RESEARCH EXPERTISE:
Human Factors and Ergonomics /Occupational well-being / Ergonomics Design Intervention
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TOOLS:
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Cognitive Ergonomics / Design: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) | Eye Tracking | Biomechanics| Hand Eye coordination |Pegboard
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Human Factors: Electromyography | Physical Fitness Index
Shilpi Bora
Department of Design,
Ergonomics Laboratory
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati , India
Visiting Scholar
Shantou University, China
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RESEARCH EXPERTISE:
Human Factors and Ergonomics /Occupational well-being / Ergonomics Design Intervention
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Phone: +91-9706965069
Email:
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Address:
Department of Design
Ergonomics Laboratory
IIT Guwahati India
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EDUCATION
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PhD (2013-Ongoing) (Thesis submission date: July, 2017)
Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, India
PhD Topic: Possibility of design intervention along with occupational well-being issues faced by the women police force in Assam, India
Prof Dr. DebKumar Chakarbarti, Professor, IIT Guwahati, Director Incharge, Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, India
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2. M Sc (2011-2013)
Family Resource Management
Faculty of Home Science, Assam Agricultural University, India
Secured 75.65 % (Equivalent GPA: 8.06)
3. B Sc (2006-2010)
Faculty of Home Science
Assam Agricultural University, India
Secured 70.50 % (Equivalent GPA: 7.05)
Main: Ergonomics /Family Resource Management; Others: Food & Nutrition / Child Development / Clothing & Textile / Extension
Education / Biotechnology/Plant Pathology/Horticulture
4. Higher Secondary School (2004-2006)
Doomdooma College, Assam, India
Assam Higher Secondary Education Board
Subjects: English, Biology, Physics, Chemistry.
EXPERIENCE
PUBLICATIONS
SKILLS
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May 2017- Ongoing [Visiting Scholar at Shantou University, China]
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Seminar on “Perceived Occupational Wellbeing of Policewomen After Ergonomic Design Intervention”
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Survey for comparison of Job stress between women in police in India and China
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August 2015– July 2017 [Senior Research Fellow (SRF) at IIT Guwahati, India]
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July 2013– July 2015 [Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at IIT Guwahati, India]
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May 2013- June 2013 [Guest Faculty, Sibsagar Girls College, Sibsagar, India]
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Teaching: Interior Design and Accessories Design
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Shilpi Bora; DebKumar Chakrabarti; Akhil Garg. 2017. Ergonomics based Design of Work Station and Modular Van for Improving Occupational well-being for Policewomen; Journal of Ergonomics, Manuscript ID TERG-2017-0229
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Shilpi Bora; DebKumar Chakrabarti; Akhil Garg; (2017) A Comparative study on measurement of job stress and workspace amenities for Policewomen in disturbed and undisturbed region; Journal of Ergonomics in Design;
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Shilpi Bora; DebKumar Chakrabarti; Zhang Yi; Xiongbin Peng; Akhil Garg; (2017). Computing RULA and REBA of Industry Vehicle Operators using Automated Neural Search Approach; International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics; Manuscript number ERGON_2017_201
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Shilpi Bora, Abhirup Chatterjee, Debkumar Chakrabarti. Perceived Occupational Wellbeing of Policewomen After Ergonomic Design Intervention. International Ergonomics Conference HWWE 2016. International Journal of Human Factor and Ergonomics (Under production)
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Shilpi Bora, DebKumar Chakrabarti, and Akhil Garg (2017). Measurement of job stress and workspace amenities for Assam Policewomen. Journal of Measurement (submitted).
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Shilpi Bora, Abhirup Chatterjee, Pallavi Rani, Debkumar Chakrabarti. On-the-Job Stress: Interventions to Improve the Occupational Well-being of Policewomen in Assam, India. Journal of International Women's Studies (JIWS), 2016. Vol. 18 (1), 73-86
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Shilpi Bora, Abhirup Chatterjee, Saugata Kamakar, Debkumar Chakrabarti. Implementation of Ergonomic Design Interventions to Improve Workplace Amenities for Assam Policewomen. 6th International Conference On Research into Design (Icord), 2017. Research into Design for Communities, Volume 1. ICoRD 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 65. Springer, Singapore
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Shilpi Bora, Abhirup Chatterjee, Debkumar Chakrabarti. 2017. An Ergonomic Interventional Approach to Improve Office Workspace for Policewomen in Assam, India. 8th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Los Angeles, USA.
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Shilpi Bora, Debkumar Chakrabarti. Occupational Wellbeing Issues in Police with Specific Reference to Womanhood. In: Chakrabarti D et al (Eds): ‘User Centered Design and Occupational Wellbeing – Proceedings of International Ergonomics Conference HWWE 2014’, McGraw Hill Education (Professional), New Delhi, India; 2014.
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Shilpi Bora, Abhirup Chatterjee, Debkumar Chakrabarti. Ergonomic Enrichment of the Working Condition of Assamese Policewomen. International Ergonomics Conference HWWE 2015
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Bora S., Chatterjee A. and Chakrabarti D. Workspace Amenities for Assam Policewomen: Ergonomic Interventions. XXVIIth Annual Conference of the Physiological Society of India (PSI) VIth Congress of the Federation of Indian Physiological Societies (FIPS), 2015.
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Shilpi Bora, Abhirup Chatterjee, Debkumar Chakrabarti. Office Workspace Design for Policewomen in Assam, India: Applications for Developing Countries. 19th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics Tokyo, Japan, ICEPCE, 2017 (abstract accepted)
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Pallavi Rani, Shilpi Bora, Dr. D. Udaya Kumar. A Study On Enrichment of the Rural Mural Painting of Jharkhand, India, The International Conference On Art and Humanities, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2015
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Pallavi Rani, Shilpi Bora, Dr. D. Udaya Kumar. A Comparative Study of the Rural Mural Paintings of Jharkhand and West Bengal, International Conference On Comparative Literature and Culture, Nagpur, Mumbai,2015
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Wanrisa Bok Kharkongor, Arunita Paul, Shilpi Bora, Debkumar Chakrabarti. Meghalaya Tourism: Inculcating Cultural Image in developing en-route mini halts. Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2. ICoRD 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 66. Springer, Singapore.