the Key Factor for Rural E-learning Design, I-Manager's International
Journal of Education Technology, January-March 2006, Volume 2, No.4.,
pp. 67-72.
[6] Katre D (2006). Addressing the Cognitive Requirements of Users through
Digital Library, 14th Chapter, DEVELOPING CYBER LIBRARIES, Edited by L.
S. Ramaiah & T. Ashok Babu, Published by Allied Publishers, New Delhi,
pp. 148-152.
[7] Katre D, Pandya D (2006). Concept of Language in the Computer Science,
National Seminar on Concept of Language, Centre for Advanced Study in
Sanskrit, University of Pune, India.
[8] Katre D (2005). Museums, Monuments and Historical Information: Synthesis
Using Digital Library and Virtual Reality Technologies, Workshop on Digital
Archeology, Organized by Indo-US S&T Forum, Massoorie, India.
[9] Katre D (2005). Designing the Teacher Like Behavior of e-Learning
System: A Case Study of Indian Scripts Typing Tutor, I-Manager's International
Journal of Education Technology,Oct-Dec. 2005, Volume 2, No.3, pp. 60-65.
[10] Katre D (2005). Multimedia Education: Current Scenario and Future
Potential, Special Issue of Sampada on Education by Mahratta Chamber of
Commerce, Industries & Agriculture, July 2005, pp27-29.
[11] Katre D (2005). Applying Transactional Analysis (TA) and Ego-states
for HCI Design in e-Learning: A Case Study of Indian Scripts Typing Tutor,
National Seminar on e-Learning and e-Learning Technologies ELTECH 2005,
Hyderabad, India, pp. 16-20.
[12] Katre D (2005). Juxtaposing Commentary of Task Performance (CTP) and
Interface Play Script (IPS) for Discovering Interface Metaphors, In Proceedings
of International Conference on Information Management (ICIM), Mumbai,
India, Volume II, pp. 809-818.
[13] Katre D (2004). Using Mnemonic Techniques as part of Pictorial Interface
for Self Identification of Illiterate Villagers, In Proceedings of International
Conference on Human Computer Interaction (I-HCI 2004) organized by IESUP
and CSI, Bangalore, India.
[14] Katre D, Puntamkar S, Gajbhiye J (2004). Design and Development of
JATAN: Virtual Museum Builder, In Proceedings of NACLIN 2004, India, pp.
247-257.
[15] Katre D (2004). Pragmatic and Usable Approach for Digital Library
Initiatives in India, Proceedings of International Conference on Digital
Libraries (ICDL), New Delhi, India, Volume I, pp. 41-48.
[16] Katre D (2004). Experimenting with UniFace: A tool for Usability Testing
of Icons, ACM-SIGCHI-SI National Usability Conference Easy 2004, Bangalore,
India.
[17] Katre D (2002). Systematic Modeling of Stories and Role Development
of Storyteller for Interactive Multimedia, Proceedings of International
Conference on Storytelling in the Digitalage organized by Media Lab and
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.
[18] Katre D (2002).Unconventional Inspirations for Creating Software Interface
Metaphors, in Proceedings of International Conference on Media and Design
(Mumbai, India, Sept. 2002), Volume I, 1-15.
[19] Katre D (2001). Template based Authoring for Cost Effective Multimedia
Production, IEEE Multimedia Technology and Applications International
Conference Proceedings, University of California, Irvine, USA, Nov. 2001,
pp. 133-142.
[20] Katre D (1999). Multimedia Rendering of
Spiritual Texts, Proceedings of International Conference Virtual Systems
and Multimedia (VSMM 1999), University of Abertay, Dandee, Scotland, UK.,
pp. 500-507.
Articles
[21] Katre D (2008) as Interviewer. Face to Face with Aaron Marcus, Design for All Institute of India,Volume 3, June 2008, pp. 72-85
[22] Katre D (2007). Make mobile phones more
usable, Published in Marathi Newspaper Sakal, Saptarang, June 2007, Page
4.
[23] Katre D (2007). Usable Design,
Published in Marathi Newspaper Sakal, Saptarang, May 2007, Pages 3-4.
[24] Katre D (2007). Indian e-Government Initiative: An Ideal Case for
Universal Design and Usability, Design for All Institute of India's Newsletter,
April 2007 and CHI Bangalore's Community Portal.
[25] Katre D (2004). Chasing the Cognitive Roots of Our Rectangular Mindset,
The Idea #7, CD Gazette of Electronic Arts, 2003-2004.
[26] Katre D (2003). Highend Multimedia Research and Education at C-DAC,
Animation Reporter, Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2003, pp. 64-65.
[27] Katre D (2003). Mono-GUI to Multi-GUI, 'GUI of the Future Contest'
of PC Quest in August 2003 (First Prize
Winning Article).
[28] Katre D (2000), Application of Multimedia
Kiosk for Uniform Course Counseling Across Franchisee Network, C-DAC Connect,
Oct.-Dec. 2000.
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