Peer Mohideen Sathikh is a designer and design thinker who has had the opportunity to visit, study and work in many parts of the world. Peer has a PhD in art & design from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), a Master of Design in industrial design from the Royal College of Art (RCA), London, a Master of Design in product design from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (IITBombay) and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the College of Engineering, Chennai. Peer joined the School of Art, Design and Media, NTU after 22 years as a professional industrial designer. Besides teaching and d research at NTU, Peer is today an expert on designing operations control centre for rapid transit systems.