C.S. Susanth
印度國立設計學院（National Institute of Design, India）首席設計師，專才為家具設計。其專業領域涉及學校家具、椰殼纖維家具、竹製品以及印度各地手藝品。他的核心研究之一為竹材及其應用。目前擔任NID竹倡議中心主任。
曾參與許多印度國內與國際課程，例如2011年5月於衣索比亞舉辦的India Show、日本的AOTS-ENAI課程。曾於台灣國立成功大學擔任國際設計工作坊指導顧問，亦曾參與2010年10月、2011年10月的倫敦玩具設計工作坊。
C. S. Susanth is the Principal Designer in the Industrial Design discipline. He graduated from NID in 1998 in Industrial Design; he specialised in Furniture Design. He started his career with NID’s Outreach Programmes and Consultancy Services in 1998 and joined as faculty member in the Furniture and Interior Design discipline in 2002.
Susanth has worked on many projects in the areas of school furniture, coir composite furniture, bamboo products, and with various craft clusters in different parts of India. One of his core areas of interest is bamboo and its applications. He also heads the NID Centre for Bamboo Initiatives.
He teaches in various disciplines, especially Design for Retail Experience and Furniture Design. He takes courses such as Design Representation, Retail Furniture and Fixture, System Design, Packaging, Materials and Process, and Model Making.
He has participated in various national and international programs such as the India Show in Ethiopia in May 2011 and AOTS-ENAI programme in Japan. He was an advisor at the International Design Workshop at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and had participated at the toy design workshop held at London in November 2010 and October 2011.