- Faculty in charge
- Prof. Mritunjay Kumar
- Lab web site
- wahstudio.in
WAH Studio designs and studies AI systems that support human wellbeing. We examine how emotions influence thinking, creativity, learning, and everyday decision-making, and how technology can be intentionally designed to strengthen these human capacities.
Our work sits at the intersection of design, emotions, human behavior, and artificial intelligence. We investigate how AI systems can sense, model, and respond to emotional and cognitive states in responsible and meaningful ways. Rather than treating emotion as just data, we explore how it shapes human experience and how intelligent systems can align with it.
The studio combines design research, behavioral experimentation, affective computing, and AI development. We build and evaluate interactive prototypes, immersive environments, and AI-enabled tools, testing them through user studies and empirical methods. Our research produces validated insights, design frameworks, and deployable systems that can be translated into real-world applications.
WAH Studio works across domains such as healthcare, education, creative practice, and digital and immersive technologies. Ultimately, our goal is to design intelligent systems and solutions that enhance human resilience, creativity, and well-being.
