India Design Council Signs MoU with UK Design Council at CII-NID Design Summit

India Design Council (IDC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK Design Council (UKDC) at the CII-NID Design Summit to facilitate cooperation between India and UK for promotion of Design in the country.

The MoU was signed by Mr Pradyumna Vyas, Member Secretary, IDC and Mr John Mathers, CEO, UK Design Council in the presence of Mr Anand Mahindra, President, IDC.

Commenting on the MoU, Mr Anand Mahindra, President, India Design Council said “This understanding between India Design Council and UK Design Council is a significant step for both the countries as it initiates a formal platform for cooperation. This cooperation will facilitate exploration of design isssues critical to both the countries and exchange of ideas. It will help to develop capability, increase knowledge ,generate business for design and encourage businesses to use design”

The MoU will lay focus on mutual exchanges on design policies and facilitate design promotion and to enhance understanding of emerging trends, design domain developments, sharing of design knowledge and resources through focused activities and joining in existing activities on either side;

IDC is an autonomous body setup by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and UK Design Council, is a charity incorporated by Royal Charter which champions great design.

The expansion and development of cooperation between the two organizations will contribute to enhance cooperation between India and United Kingdom in the domain of design. The bilateral cooperation can build a firm base for a bright future and could be a platform for both the parties to leap onto the next level of design.

Both the parties will encourage and develop cooperation and exchanges in the field of design on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, and reciprocity. The parties will make every effort to promote favorable conditions for the fulfillment of this cooperation and these exchanges.

The parties will enhance understanding of emerging trends, design domain developments, sharing of design knowledge and resources through focused activities and joining in existing activities on either side.

In accordance with the National Design Policy, 2007, the four new National Institutes of Design (NID) may soon be established in a year or two i.e. by 2014 or 2015 according to Pradyumna Vyas, Director, National Institute of Design (NID) who was in the capital for the 3 th CII NID Design Summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the National Institute of Design.

Source: India Education Dairy and India Edu News

Anand Sharma lays foundation for National Institute of Design, Hyderabad

Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma Saturday laid the foundation stone of the National Institute of Design (NID) here.

The NID, which is coming up on 30 acres of land on the campus of University of Hyderabad at a cost of Rs 155 crore, is expected to offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses from 2015-16 for 500 students.

This will be the fourth NID campus in the country. The institute was established in Ahmedabad in 1961 and has its campuses in Gandhinagar and Bangalore, offering graduate and postgraduate diploma courses in 18 disciplines.

NID Hyderabad is one among the four NIDs being set up under the national design policy of 2007.

The minister on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the second NID in Haryana's Kurukshetra district.

Sharma said two more NIDs were planned in Jorhat ( Assam) and Bhopal to cater to the students of the respective regions.

The institute will help student community towards shaping their career in most creative sectors and is also expected to benefit the industry to improve their quality of products.

The NID is useful to a broad spectrum from industrially mass produced good to handicrafts, handlooms and skill oriented artisan communities like potters, painters, weavers, carpenters, leather, brass, silver craftsmen.

The minister said the government aimed to make India a major design hub for exports by producing 15,000 top engineers in five years

"Finland has 145 designers per million population, Japan 90 per million whereas India has a dismal two designers per million population. This needs to change in the next five years and we should aim to create a pool of 15,000 top designers. India should eventually become an outsourcing hub for designers," Sharma said.

He called for weaving in a philosophy of design into education and building linkages with education system.

Sharma pointed out that national design policy was announced with the aim of building on traditional knowledge skills and capabilities and to ensure that "our shop floor workers, craftsmen and artisans become equal partners in manufacture of innovative products and contemporisation of traditional crafts".

The minister said World Pharma Trade Centre would soon be set up at Hyderabad keeping in view the large presence of pharmaceutical companies and research institutions in and around the city.

He said Indian Institute of Foreign Trade would also come up soon at Visakhapatnam with the aim of creating a pool of trained manpower to deal with foreign trade.

Foundation stone will also be laid for a new footwear design and development institute at Hyderabad in the next month.

Human Resource Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy were among those who attended the ceremony. 

Source: TOI

Japan to help set up India's 2nd NID in Haryana

India's second National Institute of Design (NID) will be set up in Haryana's Kurukshetra district with provide technological assistance from Japan.

The Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on 22 May, 2013, laid the foundation stone of the NID to be set up in Urmi village of Kurukshetra district, Haryana. The first NID was set up in Ahmedabad in 1961.

Sharma said that he had been to Japan recently where he urged Japan to collaborate in the setting up of the NID in Kurukshetra.

"It is a matter of happiness that Japan would provide technological assistance to this institute," he said while addressing the gathering at the foundation stone laying function. He said that in view of its national importance, the NID has been declared as a centre of excellence.

Spread in over 20 acres, the new NID will have an investment of over Rs.160 crore. It will offer under-graduate and post-graduate courses to over 500 students.

"This institute would provide world class design education and training to the professionals in the field of animation, films, exhibitions, graphics, products, Ceramic and Glass, lifestyle and furniture and interior design. The concerned departments of the ministry have been directed to complete all the relevant formalities so as to set up this institute in a record time," Sharma said.

Source: India EDU News

Invitation of Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony

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NID holds its 33rd convocation

Around 250 post-graduate and under-graduate students of National Institute of Design (NID) received their diplomas at the institute’s 33rd convocation ceremony on Thursday.

Addressing the gathering, CMD of Mahindra& Mahindra, Anand Mahindra, who is also the chairman of NID’s governing council, said degrees in designing were like the new MBAs.

“I can smell a revolution in the air as I stand here at the campus.The future belongs to artists, designers, inventors, innovators and explorers. There are battlefields like workplaces and public landscapes where you will have to bring in change.We will do our best to multiply your tribe (designers),” he said while talking about the four new NIDs that are being mentored by the NID, Ahmedabad.

In his welcome address, NID director Pradyumna Vyas highlighted four new collaborative agreements that the institute has signed with similar entities across the world.

NID is awaiting Central nod for a “Centre of Excellence” status for itself. If it comes, the institute will get Rs 25 crore for infrastructure development from the Centre.

Noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who was the chief guest for the event, also spoke, urging young designers to develop a “new paradigm of culture through design”.

Source: Express India

Last Date of receiving NID Entrance Test Hall Tickets

As stated in the NID website, December 31, 2012 is the last date of receiving hall tickets of Approved applications.

Here is how the Mail containing your NID Entrance Test Hall Ticket will look like:

If you have received your Hall Ticket, good going!

But if not, here is what you can do:

• Visit your local post office and ask the concerned Postman about your Letter posted from NID, Gujarat. As this is festive season, there are chances that your Letter from NID may get misplaced/ delayed.
  
• If your local post office has not received it, with no delay call the NID Admission Helpdesk and state your query.
  
  NID Admission Helpdesk: Phone: +91 79 2662 3462  |  eMail: admissions@nid.edu

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NIDian wins I-Design Award

A product design student from National Institute of Design bagged the award in the 'Medical Equipment and Devices Design' category for 2012-13 with three other recipients in the I-Design Award competition in Chennai. Every year, products that focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity are recognized by the awards.

Malav Sanghvi of NID had participated in the competition with his project 'Walking Aid support stick'. "There is a need for design inputs in the field of amputation and prosthesis. I emphasized on the needs of the persons with disability to use of the hand's muscular power to operate the leg by a strategically designed stick. The aid can be used for physical ailments like weak leg muscles, muscle tear, ligament tear, knee problems, paralysis, short foot and prosthesis training," he said. The stick is strapped on the leg, thigh, below knee, ankle and one of the forearms. The high point of the design is adjustability of straps by which the user transfers maximum force from the hands to the legs. 

The compactness of the device allows for easy packaging and subsequent ease in transportation and storage. The strap can be rotated, thus allowing the stick to be used on both legs, said Sanghvi.

Source: TOI

Zimbabwe: Zim-India Arts, Craft Ties Hailed

THE National Gallery of Zimbabwe and the National Institute of Design in India should come up with a curriculum and capacity building initiatives in art and craft to ensure artworks meet international standards, a Government official has said.

Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises and Co-operative Development, Sithembiso Nyoni, said this in a speech read on her behalf by the ministry's permanent secretary, Mrs Evelyn Ndlovu, during an exhibition of samples and prototypes at the National Art Gallery on Saturday.

Minister Nyoni called on arts and craft centres in Zimbabwe and India to continue working together in empowering their people.

"The Government of Zimbabwe through my ministry is appreciative of this gesture by the Indian government through the Ministry of External Affairs and National Institute of Design. We, in Government see it as the first step in empowering our people.

"The ministry, however, would like to see the programme cascaded to all the provinces of the country so that it becomes national in nature," she said.

She also encouraged the two institutions to come up with initiatives especially on cultural exchange that can enable artists produce more appealing pieces for international markets.

"The National Handcraft Centre and Mbare Vocational Training Centres are good examples where such skills are needed and whatever products produced are of high quality that can meet international standards and will open doors for Zimbabwean arts and craft," said the minister.

Speaking at the same occasion, Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Jeitendra Tripathi, rallied behind the support given to arts and craft sector by the two countries.

"On behalf of my country India, would like to comment the relationship between our countries. We managed to engage our people in a cultural exchange programme so that they can learn and teach each other new skills.

"Talented artists from Zimbabwe visited India for two weeks where they leant a lot and we hope the knowledge imparted will benefit everyone at grassroots level in both countries," said Mr Tripathi.
The National Gallery's director Mrs Doreen Sibanda also took the opportunity to thank the Government's support in their bid to achieve their goals.

"I thank our Government and the ministry for supporting us in our one year project that has today produced results. This has seen us being able to fulfill our mandate of empowering rural women in traditional craft," she said.

The programme took place under the aegis of the Africa India Forum Summit in terms of India's NID, assisted by the New Basket Workshop, while working with basket weavers in five countries in Africa, with Zimbabwe being the first.

Source: allAfrica

Doodling, Line Drawing and Metamorphosis | Advanced Exercise 6

Doodles tell a lot about a person like the way handwriting does, and Design faculties are very good in finding out what your doodles could say or mean. Whiles you are preparing yourself for the doodling exercise it would be a good idea to know beforehand on what criteria you will be judges on.

By understanding this you will know what to draw, how to draw and what to show in your drawings.

This is one of the most frequent and important question which appears in the entrance test. Practice a lot and your hard-work won’t go waste. Few months remaining for THE TEST. Prepare well.

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Students De-Stress with Garba

These days, students at National Institute of Design (NID) are enthusiastic even after a long, hectic day of class, projects and presentations. For, after class signals the beginning of the garba practice session, which goes on till 2 am.

Navratri comes as a big break for students at various institutes in Ahmedabad, who battle stress on a daily basis. And students across institutes are busy mastering the complicated garba steps.

Shambavi Tiwari, coordinator for garba at NID, said, "Garba sessions are stress busters for us. We work the entire day and get tired but nobody bunks the fun garba sessions. The seniors teach the juniors typical garba steps with the taalis while the dhol plays in the background. Most of the students have also finished their Navratri shopping."

NID, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University and Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA) are among the popular hot spots of sheri garba in Ahmedabad.

The revelry on campuses begins much before the nine nights of festivities begin. Students decorate the campus using paintings, lamps, matkas and sculptures.

Students of CEPT University give a twist to the garba, yet maintaining the essence of the Gujarati tradition. "Our garba does not involve the claps or the taali but has slow, graceful hand gestures and movements. The garba attire is very non conventional with students opting for long, printed skirts and simple spaghetti tops and a dupatta instead of the heavy chaniya choli.

"We do not encourage Bollywood music or orchestras but invite a mandali from a village in Gujarat, which dishes out Gujarati folk music," said Mansi Patel, a final year student of School of Interior Design at CEPT.

Navratri is the time when MICA celebrates its annual cultural festival, Oorja. It is a two-day event with a pre-week long celebration. This year, the theme for the week is the Crazy Week. For seven days, students have several activities and have to dress in a certain way. For instance, the first day was celebrated as Torn Day, where everyone had to wear something ragged, cut or torn the whole day.

"Students are looking forward to the garba and dandia sessions to be held for four days. Themes include Go Green, Inside Out Clothes, Cartoon Tees and so on. Oorja 2012 will end on October 20 with dandia night where other colleges are also invited," said Vidya Nair from the cultural committee at MICA.

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar also host garba night and invite students from other institutes to join in the festivities.

Source: TOI

Plan For New NIDs Gains Pace

Plans to set up four new National Institutes of Design (NID) across India are gaining pace with land for the new campuses at Jorhat in Assam, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh having already been transferred while the proposed site for a campus in Kurukshetra, Haryana, has been finalised and awaiting a final transfer.

In fact, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to lay the foundation stone for the Hyderabad campus, to be located inside the Central University's sprawling campus there, sometime next month. Singh had last year laid the foundation stone for the campus at Jorhat.

Meanwhile, the governing council of the existing NID — which currently has campuses in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bangalore — has been directed to begin brainstorming on how the four new NIDs would be governed, particularly on whether they should each have their own directors and governing boards like the IIMs and IITs or be more centralised with one director-general looking after operations in various campuses, as is the case with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

A final call on this is expected to be taken once the Planning Commission (PC) finalises the financial allocation for the new NIDs although the current NID is most likely to handhold the new institutes at least in the beginning, according to NID Director Pradyumna Vyas, who has lately been frequenting Delhi and the planned sites as part of finalisation moves.

On the other hand, the PC has also been lending an attentive ear to a group of senior design faculty calling themselves the Vision First Team and is reportedly considering setting up an Open Design School (ODS) and several Design Innovation Centres (DICs) alongside.

The team enjoys strong backing from Sam Pitroda, chairman of the National Innovation Council, and had in fact gotten a considerable toehold in after the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) — under which NID functions — was forced to float new Request For Proposals (RFPs) for new NIDs in mid-2011. Bids for the first RFP had been found unsatisfactory.

The DIPP had been struggling to get funding for the new institutes after the PC did not provide the Rs 534 crore that were estimated as needed for the project, and had to resort to seeing if a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model could be explored.

Source: Indian Express