Satyendra Pakhalé is a multifaceted designer, artist, industrial designer, and architect. He realizes projects in art, design, industrial design, applied research to design vision of the future, technologically challenging product development, manufacturing, highly crafted pieces, exhibitions, and architecture. He works in the fields of art, design, exhibition design, product design, including consumer electronics, health care, aviation, mobility, home appliances, furniture, digital products & computers, and interior design and architecture. In 2008, he was selected as one of L’Uomo Vogue magazine's 80 most influential creative people with a vision worldwide in art, design and architecture. His works are in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide.

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur (VNIT) formally known as Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering (VRCE) is a public technical university located in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra. Established in 1960, the institute is among 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in the country. In 2007, the institute was conferred with the status of Institute of National Importance by the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 of the Parliament of India with all other NITs