57th ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18

NID Ahmedabad Campus NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007 Tel: +91 79 2662 9500 / 9600 Fax: +91 79 2662 1167 email: [email protected]

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PALDI, AHMEDABAD 380 007 Annual Report 2017-18 2 Contents

1. Introduction 5 1.1. NID’s Evolving Mandate 7 1.2. Noteworthy Achievements and Major Events of the Year 9 1.3. Distinguished Visitors 23 2. Governing Council Members 24 3. Council’s Standing Committee 26 4. The Senate 27 5. Faculty Forum 29 6. Design Education at NID 30 6.1. Learning to Learn, Learning to Know, and Learning to Do 30 6.2. Professional Education Programmes 31 6.3. Academic Programmes 2017–18 32 - Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) - Master of Design (M.Des.) 6.4. Educational Facilities 33 6.5. K-Portal 34 6.6. Admissions 2017–18 / 2018–19 34 6.7. 38th Convocation 38 38th Convocation Discipline wise Summary, detailed list of Graduating Students 6.8. Placements 67 6.9. Accolades Won by NID Students 72 6.10. Education at NID: The Global Context 76 7. National Institute of Design: Extension Campuses 85 7.1. NID Gandhinagar Campus 85 7.2. NID Bengaluru Campus 95 8. Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) 100 9. Research & Publications 105 9.1. Research 105 9.2. Publications 112 10. Integrated Design Services (IDS) 115 11. Outreach Programmes 123 12. Industry & Online Programmes (I&OP) 127 13. Design Promotion and Design Sensitisation Activities 134 13.1. IPR Cell 134 13.2. Design Clinic Scheme for MSMEs 134 14. Faculty Profile 137 15. Visiting Experts 153 16. Staff Position as on 31st March 2018 175 16.1. Human Resource Development Activities for Staff 176 17. Official Language Implementation 178 18. Financial Resources 180

Annexure 1: National Design Business Incubator (NDBI) 181 Annexure 2: India Design Council (IDC) 183 Annexure 3: Annual Accounts 187

3 National Institute of Design

1. Introduction

Established at Ahmedabad in 1961, the National From an institute mainly providing undergraduate Institute of Design (NID) is a pioneering institute programmes, NID has become one of the best design that offers multidisciplinary design education. The institutes in the world with graduate (B.Des.) and institute functions as an autonomous body under the postgraduate (M.Des.) programmes across 5 broad Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry faculty streams and 20 diverse design disciplines. of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and has The institute also has state-of-the-art infrastructural been declared an Institute of National Importance by facilities such as the Skill Development Labs, virtue of the National Institute of Design Act, 2014 Knowledge Management Centre (KMC), Information (No.18 of 2014) which has come into force with effect Technology (IT) Centre, and Design Vision Centre from September 16, 2014. to name a few. These have helped NID establish its leadership and pre-eminence among various design With an experience of more than five decades in the institutions. field of design education, research, application of advanced teaching methodologies, and unparalleled NID continues to be an aspirational ‘Institutional design research projects, NID has attained national Global Brand’ for the youth. This is manifested in the and international repute. It has been recognized as increasing demand to secure admission at NID. The a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation number of students convocating from the institute (SIRO) by the Department of Science & Technology, each year has increased substantially; it has increased Government of India. from 35 in 2000 to 338 in 2017.

From being a single-campus institute, NID has grown NID has also signed collaborative agreements with into a multicampus institute with a national and over 80 premier design institutes across the world, international profile. Presently, NID has two extension facilitating increased international exposure for campuses—one each at Gandhinagar and Bengaluru students and faculty. Business Week USA listed NID as which were established in the early 2000s. an institute providing one of the best design education

5 National Institute of Design programmes among such programmes being offered In pursuance of the NDP, the Centre initiated steps by 25 other top European and Asian institutes for two to set up four campuses for design education one consecutive years (2006 and 2007). NID was the only each in Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, design institute from India to be included in the 2014 and Haryana on the lines of NID Ahmedabad, out of list of ‘Top 30 Design Colleges of the World’ published which, two of them are currently operational; namely, by Ranker, a crowd sourced rankings website NID Vijayawada and NID Kurukshetra. As envisaged operating from the USA. NID was also placed in the in the NDP, the Centre also set up the India Design 8th position in the global design school league table Council (IDC) on March 2, 2009 with Director, NID published in Car Design News. as its Member Secretary. NID’s collaboration with a number of national and international institutions has NID has been playing a significant role in promoting helped foster a culture of scientific enquiry through design through various first-time initiatives which collaborative partnerships and for the faculty and include CII-NID Design Summit (being held since students; this has become a platform for exchanging 2001), Businessworld-NID Design Excellence Award knowledge and ideas. (being held since 2000), NID-ITPO Showcase (being held since 2002), and the Design Idea Fair (being NID is a unique institution with design excellence, held since 2006), all with an aim to move towards a intellectual wealth, and a time-tested educational ‘Design-enabled India’. The institute’s efforts towards culture that is instrumental in addressing social becoming an effective medium for design promotion problems and concerns. Today, the institute’s continues to draw strength from partnerships with graduates are active in all sectors of the economy other global organisations such as Cumulus, World and many have distinguished themselves in diverse Design Organisation (formerly ICSID), ICOGRADA, IPI, fields such as textiles, product design, craft design IDA and several national organisations. and promotion, advertising, filmmaking, multimedia, automobile design, developmental communication as NID’s efforts towards making a National Design well as design education. The institute believes that Policy finally materialised in February 2007 when the good design is good business and that it contributes Central Government announced the National Design to economic prosperity and better quality of life. Policy (NDP), the first among developing countries.

Annual Report 2017-18 6 1.1 NID’s Evolving Mandate

NID’s mandate is to offer world-class design education • Helping place designers in key sectors of national and promote design awareness and application need for benchmarking of standards of design towards improving the quality of life by or through the education and practice and encouraging them to fulfilment of the following: ‘think global and act local’.

• Providing world-class design education to create • Offering integrated design consultancy services design professionals of excellence who can help and providing opportunities to faculty and students meet India's diverse design needs and create leaders to get familiar with the practical applications of in design education and research by recognising design knowledge while generating revenues the changes in the economic and business simultaneously. environments in a global context.

• Providing design inputs from the point of view of • Encouraging the scaling up of quality design using design as an integrating force in varied areas professionals and faculty through existing and new such as science, technology, and management. Also, institutional mechanisms. improving the quality of life through well-designed products, services, processes, and systems. • Becoming a repository of design knowledge, experience, and information on products, systems, • Humanising technology and integrating the physical materials, design, and production processes related with the virtual and digital worlds through better to traditional as well as modern technologies. information and interface design by moving towards a holistic creative experience. • Upgrading the design of products and systems of everyday use with an aim to bring in indigenous • Providing sustainable design interventions for crafts; design solutions by focusing on affordable design handloom; rural technology; small, medium and for the masses. large scale enterprises; and outreach programmes for capacity, capability, and institution building. All • Undertaking fundamental and applied research to this would help create employment opportunities. create cutting-edge knowledge in diverse areas of design and allied fields.

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1.2 Noteworthy Achievements And Major Events Of The Year

USTTAD Projects • NID had conducted a Design Development workshop The Ministry of Minority Affairs Government of India for the artisans from the Black Pottery Cluster of launched USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Manipur. Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development) in September • Two Design Development workshops were 2015 for the benefit of minority communities: Muslims, conducted for the Glass Flame Work of Firozabad; Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis, and Jains who one at NID and another at Firozabad. are engaged in the practice of traditional arts and • As part of the Screwpine Weaving Cluster project, crafts. NID is appointed as one of the Knowledge NID organized the first Design Development Partners under USTTAD wherein NID would contribute Workshop both in Thalayolaparambu and its knowledge, skills, and experience to achieve the Kodungalloor in Kerala. The second Design established objectives under USTTAD for the benefit Development Workshop is under way at NID. of minority communities stated in the scheme. Twenty-seven artisans from Kottapuram Integrated As Knowledge partners, NID would work with 25 Development Society (KIDS), Kottapuram and craft clusters across different states of the country Jawaharlal Memorial Social Welfare and Public over a 4-year period, wherein it would undertake Cooperation Centre (JSWC) Thalayolaparambu design intervention activities. The project scope participated in the workshop. entails: Identification of Traditional Crafts Clusters / Communities, Articulating and Setting Standards for NID Alumna Donates Rs. 5 million to Alma mater the Crafts Clusters/Communities, Craft Research and Sujata Keshavan, an NID alumna of the 1984 batch Documentation, Design Development Workshops, and a well-known personality in the field of Indian Product Catalogue and Packaging and Brand Identity advertising, donated Rs. 5 million to NID. This donation Development. was the realization of Keshavan and her spouse noted historian Ramachandra Guha’s philanthropic dream. The prizes have been named after Keshavan’s parents and are called: The Shanta Keshavan and N. Keshavan Prize for Outstanding Work in the Field of Communication Design, The Shanta Keshavan and N. Keshavan Prize for Outstanding Work in the Field of Industrial Design, and The Shanta Keshavan and N. Keshavan Prize for Outstanding Work in the Field of Textile and Apparel Design.

9 National Institute of Design Each calendar year three prizes worth a hundred thousand rupees each will be given to the best undergraduate student designers in the regular programmes one each in Communication Design, Industrial Design and Textile & Apparel Design in recognition for the best degree project they would undertake during their final semester under their regular curriculum. The prizes would be announced during the annual convocation ceremony which is held at the institute each year. During the Convocation ceremony held in January 2018 these prizes were for the first time given away to deserving students under the said disciplines.

Best from the Waste! Mantra for Sustainable Living At NID, students innovatively converting waste material and developed alternative furniture, outdoor furniture, toys, and lighting arrangements. Eleven students Furniture and Interior Design (B.Des.), designed their work on innovation using scrap material collected from across Ahmedabad and created beautiful and innovative products under the mentorship of Pravinsinh Solanki. Fifteen students of Furniture and Interior Design (M.Des.) worked on tyres under the mentorship of Rajiv Jassal. The whole of the concept was put forwarded by Director NID Pradyumna Vyas, and coordinated by Pravinsinh Solanki. The work was done under the Swachh Bharat and Garvi Gujarat initiatives and displayed at the Aquarium, NID Ahmedabad Campus from 18th to 23rd April 2017.

Annual Report 2017-18 10 Design with a Future the team. Without words, the eleven trees were taken On World Intellectual Property Day (April 26), the IPR as inspiration and spoken through space of different Cell shared information of IP registered products made origins, tales, stories, and roots. These spaces in NID. The IPR Cell located at NID, Paldi Campus was would challenge the viewer to experience trees in an established in 1999 with a clear vision of facilitating unexpected way. The exhibition was displayed at the and guiding NID students with various aspects NID Ahmedabad Campus from 1st to 5th May 2018. of intellectual property rights. The cell had been continuously motivating, educating, and facilitating students to come forward for IP protection and thereby add value to their products. The IPR Cell has already registered more than 250 designs till date.

Exhibition Design Discipline of NID Celebrates 'Vriksha India-UK Design Education Workshop Series Katha: Trees and Tales The British Council and India Design Council had been The Exhibition Design department celebrated 'Vriksha working towards stimulating strategic relationships Katha: Trees and Tales', an exhibit in and around in design education and research between design eleven familiar trees; which was an outcome of a institutes in India and UK as a follow up to the ‘The six week-design project of second year students of Future of Design Education in India’ report launched by Exhibition Design (B.Des.) under the guidance of Mr. Jo Johnson, UK Minister for Universities, Science, Exhibition Design faculty Jonak Das. In this exhibition, Research and Innovation in November 2016. This the stories which belong to each of the trees out of the was the first of three workshops that was convened eleven which transcend physicality and went into the in India. It aimed to develop shared knowledge and realm of installations and exhibits were identified by understanding. Each workshop would reflect on the

11 National Institute of Design development of future designers, design educators, “AMATES" Expressions of Art on Handmade Paper and academics. It had one of the largest gatherings of The word ‘amate’ in the term ‘Amate paper’, is derived design educators from all leading design institutions from the Nahuatl word ‘amatl’, which is a type of bark across the country including IITs, along with leading paper dating back to pre-Hispanic times in Mexico. It design education experts from the UK. The event was is an indigenous papermaking tradition that survived organized at the NID Ahmedabad Campus from 5–6 in the small village of San Pablito in Puebla, Mexico. May, 2017. The Amate paper was made in a traditional manner which involved the crushing of the bark from white and red Jonote trees. The resulting pulp was boiled in limewater. The outcome was fibrous sheets of colours ranging from dark brown to yellow. The Embassy of Mexico in India had put up an exhibition titled: Expressions of Art on Handmade Paper, "AMATES", at Design Gallery, NID Ahmedabad Campus. The Exhibition was inaugurated by H.E. Melba Pria, Ambassador of Mexico and Director NID Pradyumna Vyas on May 8, 2017. The exhibition was on display till May 19, 2017. The Mexican Ambassador also visited various departments and offices of NID in addition to taking a tour of the NID Ahmedabad Campus.

Director NID Awarded Edutainment Awards 2017 Director NID Pradyumna Vyas received an award for his contribution towards progression of design education, during the Edutainment Awards 2017 in Mumbai. The two-day event held from May 19–20, 2017 was represented people from the fields of cinema, media, and design. Director NID was invited for the inaugural address along with eminent film director Ramesh Sippy and actor Divya Dutta. The event had also seen renowned personalities from areas such as design, film, media, advertising, entrepreneurship, and several others.

Scrap Design Innovation and Sustainability: A Road to the Future A group of NID students and faculty participated at the Index International Interiors Architecture and Design Event 2017 in Mumbai from June 8–11, 2017. Creative works by students and faculty of NID were displayed in the event. One of the main attractions in this event was the pyramid built out of briquettes made from shredded demonetised currency notes worth more than Rs. 65 crores. The exhibition aimed at promoting scrap design innovation and encouraging the visiting students to register for the student design

Annual Report 2017-18 12 competition, “Value of Money”. This competition Director NID Invited as Keynote Speaker - Africa which focused on promoting products and concepts Design Days 2017 made out of the shredded currency note briquettes The ‘Africa Design Days 2017’ was organised from was jointly organised by NID and Dutch Kusters June 28–30, 2017 at Rabat, Morocco. It was the first Engineering. global pan-African forum on economies of design, innovation, and creative industries. Director NID Attends the 2nd WIDC Preliminary Meeting at Hangzhou More than 300 participants, including 70 influential The China Industrial Design Association (CIDA) international figures in the field of innovation organized the 2nd World Industrial Design Conference through design took part in this event. In line with (WIDC) Preliminary Meeting, on June 16, 2017 in the objectives set by the United Nations, this event Liangzhu, Hangzhou, China. Director NID Pradyumna addressed the challenges of sustainable development, Vyas was invited to represent India Design Council and focusing on education issues, economic development, NID. crafts and culture, and urban development. Director NID & Member Secretary, India Design Council (IDC) Mr. Liu Ning, president of CIDA, released the Pradyumna Vyas was invited as the keynote speaker preparation work of the 2nd WIDC meeting which for this event. The event was also purposefully held mainly focused on leveraging design education, design to coincide with WDO’s 60th anniversary on June 29, industry and policy, design capital and innovation 2017 and became part of a global roster of events, entrepreneurship, design culture and sustainable celebrated in more than 34 countries by more than 100 development, and design collaboration. design organizations and companies on the occasion of World Industrial Design Day. NID Celebrated International Yoga Day NID celebrated the International Yoga Day on June 21, NID Unveils the Mexican Textile Exhibition "CHIAPAS" 2017. Director NID Pradyumna Vyas inaugurated the "CHIAPAS", the Mexican textiles exhibition was held opening of the session. Yoga instructor Tarjni Shah at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad conducted a yoga session for the participants. from July 3–14, 2017. It displayed pieces woven by indigenous women from southern Mexico. The exhibition was inaugurated by Jessica Mancera, Head of Culture, Embassy of Mexico to India and Director NID Pradyumna Vyas on July 3, 2017. It was open for public viewing till July 14, 2017.

Chiapas has magnificent traces of Mayan and other important Meso-American cultures. A great variety of

13 National Institute of Design textiles originate from 12 ethnic groups living in 122 towns, whose identity was recreated in the symbolism of their designs. Each region had its own traditional dress, which shows their ancient heritage in colourful patterns. Most of these textiles were woven on back strap looms and their fabrics are made of plant fibres or natural wool, dyed with vegetable colours or extracted minerals.

Some of the designs in “Textiles of Chiapas” are reminiscent of embroidery traditions of India such as the Phulkari work of Punjab, the Kutchi embroidery of Gujarat or Kashmiri embroidery. In a seamless blend of the unique creativity of 11 Chiapas communities, the textiles featured in the exhibition gave a peek into the kaleidoscope of colours and traditions that the state of Chiapas has.

“Born from Cotton” Event On August 5, 2017, a team from NID Gandhinagar Campus showcased the “Born from Cotton", a prints and apparels show using Asahi Bemberg, a unique luxurious all season fabric which is known for its fall, drapability, and breathability. It was organised at INFLIBNET Auditorium, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Director NID and NID bags Times Education Icon The programme was jointly organised by National Awards Institute of Design (NID), India and sponsored by Asahi Director NID Pradyumna Vyas was felicitated with Kasei Corporation, Japan. Director NID Pradyumna "Lifetime Achievement Award" conferred by an Vyas; Hideto Tanimoto, General Manager, Asahi Kasei, eminent jury of Times Education Icons 2017, during Japan; D. Thara, Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad the felicitation event on August 8, 2017 in Ahmedabad, and many other dignitaries attended the event. Gujarat. The award was dedicated for his immense contribution towards design education and design promotion. During the ceremony NID also bagged two top awards (1) International Projects Category (2) Industry Exposure Category.

‘Fòcas India: Document’ – Photography Exhibition ‘Fòcas India: Document’ was a juried exhibition of 10 emerging photographers from India and Scotland. The exhibition was showcased from August 31–September 15, 2017 at Design Gallery, NID Gandhinagar Campus. The photographers were selected through an open call for submission by a jury panel that comprised Devika Daulet-Singh, gallerist, publisher and founder of PHOTOINK, New Delhi and Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert,

Annual Report 2017-18 14 photographer and co-founder of Document Scotland. The jury panel looked for photography that made visible compelling narratives, perspectives, and experiences of the world. The photographs featured in this exhibition cut across genres, including documentary photography, portraiture and landscape, and revealed universal and unexpected stories from India and Scotland. The exhibition opened simultaneously at Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow, Scotland and the India exhibition toured other Indian cities after its premier at NID Gandhinagar Campus. Exhibiting Photographers: Harikrishna Katragadda, Indranil Banerjee, John Farrell, Kotryna Ula Kiliulyte, Lucie Rachel, Prarthna Singh, Sandy Carson, Shuchi Kapoor, Sukanya Ghosh, Tine Bek.

The exhibition was inaugurated at NID Gandhinagar 2017 TEDA Cup International Youth Design Design Gallery by the Deputy High Commissioner of Competition UK, Mr. Geoff Wayne in the presence of Director NID Director NID Shri Pradyumna Vyas was invited to Pradyumna Vyas; NID Gandhinagar Dean, Krishna the 2017 TEDA Cup International Youth Design Patel; and Head British Council Ahmedabad Moumita Competition as a juror and as a speaker in the “Design Bhattacharya. Creates Value Summit” in Tianjin, Taiwan organised by the Administrative Commission of TEDA under the NID and the Indo-China BRICS Summit guidance of Taiwan Affairs Office of Tianjin Municipal Arun Gupta, Principal Faculty & Coordinator (HOD) of People's Government on September 16, 2017. Film & Video Communication at NID, was at Xiamen, The Tianjin Economic-Technological Development in the Fujian province of China at the invitation of Area (TEDA) was built in 1984 and the TEDA Cup the Academy for International Communication of International Youth Design Competition was Chinese Culture (AICCC), Beijing Normal University. started in 2015 in response to the global economic He was the sole international faculty guiding the transformation and to encourage young people to production of eleven 10-minute documentaries on communicate creatively. aspects of Chinese crafts and culture made by 11 International film and media students (and their 11 Designers from Taiwan, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Chinese partners) as part of the ‘Looking China Youth U.S.A. and other countries were invited to be the Film Project, 2017’. The invited students were from the lecturers who joined Director, NID in the summit and BRICS block (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South made their presentations. These speakers were Apex Africa). In September 2017, Xiamen hosted the 9th Lin, Director of Taiwan International Student Design BRICS Heads of State Summit and Arun Gupta and Competition; Kim Hyun, President of DesignPark two M.Des. students of Film & Video Communication— Branding-Korea; Kazuo Tanaka, President of Japan Dhruv Satija and Shreyas Dasharathe participated in Industrial Designer’s Association-Japan; Tai Lee the event. Siang, President of Singapore Institute of Architects- Singapore; Eric Cruz, Executive Creative Director of AKQA-Shanghai; Michael D. Cachuela, Owner, Graphic Subject Matter-U.S.A; and Michael Lin, Secretary- General of Taiwan Good Design Association, Taiwan.

15 National Institute of Design NID Hosts the Kusters Engineering Prize 2017 and was coordinated by Pravinsinh Solanki, Discipline Exhibition Lead, Furniture & Interior Design, NID, along with his This competition was organized by the National team of students, staff, and faculty. A total of 184 Institute of Design (NID) in association with students from 49 different Indian institutions had Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering, Netherlands in registered for the competition. continuation to the pioneering efforts made by NID students for developing innovative products and Paul Kuster, MD, Kuster Engineering (Chief Guest) objects using shredded demonetised currency notes and Director NID Pradyumna Vyas inaugurated the of 500 and 1000 denomination. The competition was exhibition. open to all students of reputed design and allied institutions in the country. It focused on developing The four top winners were given cash awards of sustainable design solutions with the shredded Rupees One Lakh, Rupees Seventy Five Thousand, demonetised currency notes and jointly organised Rupees Fifty Thousand, and Rupees Twenty Five the “Kusters Engineering Prize 2017" exhibition-cum- Thousand (being shared between two participants) award in NID on September 25, 2017. respectively. Six participants out of the final thirty presented prototypes during the award ceremony. Awards were given to the winners of the "Value for Money Competition 2017". This event was inaugurated Hindi Utsav 2017 by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani NID organises the Hindi festival every year to increase along with Shri Jayant Kumar Dash, RBI Regional the dissemination of language Hindi. This festival was Director (Gujarat), Director NID, Shri Pradyumna Vyas organised over two months: September and October and many other dignitaries on May 18, 2017. The event 2017. During this festival various competitions such as Hindi poetry reading/poetry writing, Hindi dialogue, Hindi calligraphy, T-shirt design, Hindi comic strip, Stand-up comedy, Hindi quiz, and Hindi antakshari were organized; students, staff, and faculty members actively took part in a these competitions. On November 1, 2017, Director NID Pradyumna Vyas and the Chairperson of the Hindi festival committee gave away cash awards and certificates to the winners.

Annual Report 2017-18 16 Gandhi Jayanti Celebrated on Campus on October 2, NID Participates in the 59th International Engineering 2017 Fair 2017 (MSV) Director NID Pradyumna Vyas dedicated this day to The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government the cleaning personnel on duty in the campus. They of India invited NID to participate in the Design were felicitated in the Eames Plaza at NID Ahmedabad Exhibition in India Pavilion at the 59th International Campus. The Director praised their immense Engineering Fair 2017 (MSV) held on October 10, 2017 contribution in keeping the NID premises serene at Brno, Czech Republic. India was represented as the and clean throughout the year around. Recounting partner country of the exhibition. The Indian Pavilion at memories, the Director had emphasised that the the exhibition was coordinated by EEPC under Ministry cleaning personnel is an integral part of the NID of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. community who had been crucial for NID's growth and The India Pavilion was inaugurated by Shri C.R. would account as important members of the design Choudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of community too. In a parallel event in the campus, Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Among 30–40 NID alumni and students gathered together and the eminent dignitaries who visited the exhibition celebrated the day by cleaning the space surrounding were Shri Raghubar Das, Hon’ble Chief Minister of the outer compound wall of the institute with active Jharkhand; Shri R. V. Deshpande, Minister of Large & support of the NID Director and other staff members. Medium Scale Industries, Infrastructure Development, Karnataka State, and Shri Krishan Kumar, Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic. They spent considerable time at the NID exhibition stall and appreciated the work done by the institute. Director NID Pradyumna Vyas made a presentation in the round table discussion on "Support of Industrial Design on the Road to Increasing Competitiveness".

Chitrakatha 2017 – International Student Animation Festival ‘Chitrakatha’, the biannual animation film festival which started in 2007 provides a platform to build a slow and steady awareness of animation and design education across nations, amongst students, academia, stakeholders, and policymakers. The 6th edition of Chitrakatha was called ‘COWfest - Africa-Asia’ and was organized from October 22–28, 2017 at the NID Ahmedabad Campus. The festival renewed interest in pre-historic ancestors who came from the Congo Basin and Gondwanaland. Chitrakatha’17 aimed to build the map of the Triassic era in the participants’ minds, especially in this age of strange conflicts and hatred, boundaries, and divisions. This festival remains a confluence of thought provoking activities initiated by creative minds from the field of animation and storytelling with India and the sub-continent as its main focus/spotlight. The 6th edition of Chitrakatha focused on themes such as: world peace, human rights, non-violence, love,

17 National Institute of Design Sahu, CMPO, National Jute Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India; and Director NID, Pradyumna Vyas. Stores run by the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) had taken up an initiative to promote jute takeaway bags. GCMMF gave the project to ICNF, NID. A variety of such bags were designed by a student of National Institute of Design (NID) as a part of her graduation project under ICNF. These bags would be available in markets across various cities beginning with Ahmedabad. Jute has thermal insulation properties and this quality would be the biggest advantage for GCMMF’s products to preserve them in chilled condition in the jute bags. The idea behind the project by GCMMF was to replace laughter, identity, gender, gaze, freedom, quality, and the polluted plastic from the distribution vertical and compassion. infuse jute bags as a more eco-friendly solution in the same. National Conference on 'Culture-Design-Cognition' (CDC) 2017 CII-NID India Design Summit Held from December NID in association with IGNCA RC (Indira Gandhi 5–6, 2017 at Hyderabad National Centre for the Arts-Regional Centre), The CII-NID Design Excellence Award acknowledges Bengaluru organised a two-day national conference and celebrates Indian design and innovation. The titled 'Culture-Design-Cognition' (CDC ) 2017 at IGNCA awards strived to honour new paradigms of design in RCB Seminar Hall from November 3–4, 2017. Eminent India, which answers the call of making Indian industry speakers such as: Prof. Pushpesh Pant, Dr. Devdutt and manufacturing more competitive and innovative Pattanaik, Dr. Uday Athavankar, Dr. Prabhat Ranjan, and present the emerging face of design in India and Ms. Anupama Hoskere, Dr. Sharada Srinivasan, Prof. its newer manifestations. Choodamani Nandagopal, Dr. Jamuna Rajeswaran and several other academicians, researchers, and design The 17th India Design Summit was inaugurated by aspirants presented their papers. Shri K.T. Rama Rao, Hon’ble Minister of Industries, MA&UD, IT&C, Mines & Geology, Public Enterprises and Amul MD Launches Amul Bags Designed by ICNF-NID NRI Affairs, Government of Telangana. The summit The Innovation Centre for Natural Fibre (ICNF) at was organized by Confederation of Indian Industry NID designed a line of bags for Amul. The bags were along with the National Institute of Design and the launched at an event organised at the NID Ahmedabad Government of Telangana. Campus in the presence of R.S. Sodhi, MD-Amul; P.K.

Annual Report 2017-18 18 India has been changing significantly in the last NID Director as a Speaker at the Global Partnership 17 years and so was design. Many businesses Summit (GPS) understood the importance of design as a result of Director NID Pradyumna Vyas was invited as a speaker which the number of designers in the country has also for a session on "Designing the Sustainable Smart grown exponentially. The nature and form of design City Ecosystem through Digital Transformation" at the had also evolved tremendously over these years. It Global Partnership Summit (GPS) held at New Delhi was time to move on and establish a “New Narrative” from December 11–14, 2017. for Design. The Global Partnership Summit (GPS) evolved from The India Design Summit 2017 explored the wide the India-Japan Global Partnership (IJGP) initiative spectrum of design disciplines and addressed and became a platform to integrate ideologies, ideas, contemporary challenges in concerned areas such initiatives, projects, processes, people, and policies. as Design & Manufacturing, Design & New Product It allows for global partners to share knowledge, Development, Design and Energy, Design and Start- expertise, and resources and work towards a common ups, and Design and Cities. objective of establishing an Alternative Development Model (ADM) framework. Through core values such The speakers at the summit were global influencers as co-operation, collaboration, and inclusivity, GPS who shared stories, strategies, and solutions—from aims to establish models of development that would inspiration to practicality during those two days. focus on empowerment and sustainability. The GPS The India Design Council endorsed CII Design intended to fuse the needs of today into the viability Excellence Awards in four main categories of Visual of tomorrow, thus becoming a formidable platform Communication, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, to take forward the mission of an all-encompassing, and Mobility Design and their 32 sub-categories, holistic development framework. which were given away by the Hon’ble Minister Shri K.T. Rama Rao. The Design award said to be a The event was presided over by cabinet ministers, perfect opportunity for Indian companies to present bankers, and educationists from esteemed institutions themselves as design-led organisations. across India and Japan. The GPS aimed at paving a policy framework for sustainable living within the

19 National Institute of Design existing scenario through the panel discussions which of the India-UK Design Education Workshop Series were held at different venues of the event. from January 29–31, 2018 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. NID and ATIRA Sign MoU On January 5, 2018 Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s The workshop was inaugurated by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Research Association (ATIRA) and the National Hon'ble Minister for Commerce & Industry, Government Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad signed a of India in the presence of Director, North India, British Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to add synergy Council Tom Birtwistle; Director, National Institute of in their respective arena to share knowledge and Design Pradyumna Vyas; Pro Vice Chancellor, Kingston infrastructure facility between the institutes for University and Member UK Design Council Anne research and development and students activities Boddington; Consultant Advisor, India Design Council through Materials & Product Innovation Centre Hrridaysh Deshpande and other delegates from India (MAPIC). and the UK.

The collaboration leverages the strength of The workshop focused on “Capacity Building”. More current programs in both the institutes mainly than 55 design institutes were represented in this the translational research in advanced composite workshop with the participation of 145 design experts materials with natural/synthetic fibres for the from across the country. The workshop aimed to application in automobile, building, street furniture, explore the broader strategic and political positioning make shift shelters, healthcare products such of design education in the UK and India and effective as wheelchairs, modular toilets, and lightweight mechanisms for enhancing the public understanding substitutes for metals and the respective innovative and value of design. design capabilities in MAPIC. The MAPIC would be housed at ATIRA and experts from both institutions International Open Electives titled 'Heritage: Tangible would strive for excellence in developing cost- and Intangible' effective, efficient, easy-to-use products for mass The 2018 edition of the Open Electives focused on usage. The MAPIC flagship partnership will uncover bringing to the fore, the true value of heritage and various path-breaking sustainable materials for new the knowledge from the past. The International Open upcoming application with the focus on national Electives is a two-week multidisciplinary series of initiatives such as ‘Make in India’. The National workshops held annually and offered to Bachelor’s and Design Business Incubator (NDBI) of NID and Focus Master’s students from across various disciplines at Incubation Centre of ATIRA will jointly incubate new NID. start-ups in the area of composites. TAD Students Showcase at Auto Expo 2018- The The MoU was signed by Director ATIRA Dr Harish Motor Show Bisht Director NID Pradyumna Vyas in the presence of Transportation & Automobile Design (TAD) students Anand Parekh, the president of Reliance Textiles and at NID addressed the theme of Sustainability at the Pradyumansinh Jhala, who is the research advisor, Auto Expo-The Motorshow 2018, held at the India Expo Innovation Centre for Natural Fibre (ICNF), National Mart, Greater Noida from February 9–14, 2018. Institute of Design and senior faculty members from NID as well as senior officials from ATIRA. The NID students showcased (1) a full-size clay mock-up of an electric racing bike for KTM (by India-UK Design Education Workshop Sijo Thomas), (2) an advanced vehicle concept for The India Design Council (IDC) along with the British McLaren for the year 2040 (probably, an era of robots) Council and the National Institute of Design as when people would strive to fulfil their love for driving Knowledge Partners organized the second workshop (by Ravi Sharma), (3) ‘BREATHE’, an Autonomous

Annual Report 2017-18 20 Public Shared Vehicle which is clad with Nanoporous manufacturers, and the general public. It was Metal Organic Framework Carbon Absorbing Sponge organized by Svensk Form (The Swedish Society of which selectively absorbs CO2 directly from air. This Crafts and Design) in cooperation with ArkDes, IKEA, absorbed CO2 is then sold to various industries the City of Malmö and Stockholm Furniture & Light which uses CO2 for their manufacturing purposes Fair. The prime theme of the pieces in the exhibition but with an increased economic value with a specific was sustainability and innovation. Apart from this, sustainable system model. (4) A full-size working two students from NID also showcased their designs prototype of a bicycle with BAMBOO as a primary alongside the Swedish designs. material (by Amartya Banerjee, Bhushan Sonawane, Nikhil Rajagopalan). A Bamboo cycle made by NID students and products made from demonetised currency were also displayed The students addressed topics such as autonomous in this exhibition as NID’s vision statement on driving and clean mobility through several projects sustainability and innovation. that were taken up as a part of their academic curriculum and gave a glimpse into the future of Secretary General Design Intelligence Awards (DIA) automobiles. The showcase attracted positive Committee visits NID Campuses responses from the design/automotive industry and In a first, a delegation consisting of Mr. Wang Yun, the common public. Secretary General of Design Intelligence Awards 2018 (DIA) Committee, Dean of Industrial Design Swedish Exhibition at NID Ahmedabad Held from Research Institute & Director of Creative Design February 20–March 2, 2018 Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Centre of The “Ung Svensk Form 2018" was a travelling design China Academy of Art, China and Ms. Yao Yunzhui, exhibition from Sweden that presented the latest Research Assistant, Creative Design Manufacturing trends in young Swedish design with its fabulous Collaborative Innovation Centre of China Academy of craftsmanship and new forms of expression. The Art, China visited NID Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar exhibition was inaugurated by Ulrika Sundberg, campuses on March 5, 2018 to discuss about the Consul General of Sweden to India and Director future collaborations and for overseas promotion of NID Pradyumna Vyas in presence designers from Design Intelligence Awards. Sweden, faculty, student and staff of NID and visiting participants. Director NID Pradyumna Vyas was invited as a jury member to the previous year's DIA Award. Based on This exhibition intended to fulfil an important function his involvement, the DIA Committee has envisaged as a forum for encounters between designers, India as a major target platform to promote this

21 National Institute of Design international excellence award. The delegation was NID Ahmedabad Campus Hosts the Design & Skill received by Director NID. The delegation discussed Upgradation Workshop in Bamboo various aspects of the award with him. Purandar The workshop titled "Design & Skill Upgradation Datta, CMR-AO accompanied the delegation to the NID Training Workshop in Bamboo" was held at Gandhinagar Campus. International Centre for Indian Crafts (ICIC), NID Ahmedabad Campus from March 15–30, 2018. At the Gandhinagar Campus Dean Krishna Patel Twenty-five bamboo artisans from different parts of welcomed them along with her faculty colleagues. Gujarat participated in this workshop. The workshop Two sets of presentations were made by the visiting was conducted by Pravinsinh Solanki (Discipline Lead, delegation to the faculty and students. Furniture Design). The workshop was inaugurated by Shri P.G. Patel (GAS), Executive Director, INDEXT-C, Govt. of Gujarat, in presence of Governing Board Members and Director NID Pradyumna Vyas at the ICIC at NID Ahmedabad on Thursday, March 15, 2018.

Annual Report 2017-18 22 1.3 Distinguished Visitors

• Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry and attended the show of “Born from Cotton”, a prints Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India, and apparels show, at INFLIBNET Auditorium, Shri Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Design Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Gallery, Presentation Hall and Auditorium at NID Gandhinagar Campus on March 11, 2018. • Delegation from University of Ferrara, Italy visited The ceremony was also attended by Shri. Mansukh the campus on December 20, 2017. Mandaviya, Hon’ble Minister of State, Road - Prof. Arch. Marcello Balzani, Vice-Dean, Transport, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizer; Shri Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, Dhansukh Bhanderi, Chairman, GMFB; NID Governing University of Ferrara, Italy. Council Member Shri Samveg Lalbhai; and the - Arch. Luca Rossato, Research Fellow, Heritage NID Community of Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Conservation, Department of Architecture and Campuses. Industrial Design, University of Ferrara, Italy.

• Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai • A UK-based delegation comprising the following Rupani, visited NID on May 18, 2017 to launch the members visited NID on February 15, 2018: Student Design Competition "Value of Money" at - Natalie Brett, Pro-Vice Chancellor, International the NID Ahmedabad Campus, in the presence Shri Head of College, London College of Jayant Dash, Regional Director, RBI. Communication - Ian Storey, Director of International Development, • Geoff Wain, British Deputy High Commissioner, London College of Communication Ahmedabad attended the inauguration of the - Jonathan Barratt - Dean of Development and first workshops of the India-UK Design Education Quality, Central Saint Martins Workshop Series on May 5, 2017 at NID. - Dr Jo Wheeler – Director of International, Central Saint Martins • H.E. Melba Pria, Ambassador of Mexico inaugurated an exhibition on Expressions of Art on Handmade • Ulrika Sundberg, Consul General of Sweden to India Paper, "AMATES", at Design Gallery, NID, Ahmedabad visited NID on February 21, 2018 to inaugurate the on May 8, 2017. exhibition titled “Ung Svensk Form 2018".

• R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Shri Kishore Jhala, • A delegation consisting of Wang Yun, Secretary Chief Operating Officer, GCMMF (Amul) and their General of Design Intelligence Awards 2018 (DIA) senior Managers on visited the campus on June 7, Committee, Dean of Industrial Design Research 2017. Institute & Director of Creative Design Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Centre of China Academy • Paul Kuster, MD, Kusters Engineering visited NID of Art, China and Yao Yunzhui, Research Assistant, for the exhibition-cum-award ceremony at NID on Creative Design Manufacturing Collaborative September 25, 2017. Innovation Centre of China Academy of Art, China visited NID Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar campuses • A delegation led by Luisa Collina, President, on March 5, 2018 to discuss about the future Cumulus and Eija Salmi, Secretary General, Cumulus, collaborations and for overseas promotion of Design visited National Institute of Design, Bengaluru Intelligence Awards. Campus on November 21, 2017.

• Hideto Tanimoto, General Manager, Asahi Kasei, Japan and D Thara, Municipal Commissioner visited NID Gandhinagar Campus on August 5, 2017. They

23 National Institute of Design 2. Governing Council Members

Dr. Naushad Forbes Pradyumna Vyas Dr. Subhash Chandra Chairperson Director Pandey, IAAS NID Governing Council National Institute of Spl. Secretary & Financial & Co-Chairman Design Advisor, Department of Forbes Marshall Industrial Policy & Promotion Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

Rajiv Aggarwal, IAS Dr. N. Saravana Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, IAS Joint Secretary IAS Joint Secretary Department of Industrial Secretary (P&ICC) Ministry of Electronics Policy & Promotion Department of Higher & Information Ministry of Commerce & Education Technology Industry Ministry of Human Government of India Government of India Resource Development Government of India

R. Girish, IAS M.K. Das, IAS Shrikant Nivasarkar Commissioner for Additional Chief Principal Architect Textile Development & Secretary Director of Handlooms Industries & Mines and Textiles Department Government of Government of Gujarat Karnataka

Dr. Pankaj Chandra Amit Ambalal Piyush Pande Chairman, Board Artist Executive Chairman & of Management & Creative Director Professor, Ahmedabad Ogilvy & Mather University (India and South Asia)

Annual Report 2017-18 24 Bhaskar Bhat Sujata Keshavan Navroz Godrej Managing Director Creative Director Executive Director Titan Company Ltd. Brand Design, Godrej and Boyce Advertising and Manufacturing Marketing Company Limited Ray+Keshavan

D.P.S. Negi Pradeep Banerjee Samveg A. Lalbhai Economic Advisor Executive Director Managing Director Ministry of Micro, Supply Chain Atul Limited Small & Medium Hindustan Unilever Enterprises (MSME) Limited Government of India

Kulin Lalbhai Krishna Patel Dr. Bibhudutta Baral Executive Director Dean Dean Arvind Mills Ltd. NID Gandhinagar NID Bengaluru Campus Campus

25 National Institute of Design 3. Council's Standing Committee

The Standing Committee of the Governing Council with the following members:

Pradyumna Vyas Shashank V. Mehta (In Chair) Member

Samveg A. Lalbhai Krishna Patel Member Member

Shrikant Nivasarkar Member

Annual Report 2017-18 26 4. The Senate

The full-fledged Senate u/s 15 of NID Act 2014 was constituted in November 2017 with the following members; it held two meetings during the year.

As per the Section 15(a) of the NID Act 2014

Pradyumna Vyas (In Chair) Director

As per the Section 15(b) of the NID Act 2014 Krishna Patel Dr. Bibhudutta Baral Dean Dean NID Gandhinagar NID Bengaluru Campus Campus

As per the Section 15(c) of NID Act 2014 Shashank Mehta Dr. Subir Das Neelima Hasija Activity Chairperson Activity Chairperson Activity Chairperson Professional Education Integrated Design Industry & Online Programmes Services & Outreach Programmes Programmes

Arun Gupta Praveen Nahar Dr. Vikram Singh Activity Chairperson Activity Chairperson Parmar Knowledge International Activity Chairperson Management Centre Programmes Research & (Resource Centre) Publications

As per the Section 15(d) of NID Act 2014 Prof. Prabhat Ranjan Prof. Lalit Das Dr. (Ms.) Madhu Singh Executive Director, Former Head IDDC, IIT Director, BM Institute of TIFAC Delhi Mental Health New Delhi Ahmedabad

27 National Institute of Design As per the Section 15(e) of NID Act 2014 Sonal Dabral Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group Mumbai

As per the Section 15(f) of NID Act 2014 Siddharth Viral Rajyaguru Swaminarayan Controller of Finance & Secretary & Head, Accounts General Administration

Annual Report 2017-18 28 5. Faculty Forum

The 71st and 72nd Faculty Forum meetings were held during the Academic Year 2017–18 from July 10–11, 2017 and from December 7–8, 2017 respectively under the leadership of the Director, where the activities of different departments during the previous academic semester were reviewed. Future goals and objectives and new imperatives from the perspective of educational matters were given prominence in the forums.

Agenda for the 71st Agenda for the 72nd Faculty Forum included: Faculty Forum included: • Common courses • Status Report • Chitrakatha 2017 • Integrated Design Services • Credit & Evaluation Rules at NID • Outreach Programmes • DP 3 for the undergraduate Elective-based • Industry & Online Programmes programme for cross-disciplinary learning • Research & Publications • Admissions • NDBI • Workshop: UG Programmes, PG Programmes: The • Design Clinic Schemes for MSMEs Road Ahead • Workshop: Vision – NID@2025 • Vision, Aims, and Objectives • Teaching-Learning Methodology The NID Way • Graduate Profile • Culture, Practices, Credo • Faculty Profile • Experience Strength • Pedagogical Approaches • The Fast Changing Context • Resources • Academic, Economic, and Social • Student Profile • Flexibility, Cross-disciplinary, and learner-centric • Presentations • Future Expectations and Aspirations • Academics at NID: Status Report • Four Groups formed for Education, Research, • Ph.D. Programme: Vision, Objectives, and Status Services and Promotion • Presentation by the Four Groups • Status Report • Admissions 2018 • IPR Cell • International Programmes • Open Electives 2018

29 National Institute of Design 6. Design Education at NID

6.1 Learning to Learn, Learning to Know, and Learning to Do

A multidisciplinary and multicampus institution The following attributes have made the NID a premier recognised for its design excellence and thorough design institute: understanding of design capabilities, NID is • Hands-on experience through time-tested processes acknowledged as a premier design institute • Conceptual quality with originality contributing to the design profession and encouraging • Sensitive and sophisticated interdisciplinary and economic and holistic growth through leadership in multidisciplinary approach to design learning education, research, and design service to the society. • Strong knowledge and skill base • Value-based approach NID's successful evolution can be attributed to a core • An amalgamation of culture and economic value- set of institutional capabilities and values that inspire centric process its vision and to the dedication and achievements of • Future scenario-oriented product design and its faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Over the years, development NID has restated its mandate and sharpened its vision • A global perspective while retaining its core values and building on its • Socially and environmentally responsible design fundamental strengths. practices

Annual Report 2017-18 30 6.2 Professional Education Programmes

Professional Education Programmes at NID offers both Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) and Master of Design (M.Des.) programmes. The UG programme is of four-year duration for 10+2 school leaves level leading to the Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme and the PG programme of a two-and-a-half year duration leading to the Master of Design (M.Des.) programme.

The programmes at the institute operate through (iii) Faculty of Communication Design: Graphic five main faculty streams with twenty diverse design Design, Animation Film Design, Film & Video disciplines: Communication, Exhibition Design, and Photography Design (i) Faculty of Industrial Design: Product Design, Furniture & Interior Design, Ceramic & Glass (iv) Faculty of IT-Integrated Design: New Media Design, Toy & Game Design, Transportation & Design, Information Design, Interaction Design, Automobile Design, and Universal Design and Digital Game Design

(ii) Faculty of Textile, Apparel & Lifestyle Accessory (v) Faculty of Interdisciplinary Design Studies: Design: Textile Design, Apparel Design, and Strategic Design Management, Design for Retail Lifestyle Accessory Design Experience, and a common interdisciplinary stream for undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes

31 National Institute of Design 6.3 Academic Programmes 2017-18

BACHELOR OF DESIGN (B.Des.) Film & Video Communication: marketing The Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered communication (advertising and corporate films), in 8 disciplines covering 4 faculties. The programme social communication (developmental and educational spans four years (eight semesters) including a two- short films, design for tourism industry semester Foundation Programme. This programme while being a generic design programme, offers Furniture & Interior Design: home furniture system, project-level specialisation in different areas of: office furniture system, retail furniture system

Industrial Design Graphic Design: design for publications, marketing Ceramic & Glass Design, Furniture & Interior Design, communications, social and developmental and Product Design communications

Communication Design Information Design: a multidimensional programme Animation Film Design, Exhibition Design, Film & Video that synchronizes the fields of design, visual Communication, and Graphic Design aesthetics, computer science, statistics, and humanities to inculcate a transdisciplinary proficiency Textile and Apparel Design into the future information design professionals. Textile Design Interaction Design: design and behaviour of various MASTER OF DESIGN (M.Des.) forms of digital products ranging from mobile phones, Interactive areas of project-level specialisation are web-based to dynamic ones in gaming, education, offered in 19 Master of Design (M.Des.) programmes: transportation, healthcare, banking, retail and other domains. Animation Film Design: classical animation, computer animation, model animation, and animation for the Lifestyle Accessory Design: personal accessory web products, products for living and work spaces

Apparel Design: ready-to-wear range for women, New Media Design: web design, game design, costumes for film and theatre, work and protective interactive media, and software industry wear, accessory design Photography Design: visual artists, photographers, Ceramic & Glass Design: lifestyle products, studio cinematographers pottery, and sanitaryware Product Design: consumer products (electronic and Design for Retail Experience: Designed for the entertainment products, white goods), transportation, candidates from various backgrounds; it looks at the capital equipment and machine tools, toys retail industry in a holistic manner. Strategic Design Management: strategic designers, Digital Game Design: To train, nurture, and combine design entrepreneurs, and design managers students’ creative imagination with latest technologies to create games and experiences. The graduates Textile Design: constructed textiles (woven, knitted, of this programme will be highly required in digital non-woven textiles), surface design print, mixed entertainment and computer gaming Industry. media, embroidery, finishing techniques (surface ornamentation), textiles for apparels, technical fabrics

Annual Report 2017-18 32 Toy & Game Design: educational and developmental 6.4 Educational Facilities toys, outdoor play equipment, soft toys, multimedia The institute is equipped with the Skill Development games Lab, Innovation Lab, and specialised labs for Ceramics and Glass, Leather and Plastics; Textile and Apparel Transportation & Automobile Design: transportation Design Studios, Computer Labs, GRIDS Studio, Online and automotive sectors of the industry Education Centre, Knowledge Management Centre (housing approximately 63000 books and a large Universal Design: system-level design development of collection of journals, e-Books, e-Journals, audio-visual products adaptive for diverse users across cultures, materials, and prototypes). It has a contemporary social factors, trans generational, physical, and IT Centre and other well-equipped labs with about cognitive abilities and inabilities. 1000 computers (in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Bengaluru campuses) including 700 high-end machines and software. The entire campus, including hostels, is connected with Local Area Networking for both the internet and intranet facilities with around 1800 connections and Wi-Fi. The Design Vision Centre

33 National Institute of Design with Rapid Prototyping (RP) and High Performance shortlisted 1424 (including 2 overseas candidates) Visualisation (HPV) solutions are other significant candidates in order of merit in the respective facilities. Photography and printing studios, video and categories for the studio test and interview. The final animation studios, and skilled technical staff assist results for the M.Des. programme were declared design students in their learning process. All these online on May 2, 2017 and those for B.Des./GDPD studios are continuously upgraded and equipped to programmes were declared on May 31, 2017. handle professional work and sponsored research in addition to meeting with the training needs of For the B.Des. programme, 115 candidates (including students. 15 candidates under overseas category) were offered admission for the Academic Year 2017–18. 6.5 K-Portal A web-based information system was developed in- For the M.Des. programme, 265 candidates (including house to facilitate faculty, students, and staff to come 1 candidate under overseas category) were offered to a common platform and bring together content admission for the Academic Year 2016–17, the details from various distributed resources and systems of which are as under: using information technology in an amalgamated form. It serves as a presentation service to the user, disseminating complete, accurate, and timely M.Des. Programme No. of seats filled information available online. Its notable features are: Animation Film Design 15 • Online Student Assessment • Students’ Academic Reports such as GPA, SGPA, and Apparel Design 15 others Ceramic & Glass Design 09 • KMC Catalogue Search • Digital resources Digital Game Design 15 • Open Electives Registration on Real-time Design for Retail Experience 14 • Industry Interface Furniture & Interior Design 15 • Online NID Alumni Registration and Management • NID Website based on Web Content Management Film & Video Communication 13 System Graphic Design 14 + 1 Overseas

Information Design 15

Interaction Design 14 6.6 Admissions: Lifestyle Accessory Design 14 2017–18 / 2018–19 Admissions 2017–18 New Media Design 15 The result of the DAT Prelims for B.Des, GDPD, M.Des Product Design 14 held in January 2017 was announced online on the Photography Design 15 official website for admissions http://admissions. nid.edu. The DAT Prelims question papers and cut- Strategic Design Management 15 off scores of the last candidates in order of merit Textile Design 14 shortlisted for studio test and interview were uploaded on the website. For the B.Des. programme, the Transportation Automobile 14 Admissions Committee shortlisted 864 (including 46 Design overseas candidates) candidates in order of merit in Toy & Game Design 10 respective category for the studio test and interview. For the M.Des programme, the Admissions Committee Universal Design 14

Annual Report 2017-18 34 Admissions 2018–19 Advertisements were published in leading national dailies (English, Hindi, and regional languages) on September 25, 2017 for admissions 2017–18 to the B.Des., GDPD, and M.Des. programmes.

Applicants to the B.Des.; M.Des., and GDPD programmes (NID Vijayawada & Kurukshetra) were required to apply online only on the official website of admissions http://admissions.nid.edu.

Category-wise Application Fees for Academic Year 2017–18 from October 26–November 28, 2016 were as under:

Programme/ B.Des. M.Des. M.Des. Category and (1 Discipline (2 Disciplines) GDPD only)

General Rs. 2000 Rs. 2000 Rs. 4000 OBC-NCL Rs. 2000 Rs. 2000 Rs. 4000 SC Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 ST Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 General-PwD Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 OBC-NCL- Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 PwD SC-PwD Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 ST-PwD Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 Overseas Rs. 3000 Rs. 3000 Rs. 6000 (only B.Des)

Note: For applications received after 1400 hrs on Tuesday, 31 October 2017, the application fees (including late fees) applicable was double the amount indicated above.

On January 7, 2018, the Design Aptitude Test (Prelims) for the admission to the B.Des., GDPD (Vijayawada & Kurukshetra), and M.Des. programmes for academic year 2017–18 were conducted in 38 test centres across 23 cities in India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai,

35 National Institute of Design Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Panjim, Raipur, Ranchi, standard operating procedures, fair and transparent Thiruvananthapuram, and Vijayawada.) admission process, the question papers, answer The total of applications 14665 were received for the keys, and cut-off scores were uploaded on the official B.Des./GDPD programme. In all 13553 candidates website of admissions. Based on the merit list of (including overseas) appeared in DAT Prelims for 100 DAT Prelims exam, candidates were shortlisted to seats (plus 15 supernumerary) for B.Des.; 60 seats at five times the number of seats available in order of NID Vijayawada and 60 seats at NID Kurukshetra. For merit for M.Des. DAT Mains exam and three times 15 Supernumerary seats in B.Des, NID Ahmedabad the number of seats available was shortlisted for the Campus recorded that in all 78 overseas candidates B.Des./GDPD DAT Mains exam. had submitted their application. For B.Des./GDPD programmes, the Admissions For the 19 disciplines in the M.Des. programme, Committee shortlisted 738 candidates (including 5822 applications were received. For total number of overseas candidates) for the DAT Main exam seats (275) in the M.Des. programme, 5248 number which was conducted at NID Ahmedabad and NID of candidates appeared in DAT Prelims exam. For 36 Gandhinagar Campuses on May 13, 2018. For M.Des. supernumerary seats in M.Des (for 19 disciplines) at programme (all 19 disciplines), the Admissions all three campuses of NID, 10 overseas candidates had Committee shortlisted 1408 including overseas submitted their applications. candidates for the DAT Mains Exam which was conducted at NID Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, and The results of the DAT Prelims for the B.Des. Gandhinagar Campuses. programme held in January 2018 was announced online on March 13, 2018 and the results for the Final results for the admissions to M.Des programme M.Des. programme were announced on February 15, was declared online on May 2, 2018 and those for the 2018. The candidates were required to log in to the B.Des./GDPD programme were declared on May 31, admissions website to view their results. Based on the 2018.

Annual Report 2017-18 36 37 National Institute of Design 6.7 38th Convocation

The 38th Convocation of NID was held on January 10, 2018 at NID Ahmedabad Campus. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India was the Chief Guest. Due to ill-health, he was advised against travelling and despite him wanting to attend this ceremony, had to finally stay back in New Delhi. Even is such health condition he was kind enough to record a video message which was broadcast later. The Chairperson of the NID Governing Council gave away the Diplomas/Degrees to the graduating students. Director NID Pradyumna Vyas in his presented an overview of the major initiatives and achievements of the institute made over the past year. A number of distinguished guests attended the convocation which was followed by an exhibition of work done by graduating students and other students from different disciplines. The exhibition was kept open for public viewing for four days following the convocation.

Annual Report 2017-18 38 39 National Institute of Design The discipline wise details of graduating students is as under:

38th Convocation Discipline wise Summary Textile Design 18 2½-YEAR POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN Total 112 DESIGN (PGDPD) 2 ½-YEAR MASTER OF DESIGN (M.DES.) Ceramic & Glass Design 01 Animation Film Design 16 Textile Design 01 Apparel Design 13 Total 02 Ceramic & Glass Design 10 4-YEAR BACHELOR OF DESIGN (B.DES.) Design For Digital 01 Animation Film Design 21 Experience Ceramic & Glass Design 02 Design For Retail 12 Experience Exhibition Design 15 Film & Video 12 Film & Video Communica- 06 Communication tion Furniture & Interior Design 16 Furniture & Interior Design 17 Graphic Design 14 Graphic Design 16 Information & Interface 02 Product Design 17 Design Information Design 14 Interaction Design 15 Lifestyle Accessory 08 Design New Media Design 01 Photography Design 13 Product Design 16 Strategic Design 16 Management Textile Design 16 Toy & Game Design 06 Transportation & 12 Automobile Design Total 213 Grand Total 327

Annual Report 2017-18 40 41 National Institute of Design Detailed list of Graduating Students

Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 21/2-Year Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (PGDPD) 1. Pankaj Kumar Ceramic and Threshold Somany Ceramics Glass Design, Ltd. Kadi, PGDPD Ahmedabad 2. Susmita Dutta Textile Design, A range of Contemporary Designs Aavaran, Udaipur, PGDPD for Hand Block Printing of Akola Rajasthan 4-Year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) 1. Aadya Raj Animation Film Roommating - A pilot Short for an Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. Animated Series 2. Aanchal Jauhari Animation Film Zoya Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. 3. Abhilekh Nagar Animation Film Tai Phake: An Animation Film Ford Foundation Design, B.Des. 4. Aditi Kovid Animation Film Leisure Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. 5. Boby Silina Ekka Animation Film Rotten Tomatoes and Bargain of Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. the Past 6. Chandravijay Poosham Animation Film Nirbhay Nirgun Studio Eeksaurus Design, B.Des. Productions Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai 7. Chetan Toliya Animation Film “DODDO & GOGGO” - An animated The Walt Disney Design, B.Des. pilot episode Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. 8. Ekta Bharti Animation Film REFUGEE Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. 9. Gina Mary James Animation Film Bit By Bit Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. 10. Mangalmurti Isha Harsha Animation Film Beyond Borders Ghost Animation Design, B.Des. Collective, Kolkata

Annual Report 2017-18 42 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 11. Menon Anusha Ravi Animation Film Shero to the Rescue - A Story Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. Presentation for Kalpavriksh 12. Misha Vijay Soni Animation Film Inhibition Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. 13. Mohammed Anwaar Alam Animation Film The Wall: An Animated Short Film Ghost Collective Design, B.Des. 14. Muskan Jain Animation Film Animation Short Film for Bira 91 Dev Kabir Malik Design, B.Des. Design, New Delhi 15. Patil Nishlesh Rajendrasingh Animation Film Wasting Away-A Music Video for Blek, Mumbai Design, B.Des. Blek 16. Paulomi Bhatacharya Animation Film Nongrip: An Animated Short Based Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. on a Folk Song from Meghalaya 17. Saksham Arora Animation Film Haddi Kabaddi The Walt Disney Design, B.Des. Company, India, Mumbai 18. Serena Dhillon Animation Film Roommating - A pilot Short for an Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. Animated Series 19. Shailee Dixit Animation Film Mythtaken: A story about Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. superstitions 20. Wakankar Gaurav Kedar Animation Film A Sacrifice: An Animation Short Ghost Animation Design, B.Des. Film Part of an Anthology ‘The Collective others’ 21. Yumba Taipodia Animation Film Orunasol Man: An Animated Short Self-Sponsored Design, B.Des. Film 22. Chiluvery Gyan Ravindra Ceramic & Glass Ceramic Handles & Door Knobs Ochre Ceramics Design, B.Des. and Pottery 23. Shivaranjani R Ceramic & Glass Expression Through Clay Murals Studio ADIPA, Design, B.Des. Pune 24. Aarushi Jain Exhibition Design, The Dadashree Gallery Experience Lemon Design B.Des. and Narrative Design for Private Limited Biographical Exhibition 25. Apoorva Chebrolu Exhibition Design, Experiential Design for SAP Labs MILP Global, B.Des. Bengaluru

43 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 26. Apurva Ambhore Exhibition Design, Hall of Nuclear Power - Gallery National Science B.Des. Design for Regional Science Park, Centre, Delhi Jaipur 27. Ayush Kushwah Exhibition Design, The Theatrical Yard Self-Sponsored B.Des. 28. Himani Varesh Patel Exhibition Design, Exhibition on India’s Visual Cultural Ajay Shah Design B.Des. Identity and design Studio 29. Ishan Mudgal Exhibition Design, Exhibition Design for The Story of The Story of B.Des. Space Foundation 30. Sahil Bhatti Exhibition Design, Retail System for Baazar Kolkata Lemon Design, B.Des. Pune (Maharashtra) 31. Salil Parekh Exhibition Design, Greenhouse v3.0- Collaboration Quicksand Design B.Des. Work Environments to Virtual Studio Studio Spaces 32. Serena Shatakshi Exhibition Design, NG Studio Nurturing Green B.Des. Retail and Pvt. Ltd 33. Siva Sanjith B Exhibition Design, Exposition Design For Ashok Aura Integrated B.Des. Leyland Solutions Private Limited, Chennai 34. Somya Devenda Exhibition Design, Proposal for Digital Concept Store Blink Digital, B.Des. for KFC Mumbai 35. Thakkar Meghana Rashes Exhibition Design, Designing a Branded Pavilion for Thoughtrains B.Des. Paradise Group Design Pvt. Ltd, Navi Mumbai 36. Urja Oram Exhibition Design, Anganwadi Space Design Restore Design, B.Des. Bangalore 37. Vaishnavi Kandwal Exhibition Design, An Experience Centre Proposal for Dy Works, B.Des. Mother Dairy Ice-creams Mumbai 38. Yesh Chandra Exhibition Design, Uber Spa & Salon Studio. J B.Des. 39. Aastha Gupta Film & Video Documentary Guftgu Self-Sponsored Communication, B.Des.

Annual Report 2017-18 44 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 40. Abinaya Film & Video The Last Ship (Short Fiction) Self-Sponsored Communication, B.Des. 41. Anagha Anand Film & Video INDU Self-Sponsored Communication, B.Des. 42. Sachin Sasi Film & Video The Different Man Self-Sponsored Communication, B.Des. 43. Suryadoy Ghosh Film & Video Yes, it’s Kopi Luwak Self-Sponsored Communication, B.Des. 44. Suryansh Dutt Yadav Film & Video Ganga : The Beginning of the End Self-Sponsored Communication, (Documentary) B.Des. 45. Ambokar Prathamesh Rajan Furniture & Bachelor Living Room Essentials Urban Ladder Interior Design, B.Des. 46. Bumb Shruti Prashant Furniture & Street Food Cart’ for Indian Market Expert Global Interior Design, Solutions B.Des. 47. Desai Swapnil Mahadev Furniture & Future of Moving Spaces 2030 Self-Sponsored Interior Design, Interiors for an Autonomous Vehicle B.Des. 48. Edwin Sourav Minj Furniture & Kinwall: Modular Entertainment 6MM Design and Interior Design, Unit Furnitures Pvt. B.Des. Ltd. 49. Gargi Swami Furniture & Sofas and Beyond Suhaus Interior Design, Designers, B.Des. Bangalore 50. Heta Shah Furniture & Doodle : Kid’s wardrobe Furlenco, Interior Design, Bangalore B.Des.

45 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 51. Imkummeren Jamir Furniture & Sudak Café Chair Cane Concepts, Interior Design, Nagaland B.Des. 52. K Madhu Priyanka Furniture & A Sitting Renaissance Self-Sponsored Interior Design, B.Des. 53. Manish Sharma Furniture & State Museum-Shillong ArkVillage24 Interior Design, Design Studio (P) B.Des. L. New Delhi 54. Mohit Kumar Solanki Furniture & Swarovski Semi-luxury Furniture Studio Wrap Art Interior Design, range & Design Studio, B.Des. New Delhi (India) 55. Nivida Malhotra Furniture & Product Development in Dhokra Self-Sponsored Interior Design, Craft B.Des. 56. Parimal Palsokar Furniture & Oblique - Dining Table Bombay Atelier, Interior Design, Mumbai B.Des. 57. Pranjal Kumar Das Furniture & Contemporary Living Room Mayank Exports Interior Design, Furniture Pvt. Ltd. Jodhpur B.Des. 58. Radhika Sarraf Furniture & The Design Initiatives for Urban 10BY 10, Banga- Interior Design, Nomads lore B.Des. 59. Sharma Rohan Vinodkumar Furniture & Tether-An Organizer for Millennials Invent India Interior Design, Innovations Pvt. B.Des. Ltd 60. Sonal Roy Furniture & Timekeeping with Craft: A Range of TOD Innovations Interior Design, Indoor Wall Clocks Pvt. Ltd., New B.Des. Delhi 61. Vishnu N Aravind Furniture & Parametric Bentwood Furniture Andblack Interior Design, Design Studio, B.Des. Ahmedabad

Annual Report 2017-18 46 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 62. Abhilash Radhakrishnan Graphic Design, Branding and Interaction Struckby, New B.Des. Design- For a Cloud-based Talent Delhi Management System 63. Akash Sheshadri Graphic Design, Circularity & Us IDEO GmbH B.Des. (Munich), Germany 64. Anannya Gogoi Graphic Design, Identity and Branding for Kunal Ampersand B.Des. Kapur Design 65. Hajare Anirudha Graphic Design, Branding & packaging for the Spice Struckby, New Chandrashekhar B.Des. Isles Delhi. 66. Kanga Ayesha Sean Graphic Design, 100 Days to Teach a Machine Adobe Systems, B.Des. Design Bangalore 67. Naqvi Zunaira Kazim Graphic Design, Online Visual Strategies for QuickBrownfox, B.Des. Quickbrown fox New Delhi 68. Oishee Sen Graphic Design, Microsoft in the Gif Economy Microsoft IDC, B.Des. Hyderabad 69. Pratishruti Eswarary Graphic Design, India Bike Week 2017 70emg, Orange B.Des. Fish Entertainment, Mumbai 70. Rittika Basu Graphic Design, Marvel Characters For Indian The Walt Disney B.Des. Market Company India Pvt. Ltd. 71. Saumya Goyal Graphic Design, Website Design for DY Works Dy Works, B.Des. Mumbai 72. Shambhavi Ojha Graphic Design, Website Design for Suket Dhir Ampersand B.Des. Design, Gurgaon 73. Singh Manoj Jaiprakash Graphic Design, Booking System for Flow Crindo, Delhi B.Des. 74. Sneha Sankar Graphic Design, This is Not Street Art Book Design St+art India B.Des. for Street Art in India Foundation 75. Somanshu Kumar Patel Graphic Design, Online Visual Strategies for Amper- Ampersand B.Des. sand Design Design

47 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 76. Vishwanath Pasumarthi Graphic Design, Digitising Freight Transport in India Trip In Inc., B.Des. Mumbai 77. Vivek Menon Muralidhar Graphic Design, Digital Ecosystems in Telecom IBM India Pvt. B.Des. Ltd. Bangalore 78. Aakash Maurya Product Design, Al robot for Shopper Marketing 2.0 Linengage, A B.Des. division of mullen Lowe Lintas group, Mumbai India. 79. Aboli Joshi Product Design, Eustaview: Designing a Innaccel Technol- B.Des. Visualisation system Diagnosis of ogies Pvt. Ltd. Eustrachian tube Dysfunction 80. Akshay Product Design, Water Purification in Rural Context Invent India B.Des. Innovations Pvt. Ltd 81. Aparajita Tiwari Product Design, Design for Future Transactional Samsung Re- B.Des. Challenges search Institute, Bengaluru 82. Ashish Gari Product Design, Motorcycle Helmet Design Vega Auto B.Des. Accessories Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru (Karnataka) 83. Atin Bose Product Design, ApneBoot: Resolving Apneas in Bempu Health, B.Des. Neonates Bengaluru 84. Chavan Rutuja Vasant Product Design, Jewellery Design for Titan Titan Company B.Des. Limited - Jewellery Division 85. Deergha Joshi Product Design, Making the Cut : Tamta Craft of LA, Echostream, B.Des. Uttarakhand Gangtok 86. Gaurika Singhal Product Design, Biomedical System and Product Innaccel, B.Des. Design for Treatment of Eustachian Bangalore Tube Dysfunction 87. Harshika Jain Product Design, Care Ecosystem for People who Wipro GE B.Des. have Cancer Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Annual Report 2017-18 48 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 88. Kamana Marwah Product Design, Refrigerator for Rural India Whirlpool of India B.Des. Ltd, Gurgaon 89. Nikita Arora Product Design, Assistive Device to Enable Grasp in Self-Sponsored B.Des. Stroke Patients 90. Sailee Prashant Adhao Product Design, Carecradle: Designing a Bempu Health B.Des. Home-based Remote Health Pvt. Ltd Monitoring System for High-risk Babies 91. Shah Jayneel Pradip Product Design, EDDIE: The Next-Gen Compact Whirlpool of India, B.Des. Washer for the Indian Youth Gurgaon 92. Shatakshi Shukla Product Design, Modular Mobile Devices Innominds Soft- B.Des. ware Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru 93. Uttishta Sreerama Varanasi Product Design, Design for Wildlife: An Inquiry into Self-Sponsored B.Des. Design & Conservation 94. Vaibhav Singh Product Design, Portal to Enhance the Tourist Tata Elxsi, Pune B.Des. Experience in India. 95. A Swati Textile Design, Glocal Akaaro by Gaurav B.Des. Jai Gupta, New Delhi 96. Amrasha Bafna Textile Design, Dhurries, Carpets and More Akara, Mumbai B.Des. 97. Archi Modi Textile Design, Ayurvastra: Exploring Textile for Aavaran, Udaipur B.Des. Holistic Life 98. Arjit Malviya Textile Design, Bauhaus: Collection of block prints Karomi B.Des. 99. Brij Mohan Yadav Textile Design, Urban Living : A Collection of Incotex Impex B.Des. printed Bedlinen Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai 100. Chinmaya Devy M Textile Design, designed for Dreams Self-Sponsored B.Des. 101. Dudhat Brinda Manojbhai Textile Design, Shifting Blocks Aavaran-Echoes B.Des. of Rural India, Udaipur, Rajasthan

49 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 102. Komal Singh Textile Design, Concept LJUS Volvo Car B.Des. Corporation, Sweden. 103. Lakshmi Pradha B Textile Design, Resist and Natural Fiber - An Tracon Export B.Des. Exploration Services Pvt. Ltd. 104. Manila Textile Design, Designing Colour, Material & Maruti Suzuki B.Des. Finishes (CMF) For “Vitara Brezza” India Limited, Gurgaon 105. More Himani Namdev Textile Design, Strokes of Melugu Introducing hand Aranya Natural, B.Des. painted Batik to the Munnar differently-abled artisans. 106. Patel Dharini Rakeshbhai Textile Design, Minimalistic Elegance: Collections Karomi Crafts ‘N B.Des. of handwoven Jamdani Saris Textiles, Kolkata 107. Prachi Gopal Gor Textile Design, Matchmaker : A collection of Appachi B.Des. organic cotton saris Eco-Logic Cotton Pvt. Ltd. Ethicus 108. Saumya Textile Design, Reeling Back in Time ‘The Baluchari Maku Textiles Pvt B.Des. Tales’ Ltd. 109. Shivani Singh Textile Design, Milaap: Hand Embroidery on Block RASA, Jaipur B.Des. prints 110. Shrishti Jaiswal Textile Design, Vilay - A Textile fusion of Odisha Vriksh B.Des. With Indonesia and Thailand 112. Tajne Vaishnavi Dhiren Textile Design, Fine Abudes- A Collection of home G. M. Syntex, B.Des. Furnishing fabrics Mumbai 2-1/2 Year Master of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 1. Amritha R Warrier Animation Film Ghost Electrons Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 2. Amruta Bakshi Animation Film Ata Tujhi Pali Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 3. Anirban Das Animation Film Fear of the Dark Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des.

Annual Report 2017-18 50 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 4. Arjun Janardhanan Animation Film MatchPoint The Minimalist Kappatan Design, M.Des. 5. Dipanjan Dutta Chowdhury Animation Film Bhaago Jhoot Aaya The Walt Disney Design, M.Des. Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. 6. Katdare Gouri Ajay Anjali Animation Film Adarsh Naari? Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 7. Malotkar Akshay Sunil Surekha Animation Film BABA Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 8. Nilava Roy Animation Film Nayak Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 9. Parmarth Vawa Sarathi Rai Animation Film “NEON LUV” Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 10. Parul Mandia Animation Film 03:30am Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 11. Shanthala Setty Animation Film Music (Lyric) Video for ‘Gurus of Sony Music Design, M.Des. peace’ by A R Rahman and Nusrat Entertainment Fateh Ali Khan 12. Sudip Roy Animation Film Puffed Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 13. Swoyansu Satyapragyan Barik Animation Film Yatra Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 14. Tayade Neela Suresh Animation Film The paradox Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 15. Vernekar Jaai Pradeep Varsha Animation Film The Weight Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 16. Zeel Pankaj Sanghavi Animation Film A Sweet Truth Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 17. Abhishek Kumar Gupta Apparel Design, Resort Collection 2018 for Ereena Exemplar M.Des. International 18. Amisha Bajpai Apparel Design, ‘Castoury’ A womenswear Naushad Ali, M.Des. collection for Late Summer 2017 Pondicherry

51 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 19. Bijoy Prasad Saha Apparel Design, TUNE: A Wearable Reflexions Digital M.Des. Neuromodulation Device to Improve Private Limited Self-control and Restore Urinary Function for Women with Urinary Incontinence 20. Jyoti Pal Apparel Design, Towards Sustainable Process Flow Self Employed M.Des. at SEWA Kalakruti Women’s Associ- tion (SEWA), Ahmedabad 21. Kanchan Adwani Apparel Design, A/W 17 Collection for Edit Clothing Jade Green M.Des. Design Studio, Ahmedabad 22. Labakorcy War Apparel Design, A Shirt Collection for Peter England Madura Fashion & M.Des. Jeans AW17 Lifestyle, Bangalore 23. Meenu M Pillai Apparel Design, Formula-1 Racing Suit (Fire Suit) Tarasafe M.Des. -Sahara-Forceindia season Grand International prix 2018 24. Nagrare Meenal Manikrao Apparel Design, SS-18 Collection for Ann Taylor and Shingora Textiles M.Des. Soft Surroundings Limited, Ludhiana, Punjab 25. Priyanka R S Apparel Design, SS18 Denim Collection for Flying Arvind Lifestyle M.Des. Machine Jeans Brands, Bangalore 26. R Divyaa Apparel Design, Thar Blues True Blue, Arvind M.Des. Ltd. Bangalore 27. Sampurna Das Apparel Design, Afreen Neeru Kumar M.Des. 28. Siddhesh Gautam Apparel Design, Sonhood: Developing Design Self-Sponsored M.Des. Thinking Practices In Housewives For Self Empowerment 29. Tanvi Apparel Design, An athleisure collection for Peter Madura Fashion & M.Des. England Lifestyle, Banga- lore

Annual Report 2017-18 52 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 30. Agrani Matta Ceramic & Glass Men’s Glass Accessories Keep It Outreach Design, M.Des. Glassy! Programmes, NID 31. Amit Kumar Ceramic & Glass DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RANGE UMA Glass Works, Design, M.Des. OF PENDANT LIGHTS Firozabad (UP) 32. Megha Joshi Ceramic & Glass Dining Accessories With Firozabad Outreach, Design, M.Des. Flamework Cluster National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad 33. Nisarga Yadav M Ceramic & Glass Ceramic- Nesting Bowls & Plates Thanor Pottery, Design, M.Des. Mysore 34. Oberoi Yuri Yash Alpana Ceramic & Glass Value Addition to existing Borosil Design, M.Des. glasswares Glassworks Lim- ited, Mumbai 35. Prishilla Khudia Ceramic & Glass KEEP SWIRLING’ Ornamentation Dileep Industries Design, M.Des. With Earth-A Ceramic Jewellery Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur Project 36. Ritvi Sanjay Muzumdar Ceramic & Glass Surface Development On The Ariane Fine Design, M.Des. Existing Product Porcelain, Gujarat 37. Shalini Kumari Ceramic & Glass Glass Wall- A movable & Foldable Guardian Glass Design, M.Des. partition in Glass Industries Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad 38. Sonal Maruka Ceramic & Glass Totems of Tradition, Black Pottery Outreach Design, M.Des. Manipur. Programmes, National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad 39. Sukriti Sah Ceramic & Glass A Lighting collection in Metal and Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. Glass 40. P Harsha Vardhan Design for Digital Redesigning Mobile web of Practo Practo Experience, for consumer side Technologies Pvt. M.Des. Ltd. 41. Abhishek Singh Design for Retail Guidelines: Visual Discourse of Self-sponsored Experience, Retail in a Historic Content M.Des.

53 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 42. Aditi Gupta Design for Retail Experiential Store Design for Four Dimensions Experience, Zivame Retail India Pvt. M.Des. Ltd., Bangalore 43. Bakrania Siddhi Kamlesh Design for Retail REBRANDING-Visual Identity & Babychakra, Experience, Packaging for Babychakra Mumbai M.Des. 44. Farhanibneeabidur Hussain Design for Retail Creating a better Experience for A Idiom Design Abid Experience, Mail Consultant Ltd. M.Des. Bangalore 45. Kaish Agarwal Design for Retail Store Design (Pharmacy) Four Dimensions Experience, Retail India Pvt. M.Des. Ltd. 46. Manish Kumar Bishnoi Design for Retail Corporate Branding & Identity Self-sponsored Experience, design for EDUVANZ (An Educa- M.Des. tional Finance Startup) 47. Raventhar R Design for Retail Creating System & Brand Identity Self-sponsored Experience, for a New Service by a Restaurant M.Des. 48. Smriti Raj Design for Retail Branding of Salon Chain The Growth Story, Experience, Bangalore M.Des. 49. Srishti Patnaik Design for Retail Gandha: Memoirs of Smellscapes Self -sponsored Experience, M.Des. 50. Stuti Kamboj Design for Retail Revamping the Brand & Experience Jugnoo (SOCOMO Experience, Design of Jugnoo Technologies) M.Des. 51. Sulagna Biswas Design for Retail Brand Identity for start-up apparel UCL Pvt. Ltd., Experience, Brands Bangalore M.Des. 52. Tapase Anuja Madanlal Design for Retail 360° Branding for Music Sony Music Experience, Artist-Anirudh Ravichander Entertainment, M.Des. Mumbai

Annual Report 2017-18 54 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 53. Akkta Panwar Film & Video Amu Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 54. Anubha Jain Film & Video Khwabida Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 55. Chayan Sonane Film & Video Kundan Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 56. Deore Aniket Prakash Film & Video No Less Than Him (A Short docu- Self-Sponsored Communication, ment) M.Des. 57. Kadam Kiran Sanjay Film & Video Hotel California Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 58. Naina Bhan Film & Video The Trees in Winter Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 59. Ponna Vishnuvardhan Babu Film & Video Chinna Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 60. Rohit Kumar Film & Video Shalimar Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 61. Ronak Parmar Film & Video Bhagoriya Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 62. Shridhar Sudhir Film & Video Mahaantam Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des. 63. Vineet Deepanand Horo Film & Video Bhutan Bumper Self-Sponsored Communication, M.Des.

55 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 64. Vivek Tyagi Film & Video Manthan (Amalgamation) Fiction Self-Sponsored Communication, Film M.Des. 65. Bharat Singh Khidia Furniture & Spin work Project Sheet metal Shark Designs Interior Design, Objects for Workspaces M.Des. 66. Bonde Pooja Kishor Furniture & “CZAR” -Luxury Bar Cabinet Colonial Collec- Interior Design, tions, Mumbai M.Des. 67. Harjot Singh Furniture & Design For Luxury - Tables For the Demuro Das, New Interior Design, Living Room Delhi M.Des. 68. Hemachandiran B Furniture & Mesai _ The Scandinavian Study Wood’n Design Interior Design, Desk M.Des. 69. Kailasnath M S Furniture & Bathroom Vanity Cabinet for Roca Bathroom Interior Design, Paryware Products Pvt. Ltd. M.Des. India 70. Kanupriya Jha Furniture & Retail Environment Design for a Durian Industries Interior Design, Furniture Store Pvt. Ltd. M.Des. 71. Nupur Priya Furniture & Affordable Luxury for Living Spaces’ Urban Ladder Interior Design, home Décor M.Des. Solutions Pvt. Ltd 72. Parmar Paras Dilipkumar Furniture & Modular Sofa System For Small to Self-Sponsored Interior Design, Mid-Size Apartments M.Des. 73. R Nandha Furniture & Collection of Transformable Vyom furniture Interior Design, furnitures studio, Bangalore M.Des. 74. Ramya R Furniture & NOVUS-Collection of contemporary Livspace.com, Interior Design, tables Bangalore M.Des.

Annual Report 2017-18 56 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 75. Rutvij Atul Joshi Furniture & Classroom Desk Featherlite Interior Design, Furniture Pvt. Ltd. M.Des. 76. Shushant Verma Furniture & Interior and Furniture Design of a Project 810, New Interior Design, Restaurant Café Delhi M.Des. 77. Tank Jigisha Mansukh Furniture & Luxury Furniture for Bedroom Jimmy Mistry Interior Design, (Della Concept M.Des. Stores Pvt. Ltd 78. Vivek George Furniture & Design for Residential Space A.S Exports, Interior Design, Chennai M.Des. 79. Yoga Shree J Furniture & Contemporary outlook of Indian Fusion Access, Interior Design, Jhoola Mumbai M.Des. 80. Sushant Kumar Suman Furniture Design, Home Office Furniture Krea, New Delhi M.Des. 81. Ankush Dipakrao Kale Graphic Design, Interactive Content Experience Adobe Systems M.Des. Design Pvt. Ltd. Noida (Delhi) 82. Ayushi Medatwal Graphic Design, Corporate Rebranding and Strategy Dy Works, M.Des. : Deepak Nitrite Ltd. Mumbai 83. Bokul Borah Graphic Design, UI Styleguide for 99acres Info Edge India M.Des. Ltd. Noida 84. Chitale Parag Ajit Graphic Design, Designing ‘The Secret’s in the Spice Penguin Random M.Des. Mix’ House India 85. Jalan Surbhi Sanjay Anita Graphic Design, User Experience For Live and Microsoft India M.Des. Interactive Diagrams Development Centre, Hyderabad 86. Kiran R Graphic Design, Re-Designing of PractoSearch Practo M.Des. product for Doctors, Clinics & Technologies Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 87. Nagesh Lakhan Graphic Design, Branding And Website Design The Ideaz Factory, M.Des. Chandigarh 88. Parvez Ansari Graphic Design, Mehboob : Design of Latin Script Indian Type M.Des. Typeface Foundry 89. Paul Athisayaraj Joshua Graphic Design, Enhancing patient experience at The Spinal M.Des. CMC Vellore-Wayfinding System Foundation 90. Payal Arora Graphic Design, Customer Experience Zone for AAIM, HCL M.Des. AAIM, HCL

57 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 91. Sneh Chandan Graphic Design, Coffee Table Book SOCH Business M.Des. Mentors, Surat 92. Talapatra Ankita Arunangsu Graphic Design, Brand Identity Design -Jain Muse- Lokus Design, M.Des. um Centre For Education Of Indian Pune History, Culture & Philosophy 93. Tripti Shrivastava Graphic Design, Branding for Imaginea Design Labs Imaginea Design M.Des. Labs, Hyderabad 94. Vishnu M Nair Graphic Design, The Motorcycle as muse : CoDesign Brand M.Des. Designing illustrations for Royal Consultants Enfield Motorcycles 95. Noopur Information & Streamlining Delivery Systems Myntra Designs Interface Design, Application for Myntra Pvt. Ltd. M.Des. 96. Rasagy Sharma Information & Enterprise Network Visualisation Microsoft, IDC, Interface Design, Hyderabad M.Des. 97. Anish Krishnan M A Information Upzel: User Experience for Dexlock Design, M.Des. Audience Management on an Technologies Advertising Dashboard 98. Arshed V Hakeem Information The future of In-car Wellness Mercedes-Benz Design, M.Des. Research and Development India 99. Arsid Neha Information Visualizing Information in a Project Microsoft Global Design, M.Des. Management Tool Virtuoso Delivery Services (Microsoft Internal Tool) 100. Aswathy Ali Akbar Information Envisioning the Future of human- Microsoft India Design, M.Des. car interaction Development Centre, Hyderabad 101. Deshpande Yashodha Vikas Information To explore future possibilities and Microsoft India Design, M.Des. envision the next step in the Development evolution of storytelling tools for Centre, mobile devices Hyderabad 102. Giri Prasad P Information Enterprise & Warehouse Urban Ladder, Design, M.Des. Management Tool Bangalore 103. Kunchapu Govardhan Information Cricket Scoring App: UX Research Cricbuzz, Design, M.Des. and Conceptualization for amateur Bangalore cricket enthusiasts 104. Manas Kumar Information Designing an user centric and Happay, Design, M.Des. configurable Expense Management Bangalore System

Annual Report 2017-18 58 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 105. Manupriya Singh Information Job Portal for Grey Collar Segment Infoedge India Design, M.Des. Pvt. Ltd. 106. Nair Sajith Rajagopalan Information Envisioning the Future of maternity GE Healthcare, Design, M.Des. care Bengaluru 107. Nikhil Shivpuja Information Harmonious Interfaces and simple Fintellix Design, M.Des. Interactions for Big Data Manipula- Solutions, tion in Enterprise Software Bengaluru 108. Samant Prajakta Prakash Information ADAPT Internet Booking Engine to Tsepak Deepa Design, M.Des. Goodbox App Technologies 109. Suchismita Naik Information Opening Up Access to Indian Centre for Budget Design, M.Des. Budget Data and making it Compre- and Governance hensible Accountability, New Delhi 110. Tina Kumar Information Onboarding Experience for an Thought Works, Design, M.Des. Enterprise tool used for software Bangalore delivery process 111. Abhishek Umrao Interaction Redesigning UX for Adas in Mercedes-Benz R Design, M.Des. Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2017 & D India, Bangalore 112. Akash N Chandan Interaction Designing a sense of Security for Cube 26 Software Design, M.Des. Indian homes-User Interface and Private Limited, Experience design for a smart home Delhi security camera 113. Ankit Kant Interaction CRM of Near Future Microsoft India, R Design, M.Des. & D Pvt. Ltd. 114. Aolee Kriti Interaction Content Management System for Thoughtworks Design, M.Des. Thoughtworks Website Technologies Pvt. Ltd. India Chennai 115. Chayananda N Interaction 3D Photo Studio & asset Manage- Urban Ladder Design, M.Des. ment Application Bangalore 116. Gharat Janmesh Prafulla Interaction To design a solution for better Walmartlabs, Design, M.Des. decision making and satisfying Bangalore the Walmart Shopper’s at home & In-Store 117. Kausik S Interaction Omni- Channel In-Store Shopping Walmart Labs Design, M.Des. experience for retail customers 118. Mantri Mitali Jagdish Jagruti Interaction Pertinence of Bots for Microsoft Microsoft India, Design, M.Des. Office Productivity R & D Campus, Hyderabad 119. Midhu S Valsan Interaction Analytics 360- A Virtual Reality SAP Labs India Design, M.Des. application for analytics Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore

59 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 120. Pol Abhijeet Popat Sunita Interaction Design solution for Bookmyshow’s Bigtree Design, M.Des. Rural and Small Town Consumers Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 121. Ravishankar S Interaction Visual Intelligence Augmentation SAP India Pvt. Ltd Design, M.Des. 122. Rohan Claude D’souza Interaction Designing a Mobile Experience for SAP Labs India Design, M.Des. Business Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. 123. Sen Radhika Hirak Interaction Omni-Channel CRM for Microsoft Microsoft India, R Design, M.Des. Dynamics & D Pvt. Ltd. 124. Shashank B Interaction Web App for Nutritionists and Grow Fit, Design, M.Des. Managers Bangalore 125. Sreyan Ghosh Interaction Tez by Google Google Design, M.Des. Incorporation 126. Anuradha Yadav Lifestyle Personal acoustic device that pro- Papercraft Pvt. Accessory tects speech privacy in open space Ltd. Design, M.Des. environments. 127. Maheshwari Shikha Arvind Lifestyle Reshaping Desire Parampara, Kalpana Accessory Exports, Jaipur Design, M.Des. 128. Mansha Chaudhary Lifestyle Range of Lifestyle products for Courtyard, Noida Accessory courtyard Design, M.Des. 129. Pankaj Tekchand Turkar Lifestyle Regalia : Seamless Led Battens Havells India Ltd. Accessory Design, M.Des. 130. Shanvi Gupta Lifestyle Sustainable carriers for Amul in Innovation Centre Accessory Jute for Natural Fibres Design, M.Des. (ICNF), NID, Gandhinagar 131. Shraddha Tomar Lifestyle Handcrafted Home Accessories in Parampara, Jaipur Accessory Felt for luxury Living Design, M.Des. 132. Upasana Patnaik Lifestyle Noori - Sustainable illuminates and Jenny Pinto Accessory accessories for home Décor Studio Design, M.Des. 133. Vajani Bhavika Ajit Saroj Lifestyle Allay-Jute Intervention in Hotels Innovation Centre Accessory for Natural Fibres Design, M.Des. (ICNF), NID, Gandhinagar 134. Sahil Goyal New Media PandayG-Democratising Indian Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. E-Commerce 135. Amarnath Praful Photography Adiyantharavastha - The Emergency Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des.

Annual Report 2017-18 60 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 136. Deepak Panda Photography Kandhas of Niyamgiri Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 137. Kumar Vikash Photography The Endless Winters By Designer Design, M.Des. 138. Maanik Sinha Photography The Red Balloon Project Samar Singh Design, M.Des. Jodha 139. Manu E Mohan Photography Uyirppu Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 140. Namita Surendra Kalve Photography The Nehruvian Epoch National Institute Design, M.Des. of Design (NID) 141. Narayan Oshi Alika Vipin Van- Photography The Odyssey Years Self-Sponsored dana Design, M.Des. 142. Prachi Gupta Photography Revisiting Bombay with Hamilton Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. Studios 143. Rishikumar G Photography The Jawaja Project National Institute Design, M.Des. of Design 144. Rohit Saha Photography Fake Encounters Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 145. Shampa Kabi Photography Portaits of Iia Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 146. Somya Parikh Photography Wonderland Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 147. Vinayak S Photography Detritus Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 148. Abhinav Saxena Product Design, Voice Controlled Assistant for Samsung R&D M.Des. Home: jibsu Institute India, Bangalore 149. Abhishek Kumar Joshi Product Design, Domestic Fire Extinguisher DSPA Pune M.Des. 150. Alisha Vipin Nisar Product Design, Future of Work 2025 - Inquiry Turian Labs, Pune M.Des. Through Design Research 151. Anamitra Dasgupta Product Design, SAM-Sensing and Alerting Bosch India-RBEI M.Des. mechanism -Bangalore 152. Aravind R Product Design, Countertop Dishwasher Design Godrej & Boyce M.Des. Appliances (Mumbai) 153. Bharat Product Design, Service Design For Quick Service Icarus Design Pvt. M.Des. Restaurant Ltd., Bangalore 154. Bhaskarjyoti Das Product Design, Cultivating Well-being Through Ellen Macarthur M.Des. Circular Economy Foundation

61 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 155. Gaurav Pandurang Yeotkar Product Design, Design of coffee / tea Machine for TATA Elxsi, M.Des. Workplace Bangalore 156. Kriti Goyal Product Design, Denso pulp juicer (consumer_ led Havells India Ltd M.Des. design for a juice extractor) 157. Mayur Shivram Bhalavi Product Design, Expaperimentation Self-Sponsored M.Des. 158. P Prasanth Product Design, ClearCar - Minimising ambiguity Cooey M.Des. around car ownership Technologies, Bangalore 159. Prasam Pal Product Design, B+ Speculative Smartphone Solu- Self-Sponsored M.Des. tion 160. Ramanuj Nanhoriya Product Design, Bing Search UX for Gamers Microsoft India M.Des. Development Cen- tre, Hyderabad 161. Supriya Raghavendra Product Design, Politics of Design Self-Sponsored M.Des. 162. Surya Teja B Product Design, Cureair: Design to Address Air Qual- Self-Sponsored M.Des. ity. 163. Tembhare Priya Anil Neha Product Design, Redesigning Full Shell Hearing Aids Self-Sponsored M.Des. 164. Aditya Chouksey Strategic Design Exploring Sustainable Growth in Self-Sponsored Management, Rural Context M.Des. 165. Arnabi Konar Strategic Design STAPLE: Productivity Tools For Godrej & Boyce Management, Kitchen Mfg. Ltd. M.Des. 166. Avinash Narwade Strategic Design Resource pool-designing Strate- Godrej & Boyce Management, gies for rural Digital Networking Mfg. Co. Ltd, M.Des. Platform Mumbai 167. Baliga Shruti Satyendra Strategic Design Redefining the core of classroom Self-Sponsored Shyamala Management, learning M.Des. 168. Harshit Sinha Strategic Design Re-Learning Learning Exploring the Self-Sponsored Management, Paradigms of P2P Learning Experi- M.Des. ences 169. Joshi Parthivi Parag Strategic Design Mini White Revolution In Jharkhand- Dy Works, Management, Brand Strategies For A New Dairy Mumbai M.Des. Product Line 170. Kabya Shree Borgohain Strategic Design “Founding Strategies for a multi- Self-Sponsored Management, modal Café” M.Des.

Annual Report 2017-18 62 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 171. Kamble Gunakshi Dattu Strategic Design Strategizing a Design Driven By Designer IMC Management, Consultancy M.Des. 172. Manu Chaudhary Strategic Design Streamlining the Future Of Work KEYS Hotels, Management, Berggruen M.Des. Holdings Pvt. Ltd. 173. Patil Arvind Prakash Strategic Design Understanding Travellers Strategic KEYS Hotels, Management, Intervention in the hospitality Mumbai M.Des. Industry 174. Praful Ramachandra Dharma- Strategic Design Communication Strategies for Real- Bydesigner, raje Management, estate in Metro Cities Mumbai M.Des. 175. Satya Hitendra Joshi Strategic Design The Havmor Experience Havmor Management, Restaurants Pvt. M.Des. Ltd. 176. Smriti Bafna Strategic Design Workforce management [24]7 Inc. Management, M.Des. 177. Stuti Bisen Strategic Design Harmonizing the workforce [24]7 Inc. Management, M.Des. 178. Sunil Kumar Strategic Design thingQbator in a box Cisco System Management, Limited, M.Des. Bangalore 179. Tripuramallu Sanjana Strategic Design Artificial intelligence: The pursuit of Samsung Management, happiness Research & M.Des. Development Institute, Bangalore 180. Abha Shishir Deshpande Textile Design, Summer of Tropics : Women’s Arvind Mills M.Des. Shirtings - ss/18 Limited 181. Aditi Jain Textile Design, Woven Textiles for Apparel and Nool by Hand, M.Des. Sarees Erode, Tamil Nadu 182. Anahita Ginwala Textile Design, A Revival of The Joy of Avani Kumaon M.Des. Handweaving 183. Arya Prabhakaran Textile Design, Terry Story- “A Collection of Beach Trident Group, M.Des. Towels” Ludhiana 184. Geetanjali Khanna Textile Design, Indelible Imprints Soft Home Wari Watai, M.Des. Furnishing Products for Colour Next Bangalore 2017

63 National Institute of Design Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 185. Hase Dhanashri Jalinder Textile Design, Surface Development for Home Nir Home Studio M.Des. Furnishing Products 186. Khyati Pande Textile Design, From Look to Life - Bridging the Self-Sponsored M.Des. Bengal Muslin Weavers to E-commerce Retail in India 187. Mansi Bhuttan Textile Design, Kathaien - The Printed Saga A Toile Indienne M.Des. Collection for Home Textiles 188. Meghana Bhaskara Textile Design, Six Yards Of Elegance Aranya Naturals, M.Des. Munnar 189. Neha Deshbhratar Textile Design, DIVINE WEAVES OF NAGALAND DC Handicrafts, M.Des. Export Promotion Council Of Handi- crafts, Delhi 190. Sahil Mathur Textile Design, DESIGNED FOR INDIA: Absorbent Arvind Mills Ltd., M.Des. Products for Hygiene and Sanita- Ahmedabad tion 191. Samiksha Singh Textile Design, Colour Next - 2017 Wari Watai Design M.Des. Studio, Bangalore 192. Shubhra Singh Textile Design, Textile Basketry Gallery at JD Cen- Siddhartha Das M.Des. tre of Art Studio, New Delhi / JD Centre of Art, Bhubaneswar 193. Smriti Bharti Textile Design, Echoes from the Hills Textile Avani-Kumaon, M.Des. Materials and Practices of Kumaon Uttarakhand 194. Swati Singh Textile Design, Auto-Tex: A collection of BMD Pvt. Ltd., M.Des. Automotive Textiles Noida 195. Vidya Rani Textile Design, Medley-Collection of Terry Towels Trident Group M.Des. for Trident Group 196. Alakesh Dhibar Toy & Game The New Media of Play Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 197. Anushree Jain Toy & Game Archery 3D Mobile Game Reliance Game Design, M.Des. (Zapak Mobile Games Pvt. Ltd.) 198. Ira Sanyal Toy & Game Theme Based Spatial Solutions for Nicco Park & Design, M.Des. Nicco Park Resorts 199. Nikhil Kumar Toy & Game Tool for Life Skills Learning Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. 200. Prerit Kumar Jain Toy & Game Curriculum Design Through Play Piramal Design, M.Des. Foundation (Mumbai) 201. Sheth Yash Uday Monika Toy & Game Influencing Engineering Education Self-Sponsored Design, M.Des. Through Play

Annual Report 2017-18 64 Sr. Name of the student Discipline Project Name Sponsors Name No. 202. Aditya Siddharth Transportation Resurgence of the Samurai Spirit Self-Sponsored & Automobile in Japanese Car Design / Mazda Design, M.Des. Mushin 203. Arul Krishnan U Transportation Advanced Moving Spaces Self-Sponsored & Automobile Focussed on User Well Being Design, M.Des. 204. Bhadra Swapneel Shyamal Transportation Compact Electric Car for Urban Mahindra & & Automobile India Mahindra Ltd. Design, M.Des. 205. Choudhary Aman Transportation Mobility Concepts for Autonomous Volkswagen Ag. & Automobile Driving Wolfsburg, Design, M.Des. Germany 206. Freny Antony Transportation Primal Matter: Material Based Self-Sponsored & Automobile Design for Mars Design, M.Des. 207. Harish P Transportation A Crossover Commuter Vehicle for TVS Motor & Automobile The Urban Youth of 2030 Company Design, M.Des. 208. Kumbhar Rahul Dattatray Transportation Radical Way of Making Vehicles Dassault & Automobile Systemes, Pune Design, M.Des. 209. Manik Mathur Transportation Bud-E, A Companion in Every New TVS Motor & Automobile city Company Design, M.Des. 210. Palash Kusum Ghosh Transportation Breathe : A Sustainable Intelligent Self-Sponsored & Automobile Vehicle for 2040 Design, M.Des. 211. Ravi Sharma Transportation Drive, to feel Alive. Self-Sponsored & Automobile Design, M.Des. 212. Tipre Chaitanya Girish Transportation Kajava: Vahana of the Energy Self-Sponsored & Automobile Within Design, M.Des. 213. Vishnu P Ramesh Transportation First Response Vehicle for Aided Ashok Leyland, & Automobile Group ARC (Amphibious Rescue Chennai Design, M.Des. Craft)

65 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 66 6.8 Placements

The Placements Office at NID provides a strategic Details of Placement Week 2017 platform to synergise and facilitate interaction The Placement week 2017 was organized in the between academia and industry with an idea Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar campuses. The to provide exposure to NID students, creating objective of the campus placements was to provide a opportunities for students’ project-based learning platform to both Industry and students to interact and comprising graduation projects, industrial training, understand each other’s profile / requirement through classroom projects, and live projects. NID organises interactions eventually leading to recruitment of the ‘Industry Interface’ annually to provide a meeting graduating students with the full-time job position and ground where the prospective employer and students graduation project across three campuses for both can meet and the employer can identify suitable B.Des. and M.Des. courses. candidates for recruitment in their organisation. This event also creates awareness among the industries/ An overall of 100+ companies had participated in the firms/studios/NGOs/government sector/MSMEs placement week conducted at the NID Ahmedabad about NID and its various modes of operations. and Gandhinagar campuses, for both on campus Students are encouraged to pursue opportunities in placement and online placements. In the NID areas such as social communication, service sectors, Bengaluru Campus, the placements were held from technology enhanced learning, craft design, green May 14–15, 2018. These participating industry / design, universal design, and experiential design. companies / firms / start‐ups /studios were from different sectors such as FMCG, automotive, textile, NID’s Placement Office is Currently Involved in the apparel, games, IT sector, jewellery & lifestyle Following Activities: accessories, education, baggage, electronics, • Planning, organising, and coordinating annual advertising, media & entertainment, aerospace, energy, Placement Week (Industry Interface) at all three aircraft, retail - clothing & lifestyle, hotel chains, campuses. Industry Interface is organised annually set design studio, design & strategy, management to provide a meeting ground where the prospective consulting, sanitary ware, studios, fashion houses, employer and students can meet and the employer furniture, financial services, healthcare, craft sector, can identify suitable candidates for recruitment in and Start-ups among others. their organisation. • Coordinating between the industry/studios/ There has been a significant increase of more than NGO/government sector and the students for 50% in new companies visiting the NID campuses as industrial training, graduation projects, and full time compared to last year. placements. • Managing the students’ online portfolios for the graduating batch and for students in their graduation project semester. • Coordinating industry visits and meetings with concerned HODs/coordinators and promoting Industry presence in NID through lectures/ presentations and interactions/crosstalks for students throughout the year. • Facilitating the query of both student and industry. • Facilitating lateral placements. • Guiding students’ to build portfolios. • Coordinating the announcement of competitions routed through the placement office. • Scholarship announcements received by sponsors.

67 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 68 69 National Institute of Design Companies During the Placement Week 2017-18 at NID

Date Campus Number of companies visited December 4, 2017 Ahmedabad 46 companies December 5, 2017 Ahmedabad 47 companies December 6, 2017 Gandhinagar 20 companies May 14–15, 2018 Bengaluru Yet to be conducted–tentatively 36 companies have registered for the event

Details of Industry Interface 2017

Details Placement week 2017 No. of students opting for full time placements, graduation projects through the 405 students institute from all campuses No. of offers made by industries for full-time placement and graduation projects 391 students Highest salary offered in the Placement Week 2017 Rs.48 lacs p.a. Average salary offered in the Placement Week 2017 Rs.14 lacs p.a.

Industries / companies / studios visited the NID Ahmedabad campus (after the completion of placement week 2017) for recruiting / placement / internship and also to explore options for engaging students through different internships / classroom opportunities / institutional collaborations / industry visits Meetings were scheduled with the concerned discipline faculty as well.

• Bombay Dyeing • Amazon • ESPN India • Vardhman Textiles Ltd. • JCB India Ltd • Ecotasar Silk P Ltd • IBM India Software Labs, Pune • Samsung Design Delhi • Maruti Suzuki, CMF • Hunter Douglas India Pvt. Ltd. • Unilever R&D • Bosch-Siemens home appliances • Nerolac Paints • Wipro Analytics • Ather Energy • Conversation Films • Rolls-Royce, UK • Radka Design Studio • Future Factory • Tata Unistore - TataCLiQ • Microsoft India Kala, Retail company that primarily • Bluecat Paper works in the crafts sector • IMImobile • Johnson Controls • Home D'Luxe • Nissan Global Design Centre - INFINITI BRAND STUDIO, • Chimes Group Japan • Art & Found • Reliance Big Entertainment Venture • Nirav Modi - Firestar Diamonds • Sony Entertainment • IDeAL- EduTechno Partner • HP Inc. • Creya Learning & Research • Amity University, Gwalior • Math Buddy • ANJ (Turnkey Interior construction company) • Carpet Couture • IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay • Inspire One

Annual Report 2017-18 70 • Saipet Preforms • Magic Crate • Saint-Gobain Research India • Project 810 • QGlue, a venture promoted by QAI. • Furniture & Interior Design • Viswadevji • Rubberband • Jewel Alliance • Creatlive Studios • MeRck • Raj Overseas, Textile export house • GTB (Global Team Blue). • Parksons Cartamundi • Ducere Technologies • Strong Human Network • Wipro Digital • Hike • Pacific Plastic Industries • Anticipate, Animation | Illustration | Visual Design • Shineel Brands • Feeding India, NGO • Booking.com, Amsterdam HQ. • C S Direct, Event & Exhibition • Rapsri Metal Art • Mysore Saree Udyog – Brand Gyachi • IQVIA formerly Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc., US • SMAAASH Entertainment Pvt. Ltd • BigBinary • Tysta Apparels • Liv.ai • Head crafts - Tata Trusts • Neotech Medical Pvt. Ltd • Shades Of India Crafts Pvt. Ltd • White Panda • Border & Fall • Anant National University • Virtual Currency App – start up • The Akanksha Foundation • Thinkerbell Labs • Disha Pavers • Yavi Studio • Bridge International Academies • P&G India • Peepal Design

71 National Institute of Design 6.9 Accolades Won by NID Students

• Following students won the first ‘Shanta Keshavan The forum was held at the Instituto Tecnologico and N. Keshavan Prize’ that were announced during y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus the 38th Convocation 2018. Toluca (ITESM Toluca), Mexico from July 23–28, 2017 and students presented their work along with Prizes worth a hundred thousand rupees each was their counterparts in engineering and manufacturing given to the best undergraduate student designers institutes. Praveen Nahar (Discipline Lead-Product in the regular programmes in recognition for the best Design) represented NID as a faculty member. degree project that they undertook during their final semester under their regular curriculum. • Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)-2017 EV Mobility Design Contest for a) Faculty of Industrial Design: Jayneel Pradip International Students. Amey Hundre, Samarjitsinh Shah, Product Design. Wagela, and Aniket Patil from Transportation & b) Faculty of Communication Design: Akash Automobile Design, NID participated in the EV Sheshadri, Graphic Design. Mobility Design Contest hosted by Association for c) Faculty of Textile Design: Himani Namdev More, the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)-2017, Textile Design. Japan. They made it to the top 6 in the finals and won the 'sponsorship award from "Car Design • Mohammad Zijah and Aman Verma from Academy' for overall concept; the event was held Transportation & Automobile Design, represented at 'Tokyo Big Sight' in south Tokyo on November NID at the 2017 edition of the PACE Global Annual 4, 2017. There were a total of 96 entries from 34 Forum and their teams won the following awards in schools for the contest from around the world and the global design challenge Personal Urban Mobility after multiple levels of screening, the top 10 teams Access (PUMA) Project Competition, set out by were invited to Japan, to 'go live' with their final PACE, to create first mile/last mile mobility solutions presentation. for the ageing population for a specific target market: • The India Design Challenge 2017- by AUTODESK 1. 1st Place in the category of Customer Insight in partnership with Maruti Suzuki and NID (Team 3) Transportation & Automobile Design student 2. 2nd Place in the category of Industrial Design Samarjitsinh Waghela (along with his team member (Team 3) Komal Karnik) won the second prize in the India Design Challenge 2017 hosted by Autodesk (India) 3. 2nd Place in the category of Manufacturing in association with Maruti Suzuki & NID. They Engineering (Team 3) received a cash prize of Rs 60,000 from Director NID 4. Siemens PLM Software Excellence Award Pradyumna Vyas and Saurabh Singh, Head of Design (Team 5) Maruti Suzuki (India) Ltd, at the award ceremony that (Team 3: NID India, Rhein Main University, Germany, was held on Thursday, December 14, 2017. Michigan Tech University, University of Sao Paolo, • SIAM – Automotive Design Challenge 2017 Instituto Maua De Technologia, PES University & SJ Transportation & Automobile Design students Elvis College of Egg, India). This team was represented P Raju, Gurbaz Singh, and Ravi Sharma made it to by Aman Verma from Transportation & Automobile ‘top 10’ with their individual entries for the SIAM Design. (Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers) (Team 5: NID India, Centro University, MS Ramaiah ADC (Automotive Design Challenge-a national University, Korea University and PSG College level automotive design contest for students) and of Technology). This team was represented by qualified for the final rounds to present their concept Mohammad Zijah from Transportation & Automobile at the SIAM Design & Styling conclave. Ravi Sharma Design. went on to win the 1st place for his futuristic ‘Racing concept vehicle for Renault’.

Annual Report 2017-18 72 • Bengaluru International Airport Ltd. launched a and emerging Photographic and New media Artists design contest exclusively for the NID students of Indian origin working both in India and the global where they challenged the participants to re- diaspora. imagine the 'passenger experience' in the airport • Swasti Bharti’s (Photography Design) research terminal. They received overwhelming responses abstract based on her dissertation – “Wiele and Klien and eventually the 'top 7' shortlisted teams Studio Madras (1884 -1987) ” was selected for a presented their creative ideas in an event held at NID paper presentation at the 25th European conference Gandhinagar Campus on April 20. on South Asian Studies in Paris, France. The following teams went on to win the prizes by • Swasti Bharti and Saravana Bharti (Photography impressing the jury with their innovative ideas Design) were selected to be a part of Ubereall through engaging presentations. Workshop Chennai that was organized by Ubereall, 1. Winner: Sourabh Yadhav and Neeraj Jawale Goethe Institute and CPB foundation from Feb 5– (Transportation & Automobile Design) March 1.

2. 1st Runner Up: Vishnu. P Ramesh • Sourav Sil’s (Photography Design) paper abstract (Transportation & Automobile Design) ‘Forensic aesthetics against the hegemonies of concerned photography: Evidence, Award and Art’ 3. 2nd Runner Up: Syamlal (Transportation & got selected for a conference – ‘Photography in Automobile Design), Vijay Harikumar (Strategic Academic Research: Images in the Post truth Era’ at Design Management), Anuraag Paul (Strategic the University of Birbeck, London. Design Management) • Siva Sai J’s (Photography Design) work ‘Love in • Upendra Shenoy M won the Top design in the the Purple Periphery’ from his exchange semester category of ‘Design for public utility- Bus Shelter at Hochschule Hannover was selected for a group Design’ at the Lexus Design Award India (LDAI). exhibition called Unexpected in Ph21 Gallery, in This year, entrants had the opportunity to have their Budapest. designs seen by industry luminaries over the course of the Pune Design Festival 2018 and the winning • Reshma Teelar’s (Photography Design) photobook designs embodied Lexus’ view that design has the ‘My Diary’ and Swasti Bharti’s (Photography Design) power to make the world a better place. photobook ‘Behind the veil” were selected for the Athens Photo festival (2018). • Pushkin Sonkusare (Product Design) and Nikhil Mittal (Graphic Design) won Aava glass Bottle • Anagha Anand's (B.Des., Film & Video Design Competition. Communication) graduation fiction film, ‘Indu’, was selected for the ‘Student Film’ section of the 14th • Rohit Saha (Photography Design) was among the 9 IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival 2018. photographers who were awarded for the prestigious ‘Magnum Foundation Fellowship for Photography • Shreyas Dasharathe's (M.Des., Film & Video and Social Justice’. He also won the Alkazi Communication) documentary project film 'Bismaar Photobook Grant 2017 for his graduation project Ghar' was awarded the TOTO Short Film Award 2018. ‘Fake Encounters’. This film also won Best Film Award in the Students category at Woodpecker International Film Festival • Sheik Mohamed Ishaq (Photography Design) won 2017. the runner up for the Alkazi Photobook Grant 2017 for his graduation project ‘Head Hand and Heart’. • Films made by the following students from Film & Video Communication won three awards at the • Arun Vijai Mathavan (Photography Design) was one Cut.In Student Film Festival, Centre for Media and of the participating artists at the Fotofest Biennale Cultural Studies, TISS, Mumbai: ‘A Love Story’ by Houston 2018 – INDIA curated by Sunil Gupta and Athul SN won the Silver Owl Award for Fiction; Steven Evans. The exhibition featured 47 leading

73 National Institute of Design ‘Welcome Valentine’ by Dhruv Satija won Silver Owl reused plastic from industry to bring sustainability Award for Documentary; and ‘We Won't Let Go of Our in the design as well as to bring new meaning to it Paika’ by Sneha Mundari won Special Mention Award by designing. This project was a part of NID’s design for Documentary. to increase awareness amongst the masses to reuse plastics and start sustainability from what one • Following students from Film & Video wears. He was also shortlisted for Red Dot Award: Communication were among the recipients of top Design Concept 2017, Singapore for the final round. awards at the 12th IDPA (Indian Documentary He constructed the fabric ‘Gingery Ginger’ inspired Producers' Association) Awards 2017. Student by ginger. Non-Fiction Winners were: 1. Gold – ‘Sagar Manav’ - Tanumoy Bose 2. Silver – ‘We Won't Let Go Our • Simoul Alva (Graphic Design) was declared the Paika’ - Sneha Mundari. Student Fiction Winner was: National Winner at WorldSkills India in Graphic Certificate of Merit – ‘Kala Bindu’ – Bhushitendu Design and Technology category. Her trainer and Bhatt. skill expert, Anthony Lopez, Founder of Lopez Design, also an NID alumnus. Alva went on to win the • Sneha Arvind (B.Des., Furniture & Interior Design) Medallion of Excellence at World Skills, Abu Dhabi won International Park Elle Décor Student Contest. 2017 in the Graphic Design and Technology category. For the first time ever, nominees of the Park ELLE DECOR Student Contest were invited for a felicitation • Kriti Goyal (Product Design) won the RedDot Award ceremony at The Park New Delhi on February 20, 2017 for Denso Juicer design of a juice extractor. 2018. The 6th edition of the contest introduced two The Denso Pulp Juicer is a thoughtfully designed new categories – Architecture and Interior Design juice extractor for health-conscious consumers. and gave the winners an opportunity to work with People consume juices when they’re on a health renowned names in the industry. kick but little do they know they’re trading all that raw beneficial fruit fibre and important nutrients • Ravi Manil Prakash (Textile Design) won the for lots of sugar. The Denso Pulp Juicer addresses prestigious Project Wool Runway Season 2, this this issue by giving users a choice between thick year by Woolmark at the Finale held in Mumbai on pulpy juice and juice with no pulp in it. With its December 22, 2017. uniquely innovative mesh design, it can extract both Students from all over the country from design fibre-rich and fibre-free juice. Despite this added Institutes such as NID, NIFT, and Pearl Academy had functionality, it is also more compact and sports participated in this. He emerged as winner out of 14 a chic, contemporary look. Companies, design students selected for the final round. studios, research institutions, and designers from • Salonee Pathak (B.Des., Textile Design) went on 58 countries entered their latest product concepts in abroad under student exchange program to Royal the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2017 – a record Melbourne Institute of Technology - RMIT Melbourne, 4,724 entries. Twenty design experts from all over Australia. She was selected by the Institute for her the world convened and assessed each individual good work and then was invited for the 'Endeavor idea in an adjudication process with the selected Cheung Kong Scholarship Award' and finally given concepts finally awarded in Singapore on October 18, award of $5000 at Australian Government House, 2017. by Australian Governor and Chief Guest Mr. Kem on • Japan Institute of Design Promotion awarded the October 24, 2017. Good Design Award to ‘Foldable Jute Bag’ designed • Sandip Jaiswal (M.Des., Textile Design) was selected by Abhilasha Jhalani (M.Des., Lifestyle Accessory as finalist in the WoW (World of Wearable Arts) Design) under the mentorship of Shimul Mehta Vyas, Competition, New Zealand. The product Red Elan Principal Designer as part of her graduation project in the category Red for World of Wearable Arts at International Centre for Natural Fibres (ICNF), NID had drawn an inspiration from "Red Grass". It uses Gandhinagar Campus. The award was presented at

Annual Report 2017-18 74 the Good Design Exhibition at Tokyo on November 1, 2017.

• The project "JAWAJA Storage Basket”, by Ayushi Johari (M.Des., Lifestyle Accessory Design) won the first Runner Up Prize at ADI Association of Designers of India (ADI) – International Student Design Competition as part of Pune Design Festival 2018 under the Craft Based Design category.

• Komal Karnik (M.Des., Lifestyle Accessory Design) and Samarjitsinh Waghela (M.Des., Transportation & Automobile Design) participated in India Design Challenge which was organized by Autodesk in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki and won the First Runner-Up Prize along with cash prize and six-month internship with Maruti Suzuki in Autodesk University conclave in December 2017.

• The graduation project of Bhavika Vajani (M. Des., Lifestyle Accessory Design) with ICNF, NID Gandhinagar Campus on “ALLAY - Acoustic panels from Jute” declared as a finalist at Taiwan International Student Design Competition 2017, in the category of Product Design.

• ‘I Stand Alone’ by Amisha Sharma, Banani Das, and Ivy Chakma (B.Des., Textile Design) designed the eco-friendly and biodegradable floor lampshade; it is made of jute wire material. It offers flexibility of form as well as intensity of light emitted. Due to its lightweight character, it can also easily be transformed into a table lamp or a suspended fixture. They also won an internship with the well-known furnishing brand ‘Sarita Handa’.

75 National Institute of Design 6.10 Education at NID: The Global Context

NID has signed more than 80 MoUs with leading International Open Electives 2018 universities/institutions of repute overseas to The International Open Electives is a two-week strengthen collaborative academic relationships. This multidisciplinary series of workshops offered to can enhance exchange programmes for students students of the B.Des. and M.Des. programmes from and faculty and encourage joint research activities across the disciplines at NID. A mutually agreed through seminars and workshops. All this will be done framework, content, and methodology of each elective with the vision of placing Indian design perspectives workshop is announced to students, who make their in the global context. These exchange programmes choices based on their interest. can enable both faculty and students to gain wider exposure and understanding about global design. Heritage is defined as the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that List of MoUs signed during the year: are inherited from past generations, maintained in • École Nationale Supérieure Des Arts Visuels De La the present and bestowed for the benefit of future Cambre, Belgium generations. The overarching theme for 2018 edition • University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK of the International Open Elective was: ‘Heritage: • Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Tangible and Intangible’. • CENTRO, Mexico city, Mexico • Bath Spa University, UK • Chanapatana International Design Institute, Thailand

Annual Report 2017-18 76 Following Courses were Offered:

Course Name Course Faculty AHMEDABAD CAMPUS Design Epiphanies: The Ancient Indian way Krishnesh Mehta Kitchen Person Myself: Collection of stories Mark Andrew Baines Where the Water Flows Amit Tandon, Parag Natekar Food, Spaces and the City Uma Maheshwar, Jonak Das Kala Pehchaan Neelo Pehchaan Juhi Pandey, V Sakthivel Clay Jaalis: Cutting through from Past to Future Kaveri Bharath Sound and Ceramics: Making Music from Clay Thomas Louise, Peter Marbaniang Mughlai Wrap: A Music Video Arun Gupta, Prahlad G Type Fusion: Typeface Design Anand Singh Naorem, Neelakash Kshetrimayum Baku’s Rag Book: Stories of Discarded Fabrics Lokesh Ghai NAP: No Acting Please Nitin Goel Design Heritage & Digital Age Evy Dutheil, Ravi Deepres GANDHINAGAR CAMPUS VR/AR for Preservation of Heritage Rahul Dutta, Ashish Lijhara Mapping heritage: Past, Present and Future Caroline Raybould Design and Dance Principles Dipika Vijay Play & Toy Heritage: Design for Today and Tomorrow Sudarshan Khanna, Austin Davis Yarn over the Needle : Crochet Products Adhishri Sarah Philemon Narratives of Place: Bridging the Past + Future Michael Longford, David Gelb I am What I Create: My Heritage, My Identity Maurizio Francesconi ‘Kala Jaadu’: Souvenirs and Gifts Arpit Agarwal, Pratima Khadke BENGALURU CAMPUS Body Mapping in Space Sylvester Mardi, Ronita Mookerji Objects, memory and the self Michael Propokow The Taste of Nature CS Susanth, Mamata N Rao The Wonders of Food and Film Jeneva Talwar Facing Folk: Recording & Representing Folklore Sudheer Gupta

77 National Institute of Design Faculty Visits abroad

Sr. No. Name of the Place Dates Brief Details Faculty 1. Mayank Loonker Netherlands May 19– 28, 2017 Visited School of theatre of the HKU University of Arts, Utrecht to see the school, its infrastructure, closely see the teaching learning method. For further collaboration also. 2. Praveen Nahar United Kingdom June 10– 21, 2017 Visited Ellen Mac Arthur foundation to participate in Schmidt MacArthur 2017 Fellowship Summer School. 3. Jonak Das Beijing, China June 21– 24, 2017 Visited China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing to interact with their exhibition & spatial design faculty in the college of City Design School and explore the possibility of future academic collaboration with the framework of MoU agreement between NID and CAFA. 4. Jonak Das China June 26–July 7, Visited Jiangnan University for 2017 participating in the International Design Summer School 2017 as a faculty representative from NID. 5. Arun Gupta Fujian, China June 18–July 4, Invited to be faculty supervisor of the 2017 Looking China 2017 Youth Film Project in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China 6. Sajith Gopinath Oxford, London June 6–11, 2017 To present a research work at 10th Biennial AAGE/ACYIG 2017 Conference, “Culture, Commitment & Care across the Life Course”. 7. Pradyumna Vyas China June 14–19, 2017 Visited Hangzhou for attending the World Industrial Design Conference 2017. 8. Pradyumna Vyas Rabat, Morocco June 28–30, 2017 Visited Rabat to address the World Design talks by African Design Days 2017 organized by FEMADE/ADD/ADA. 9. Tanishka Kachru Germany August 16–19, 2017 Visited Bauhaus Dessau to participate as a Guest Critic & Expert at the International Symposium “Between the Chairs’. 10. Tridha Gajjar USA September 10–23, Visited University of Notre Dame, USA to 2017 participate in a two-week international collaboration programme between the university and NID. 11. Pradyumna Vyas China September 14–18, Visited Tianjin, China as jury member 2017 in the final selection of entries in the Product Design category of 2017 TEDA CUP International Youth Design Competition.

Annual Report 2017-18 78 12. Praveen Nahar London September 20–24, Visited Central Saint Martin’s (CSM), 2017 University of the Arts London to participate in an exhibition at the London Design Festival. 13. Mohammed Czech Republic October 9–13, 2017 Participated at MSV Brno International Naim Shaikh Engineering Fair 14. Praveen Nahar Norway October 16–20, Visited AHO–Oslo School of 2017 Architecture & Design, Oslo to participate and present a paper at a Symposium on “Relating Systems Thinking & Design”. 15. Shimul Mehta Japan October 28–Nov.3, Visited Japan Institute of Promotion to Vyas 2017 join the Good Design Exhibition 2017 and Tama Art University to visit their campus and discuss matters of mutual interest. 16. Pradyumansinh Japan October 28–Nov. 3, Visited Japan Institute of Promotion to Jhala 2017 join the good Design Exhibition 2017 and Tama Art University to visit their campus and discuss matters of mutual interest. 17. Praveen Nahar Germany December 9–15, Visited The Hochschule Hannover, 2017 University of Applied Sciences & Arts to hold a workshop and lecture at the Department of Design and Media. 18. Sucharita Germany December 9–15, Visited The Hochschule Hannover, Beniwal 2017 University of Applied Sciences & Arts to hold a workshop and lecture at the Department of Design and Media.

79 National Institute of Design Foreign Exchange students from Partner Institutes to NID under student exchange programme: April 2017 to March 2018

Sr. Name Discipline College/University Place No.

1. Antonin Odin Product Design École nationale supérieure de Paris, France création industrielle (ENSCI)

2. Arjun Gilgen Interaction Design Zurich University of Arts Zurich, Switzerland

3. Büsra Yalcin Textile Design Hof University of Applied Sciences Hof, Germany

4. Christina Anna Exhibition Design Hochschule für Technik und Berlin, Germany Sophie Mammes Wirtschaft (HTW)

5. Clara Leitao Textile Design Heriot-Watt University, School of Galashiels, Scotland Textiles & Design

6. Clarisse CHAPAL Product Design Glasgow School of Art Glasgow, Scotland

7. Gabriel Cohen Furniture Design Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel Khallas

8. Irina Maloir Textile Design École nationale des Arts visuels de La Cambre, Belgium La Cambre

9. Marco Periz Product Design University of Ferrara Ferrara, Italy

10. Neer Patel Graphic Design Virginia Commonwealth University USA (VCU)

11. Nicola Da Dalto Product Design University of Ferrara Ferrara, Italy

12. Phoebe Hingston Apparel Design Heriot-Watt University, School of Galashiels, Scotland Textiles & Design

13. Ruchatz Julia Marie Product Design Hochschule Hannover, Germany

14. Sammy-Jo Stolz Textile Design Hof University of Applied Sciences Hof, Germany

15. Samuel Buterbaugh Graphic Design Virginia Commonwealth University USA

16. Tabea Mayenberger Exhibition Design Hochschule Hannover, Germany

17. Tal Yemin Ceramic & Glass Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel Design

18. Tifenn Maudire Textile Design École nationale des Arts visuels de La Cambre, Belgium La Cambre

Annual Report 2017-18 80 NID Students to Partner Institutes under student exchange programme: April 2017 to March 2018

Sr. Name Discipline College/University Place No.

1. Aarushi Bapna Graphic Design, École nationale supérieure des arts Paris, France B.Des. décoratifs (ENSAD)

2. Aishwarya Rane Product Design, Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy B.Des.

3. Alishka Shah Graphic Design, Swinburne University of Technology Australia B.Des.

4. Amlanjyoti Bora Photography Sheridan College of Applied Arts & Canada Design, M.Des. Design

5. Amrita Roy Graphic Design, École supérieure d'art et design Saint-Étienne, B.Des. (ESAD) France

6. Ankita Muddalkar Graphic Design, Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel B.Des.

7. Archana Singha Apparel Design, Saxion University of Applied Netherlands M.Des. Sciences

8. Awanee Joshi Product Design, Glasgow School of Art Glasgow, United B.Des. Kingdom

9. Bhavana Yadav Textile Design, Sheridan College of Applied Arts & Canada B.Des. Design

10. Chitrupi P Furniture & Interior Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel Design, M.Des.

11. Enakshi Borse Graphic Design, École Supérieure d'Art et de Design Reims, France B.Des. (ESAD)

12. Gouthami Gopaku- Exhibition Design, Willem de Kooning Academy Netherlands mar B.Des.

13. Himadri Patel Product Design, Glasgow School of Art Glasgow, Scotland B.Des.

14. Itika Gupta Product Design, Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel M.Des.

15. Jessica Jones Exhibition Design, Glasgow School of Art Glasgow, United B.Des. Kingdom

16. Joel Fernando R Photography University for the Creative Arts Farnham, United Design, M.Des. Kingdom

17. Jyothi Syam Graphic Design, École supérieure d'art et design France B.Des. (ESAD)

81 National Institute of Design 18. Khushboo Patel Apparel Design, Saxion University of Applied Netherlands M.Des. Sciences

19. Komal Jain Exhibition Design, Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel B.Des.

20. Likith Attipalli Information Design, Hochschule für Technik und Berlin, Germany M.Des. Wirtschaft (HTW)

21. Manicka Sevugan Textile Design, Saxion University of Applied Netherlands Velan M.Des. Sciences

22. Maya S Universal Design, Hochschule für Technik und Berlin, Germany M.Des. Wirtschaft (HTW)

23. Mayur Hajra Shivaji Furniture & Interior Konstfack University College of Art, Stockholm, Sweden Design, B.Des. Craft & Design

24. Megha Karki Textile Design, École nationale supérieure de Paris, France M.Des. création industrielle (ENSCI)

25. Megha Kyal Textile Design, Lucerne School of Art & Design Lucerne, Switzerland M.Des.

26. Nainsha Dedhia Film & Video Swinburne University of Technology Australia Communication, B.Des.

27. Nalini Balakumar Photography University for the Creative Arts Farnham, United Design, M.Des. Kingdom

28. Nikhil Rajagopalan Transportation & Hochschule für Technik und Berlin, Germany Automobile Design, Wirtschaft (HTW) M.Des.

29. Nitesh Sharma Furniture & Interior Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel Design, B.Des.

30. Polisetti Lakshmi Product Design, Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel Manikanta M.Des.

31. Poojith Dayalan Ceramic & Glass Pforzheim University of Applied Pforzheim, Germany Design, B.Des. Sciences

32. Praful Marthande Animation Film Sheridan College of Applied Arts & Canada Design, B.Des. Design

33. Prateek Verma Interaction Design, Ontario College of Art & Design Toronto, Canada M.Des.

34. Rachel C. Textile Design, Hof University of Applied Sciences Hof, Germany B.Des.

35. Raisa Umar Furniture & Interior École nationale supérieure de Paris, France Design, M.Des. création industrielle (ENSCI)

36. Reshma Thomas Graphic Design, Willem de Kooning Academy Netherlands B.Des.

Annual Report 2017-18 82 37. Rhituja Shende Furniture & Interior Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel Design, B.Des.

38. Rujuta Thakurdesai Graphic Design, Hochschule für Technik und Berlin, Germany M.Des. Wirtschaft (HTW)

39. Sabhyata Jain Graphic Design, Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel B.Des.

40. Saby Mundu Textile Design, Hof University of Applied Sciences Hof, Germany B.Des.

41. Salonee Pathak Textile Design, Royal Melbourne Institute of Melbourne, Australia B.Des. Technology (RMIT)

42. Seshasayee S Transportation & Hochschule Hannover, Germany Automobile Design, M.Des.

43. Shashank Gargesh- Digital Game Design, Ontario College of Art & Design Toronto, Canada wari M.Des.

44. Shashank Uplike Digital Game Design, Zurich University of Arts Zurich, Switzerland M.Des.

45. Shefali Bohra Product Design, École nationale supérieure des arts Paris, France B.Des. décoratifs (ENSAD)

46. Shobhana Sridhar Design for Retail Birmingham Institute of Art and Birmingham, United Experience, M.Des. Design (BIAD) Kingdom

47. Shravani Joshi Furniture & Interior Willem de Kooning Academy Netherlands Design, B.Des.

48. Shreya Arora Graphic Design, École Supérieure d'Art et de Design Reims, France B.Des. (ESAD)

49. Shreyankana D Strategic Design Lucerne School of Art & Design Lucerne, Switzerland Management, M.Des.

50. Shreyasi Pathak Photography Hochschule für Grafik und Leipzig, Germany Design, M.Des. Buchkunst

51. Shristi Sharma Exhibition Design, Willem de Kooning Academy Netherlands B.Des.

52. Shubham Raut Product Design, Hochschule für Technik und Berlin, Germany M.Des. Wirtschaft (HTW)

53. Shubhangi Singh Exhibition Design, Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel B.Des.

54. Siddhant Modi Information Design, Haute école des arts du Rhin Strasbourg, France M.Des. (H.E.A.R.)

55. Simran Toor Textile Design, Hof University of Applied Sciences Hof, Germany B.Des.

83 National Institute of Design 56. Siva Sai J Photography Hochschule Hannover, Germany Design, M.Des.

57. Somil Singh Furniture & Interior Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel Design, M.Des.

58. Sudeshna Saxena Textile Design, Tama Art University Tokyo, Japan B.Des.

59. Supreeth Krishnan Product Design, Willem de Kooning Academy Netherlands B.Des.

60. Swayamsiddha Product Design, Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy Priyadarshi B.Des.

61. Tanya Bhalve Graphic Design, Pforzheim University of Applied Pforzheim, Germany B.Des. Sciences

62. Tejashwini Nagesh Product Design, Haute école des arts du Rhin Strasbourg, France M.Des. (H.E.A.R.)

63. Vamika Jain Photography Hochschule für Grafik und Leipzig, Germany Design, M.Des. Buchkunst

64. Vikram Kalidindi Product Design, Royal Melbourne Institute of Melbourne, Australia B.Des. Technology (RMIT)

65. Yatharth Exhibition Design, Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) The Hague, B.Des. Netherlands

Annual Report 2017-18 84 7 National Institute Of Design: Extension Campuses

7.1 NID Gandhinagar Campus

Keeping in view the new initiatives in education and shifted to Gandhinagar Campus, from the Academic the need for clearly focused research-led postgraduate Year 2008-09. With the completion of phase-II of the programmes, a PG campus was developed at Academic Block, two more postgraduate programmes; Gandhinagar in a fifteen-acre plot and commenced namely, Photography Design and Transportation & with the setting up of a Transit Campus in July 2004. Automobile Design were shifted from Ahmedabad The first phase of the construction project covering Campus to Gandhinagar Campus from the Academic the hostel block, faculty residence and academic Year 2011–12. block is complete with procurement and installation Major Events and Highlights of the Year of interior systems/LAN/WAN and the academic Science and Liberal Arts (SLA) activities commenced from the new Academic Block • Science and Liberal Arts (SLA) is a common during the Academic Year 2008–09. To start with, the compulsory course offered across all design postgraduate courses in Software and User Interface disciplines both at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Design, Information and Digital Design and New Media The courses are meant to provide necessary creative Design were conducted from the transit campus, and critical insights to empathize and understand the Gandhinagar. With the completion of 1st phase of wider and deeper concerns of design. Assiduously construction (Academic Block and Living Spaces), four picked up and culled out from the domains of more postgraduate programmes; namely, Lifestyle Humanities, Social Sciences and Contemporary Accessory Design, Apparel Design & Merchandising, Concerns, the interdisciplinary courses under Toy Design and Development, and Strategic Design SLA augment design learning through a variety of Management from Ahmedabad Campus have been multidisciplinary inputs and helps students acquaint

85 National Institute of Design themselves with the classical and contemporary socio-cultural-economic paradigms of design. The course enables students to explore new domains of knowledge, innovate, and learn to relate theories with practice.

• Since the NID Gandhinagar Campus offers postgraduate courses in seven different disciplines of design, the approach of SLA here is more exploratory and research-oriented, preparing the students to learn self-initiated searches and enquiry. Teaching method involves epistemological and empirical discussions on various theories whether related to aesthetics, culture, society, innovation etc. followed by endeavours to apply them in a practical situation.

• During the period under review four courses under SLA were offered at the Gandhinagar Campus. The first two courses (SLA 1 & 2) Comparative Aesthetics and Approaches to Indian Society are fixed courses offered every year while the next two courses (SLA 3 & 4) are elective in nature which offer students different options to choose from. SLA 1 & 2 were conducted by Dr. Mihir Bholey, Coordinator, SLA, NID Gandhinagar Campus. The courses offered under SLA 3 & 4 (Elective) were Indian Economy and Design by Dr. Mihir Bholey; Society, Communication and Design by Dr. Arbind Sinha (Visiting Faculty, Former Director MICA); Design Intervention for India’s Healthcare Sector by Dr. Mihir Bholey, and Social Communication and Design by Dr. Pradeep Mallik (Visiting Faculty, Head, Journalism and Mass Communication, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar).

Lifestyle Accessory Design (LAD) Student Projects • The classroom project prototypes by LAD batch 207, LAD 2016 were displayed in Design Gallery during the inauguration of infrastructure facilities at NID Gandhinagar Campus in the gracious presence of Chief guest Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India, Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Vijai Rupani, Shri Mansukh Laxman Mandaviya, Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers in Government of India and Director NID Pradyumna Vyas. Annual Report 2017-18 86 • A project outcome of the course - “Craft workshop” on Jawaja leather products, by LAD batch 2016 was displayed at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in October 2017. In March 2018, a few of the products were displayed as part of the artisan’s product portfolio for exhibition cum sale in the occasion of convocation 2018 - IIM, Ahmadabad.

• “AMUL Takeaway jute Bags” developed at the International Centre for Natural Fibres (ICNF), NID Gandhinagar Campus was displayed in NID Ahmedabad on November 30, 2017. The product Launch was done by R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., in the presence of Director NID Pradyumna Vyas, and Arvind Kumar, Secretary, National Jute Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. The two significant graduation projects for the year 2017- 2018 academic year by Shanvi Gupta LAD Batch 2014 on “AMUL Takeaway Jute Bags” and “Jute as Acoustic Insulation for Hotel Industry” by Bhavika Vajani, M.Des. LAD 2014 Batch was as part of the product display.

Student Project Published • A case study of a course outcome from “Bamboo: A under mentorship of Shimul Mehta Vyas, Principal Contemporary Canvas” by Ayushi Johari Batch 2016 Designer as part of her Graduation Project at ICNF, was published by Indian Review of World Furniture NID, Gandhinagar Campus. The award was presented Interiors and Design (IFJ). The IFJ magazine is a at the Good Design Exhibition at Tokyo on November national-level publication. 1, 2017.

Awards won by Students in 2017-18 • The graduation project of Bhavika Vajani (M.Des. • Japan Institute of Design Promotion has awarded LAD 2014 batch) with ICNF, NID Gandhinagar Good Design Award to Foldable Jute Bag designed Campus on “Jute Vs Luxury space” enter as by Abhilasha Jhalani (M.Des. LAD 2013 batch) Finalist 2017 Taiwan International student design

87 National Institute of Design competition in the category of Product design. Competition 2017, in the category of Product Design.

• The project "JAWAJA Storage Basket”, by Ayushi • The graduation project of Mansha Chaudhary (M. Johari (M.Des. LAD 2016 Batch) won First Runner Up Des. LAD 2014 Batch) with Courtyard by Aline, Noida, Prize at ADI Association of Designers of India (ADI) UP on “Range of Lifestyle Project for Courtyard” – International Student Design Competition as part declared as a finalist at EDIDA Student Design of Pune Design Festival 2018 under the Craft Based Competition 2017, in the category of Table-top Design category. Accessory.

• Komal Karnik (M.Des. LAD 2015) Batch and New Initiative Samarjitsinh Waghela (M.Des. TAD 2015) • NID is working alongside Gems and Jewellery participated in India Design Challenge which was Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to set up the organized by Autodesk in collaboration with Maruti Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ) in Udupi, Suzuki and won First Runner-Up Prize along with Karnataka. The foundation stone was laid by Smt. cash prize and six-month internship with Maruti Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon'ble Minister of State, and Suzuki in Autodesk university conclave in December Ministry of Commerce & Industry in presence of 2017. Shri. Manoj Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of • The graduation project of Bhavika Vajani (M. Des. Commerce & Industry, Smt. Shobha Karandlaje, LAD 2014 Batch) with ICNF, NID Gandhinagar on Member of Parliament, Shri. Praveen Shankar “ALLAY - Acoustic panels from Jute” declared as Pandya, Chairman, GJEPC and many dignitaries and a finalist at Taiwan International Student Design representatives of Government of Karnataka and NID

Annual Report 2017-18 88 faculty representation led by Shimul Mehta Vyas, • Shimul Mehta Vyas, Principal Designer, Lifestyle Amresh Panigrahi, and Mayank Loonker. Accessory Design visited Japan with the Indian delegation to promote Indian jute industry in • NID was involved with the design and execution Japan and being part of the Good Design Award of a very high profile gift inspired by Sadeli craft, celebrations for the jute bag designed by ICNF, which is native to Surat, Gujarat for the Prime NID Gandhinagar. She also conducted 15 days Minister’s Office, New Delhi. Hon’ble Prime Minister, specialized design training for rural women of Assam Shri Narendra Modi presented US President Donald in water hyacinth craft for the Oil & Natural Gas Trump's daughter and adviser, Ms. Ivanka Trump Corporation Ltd., Ministry of Petroleum & Natural with a rosewood wooden box made in the Sadeli Gas, Govt. of India. The project was conducted by craft during her visit to Hyderabad for the Global Outreach Programmes at, Sivasagar, Assam from 4 Entrepreneurship Summit November 2017. The sept 2017 to 15 Sept 2017. marquetry crafted box was created by highly skilled craftspersons from Surat and includes fabrication • Rajeshree Chauhan, Sr. Studio Supervisor, assisted a of geometric patterns in wood. Shimul Mehta Vyas, fifteen-day workshop titled “3rd Phase Craft Design Rajashree Jansari, along with a team of faculty and Development Workshop in Screw Pine Craftwork in staff provided the design support. Kerala” under USTTAD project. The project is headed by Jonak Das, Exhibition Design faculty for the Kerala • A workshop titled “Digital Craft & Expression cluster and the project was conducted by Outreach Design Workshop India was conducted on the Programmes at NID from May 25–June 10, 2017 in campus. Seven students from the Integrated Design Kodungallur, Thalaya Gopalapuram, Kerala. department of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka were at the NID Gandhinagar Campus as part of Research and Recognition academic exchange (from November 13–14, 2017). • Amresh Panigrahi associate senior Designer The team involved in the workshop are Amresh and course lead - LAD, NID Gandhinagar Campus Panigrahi, Vipul Vinzuda, and Amit Sinha. recognised with Best research paper presentation award in Indian Institute of Craft and Design, Jaipur Professional Projects in an international conference on Trends and • Amresh Panigrahi, Associate Senior Designer and Sustainability in Crafts & Design held from November Discipline lead-LAD conducted the craft design 17–18, 2017. He was also recognized with best development workshop in soft stone craft work in research paper presentation award in Institute of Varanasi under the USTTAD project. The project is Self Reliance, Bhubaneswar in a National Seminar headed by Amresh Panigrahi for Varanasi cluster in on Diversity of Culture and Social Environment soft stone craft and the project was conducted by on November 19, 2017. He was felicitated with outreach programme at NID from May 25–June 10, Bharat Vikas Award by Institute of Self Reliance, 2017 at Ramnagar, Varanasi. Bhubaneswar on the occasion of Citizen’s Day • Amresh Panigrahi worked the project “Design November 19, 2017 for his contribution for social Intervention for Small Street Business Vendor” as innovation. team member with NID colleagues and contributed Apparel Design (AD) in designing the stalls and peripherals considering The Master of Design (M. Des) Programme in Apparel the street food business in India. The project has Design at the National Institute of Design (NID) has completed its 3rd phase design development recently been mentioned in the list of 30 Best Graduate by designing stalls for 6 street food categories Programmes in Fashion Design in the world by the addressing different mobility pattern of vendors. The Global Fashion School Rankings 2017, the Business of project was sponsored by the Ministry of Small and Fashion (BOF), UK. Medium scale industries, Government of India and executed by MSME, program of NID as knowledge partner for the project Design Clinic programme.

89 National Institute of Design Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai, Anisha Khiyani, (AD 2016), a student from, M. Des Apparel Design was qualified to present her work in the Grand Finale, Mumbai.

Education: Live Classroom Learning • DESIGN PROJECT III: Apparel Design explored through the brief and shared vision of the project sponsor Asahi Kasei Japan (India office). Students of M.Des, AD final year designed and developed a collection of quality apparels suitable for local and global high-fashion markets. These collections explored varieties of Bemberg fabrics which The assessment made by BOF considered NID’s are produced by yarn manufacturer Asahi Kasei Apparel Design programme for: through suppliers from Surat, India. On August 5, • An interdisciplinary approach to fashion. 2017, the outcome of apparel collaboration project • The school is selective, with an acceptance rate of was presented as Born from Cotton: an innovative only 14 percent. Apparel Show at the INFLIBNET auditorium, near Info City, Gandhinagar to celebrate fresh, innovative, and • Students in their survey, found highly satisfied with experimental ranges of 13 Apparel Design, M. Des NID's resources, with the library, technology, campus Final year students. and workrooms all scoring above 85 percent. The Textile Design discipline also showcased their Results for the technical skills and sustainability textile range development by 14 Textile Design, B. courses were also high, and respondents were Des students in the form of an exhibit Born from generally found satisfied with the quality of the Cotton: a Textile Show which was inaugurated at the student body and the teaching staff at NID. 70 Design Gallery, NID Gandhinagar Campus. percent of students believed they left NID prepared to enter the fashion industry. The shows were success with tremendous help and support from students and staff from various Students’ Achievements disciplines at NID. • Tanvi (Apparel Design, 2014 Batch) while undergoing her degree project, has been selected for China This sponsorship was provided through their International Ceremonial Dress Design Contest 2017, artisan’s skills and fabric. as one of the twenty designers worldwide, organised • An design consultancy project headed by Krishna by Shanghai Textile Association (STA) and Shanghai Patel on Designing Uniforms for Officers and Staff International Fashion Education Centre (SIFEC). She for Commissioner of Geology and Mining (CGM), will be presenting her products at a Cultural Festival Government of Gujarat - with Commissioner of in China in January 2017 and is being supported by Geology and Mining, Gov. of Gujarat to design organisers for participation requirements and travel. uniform for their Field and Lab Officers – was • Abhishek Gupta (Apparel Design, Sem.5) was one completed (Concepts, Design finalisation, Sourcing, of the finalist to present his work for the grand Sampling of Uniforms and Documentation) and finale held in Mumbai on December 22, 2017, for the handed over to the clients. Nalin Kumar, Faculty, Project Wool Runway, an international platform for Apparel Design has been a in the team assisting Ms. campuses by the Woolmark Company. The event has Krishna Patel on this CGM Project. been covered by ‘Grazia.’ • A five-day workshop on Decoding Visual Design for • For the 3rd edition of Liva Protégé, Emerging Non-Designers was organized together by Sonal Designer Award 2018 organized by Birla Cellulose, Chauhan, Faculty Apparel Design and Shekhar

Annual Report 2017-18 90 Visits and Exposure • Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India, visited NID Gandhinagar for the inauguration of Auditorium, Presentation Hall and Design Gallery at Campus on the 11th March, Sunday. Amit Sinha, Discipline Lead, AD presented a display of Apparel Design discipline to the Hon. Minister Shri Prabhu.

New Media Design (NMD) • Akshita Mehta's Design Project 3 'Here-In-Time' Bhattacharjee, Faculty Toy & Game design between has received financial support for the project from 24th- 28th August, 2017, through Industry & Online the Board of the Prince Claus Fund and the British Programmes, NID. Twenty-three participants Council for Fifteen thousand four hundred and thirty- including academics and professionals attended the three euros, in January 2018. workshop. • Kshitiz Sharma (5th semester thesis student from Faculty Visits to Conferences and Events the NMD 2015 batch) has been offered an internship • Apparel Design faculty, Ms. Krishna Patel visited with the MediaLAB Amsterdam in the Netherlands and participated in presentation/discussion at the from February to July 2018. event VASTRA 2017 – 23 Sept- Textiles of North • Paridhi Diwan's smart textile garment 'Evince' was East States –Opportunities & Challenges in Jaipur the only entry from India to be showcased at the organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers Of Intersections Exhibition in London, in September Commerce and Industry (FICCI). 2017, organized by Loughborough University.

• She, on March 03, 2018, attended the launch of India • Namrata Primlani, Shreeyash Salunke, Kavya Fashion Design Incubator during the event India D, Sagar Suthar and Kshitiz Sharma from the fashion Summit at KSID, Kovchi-Andhravilas. NMD discipline were runners up in the Student • Apparel Design faculty, Ms. Sonal Chauhan’s paper/ Design Challenge of OzCHI '17 (Computer-Human abstract titled – “Encouraging slow consumption Interaction), held from November 28 to December 1, by emotionally durable design” - got selected for the 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. They won the 2nd prize NIFT International conference, 2018 and also for the for their concept Regen: Collaborative co-production Design Principles & Practices conference 2018 at of upcycled products. Barcelona. • Jyoti Narayan, Akshita Mehta, Kshitiz Sharma and • Discipline Lead, Amit Sinha visited the Performance Ashish Dubey exhibited their works on Augmented Division of Arvind Ltd., Santej to discuss the Reality at the EYEMYTH Media Arts Festival held in possibilities with their development team for Mumbai from August 10 to 24, 2017. developing collaboration oriented classroom projects Photography Design the “Systems design in classroom” on 24th Feb, • Artist Serena Chopra’s ‘Bhutan Echoes’, Tasveer 2018. exhibition was inaugurated in the design gallery, NID • He was also invited as a panel member for a meeting Gandhinagar Campus. She also gave an artist talk on of experts on 09.03.2018, called by Dr. Shamsher her work to the community. Singh, Director General of Marine Commando Force, • Conference on ‘Deliberating Photography Education Gujarat Police, Gandhinagar, to analyse and provide in India’ was successfully organized and concluded feedback, suggestions on the uniform developed for at NID Gandhinagar Campus. The participants the Marine Commando Force.

91 National Institute of Design were Dr. Aileen Blaney and Chinar Shah from • Head, Hand and Heart, graduation project of Sheik Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Mohamed Ishaq of batch 2013, was announced Anita Khemka from Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts & as one of the runners-up for The Alkazi Photobook Communication, Dr. Suryanandini Narain from School Grant 2017. of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, Sharbendu De from • Two Millenia of Oppression, graduation project of Jamia Millia Islamia University, Tanvi Mishra from Arun Vijai Mathavan of batch 2013, was selected for Nazar Foundation and Delhi Photo Festival, Philippe The Fotofest International 2018 Biennial in Houston. Calia from PIX and BIND, Rahaab Allana from Alkazi Fotofest is one of the most prestigious photography Foundation for the Arts, Sathyanand Mohan and Biennales internationally. Rishi Singhal from National Institute of Design. • Second year students of Photography Design, • Swasti Bharti’s (Batch 2015) photo book Beyond the participated and exhibited their works at Osaka, Veil was selected for the Athens Photo Festival. Japan, through INTAC, an art collective founded in • Saravana Bharati’s project ‘Machismo ‘got 2010 consisting of artists from OCAD University shortlisted for the Lucie foundation emerging (Toronto, Canada), TAMK Fine Arts Program scholarship. (Tampere, Finland), Chung Ang University (Seoul, South Korea), BTK (Berlin, Germany), and Osaka • Photography Design received a grant of 30000 University (Osaka, Japan). euros from Goethe Institute, Mumbai to facilitate the exchange between NID and Hochschule für Grafik • Raison d'état, design project 2 of Swasti Bharti und Buchkunst (HGB), Leipzig, Germany. of batch 2015, has been selected for a projection display exhibit at Encontros da Imagem, Portugal. • Fake Encounters, graduation project of Rohit Saha Encontros da Imagem, Portugal. Encontros (batch 2014), won The Alkazi Photobook Grant 2017.

Annual Report 2017-18 92 da Imagem is one of the oldest and renowned student exchange program. photography festivals in Europe. • Peter Bialobrezski, renowned German Photographer • The students of batch 2016 worked under an visited NID Gandhinagar and presented a talk on his umbrella theme - Water, for their design project 1, work. Students of photography design participated in of which selected works went live on the virtual one on one portfolio review with Peter Bialobrezski. museum website – Living Waters Museum. Living He was also the external expert for the graduation Waters Museum is a virtual museum, a result of project jury of a photography design student. collaboration between NID Photography design and • Photography design students participated in the WaterAid, India. setting up and organization of the Goa Photo festival • Maria, design project 1 of Shreyasi Pathak, batch 2017, at Goa. 2016, was exhibited at Indian Photography Festival, • Student’s magazine 12 was published and released Hyderabad under Photobook Exhibition category. through NID’s Research & Publications during the The Indian Photography Festival (IPF) - Hyderabad, 38th Convocation. a Not-For-Profit initiative of Light Craft Foundation, is an international photography festival, showcasing • Photography exhibition ‘Where and Now’ opened at a wide range of photography from India and around the Design Gallery, NID Gandhinagar. The exhibition the globe with a series of events, including talks was a culmination of the works done by the students and discussions, portfolio reviews, book launches, who participated in the student exchange program screenings, workshops etc. with HGB, Leipzig, Germany.

• Amlanjyoti Bora (Batch 2016) went on exchange • Two photography design students from batch to Sheridan College Oakville, Canada for the fall 2015, Saravana Bharathi SB and Swasti Bharati, semester. got selected for the Uberall Photography Workshop organized by Chennai Photo Biennale. • Stuart Freedman’s The Palaces of Memory, Tasveer exhibition was inaugurated in the design gallery, NID • Photography design graduate Arun Vijai Mathavan Gandhinagar campus. Representatives from Tasveer was provided with a generous $2000 scholarship and Dauble – Season partner of Tasveer, visited NID to visit and participate in Fotofest Biennale 2018, Gandhinagar campus for the inauguration of the Houston, Texas. show. • Photography exhibition in collaboration with Tasveer • Shreyasi Pathak and Vamika Jain (Batch 2016) went Gallery by Dutch photographer Bas Meeuws ‘Spring on exchange program at the HGB, Leipzig, Germany. in the wintertime’ opened at the Design gallery on February 8th. • Max Bodenstedt and Johannes Ernst, students from HGB, Leipzig, Germany attended an exchange • The launch of the PIX magazine – Student Issue program with NID photography Design. included the work of Shampa Kabi, Mohit Bhatia, Swasti Bharti and Riti Sengupta. Shampa Kabi • Arthur Zalewski, faculty from HGB, Leipzig, Germany presented her work at the Launch. Mohit Bhatia and visited NID as part of collaboration between NID and Rishi Singhal participated in panel discussions. HGB, Leipzig, Germany. He gave an artist talk to the community on his practice. • Swasti Bharti’s (Batch 2015) paper abstract based on her Dissertation "Wiele and Klein Studio, Madras • Transit, graduation project of Aditi Sharma (Batch (1884-1987)" got selected for the prestigious 25th 2013), was selected for an exhibition display at European conference on South Asian Studies, Paris Serendipity Art Festival, Goa. France. • Joel Fernando and Nalini B (Batch 2016) went on an • Shreyasi Pathak represented NID at the Women in exchange program to the University for the Creative Photography 2 International Workshop held at The Arts, Farnham, UK as a part of the international

93 National Institute of Design AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia • Toy & Game Design had been invited in International Millia Islamia, India. Play Conference 2018, Bangalore on 2nd and 3rd March2018. TGD faculty Austin Davis participated • The department Hosted Exchange students Natalie and conducted workshop on Play & Playfulness. Paetzold, Su Ji and Artist in residence, Amanda Students’ work was displayed during the exhibition Wittle from the University of Creative Arts Farnham of the Conference. London. • Toy & Game Design faculties, Shekhar Bhattacharjee • The Water Project (Design project 1 of Batch 2016) and Austin Davis had been invited as reviewers for was exhibited at the living water museum stall at the mid-semester event named Play Methodologies Water festival, Ahmedabad Haat. Studio at CEPT on 23rd February. • ‘Invisible cities’ a display of works produced by 2nd • Austin Davis also took classes to guide the students semester students during the Analogue module with in developing Board Games which was part of the Dileep Prakash were exhibited at NID Gandhinagar. final submission for their Studio Course for the • Fotofest Biennale at Houston opened with its Urban Planning students. thematic as INDIA. The works of Arun Vijai • One day workshop was arranged on 26th of January, Mathavan, alumni of the department (2013 batch) 2018 and Rahul Dutta & Ashish Lijhara from was featured in this edition of Fotofest. Trimensions Digital Pvt. Ltd conducted the workshop • Rishi Singhal, Discipline Lead of Photography design on AR/VR and its application in games. participated in a seminar – “Photography without History” at Museum of fine arts Houston. Other participants were – Malcolm Daniel, Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Roshini Kempadoo, Exhibiting Artist, UK/Guyana; Nathaniel Stein, Associate Curator of Photography, Cincinnati Art Museum. Rishi Singhal was also an exhibiting artist at the Fotofest

• Rishi Singhal presented 12, a student-initiated magazine published by the Photography Design discipline to Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India who visited the NID Gandhinagar Campus for the inauguration of the new auditorium and presentation hall.

Toy & Game Design (TGD) • Kids India, International toy fair 2017 which is organized by Indo German Chamber of Commerce as well as Spielemesse of Germany, invited Toy & Game Design and provided space to showcase students works at Mumbai.

• This was an opportunity to promote the presence of the discipline and in return students got exposure of various industries and manufacture. Later some of them were also selected for internship and project.

Annual Report 2017-18 94 7.2 NID Bengaluru Campus

NID’s Bengaluru Campus addresses the long-felt need • Research and Development unit for service design for a globally benchmarked centre for design research • Research and Development unit for Game/ in the country by fostering the creative design skills Experience Design through NID's design acumen nurtured over more than five decades of intense teaching-learning processes. • Industry Programmes and Projects Unit Situated in the research and development capital of • Outreach Programmes unit India, Bengaluru, this campus focuses on high-tech • Jamsetji Tata Design Research Chair for Universal design fusion and includes Digital Design, New Media/ Design e-learning and design for manufacturing. NID's time- tested strength and experience in conducting research • MSME Regional Centre at the multidisciplinary level aspires to yield a new • Centre for Bamboo Initiatives guild of "technology-design interface". The primary aim through such research is to create and share Major Events and Highlights of the Year new knowledge in this fast growing and increasingly • ‘Empowering by Design’ a two-day programme was important field. conducted at Guwahati from April 20–21, 2017 in association with Development Commissioner The following units are contributing towards the (Handicraft) for creating design awareness research-oriented endeavours on the Campus: among the handicraft and handloom artisans, entrepreneurs, exporters etc. from the North-eastern • Research and Development unit for e-learning and states. This was done through brainstorming, digital inclusion

95 National Institute of Design It highlighted a few key issues on “Innovative Smart Handlooms” and might help in opening up the focused discussions. The objective of the brainstorming session was to bring a diverse group of stakeholders on a common platform to generate not only better, broader, more encompassing ideas but also come up with out of the box ideas to outline the framework for the operational guidelines for the proposed Centre for Innovative Smart Handlooms. The purpose was to identify as many diverse opportunities and risks that could possibly apply to the setting up of the proposed Centre. group assignments, discussion, etc. and was documented; the said document was submitted • Industry Interface 2017 was held on campus from after the workshop. Shimul Mehta Vyas Susanth May 18–19. The event hosted 30 companies on C S, Pravinsinh Solanki, and Bindoo Ranjan had campus and 35 companies off-campus. More than represented NID in this programme. 250 students participated in the event. For full-time recruitment, the highest stipend offered was 25 lakh • A two-day Design Clinic seminar was organized p.a. by Sprinklr. from April 24–25 under the NID-MSME scheme at Aizawl at two different places. NID faculty • GAFX Conference is India's most prominent and members Susanth CS and Pravinsinh Solanki had largest annual event for the Games, Animation & made presentations and held interactions with the Visual Effects Industry hosted by Government of participants. Karnataka and organized by ABAI. The GAFX had invited the Digital Game Design (DGD) department to • A French delegation led by François Gautier, Consul showcase educational projects, academic activities, General of France, India visited the NID Bengaluru and information brochures of DGD at the GAFX 2017 Campus on May 4, 2017. This is the first high ranking from May 12–14, 2017. It was a great opportunity to visit from the French Embassy. The team explored showcase students’ work and promote Digital Game long term academic and research interaction with Design at NID Bengaluru Campus. Students got a the campus. larger platform to connect with top employers from • On May 4, 2017 a brainstorming session on all over the world. The response from the audience “Innovative Smart Handlooms” was scheduled. was remarkable.

Annual Report 2017-18 96 • A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed 3–4, 2017 at IGNCA SRC, Bengaluru was between NID and Indira Gandhi National Centre for successfully completed. The conference marked the Arts, Bengaluru on June 30, 2017. The MoU was a first of its kind platform where speakers from signed by Mr. Siddharth Swaminarayan, Secretary & multiple domains shared their research on culture, Head, General Administration, NID on NID’s behalf design, and cognition. Dr. Bibhudutta Baral, Dean, and by Dr. Deepti Navratna, Executive Director, IGNCA NID Bengaluru and Dr. Deepti Navratna, Executive on behalf of IGNCA SRC. Dr. Deepti Navratna, IGNCA Director, IGNCA SRC inaugurated the conference. SRC and Dr. Aneesha Sharma, NID will act as the Eminent speakers at the conference included Dr. coordinators for the initiation and implementation Devdutt Pattanaik, Dr. Pushpesh Pant, Dr. Prabhat of varied projects under this MoU. The MoU opens Ranjan, Prof. Athavankar, Anupama Hoskere, Dr. opportunities for faculty and student research Sharada Srinivasan, Dr. Jamuna Rajeswaran and projects, collaborative conferences/seminars, experts in the fields of design, culture, and cognition. access to knowledge centres and digital archives, About hundred participants comprising researchers, and mutually beneficial design and culture projects. faculty, and students from all over India participated in the conference. The conference concluded on • Government of Jharkhand has taken decision to January 21, 2017 with a vote of thanks to all the merge all co-operative banks in the state to become delegates. branches of JSCB. Rebranding of Jharkhand State Cooperative Bank has been undertaken by NID • NASSCOM Game Developers Conference (NGDC) is faculty Shakti Banerjee; it has been well appreciated India’s largest, and best known, confluence of game and approved by the client. developers, publishers, and decision makers in the ecosystem. Recognizing the burgeoning games • NID-IGNCA SRC joint conference titled, ‘Culture, market in India, NGDC, currently in its ninth year Design & Cognition 2017’ was held from November

97 National Institute of Design • A delegation of Cumulus Board members visited the NID Bengaluru Campus on the November 21, 2017. The delegation comprised:

1. Luisa Collina, President, Cumulus

2. Sam Bucolo, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

3. Lorenzo Imbesi, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

4. Jose Allard, PUC, Chile

5. Rachel Troye, AHO, Norway

6. Sara Hylten-Cavallius, Linnaeus University, Växjö Sweden

7. Ulrich Schendzielorz, HfG Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany

8. Marianna Amatullos, New School Parsons, US

9. Xiao Yong, CAFA, PR China

10. Eija Salmi, Secretary General, Cumulus (Aalto University).

• India UK Design Education Workshop – Future of Design Education organized by India Design Council and supported by British Council was held at the National Institute of Design, Bengaluru Campus from March 9–10, 2018 and following experts from UK participated in the same:

• Prof. Anne Boddington - Dean of College of Arts & Humanities, University of Brington

• Dr. Jo Anne Bichard - Senior Research Fellow, The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, Scotland

• Dr. Graham McLaren - Head of Field of Research, Enterprise and Postgraduate, Bathspa University

was dedicated to the advancement of interactive • Dr. Emma Dewberry - Open University entertainment through talks, panels, super-pitches, • Prof. Steve Rigley - Glasgow School of Art tutorials and more, the NGDC is aimed at bringing to the forefront the exciting gaming ecosystem that exists in India. Students of Digital Game Design (Semester 1 and 3) from the NID Bengaluru Campus participated in the event.

Annual Report 2017-18 98 99 National Institute of Design 8 Knowledge Management Centre (KMC)

The Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) at NID adopts a multifaceted approach to managing print, digital, audio-visual material, Prototypes material all in a seamlessly manner. The KMC showcases the best collection of print material, E-Resources, Prototype material from all corners of the world. Apart from this, the centre has a large collection of the student Diploma Projects and Craft Documentation Reports. The collective strength of all resources at the KMC is aimed giving the centre the power to provide services under one roof with online facilities to the faculty members, students, researchers and the corporate bodies and Institutes associated with design. The KMC staff works to create an organization that is receptive to innovation, recognized for efficient management, and focused on continuous improvement in our services, resources, and facility.

Annual Report 2017-18 100 Educational Resources Added to the Collection as on March 31, 2018

NID Ahmedabad Campus

No. Description of Resources Added during April 2017– Stock as on 31.03.18 March 2018 1 Print Collection (Documents) Books 339 43130 Diploma Projects 211 3323 Project Documents -- 225 Craft Documents 08 486 Colloquium Papers -- 912 Design Concepts & Concerns -- 52 SLA (Sci. & Liberal Arts Studies) -- 47 Student Projects -- 123 2 E-Resources E-books 2 822 E-databases 2 13 E-Journals – Individual Subscription -- 39 3 Audio Recording Cassettes -- 584 LPs -- 1136 Tapes -- 1052 Disk -- 1838 4 Video Recording Disk 83 3895 Films Reel 16 mm -- 245 Films Reel 35 mm -- 87 VHS 03 1343 U-matic -- 636 Betamax -- 109 Betacam -- 276 MDVC -- 233 5 Documents on AV material Document/Images Disk -- 1117 Disk with Book 10 889 Disk with Craft 109 520 Disk with Diploma Documents 205 2434 Disk with Project Report 23 23 Film strips -- 251 Microfilm and fisch -- 211 6 Others Slides (Transparencies) -- 94782 Maps -- 46 Loose Sheets 37 45 7 Prototype Collection Furniture 11 192 Textile -- 03

101 National Institute of Design NID Gandhinagar Campus

No. Description of Resources Added during April 2017 - Stock as on March 2018 31.03.18 1 Print Collection (Documents) Books 321 13219* Diploma Documents 71 776 Craft Documents 32 167 2 Audio Recording Disk -- 566 3 Video Recording Disc -- 1171 4 Documents on AV material Document/Images Disk 25 80 Disk with Book 38 410 Disk with Craft document 25 160 Disk with Diploma Documents 134 715 5 Others Maps -- 29 Games (Board and Card) -- 07 Garment Pattern -- 03 Loose sheets 35 35 6 Prototype Collection Auto miniature -- 39 Apparel -- 02 Accessories -- 04

* This includes transferred books (02) from Ahmedabad Campus

NID Bengaluru Campus

No. Description of Resources Added during April Stock as on 2017 - March 2018 31.03.18 1 Print Collection (Documents) Books 101 9152* Diploma Documents -- 325 Craft Documents -- 14 Project Report -- 89 2 Audio Recording Disk 1 536 3 Video Recording Disk 97 2040 4 Documents on AV material Document/Images Disk 19 95 Disk with Book 3 545* Disk with Diploma 29 246 5 Others Maps -- 28

* This includes transferred book (03) and Disk with book (3) from Ahmedabad Campus

Annual Report 2017-18 102 E-Resources • Craft Research During the year the KMC acquired the following • Co-Design: International Journal of Co-Creation in E-Databases, E-book collections, and E-Journals which design and the arts has been widely used by the faculty and students at all • Creativity Research Journal three campuses of NID through integrated automated • Design Issues library software. • Design Ecologies • Design and Culture E-Databases • Digital Creativity • ACM Digital Library • Design Philosophy Papers • Bloomsbury Design Library • Economic & Political Weekly (EPW) • EBSCO: Art and Architecture Complete • Ergonomics • EBSCO: Communication and mass media Complete • Ergonomics in Design • Euromonitor International Passport GMID • Human computer interaction • Grove Art Online • Human Factors • Jstor database • Information Design Journal • Newspaper Direct • International Journal of Art and Design Education • Proquest: Art and Architecture in Video • Information Visualization • Proquest: Arts and Humanities • Journal of Contemporary Ethnography • Proquest: Asian Film Online: Volume I • Journal of Engineering Design • Proquest: Vogue Archive • Journal of Illustration • V-IDEO: Ideas worth sharing • Journal of Interior Design • Journal of Screenwriting E-Books • Journal of Sensory Studies • Cambridge University Press - (No. of Titles: 75) • Journal of Multimedia • Cengage - (No. of Titles: 07) • Leonardo • CRC press - (No. of Titles: 120) • Leonardo Music Journal • EBSCO E-Books - (No. of Titles: 166 - from various • Museum Journal publishers like AVA, MIT, WILEY etc.) • Museum Practice • Intellect - (No. of Titles: 07) • New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film • Oxford Handbooks - (No. of Titles: 125) • Narrative • Proquest (ebrary E-Books) - (No. of Titles: 227) • Studies in Comics • South Asia Archive E-Books (South Asia Research • Studies in People’s History Foundation (SARF) - (No. of Titles: 02) • Storyworlds: A Journal of narrative studies • Taylor and Francis ( Routledge) - (No. of Titles: 08) • Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research • Wiley (Art & Photography Collection) - (No. of Titles: • The Design Journals 20) • Wood Head Publishing (Textile Engineering As part of the enhancement of services, the KMC will Collection) Access through Elsevier - be subscribing to more E-Books and (No. of Titles: 65) E-Journals during the coming months along with design related databases which will help students and E-Journals (Subscribed individually as E-Journal) faculty in their academic and research pursuits. • Action Research • Animation Practice, Production & Process Print resources • Art, design & Communication in Higher Education NID’s KMC has a wide range of collection of books • Car Design News in its resources on design, science and technology, • Colour Research & Application art & architecture, paintings, history, humanities, etc.

103 National Institute of Design Presently the collection has approx.65204 books in across the campuses. 938 Audio Visual Material had all its three campuses. The periodical section has been sent at IGNCA, Delhi under National Audio-Visual nearly 320 current journals with nearly 4730 back Archives (NCAA) for the Digitization, and received back volumes in all its three campuses. The rare and out all the 938 A.V. Material along with the Digitized soft of print collection includes archival collections on art, copy files of 787 A.V. Materials. architecture, paintings, history, etc. Prototype collection Document Collection The collection is mostly a display of furniture designs The document collection contains more than 6539 and other products from internationally celebrated student diploma projects, colloquium papers, craft designers like Charles Eames from the US, Le documentations, and project reports in all its three Corbusier from France, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig campuses. There are several other reports and Mies Van Der Rohe from Germany, Poul Kjaerholm documentations on various projects NID was involved from Denmark, Bruno Mathsson from Sweden, Eero in during the last 5 decades, which are unique with Saarinen from the US and Hans J Wegner from innovative themes and research oriented studies. Denmark among others. This Classic was founded to encourage the study of design and inspires designers Audio-visual Resources with examples of highest standard. These were The unique collection of audio-visual materials, which designs for the everyday life in Europe and America includes films, (Audio Cassettes, Audio LP’s, Audio It emphasise on the challenges the designers face, Tapes, Audio CD, CD ROM Databases, Digital Audio with respect to new materials, new technologies, Tapes (DAT), Films (16mm & 35 mm), Filmstrips, design processes and of course aesthetics.. Some Microfilms & microfiche, Slides (Transparencies), Video of the designs were very artistic and truly classic Cassettes (U-matic, VHS, Betamax, Betacam), Video and captivating. KMC has the versatile collection CD and DVD) contains NID’s own works as well as the like Furniture, product, ceramic, kitchenware etc. ones collected from externally. These are mostly on KMC Ahmedabad. The cataloguing and photography the topics of design, film classics, and of course NID’s documentation work is in progress. own experimental and animation films. The Audio Collection contains hundreds of hours of music, both Conservation and Preservation of KMC Resources Indian as well as Western & Indian classical, Folk, Jazz, KMC has started rectifying torn, damaged rare books Pop, etc. This collection also includes recordings of for the restoration and preservation. 399 rare books lectures and speeches held at NID, literature readings were preserved and conserved from INTACH, Lucknow. as well as sound effects, which are very important KMC advisory panel members have recommended resources for both students and faculty in their design the remaining rare books and other Diploma/Craft projects covering diverse themes and ideas. The visual reports which are in bad condition are to be preserved collection consisting of nearly 80,000 transparencies through INTACH, Lucknow on continuous basis, as this from the early 60’s till date are unique in the area of is long term activity and its very time consuming. 26 Indian landscape, art, architecture and design, along Crafts have been preserved through INTACH, Lucknow with topics like fairs & festivals, people, traditions, and remaining 418 Craft Documents will be sent for culture, etc. the preservation/Conservation and archival binding process. Digitisation of KMC Resources The KMC has started digitizing the Colloquium Papers and SLA Documents and 958 such documents have been digitized, So that these resources can be preserved and made accessible through online facilities, which will be very useful to NID community

Annual Report 2017-18 104 9. Research & Publications

9.1 Research • An overall curriculum flowchart was designed for the PhD programme. Course Abstracts for different courses were drafted and consolidated. The first one-month modular coursework was designed meticulously and in accordance with that, the timetable was shared with the candidates. The candidates were further asked to give their preference of guides in the order of first, second, and third choice. The Research Committee held a meeting on October 27, 2017 to finalise the prospective guides for each candidate.

• An orientation programme for the PhD candidates was held on October 30, 2017 at the NID Ahmedabad campus. The candidates were given a brief overview of the tentative schedule of the coursework and the entire structure of the programme. Each candidate was informed regarding the prospective PhD Programme at NID guide assigned to them. International Research • A total of 62 applications were received for collaboration is also being explored with Silpakorn admission to the PhD Programme, 2017–18. Based University, Thailand. A group of visitors held a on the eligibility criteria and research proposals meeting with the Director NID on November 22, 2017. review, 25 applications were shortlisted for the next stage of the admission process. 14 candidates • The first one-month course module commenced appeared for the DRT, which was held on April 26, on January 8, 2018. During this period, 14 visiting 2017. Of this, 11 candidates were shortlisted directly faculty and 3 in-house faculty conducted the first for interview. The interviews were conducted on April module of the first semester of the coursework. The 27 and 29, 2017. Two external experts were invited first module was designed to give inputs on 42 varied as external panel members for the interviews. topics under Research Methodology. This module concluded on February 2, 2018. The candidates took • A meeting of the PhD Research Committee was extensive feedback to further refine and work on their held on May 15, 2017 for the final shortlisting of research proposals. The candidates presented their the PhD candidates based on the interview scores. learning experience and took extensive feedback A total of 7 candidates were selected for the first about their research proposals from a panel that academic year of the PhD programme. All have included 4 senior faculty members. opted for the part-time programme. The final list of shortlisted candidates was announced on May 19, • The Research Committee held a meeting on February 2017 on NID’s website. It was also decided that the 8, 2018 to discuss matters related to the PhD programme shall commence in January 2018. Programme. Based on the topic of their research proposals, the committee finalized the guide for • A PhD Research Committee meeting was held each candidate. The final list of guides was further on September 12, 2017 to discuss and finalize approved by the Director. An official invitation was the curriculum flowchart for the programme. A then sent to the 7 PhD guides. presentation on the PhD programme was made in the Governing Council meeting held on September • A half-day workshop on ‘Roles and Responsibilities 21, 2017. All important aspects of the programme of a PhD Guide’ was organized on February 23, 2018 such as the vision, the entire admission process, at the NID Ahmedabad campus. Three external international collaboration, fees structure, etc. were members were invited as experts. All 7 guides of the presented and discussed with the Governing Council. candidates were invited to the workshop. All NID

105 National Institute of Design faculty members were also invited to attend the Jute Pavilion at Vastra 2017 at Jaipur same. The Vastra 2017 fair was held from September 21–24, 2017 at Jaipur. The NID pavilion exhibited the India • The second one-month module of the coursework Design Mark Jute Bags, Lifestyle Jute Bags, Home was conducted from May 14–June 8, 2018. Decor Curtain and Cushions, Acoustic Insulation Jute Accordingly the timetable was prepared and Panels, Amul’s Take-away Jute Bags as well as Born invitations for visiting faculty sent out. from Cotton-Textiles and Apparel Collection. There • NID is organising a conference named ‘Insight 2018’ was an overwhelming response from buyers from India from November 1–2, 2018. The PhD candidates shall and abroad. Pradyumansinh Jhala was one of the jury present their proposals at this conference. members while selecting the stalls for award of prizes in different categories at Vastra 2017. INNOVATION CENTRE FOR NATURAL FIBRE (ICNF) Exhibition in Textiles India 2017 at Gandhinagar Indian Delegation to Japan for Jute Promotion India Design Mark Jute Bags, Lifestyle Jute Bags, During 2015-16, the export of Jute Diversified Home Decor Curtain and Cushions, Acoustic Insulation Products (JDP) to Japan was just 0.6% (Rs.35 mn) Jute Panels and Amul’s Take-away Jute Bags were of total JDP exports (Rs. 5624 mn). The Indian jute showcased in the NJB Theme Area as well as in the industry has also been emphasizing a need to tap NID-IPR Stall at the Jute Pavilion at Textiles India 2017 into the Japanese market. At Tokyo Giftex in 2016, 30 from June 30–July 2, 2017. Hon'ble Prime Minister Japanese Companies showed commercial interest in of India, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Textiles the shopping bags and lifestyle accessories designed India 2017 on June 30, 2017. Delegates from India by the Innovation Centre for Natural Fibre (ICNF), NID and abroad showed keen interest in these products. and exhibited by National Jute Board in Giftex. Also, jute manufacturers were interested in plasma processing of jute, especially in raw jute fibre’s colour In view of this, to have first-hand information about transformation to rich gold. the Japanese market and to seek cooperation from institutes and organizations in promoting good

Annual Report 2017-18 106 quality eco-friendly jute diversified products (JDP) in Jute Bag was awarded the Good Design Award 2017 Japan and to explore the possibility of collaborative on November 1, 2017 at the Good Design Exhibition, development of natural fibre products for the world Tokyo. The Foldable Jute Bag was designed by market, a delegation comprising members from MoT, Abhilasha Jhalani (M.Des., Lifestyle Accessory Design) IJMA, and NID led by Shri Puneet Agarwal, IAS, Joint for her graduation project at ICNF. Pradyumansinh Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India was sent Jhala, Head, ICNF and Shimul Mehta Vyas, Principal to Japan from October 30–November 2, 2017. The visit Designer, NID received the award at Tokyo was scheduled at the time of Good Design Exhibition November 1, 2017. 2017 so that Good Design Award to NID Foldable Jute Bag can also be received. Amul’s Take-away Jute Bags: Launch and Press Meet Six jute bags for Amul Products’ take-aways, The major recommendations and action points arose incorporating GCMMF suggestions were launched from the visit are: by Shri R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat • In order to promote Jute Diversified Products in the Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd in the Japanese market, it is necessary to design products Director NID Pradyumna Vyas, Shri P.K. Sahu, Chief to suit their changing lifestyle, culture, and customs. Market Promotion Officer, National Jute Board, In this pursuit, it is recommended to get student Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India and NID-Amul interns from Japanese Design Institutes such as Team on November 30, 2017 at NID, Ahmedabad for TAMABI for the jute industry. Also, a collaborative commercial manufacture and making it available to project on Jute Product Design and Development the customers at Amul Parlours. could be undertaken jointly by NID and TAMABI.

• For marketing Jute Diversified Products in Japan, it is recommended to establish linkage with Japanese megastores such as Muji and Daiso. The proposed visit of the Muji executive to the Jute industry at Kolkata during either November or December will be a first step in this direction.

• In order to arrange a business meeting between Indian companies and Japanese companies, the Embassy of India at Tokyo’s help can be sought. Also, JETRO can be of help in getting necessary information and guidance in the matter.

• In order to introduce modern production and quality management practices in the age old traditional Indian jute industry, it is recommended to organize suitable training programmes for the personnel of the jute industry with the help of AOTS Research Centre, an organization for human resource development in developing countries.

Good Design Award 2017 Three jute bags: Fashion Tote Bag, Foldable Hand Bag, and Collapsible Tote Bag having the India Design Mark 2017 were submitted for Good Design Award 2017 “G Mark” of Japan Institute of Design Promotion in June 2017. Out of these three bags, the Foldable

107 National Institute of Design Jute Wall Panels for Acoustic Insulation NID-ATIRA Materials and Product Innovation Centre Jute has some unique physical properties like high (MAPIC) tensile tenacity, bulkiness, sound and heat insulation NID and ATIRA signed a Unique Memorandum of properties, low thermal conductivity and antistatic Understanding for achieving synergistic development properties. In view of this, light-weight modular panels in the areas of Natural Fibres and Composites on having jute felt backing and a lustrous Juco Fabric January 5, 2018. The new platform will provide for exterior with handmade surface textures that help sharing of knowledge and infrastructure facility improve the indoor sound quality were developed. between the institutes for the research, development The test results have shown improvement in sound & students activity, in the form of Materials & Product absorption in upper-mid frequency range with different Innovation Centre (MAPIC) at ATIRA. The collaboration exterior surface textures. They are treated for fire leverages the strength of current programs in both retardancy, water repellency, and anti-microbial attack. the institutes-mainly the transformational research in A range of elegantly designed acoustic panels looks natural fibre, industrial product, automobile, railway, to harmonize aesthetics and functionality of sound advanced composite materials and innovative design absorption with an aim to integrate them in space capability of respective in MAPIC. interiors is shown below. These jute wall panels have been installed in the auditorium at NID Gandhinagar National Seminar on Market Driven Innovations in Campus for acoustic insulation in December 2017. Natural Fibres Pradyumansinh Jhala participated in and presented paper on "Design Driven Innovations in Jute Diversified Products for Value Addition and Better Market" which received Best Paper Award in National Seminar on

Annual Report 2017-18 108 Market Driven Innovations in Natural Fibres" organised by The Indian Natural Fibre Society in collaboration with ICAR-NIRJAFT and NJB held at Kolkata from February 22–23, 2018. He also co-chaired a technical session on ‘Imperatives for Technology Transfer in Natural Fibre Sector’ at the seminar.

Jute Diversified Products Showcased before Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India Jute Diversified Products were displayed before Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India in an exhibition organized during his visit to NID Gandhinagar Campus on March 11, 2018.

RAILWAY DESIGN CENTRE (RDC) AT NID AHMEDABAD Design of an Improvised Ladder for Climbing onto the Middle and Upper Berths in ICF and LHB Coaches An improvised alternate climbing arrangement suitable for all categories of passengers (including women, children, and senior citizens) has been developed without compromising on number of berths for each type of coach.

Based on field studies, researchers found that users find it difficult and uncomfortable to use the existing ladder in these coaches while getting on or off the higher berths. Some users would tend to use less of the ladder and step on the berth fearing the risk of slipping. It was also observed that commuters use Colour and Interior Schemes for Upcoming Shatabdi different ways to climb the ladder. Trains: Colour and interior schemes have been designed Keeping the commuter in mind, careful examination to revamp the old Shatabdi trains and create a new was done to understand the different parts of the commuting experience in the long distance superfast ladder that were in use to either hold or step-on while chair car of the upcoming Shatabdi trains. climbing. Railway Design Centre, at NID Ahmedabad Campus has proposed new retro-fitted ladder designs The RDC has designed a new colour and interior for the coaches that would make it safe and easier scheme for Tejas/Shatabdi rake to enhance the to climb. It could prevent users from stepping on the experience of the new high speed railway system for berth and also make transition on the ladder easier. the commuters in India. Detailed guidelines have been The design solution is convenient for three different submitted to RCF Kapurthala to revamp the upcoming ways of climbing, and also caters for commuters coaches with an enhanced, consistent colour scheme above the age of 50 years. and interiors for the Indian Railways that will give it a bold and modern makeover.

109 National Institute of Design The design for exterior and interior schemes is based application for showcasing all the project outcomes. on travel class, region and speed of the train. The The work is in progress and the team is working on design makes the most of the visual elements from optimizing the content. the Indian cultural identity and environmental diversity to give it a look that symbolises modern India. Creating Digital-Learning Environment for Design in India (e-Kalpa) The design of the interiors has an important role to Principal Investigator: Bibhudutta Baral Co- Principal play in reinforcing the Indian Railways identity. RDC Investigator: CS Susanth/ Mamata Rao, NID Bengaluru has created a unique and effective design that is Campus consistent with the colour scheme. The design has The project is an initiative of the Ministry of been created giving prime importance to passenger Human Resource Development (MHRD) to promote safety and behaviour. involvement of information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance quality and reach FACULTY-LED RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDER DST of design education in India. The project has been coordinated from the NID Bengaluru Campus by Project Title: Scroll Paintings & Story telling tradition Bibhudutta Baral. The project is completing 10 years in India and has come to the concluding stage. Project Head: Jagriti P Galphade Status: Waiting for funds from DST Toshiba Project The faculty has revised the proposal based on the Project Head: Bibhudutta Baral, NID Bengaluru instructions from DST after the second round of Campus approval. The revised proposal has been sent to the Major part of the project is over and the final DST. outcomes (Research Reports) have been submitted to Toshiba. Some funding is available for doing research Project Title: ‘A digital Mini-Spectacle for showcasing on health, education, hygiene & sanitation, energy and the glory of Hampi’ - Social Life and Architectural water problems in the context of urban poor, migrant Reconstruction of key monuments at Royal Enclosure society/colonies in the urban cities. The research Hampi and Enhancing User Experience Design for findings will be published by the research team under Interactive Hampi Installations the guidance of the project head. Project Head: Mamata N Rao Status: Funds have been approved by DST NID would, as part of the project, look at reconstructions of a few buildings with Royal Enclosure at Hampi and at user experience for interactive Hampi exhibits and models.

ONGOING INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS India Digital Heritage (Hampi) Anchor faculty: Mamata Rao/ V. Ravishankar, NID Bengaluru Campus NID's work on The Digital Hampi project was in the area of Digital Reconstruction of Bazaar Streets of Hampi. The project funded for over 4 years by DST under India Digital Heritage (IDH) concluded on July 31, 2016. The project outcomes have been handed over to a DST funded team which is developing a web

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9.2 Publications

Newly Released • Chitrakatha Stories 2007-2017 (By Sekhar • Nakashima at NID (Edited by Tanishka Kachru, Mukherjee) Adira Thekkuveettil) • Data Design (By Jignesh Khakhar) • Design Evam Parivesh – Ek Parichay by • Painted and Printed Textiles of India (By Romanie H. Kumar Vyas (Hindi translation: Dinesh Kumar Jaitly) Prasad)

• Simple Leather Products: A Step-by-Step Guide to Publications Stall Making Them (By P. Rameshkumar) The NID Publications’ stall was set up during the • Indian Crafts in a Globalizing World (Edited by Shilpa following events: Das, Neelima Hasija) • India-UK Design Education Workshop Series (May 5–6, 2017) at NID Ahmedabad Campus • Leading Lights on Design (Third Edition) • Chitrakatha, 2017 (October 23–28, 2017) at NID • 12 (Issue 5) Ahmedabad Campus • Roopankan (Issue 4) • NID-IGNCA Joint National Conference ‘Culture, Design & Cognition’ (November 3–4, 2017) at NID Forthcoming Publications Bengaluru Campus • Design at the Doorsteps: Design Approaches for • 38th Convocation (January 10–13, 2018) held at NID MSMEs (By Shashank Mehta) Ahmedabad Campus • INSIGHT 2015: Scholastic Papers from the • Plast India Conference 2018 (February 8–9, 2018) International Design Research Symposium (Edited by held at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar Nijoo Dubey, V. Ravishankar) • India UK Design Education Workshop 3rd series • Symbols NID 1961-2014: A Visual Journey (March 9–10, 2018) at the NID Bengaluru Campus

Annual Report 2017-18 112 113 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 114 10. Integrated Design Services (IDS)

Client servicing is an integral part of NID's activity. Through Integrated Design Services (IDS), NID Number of projects completed from April 1, 13 undertakes consultancy projects and professionally 2017–March 31, 2018: delivers design solutions in various areas of design disciplines. Project proposals sent: April 1, 2017–March 47 31, 2018: The projects are undertaken by faculty mainly to bring market realities to the design studios of NID in a Number of projects commenced during 1st 17 multidisciplinary environment for the benefit of clients. April 2017 to 31st March 2018: Projects in line with NID’s areas of expertise are carefully chosen, so that institution can provide state of the art design solution to perspective clients. Projects in pipeline: 15

Consultancy assignment at NID starts with an enquiry from the client mentioning details of their probable design requirement. In many cases, an enquiry is followed by the meeting with the client in order to understand the scope of the project and creative design brief. Based on the design brief, a techno- commercial proposal is made and sent to the client for approval. Design intervention is carried out in various phases which involve initial research, concept development, design detailing and prototyping.

Through its “Earn While Learn” scheme, IDS also facilitates students to work on real life projects, which in turn, adds value to the upcoming professionals giving them a taste of actual situations.

Over the last 50 years, NID has successfully completed many projects of national importance which includes logo design for more than 500 government, semi- government and private organizations ranging from SBI, Doordarshan, Right to Information, CBI, Indian Airlines, Hindustan Liver etc. Some of the other important projects are “Discovery of India” exhibition at Nehru Centre, Monetary Museum for Reserve Bank of India, Interior Design Projects for Patent Offices, design of Vidhana Soudha at Bengaluru, Coin Design for RBI, Multipurpose National Identity Card, trophy for organizations like DST, CISR, DRDO etc.

115 National Institute of Design Completed Projects (April 2017–March 2018)

Client Name Name of the Project Project Head Mazagaon Dock Ship Builders Limited, Five-Day Workshop on Design & Ergonomics for Vipul Vinzuda Mumbai Warship Building Tata Consultancy Limited., Chennai Design of Think Space Gayatri Menon Council for Leather Exports, Chennai Design of Trophy/Award V. Ravishankar Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Five-day workshop on Ergonomics for the Design and Subir Das (GRSE), Kolkata Production Engineers National Archives of India, New Delhi Designing of Digital Exhibition on Sardar Patel Mayank Loonker Uttar Pradesh Institute of Design (UPID), Handholding for Development of Uttar Pradesh Vijai Singh Lucknow Institute of Design (UPID), Lucknow Katiyar Anil Agarwal Foundation, Bhubaneswar Preparation of Feasibility Report for Setting Up Design Shashank Mehta Institute under Vedanta University Agricultural and Processed Food Logo Design Shakti Banerjee Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Delhi Sanjay Shrenikbhai HUF Design of Home Museum, Lalbhai Family, Ahmedabad Tanishka Kachru Director General of Supplies and Logo Design Rupesh Vyas Disposals, Delhi Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Logo Design Rupesh Vyas Gandhinagar Jharkhand State Co-operative Bank Ltd., Design of Visual Identity (Logo) Shakti Banerjee Ranchi Central Electricity Regulatory Logo Design for Forum for Regulators Tridha Gajjar Commission, New Delhi

Ongoing Projects As On March 31, 2018 Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for National Institute of Technology (NIT) Sikkim The project head had a client meeting at NIT Sikkim for initial discussions and a field visit at NIT Silchar in the third week of March 2018. Project Head: Nanki Nath

Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Deendayal Port Trust, Kutch The NID Team had a client meeting at DPT for initial discussions and also visited Kandla Port in the third week of March 2018. Project Head: Nijoo Dubey (NIRDPR), Hyderabad The concept design presentation for NIRDPR Logo Redesign of Visual Identity (Logo) for National was made in the second week of March 2018 at the Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Client’s office. The project head is working on the

Annual Report 2017-18 116 improvised versions of the concepts shortlisted. Project Head: Tarun Deep Girdher Project Head: Chakradhar Saswade Design of Visual Identity (Logo) and related branding Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Indian Institute of for IIT Tirupati, A.P. Management Nagpur The “Logo Manual” preparation is in progress. The The project head and the Client are working on the payment for the second instalment has been received. Motto alternatives to be finalized. Project Head: Chakradhar Saswade Project Head: Aneesha Sharma Design of Logo and Motto for Central Institute of Design of Packaging for Bitumen Testing Kit for Indian Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai Oil Corporation Ltd., Gujarat The “Logo Manual” preparation is in progress. The sets of apparatus have been selected and Project Head: Nijoo Dubey packaging approach has been finalized. The NID Team is in the process of preparing packaging options Customization of Visual Design of Driving License considering ergonomics, styling of product, material and Vehicle Registration Certificate for Gujarat for and cost of the product development. The invoice Commissioner of Transport Office, Gandhinagar for the second instalment has been submitted to the The Gujarat RC Book Manual file has been submitted Client and the payment has been received. to the Client. Project Head: Mohammed Naim Shaikh Project Head: Praveen Nahar

Game Design on Election and Electoral Processes of Design Interventions for Shri Mata Vaishno Devi India for Election Commission of India, New Delhi Shrine Board, Katra The project head is working on the different concepts The project head has communicated to the Client of the Game Design. to visit and present the edited concept designs of Project Head: Bibhudutta Baral approved concept and fresh design concept for new items. The Client has requested to share a PPT for the Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Aryabhatta same and the visit to be scheduled at a further date. Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Project Head: Pravinsinh Solanki Uttarakhand The work is in progress. Filling in design questionnaire Design of Visual Identity (Logo) and Signage System is pending from the Client. for Ahmedabad Metro Rail for Mega Company Limited, Project Head: Jagadish Kumar Gandhinagar The initial data collection and research are going on Customization of Visual Design of Driving License and for signage system. Regular interaction with the Client Vehicle Registration Certificate for Maharashtra State team is going on for finalizing typeface, language, for Commissioner of Transport Office, Gandhinagar fonts, etc. The logo options in colour and black and The work is in progress. white i.e. three different identities for each have been Project Head: Praveen Nahar submitted to the Client. Project Head: Tridha Gajjar Design of Visual Identity (Logo) and Slogan for Cluster University, Jammu and Cluster University, Srinagar Uniform Design for the Officers & Staff of CGM for The concept design presentation for Cluster University Office of the Commissioner of Geology & Mining Logo was made in the second week of March 2018 (CGM), Industries & Mines Department, Government of at the Client’s office. Out of 4 concepts presented Gujarat, Gandhinagar for both universities, one concept for each university The final payment is received. selected for further refinement. Project Head: Krishna Patel

117 National Institute of Design Designing Vehicle Markings for CGM Vehicles for The bag manufacturer is developing prototypes of two Office of the Commissioner of Geology & Mining shortlisted concepts and they would be tested at the (CGM), Industries & Mines Department, Government of client’s Panagarh plant in the first week of February Gujarat, Gandhinagar 2018. The final payment is received. Project Head: Ranjit Konkar Project Head: Mohammed Naim Shaikh Development of Road Nomenclature, Address System Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Office of the and Signage Manual for Amaravati Capital City of Commissioner of Geology & Mining (CGM), Industries Andhra Pradesh for Capital City Development and & Mines Department, Government of Gujarat, Maintenance Authority, Vijayawada Gandhinagar The project team is working on design detailing The final payment is received. of Phase II and Concept Design of Phase III. The Project Head: Tridha Gajjar presentation planning for Phase III is being done. Project Head: Mohammed Naim Shaikh Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for IIT Palakkad, Kerala Design of UDID Card for Ministry of Social Justice and The IIT Palakkad stationery items final designs have Empowerment, New Delhi been sent for printing. The Project Head developed concepts and sent it to Project Head: Tarun Deep Girdher the client for their approval. Project Head: Praveen Nahar Designing Convocation Attire, Certificate & Grade Sheet with Folder and Memento for Chief Guest for Customization of Visual Design of Driving License and Development Management Institute, Patna Vehicle Registration Certificate for Daman Diu, Dadra The soft copy of the document has been shared with & Nagar Haveli the Client for suggestions. The project deliverables i.e. The project is technically completed. Kurta, Payjama, Stole, Footwear have been submitted Project Head: Praveen Nahar to the Client. Project Head: Amit Sinha User Interface (UI) Design of Digital Evaluation Solution for Tablet for Tata Consultancy Services, Design of GUI for Audio/AVN Screen System in Car Mumbai Dashboard for Hyundai Motor India Engineering Pvt. The invoice for final payment has been submitted to Ltd (R&D Centre), Telangana the client. The final payment is received. However work on design Project Head: Bhaumik Nagar detailing is in progress. Project Head: Mamata Rao Design of Mamta Card Commissionerate of Health Medical Services Medical Education & Research, Design of Mrignayanee Emporium at Khajuraho Gandhinagar for Sant Ravidas Madhya Pradesh Hastshilp Evam The comprehensive design implementation manual Hathkarga Vikas Nigam Limited, Bhopal would be submitted to the client soon. The full set of design drawings has been submitted Project Head: Praveen Nahar to the Client. The final design documentation is under progress. Logo Design for Income Tax Department Project Head: Nijoo Dubey Project Head made concept presentations. Three concepts were shortlisted by the client. Final approval Innovative Packaging Design for Cement Bags for is awaited. Emami Cement Limited, Kolkata Project Head: Rupesh Vyas

Annual Report 2017-18 118 Jewellery Trend Research for India for The Gem and Visual Design of IOCL Retail Outlets Jewellery Export Promotion Council The concept for monolith and canopy are shortlisted. The project is to be closed. Design concepts for other RVI elements are prepared Project Head: Shimul Mehta Vyas and submitted. All technical details are submitted to the client. Documentation is submitted as final Aesthetic improvement of interiors and passenger deliverables. We have requested the Client to close the amenity items: Non-AC sleeper Coach project and release balance payment. The project head has followed up with the client to Project Head: Suresh Immanuel / P Rama Krishna Rao release the final payment. Payment is awaited. The Client has raised some technical queries, which is to Improvement of Aesthetics of GSFC product be responded by the Project Head. Packaging of 50Kg HDPE bags and Packaging items Project Head: Praveen Nahar for Agro Development & Agro Services (AD & AS) The Project is on Phase III. The Project Head is waiting Logo Design for Indian Institute for Packaging, for approval of the concepts developed for packaging Mumbai items for AD & AS from the client. The final documentation of the project is underway. Project Head: Tridha Gajjar Project Head: Tridha Gajjar Design and Development of S V Museum for Tirumala Visual Identity of SAC/ISRO Tirupati Devasthanams Several concepts were developed and presented A letter has been submitted to the Client to mobilize before the approving authority on 17/04/2015. new design team and start the project with fresh Project Head: Jignesh Khakhar approach. Project Head: Mihir Bholey Interior design of IIM Bangalore Library (Project-2) Few concepts were presented. The client asked for Design of Mess Block, Hostel area etc. of NADT, more refinement. The project head is working on it. Nagpur Project Head: Bibhudutta Baral The project is on the completion stage. Final documentation is going on. Visual Identity for National Mission for Clean Ganga Project Head: C S Susanth The project is to be closed, as the client has floated national competition, for which the letter is sent. Designing of Museum for Ramakrishna Mission, Project Head: Sekhar Mukherjee Khetri, Rajasthan The work is in progress. Design Implementation of Exhibition Hall located at Project Head: Mayank Loonker GIDM Raisan, Gandhinagar The client approved the extension of the project from Centenary Stamp Design for Department of Science & 15 March 2017 to 14 March 2018. The work is in Technology, New Delhi progress. The project is technically completed. UC to be sent to Project Head: Vikram Singh Parmar DST. Project Head: Tridha Gajjar Packaging Design of Parag Milk Bags/bottles for Pradeshik Cooperative Federation, Lucknow Styling/aesthetic design of Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) Artworks are being sent to the client. Device for Siemens Ltd. Project Head: Tarun Deep Girdher The project head has followed up with the client to release the final payment. Project Head: Praveen Nahar

119 National Institute of Design Design of Innovative Solutions for Rainguarding in Aesthetic Design of Telecom Towers- Ramboll Soft, Controlled Upward Tapping (CUT) area of Rubber Trees IMI Ltd., Hyderabad for Harrisons Malayalam Limited The concept design presentation was made and The Project Head has communicated with the client to client has short-listed three concepts and has given close the project, as the project got stranded and the feedback. The refined concept was submitted and client did not wish to continue with the project. response on which is awaited. Project Head: Praveen Nahar Project Head: Jignesh Khakhar

Interior Design of Conference Room/Hall of office of Design of Regulator of Gas Equipment-ESAB India the DGFT for Director General of Foreign Trade Ltd., Kolkata The first concept design presentation was made to the The selected design concept is sent to client after client and client has expressed their views on clarity incorporating their suggestions. Response is awaited. on finalisation of concepts presented. Project Head Project Head: Ranjit Konkar has sent a letter asking clarification on design brief and feedback on presented concepts. Proposals Sent: Project Head: C S Susanth • Design and development of Branding and Signage system for Somaiya Ayurvihar, Mumbai

Packaging Design of gift boxes for Spices Board • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) and Slogan for Concept presentation was made and 1-2 concepts Cluster University, Jammu. were selected with some refinement. Exploration of design concept with technicality is going on. • Design of two separate Logo (Visual Identity) for the Project Head: Tarun Deep Girdher two territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli for the purpose of Tourism for Secretary, Design of Logo for IIM Raipur Tourism - DD & DNH. The work is in progress. • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for 36th Project Head: Tridha Gajjar International Geological Congress (IGC) to be held in the year of 2020 for Secretary General 36th IGC, Logo, Hologram and Certificate Design of Central Ministry of Mines, New Delhi. Board of Film Certification, Mumbai • Design of Two Separate Visual Identity (Logo) for i) The Project Head has made presentation before Gujarat Informatics Limited (GIL), Gandhinagar and the Chairman, CBFC. Out of the several concepts ii) the Office of the DIRECTOR IT & E-Governance, presented, one was shortlisted suggesting a few Government of Gujarat for Managing Director, refinements. Gujarat Informatics Limited, Gandhinagar. Project Head: Dhiman Sen Gupta • Interior design of museum space, design of Packaging System design for ELGI Equipments Ltd. interactive exhibits and museum publication for Coimbatore Kempegowda Museum, Bengaluru for Office of the Prototype has been sent to the client. Their feedback Additional Commissioner, Bengaluru. on the same is awaited. NID has requested client to • Vision Design for Improving Ambience of release 2nd phase of the instalment. Ahmedabad Airport, Gujarat, India for Director, Project Head: Bhaskar Bhatt Ahmedabad Airport, Ahmedabad.

Design of Logo for GLPC, Gandhinagar • Designing of Theme Statement for World EXPO- Final concept was sent to the client for their approval. 2020 for Federation of Indian Export Organisations Feedback is awaited. (FIEO), New Delhi. Project Head: Tridha Gajjar • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for IIT Tirupati for Director, IIT Tirupati.

Annual Report 2017-18 120 • Interior Design of the Gem & Jewellery Training • Game Design on Election and Electoral Processes of Centre Project UDUPI for the Gem & Jewellery India for Election Commission of India. Export Promotion Council, Mumbai. • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Karnataka • Design of PVC based Aadhaar Card for Unique Aerospace Technology Centre (KATC) for NAL, Identification Authority of India, New Delhi. Bangalore.

• A Revised Proposal for Design of Visual Identity • Redesign of Visual Identity (Logo) for National (Logo) and Slogan for Cluster University, Jammu Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj and Cluster University, Srinagar for The Vice (NIRDPR), Hyderabad. Chancellor, Cluster University, Jammu. • Design of stone dry polishing machine for GPCB, • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) and Tagline for IIM Gandhinagar. Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. • Design of Catalogue and Brochure for Chhattisgarh • Design of Products for Leather Talks, Kolkata. Handicraft Development Board, Raipur.

• Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Gujarat Goods • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for the event - The & Service Tax Act – 2017 for Office of the State Tax Annual Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Commissioner, Ahmedabad. Bank (AIIB) to be held in Mumbai from 22-27 June 2018 for Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry • Design of Exhibition and Interiors of Museum of of Finance, Govt. of India. National Archives of India, New Delhi. • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Indian Institute • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) and Tagline for of Management Nagpur, Maharashtra. Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board, Haryana. • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for BHUDHAAR (Land Hub ID) for NIC, Meity, Government of India, • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) and Stamp Andhra Pradesh State Centre, Vijayawada. for Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), • Animation Film Design on Election and Electoral New Delhi. Processes of India for Election Commission of India, New Delhi. • Design of Logo and Motto for Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai. • Aesthetic and Ergonomic Enhancement of the Carbon Sulphur Analyzer (CSA) Machine for Bhabha • Customization of Visual Design of Driving License Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. and Vehicle Registration Certificate for Gujarat State for Commissioner of Transport Officer, Gandhinagar. • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Logistics India (India Logistics) for Department of Commerce • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Aryabhatta (DoC), Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I), Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Government of India, New Delhi. Nainital. • Design of Packaging for Bitumen Testing Kit for • Aesthetic and Ergonomic Enhancement on X-Ray Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Gujarat. Baggage Inspection System (XBIS) 6040 for BEL, Pune. • Design of Bags for “ARANYANI” for Sai Lakshmi Industries Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. • Customization of Visual Design of Driving License and Vehicle Registration Certificate for Maharashtra • Design of Uniform for Kerala Tourism Development State for Rosmerta Technologies Limited, Gurgaon. Corporation (KTDC), Kerala

• Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Electoral • Design of Community Toilets for Urban Literacy Clubs (ELCs) for Election Commission of Development, Urban Employment & Poverty India. Alleviation Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.

121 National Institute of Design • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Deendayal Port for setting up of “West Bengal State Design Centre”, Trust, Kutch. Kolkata for The West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Limited (WBIDC), Kolkata • Design of Coffee Table Book on Geographical Indications (GI) of India for DIPP, Ministry of • Design of Bags for “ARANYANI” for Sai Lakshmi Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Industries Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

• Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for National • Design of Uniform for Kerala Tourism Development Institute of Technology, Sikkim. Corporation (KTDC), Kerala

• Visual design of Smart Card International Driving • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for BHUDHAAR Permit (IDP) for Office of the Commissioner for (Land Hub ID) for NIC, Meity, Government of India, Transport, Bengaluru. Andhra Pradesh State Centre, Vijayawada

• Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Nagpur • Animation Film Design on Election and Electoral Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Nagpur. Processes of India for Election Commission of India, New Delhi • Design of New Visual Identity (Logo) for Gujarat Mineral Research and Development Society • Aesthetic and Ergonomic Enhancement of the (GMRDS) for Office of the Commissioner of Geology Carbon Sulphur Analyzer (CSA) Machine for Bhabha & Mining (CGM), Industries and Mines Department, Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Logistics India • Developing a Road Map & Conceptual Framework (India Logistics) for Department of Commerce for setting up of “West Bengal State Design Centre”, (DoC), Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I), Kolkata for The West Bengal Industrial Development Government of India, New Delhi Corporation Limited (WBIDC), Kolkata. • Design of Retrospective Exhibition of Shri Haku • Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Karnataka • Shah for National Gallery of Modern Art (Ministry of Aerospace Technology Centre (KATC) for NAL, Culture), New Delhi. Bangalore • Design of stone dry polishing machine for GPCB, Projects in Pipeline: Gandhinagar • Design of Retrospective Exhibition of Shri Haku • Design of Catalogue and Brochure for Chhattisgarh Shah for National Gallery of Modern Art (Ministry of Handicraft Development Board, Raipur Culture), New Delhi

• Design of Coffee Table Book on Geographical Indications (GI) of India for DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

• Visual design of Smart Card International Driving Permit (IDP) for Office of the Commissioner for Transport, Bengaluru

• Design of Visual Identity (Logo) for Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Nagpur

• Design of New Visual Identity (Logo) for Gujarat Mineral Research and Development Society (GMRDS) for Office of the Commissioner of Geology & Mining (CGM), Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

• Developing a Road Map & Conceptual Framework

Annual Report 2017-18 122 11. Outreach Programmes

NID’s Outreach Programmes extend the institute’s Assam: Aarti Srivastava experience and training facilities to the service of Sikkim: Romanie Jaitly those outside its regular education and client service Tripura: Krishna Patel activities. These programmes help build a network of design collaboration towards economic and social Intervention as Knowledge Partner under USTTAD priorities between the institute and organisations, and Client: Ministry of Minority Affairs, New Delhi groups, and individuals all over India. These networks NID has been invited as Knowledge Partner to help extend design application to those areas that are contribute its knowledge, skills and experience under still new to design. the USTTAD Scheme for the benefit of minority communities practicing traditional crafts. In the first phase of the project, In the first phase of the project, NID’s efforts are enriched by the experience of its craft research and documentation was carried out collaborators which range from industrial bodies and design development workshops were initiated/ (particularly small, medium and hand industries) completed in Five Craft Clusters across India - Glass and other institutions of education and training, to Flame work of Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, Black Pottery voluntary organisations and central or state bodies of Manipur, Screw Pine Weaving craft of Kerala, Papier working in priority sectors. Workshop and training Mache of Srinagar, and Stone Craft of Varanasi, Uttar programmes are tailored to the specific needs Pradesh. of particular groups, aimed at assisting them to Cluster Heads put design awareness in schools, at primary and Glass Flame Work: Swagata Naidu secondary levels. Black Pottery: Neelima Hasija Papier Mache: Tanishka Kachru List of various outreach programmes and projects Screw Pine Weaving: Jonak Das undertaken during the year Stone Craft: Amresh Panigrahi

Ongoing Projects Design Interventions for the Basketry Craft for Documenting the Textile Traditions of the North- Empowerment of 50 Women Craftspersons/Artisans of Eastern States of India: A Composite Design Study Ethiopia (25 persons) and Ghana (25 persons) of Fibres, Dyes, Looms and Tools, Uses and Cultural Client: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government Indicators of India, New Delhi The project focuses on empowering rural, women Client: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts basket weavers in African countries such as (IGNCA), New Delhi Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi and Zambia. The This extensive field-based research project aims prime purpose of this initiative is to strategically and to capture and document a composite study of sensitively re-align basketry traditions; practices and indigenous textile practices of the traditional textiles challenges encountered by rural artisans through the of the North-eastern states. The documentation also use of design as a tool for employment generation contextualizes textiles within the historical, socio- and enhanced livelihood opportunities. For each of the cultural, political, and economic framework. beneficiary countries, the project scope broadly entails The project will culminate into documents of the skills training and up gradation including training of textile traditions for each state having profound trainers, product development and diversification, and reference and archival value in the form of brand building. photographs, videos, and illustrations; supported with Project Head for Ghana: Krishna Patel descriptive and analytical texts. Project Head for Ethiopia: Amresh Panigrahi Project Head: Romanie Jaitly State Heads Product Development & Diversification Workshop in Mizoram & Nagaland: Aditi Ranjan Water Hyacinth Craft Arunachal Pradesh: Swasti Singh Ghai Client: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Meghalaya and Manipur: V. Sakthivel Government of India, New Delhi

123 National Institute of Design ONGC through its Corporate Social Responsibility NID to conduct training workshops at Stone Artisan mission, requested NID to impart “Product Park Training Institute at Dhrangadhra and Ambaji. Development and Diversification Workshop in Water The primary aim of the project is to offer Design and Hyacinth Craft.” In this regard, NID team conducted Skill Development Training Workshops in stone for the a workshop in Water Hyacinth craft for the woman senior students of SAPTI Dhrangadhra and Ambaji. artisans of Assam. The workshop focused on Project Head: P Ramakrishna Rao enhancing the skills of artisans and developing a new range of products suitable for the market. Design & Skill Upgradation Training Workshop in Project Head: Shimul Mehta Vyas Bamboo Client: Industrial Extension cottage (INDEXT-C), (A) Organisational Structure and Curriculum Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar development and (B) Faculty and Staff Development Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), Gandhinagar on Design Pedagogy Matters for establishing approached NID for a series of workshops in the field Jharkhand Institute of Craft and Design (JICD) at of craft sector. Design and Skill Upgradation Training Ranchi Workshop in Bamboo was one of them. The objective Client: Directorate of Handloom, Sericulture and of the workshop was to upgrade the skills of the Handicraft, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi craftspersons, familiarize them with new tools and The Department of Industry, Govt. of Jharkhand techniques to increase the production capacity, and to approached NID to give consultancy to establish teach them finishing techniques to create enhanced “Jharkhand Design Institute”. The main objective of opportunities of income generation for the artisans. the project is to develop professionals to aid Socio- Project Head: Pravinsinh Solanki Cultural & Economic Development for a sustainable future with a mandate to impart education, training and consultancy in the area of Craft Design and Craft Entrepreneurship for craft and allied sectors. Project Head: Gayatri Menon

Design sensitization and Quality Upgradation Training Workshop for Steel & Wooden Furniture Makers Client: ITCOT Consultancy Services and KVIC, Chennai ITCOT Consultancy and Services Limited (ITCOT) is the state technical consultancy organization in Salem approached NID for giving training to 25 artisans who are engaged in making furniture in steel & wood. The Design & Skill Upgradation Training Workshop in main objective of the workshop was to sensitise and Embroidery motivate the artisans in experimenting with new forms Client: Client: Industrial Extension cottage (INDEXT-C), and techniques to keep pace with the changing times Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar and market needs. Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), Gandhinagar Project Head: Pravinsinh Solanki approached NID for a series of workshops in the field of craft sector. Design and Skill Upgradation Training Design & Skill Development Training Workshop in Workshop in Embroidery was one of them. The Stone at SAPTI Ambaji and Dhrangadhra objective of the workshop was to upgrade the skills of Client: Commissioner of Geology & Mining (CGM), the craftspersons, familiarize them with new tools and Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar techniques to increase the production capacity, and to CGM, Gandhinagar is working under the Industries and teach them finishing techniques to create enhanced Mines Department, Government of Gujarat approached opportunities of income generation for the artisans. Project Head: Sonal Chauhan

Annual Report 2017-18 124 125 National Institute of Design Design & Skill Up-gradation Training Workshop in The aim of the project is to offer product development Leather Footwear & Accessory and diversification inputs to the traditional copper Client: Client: Industrial Extension cottage (INDEXT-C), artisans’ - Tamtas of Uttarakhand so as to expand Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar their existing range of products for the contemporary Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), Gandhinagar market by utilizing the local resource, skills and approached NID for a series of workshops in the field techniques. of craft sector. Design and Skill Upgradation Training Project Head: V. Ravishankar Workshop in Leather Footwear and Accessory was one of them. The objective of the workshop was to Empowering by Design - Design Awareness upgrade the skills of the craftspersons, familiarize Programme for North-eastern Handloom & Handicraft them with new tools and techniques to increase the Sectors (Exhibition - Seminar - Workshop) production capacity, and to teach them finishing Client: Development Commissioner (Handlooms), techniques to create enhanced opportunities of Government of India, New Delhi income generation for the artisans. NID had organized this event at Weavers Service Project Head: Y N Vivekananda Centre, Guwahati, Assam in April 2017 with the support of Development Commissioner (Handlooms) Design & Skill Upgradation Training Workshop in The objective was to utilize design intervention and Patchwork innovation strategy to reorient northeast’s handloom Client: Industrial Extension cottage (INDEXT-C), and handicraft traditional sectors and leverage them Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar to develop a creative industry that is anchored on Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), Gandhinagar culture and heritage. approached NID for a series of workshops in the Project Head: C S Susanth field of craft sector. Design and Skill Upgradation Training Workshop in Patchwork was one of them. The Design and Skill Development Training Workshop in objective of the workshop was to upgrade the skills of Bamboo for Tripura JICA project the craftsperson, familiarize them with new tools and Client: Tripura JICA Project, Dept. of Forest, Govt. of techniques to increase the production capacity, and to Tripura, Agartala teach them finishing techniques to create enhanced The focus of the workshop was new product opportunities of income generation for the artisans. development in Bamboo, skill upgradation and Project Head: Aarti Srivastava to sensitize the artisans with various finishing techniques and quality parameters. Completed Projects Project Head: C S Susanth Product Development and Diversification Workshop in Sabai Grass Centre for Bamboo Initiatives (CFBI) Client: Collector and District Magistrate, Government List of Projects Undertaken: of Odisha, Mayurbhanj Design and Production Training in Bamboo Hangers & The objective of the workshop was to help the Hotel Accessories artisans attain value addition to their craft through Client: Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo & Bamboo design intervention; so that they can generate better Crafts Development Board, MP Forest Department, livelihood and employment opportunities. Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal Project Head: Vikram Singh Parmar This project aimed to offer design-led training approach in bamboo to artisans of Balaghat, Satna, Product Development and Diversification Workshop in Chhindwara, Seoni and Harda bamboo clusters of Copper (Tamta) Craft Madhya Pradesh state. The project culminated into Client: Directorate of Industries, Government of a range of bamboo hangers and bamboo accessory Uttarakhand, Dehradun products for the hotel and hospitality industries. Project Head: C S Susanth

Annual Report 2017-18 126 12. Industry & Online Programmes (I&OP)

Design development Training Workshop in Bamboo • A five-day design workshop on “Ergonomics Client: Kerala State Bamboo Mission, and User Centred Design” was conducted from Thiruvananthapuram September 18–22, 2017 at NID Ahmedabad The aim of the project was to offer “Design Campus. Total 16 participants attended Development Training Workshop in Bamboo” for the the workshop from different Institutes and trained artisans of Kerala State Bamboo Mission. The Organisations like Kevin Process Technologies Pvt. workshops focused on training knowledge in making Ltd., Ahmedabad; Nirmala Niketan Polytechnical; bamboo mementos and furniture. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Tata Centre Project Head: C S Susanth for Technology & Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai; Mahindra & Mahindra Chennai; Maruti Suzuki India Industry & Online Programmes (I&OP) organises Ltd. Gurgaon; John Deere TCI; DSK International a series of result-oriented, value-added design Campus; Tata Motors Pune. The workshop was workshops and programmes in the areas of strategic anchored and conducted by Subir Das. design opportunities. The design programmes/ workshops are conducted under the flagship of NID’s • A five-day workshop on “Introduction to Design experienced faculties and a host of distinguished Thinking and Methods” was conducted from experts and professionals from different walks of life. November 13–17, 2017 at NID Ahmedabad Campus. Total 20 participants attended the workshop from List of industry/organisations who participated are as different Institutes and Organisations like Data under: Security Council of India - A NASSCOM initiative, Delhi; AffinityX, Pune; N-Trust Solutions Inc, Industry Programmes at NID Ahmedabad Ahmedabad; Apollo Tyres Ltd. Global R&D Centre- Design Workshops Asia, Chennai; Creativity Sphere, Chennai; Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Noida; Kunal Pneumatics • A five-day design workshop on “Decoding Visual Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad; Lifestyle International Pvt. Design for Non-Designers” was conducted from July Ltd- Max Retail Division, Xelpmoc Design & Tech 24–28, 2017 at NID Gandhinagar Campus. Total 22 Pvt Ltd. Bengaluru; ECE Department, VNRVJIET, participants attended the workshop from different Bachupally, Hyderabad; CSE Department, VNRVJIET, Institutes and Organisations like Encore Sourcing Bachupall, Hyderabad; Diamond crystal (Pvt) Ltd, Agency Limited, Noida; Cognizant Technology Indore; SAAM Textiles, Mumbai; Bharat Electronics Solutions India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai; First Moon Exports Ltd., Haryana;RCF Kapurthala, Punjab, Indian Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru; Whirlpool of India, New Delhi; Railways, Punjab. The workshop was anchored and Page Industries, Bengaluru; FutureSoft INDIA Pvt. conducted by Gayatri Menon. Ltd., New Delhi; Firestar Diamond International, Mumbai; Pruquest Publishing, Ghaziabad; Dept. of Medical Device Engineering, Biomedical Technology Wing, SCTIMST, Poojappura; Think Design, Trivandrum; General Motors Technical Centre India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru; National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara; Forest Research Institute, Dehradun Emerson Innovation Centre – Pune; Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. The workshop was anchored and conducted by Sonal Chauhan and Shekhar Bhattacharjee.

127 National Institute of Design Summer Workshops

Seven summer workshops were conducted in schedule I (May 22–26, 2017) at NID Ahmedabad Campus. Details of the summer workshop are provided below:

Name of Summer Workshop Anchor Faculty No. of Participants Keep Clicking: “A Workshop on Basic Photography" Saurabh Srivastava 18 3D Printing Fun Vipul Vinzuda 17 Handmade Fashion Sonal Chauhan 14 Illustration Amit Sinha 26 Ceramic Murals: Surface, Colour, and Glaze Neelima Hasija 24 Anand Prajapati Ahmedabad: A Glimpse through Sketching Kaushik Chakraborty 23 Website Design & Development for Beginners Ankit Mehta 08

Four summer workshops were conducted in schedule II (May 29–June2, 2017) at NID Ahmedabad Campus. Details of the summer workshops are as per below:

Name of Summer Workshop Anchor Faculty No. of Participants Keep Clicking: “A Workshop on Basic Photography" Saurabh Srivastava 25 Fashion Draping Sonal Chauhan 18 Bamboo Works Pravinsinh Solanki 32 Design your web presence Piyush Pankhania 12

Total 217 participants attended these 11 summer workshops at NID, Ahmedabad. The workshops received very good feedback and the participants found them very interesting / informative and career driven. The participants of the above summer workshops were belonged to variety of institutes, schools and organisation from all over India.

Annual Report 2017-18 128 129 National Institute of Design Client-Specific Programmes Off-campus Workshops In-campus Workshops • In–Campus two-day design workshop on “Decoding • A two-day programme on “Introduction to Design the Design Story” for Kohler India Corporation (Design Talk) ” was conducted from January 4–5, Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon was conducted from April 2018 at eClinical Works, Ahmedabad. Gayatri 20–21, 2017 at NID Ahmedabad Campus. Total 26 Menon and Shashank Mehta offered the sessions. participants attended the workshop. The workshop Programme fee was Rs. 3,00,000/- and total 300 was anchored and conducted by Neelima Hasija. participants attended the programme. Programme fee was Rs. 4,00,000/- (Rupees four lakh • A four-day off- campus customized design only) plus GST. workshop on “Driver and Vehicle Ergonomics” for • In –Campus two-day design workshop on “The TATA Motors Limited, Pune for their engineers was Design Spark: A workshop on Visual Literacy” for the conducted from March 6–9, 2018 at Pune. Total marketing service team of KPMG Global Services 20 officials attended programme. The programme Pvt. Ltd. India. The workshop was conducted was well appreciated and client is also very much from July 27–28, 2017 at NID Bengaluru Campus. interested for next level programme. Programme fee Total 32 participants attended the workshop. The was Rs. 6,00,000/- (Rupees six lakh only) plus GST. workshop was anchored and conducted by Nijoo The programme was anchored by Subir Das. Total Dubey. Programme fee was Rs. 4,00,000/- (Rupees 19 participants attended the workshop. four lakh only) plus GST. • A three-day off-campus workshop customized • A half-day lecture series (two session) was training programme on “Creativity and Innovation” conducted on March 27, 2018 at NID, Ahmedabad for Accenture Solution Private Ltd., Bengaluru for for ALC (Access Livelihoods Consulting India Ltd., their officials was conducted during March 14–16, Hyderabad). Total 15 participants attended the 2018 at Bengaluru. Total 28 officials attended off sessions. Shilpa Das and Pravinsinh Solanki offered campus programme. The programme was well the sessions. Programme fee was Rs. 50,000/- (Fifty appreciated and client is also very much interested Thousand only) + GST. for next level programme. Programme fee was Rs. 6,00,000/- (Rupees six lakh only) plus GST. The programme was anchored by Gayatri Menon. Total 28 participants attended the workshop.

Annual Report 2017-18 130 Meetings, Workshops, Training and Sensitization Programmes:

Sr. No Name of Organisation / Institute Nature of Programme

1 Accenture Solution Private Limited, Bengaluru Workshops on storytelling for their officials.

2 Kohler India Corporation Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon Training programme for Sales team.

3 Evalueserve Gurgaon Training programme on Visualization, Storyboarding for team.

4 Asian Paints Design inspiration training to officials.

5 Higher Education Department, Govt. of Kerala Training/Knowledge Partner of Community Skill Park.

6 KPMG, Gurgaon Training programme for KMPG official at NID Bengaluru Campus.

7 GMTCI Design Studio Design Course for Digital Sculptors

8 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Tamil Exploring to customized design workshops for the MSME Nadu Sector for companies in the southern region.

9 eClinical Works, Ahmedabad Design Thinking & Methods workshop for their officials.

10 School of Enterprise Development (SED), Training programme on “Design Sensitization for Crafts” National Institute for Micro, Small & Medium for their master craftsmen from different engineering and Enterprises (NI-MSME) handicraft sectors at Ranchi.

11 TATA Motors Ltd Off campus training programme on ‘DRIVER AND VEHICLE ERGONOMICS’ for their 25 engineers.

12 ITCOT-Salem-Tamil Nadu Development of new designs for making of furniture’s in steel & wood.

13 Explorer- BeOne Foundation, New Delhi Design thinking workshop to their officials.

14 Koru, Pune Workshop on “Design Thinking and User Centric Design” for their officials.

15 Strategic Consulting, Bengaluru Weekend courses for Graphic Design or specific UX courses for corporate.

16 Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, In campus design workshop on "Animation and New Govt. of Kerala Media” for 40 students and 8 teachers.

17 Access Livelihoods Consulting India Ltd. (ALC) Lectures series session for their fellow.

18 Philips Innovation Campus Basics of Ergonomics & Human factors thru a certificate course.

19 Showtime Events (India) Private Limited Workshops or interactive sessions with professors or leading designers for Graphic Designing, 3D Mapping, 3D/2D related courses.

131 National Institute of Design • A meeting was held on June 14, 2017 at NID Bengaluru Campus with Ms. Yamini Subramanian (Associate Director- Marketing Services & Corporate Communications) and Ms. Krishna Kumar - (Associate Director, CREATE) from KPMG, Gurgaon for conducting 2 days’ workshop for the 32 young members from KPMG Global Services, Bengaluru.

• A meeting was held on August 3, 2017 at NID, Ahmedabad with Ms. Darshika Pandit, Human Resources from eClinicalWorks, Ahmedabad for conduct design talk/session for 300 fresh engineer.

• A conference call meeting was held on August 4, 2017 with Mr. Thulasiraj (Heading the CII’s Southern Regional Desk for International Affairs and MSME’s.) for conducting two design awareness programme (3 days each) for the MSMEs located in the southern region like Bangalore/Hyderabad/Chennai/Coimbatore of India

• A conference call meeting held on January 3, 2018 with Mr. Marcel Fernandes, Engineering Research Centre I HR, TATA Motors Ltd for conducting three off campus customized Design workshop on “Driver and Vehicle Ergonomics” at Pune.

Proposals Sent During this Year

Sr. No Name of client Particulars of the Programme Project Head Amount (Rs)

1 Kohler India Corporation Pvt. Decoding “The Design Story” Neelima Hasija 4,00,000/- Ltd., Gurgaon

2 KPMG Global Services Pvt. Ltd. The Design Spark: A workshop on Nijoo Dubey 4,00,000/- India Visual Literacy

3 Confederation of Indian 2 Programme of 3 days each Shashank Mehta 9,00,000/- Industry (CII), Tamil Nadu Design for MSMEs

4 eClinicalWorks, Ahmedabad Introduction to Design Shashank Mehta & 3,00,000/- (Design Talk) Gayatri Menon

5 Tata Motors Limited, Pune 3 Programmes for 4 day each - Subir Das 15,00,000/- Driver and Vehicle Ergonomics’

6 Accenture Solution Private 3 programmes for 3 day each on Gayatri Menon 18,00,000/- Limited, Bengaluru Creativity and Innovation

7 Office of the Director of In campus design workshop on Sekhar Mukherjee 10,00,000/- Higher Secondary Education, "Animation and New Media” Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Annual Report 2017-18 132 Online Programmes (NODE) : • Received 1201+ registrations for NID’s Online Design Education (NODE) for “Design Fundamentals” course till date.

• Two new courses are being developed under the subject mentioned below Introduction to Bamboo by C S Susanth (paid course) Wood Joineries by L C Ujawane (paid course).

• Faculty lead new courses being explored; Design thinking by Gayatri Menon Indigo Lab/Natural Dyes by Sakthivel V.

133 National Institute of Design 13. Design Promotion & Design Sensitisation Activities

13.1 IPR Cell Design Registrations Details: • Applied for design registrations : 49 products • Design Registered : 18 products • First Examinations Report Stage : 20 products

Filing for Patents: The process of providing support to students for prior art search was initiated. Under this support, two products namely, (a) Device for making compost, and (b) Smart Helmet, were supported. Few more students’ projects for prior art search are under consideration. Based on the prior art search report provided by the consultants, further procedures will be initiated by the IPR Cell-NID.

Other activities: • IPR Cell Catalogue was published in January 2018. The purpose of this catalogue is to highlight NID products protected under design registrations by the IPR Cell. • IPR Cell assisted in drafting guidelines for the KMC department relating to Image Licencing Policy. • IPR Cell also provided assistance in drafting Undertaking for International Loan Agreement between NID & Berlin and Between NID & China Design Museum.

13.2 Design Clinic Scheme for MSMEs Funded by the Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India

With the successful implementation of the 1st phase stands successfully completed and 19 are in various of the Design Clinic Scheme, the office of DC MSME stages, Young designers undergoing their final year has entrusted NID with the implementation of the up of studies in design and allied Institutions across scaled 2nd phase of the Scheme which envisages an the country have continued to take the programme outlay of Rs. 149 Cr. seriously and 09 student design projects have been approved so far for finding design solutions for In the scaled up Scheme, the budget outlays have MSMEs out of which 03 Student projects have been been revised to Rs. 5 lac (75% reimbursable) for completed with interesting design solutions. Outcome Design Clinic Workshops and financial assistance to of successful design solutions have been highlighted Micro Units have been revised to 75% of Rs. 15 lacs in booklet forms for both professional designers and for individual units and Rs. 25 lacs for group micro student designers design intervention specific to units. Financial assistance for small and medium units micro, small and medium enterprises. There has been have been revised to 60% of Rs. 25 lacs for individual increasing enthusiasm nationally from the MSMEs, units and Rs. 40 lacs for group design projects. A Design Community and Design Institutions with major impact on design intervention to micro, small, 127 professional designers, 100 Design Profession and medium industries is expected through enhanced firms, 20 Design Education Institutions, 381 design outlays for various activities and programmes students, 304 MSME units, 18 MSME Associations and 05 Government Organizations registering with During the up scaled scheme, we have successfully the same showing their interest in implementation conducted 28 Design Awareness Seminars, 293 of the Scheme. We have conducted 02 Orientation professional design project have been registered Programmes. with the scheme by a varied group of MSMEs and professional designers, out of which 107 professional The Design Clinic Scheme continues to be a shot in design projects have been approved, 55 projects the arm for the MSMEs who, with design awareness

Annual Report 2017-18 134 and sensitization, are now looking for more and more • Physiotherapy Machine. MSME Unit : Biotech, design intervention for their products and services. Mumbai | Designer : Desmania Design, Mumbai The Scheme stands out as a major tool for the benefit • Solar Water Heater. MSME Unit : Genius Industrial of Indian MSMEs in the years ahead, and afford Services, Mysore | Designer : Gururaj K, Mysore greater opportunities to young designers. • LED Lights. MSME Unit : Suveg Electronics, Ahmedabad | Designer : Cosire Innovations, Mumbai Status Report on Activities from April 2017–March 2018 • Wood Router Machine. MSME Unit: Joginder Electrical Works, Ahemadgarh | Designer: Jagseer Registrations Nos. Singh Grewal, Ludhiana Design Consultants 58 • Illuminating Device. MSME Unit : Univlabs, Gurgaon, Design Firms 45 | Designer : Logic Fruit Technologies Pvt. Ltd, New Design Institutes 06 Delhi Design Students 339 Design Clinic Scheme Promotional Activities: MSME Associations 12 • One day Awareness program on financial support MSME Units 174 of ZED certification scheme on July 26 at NEDFI House, Guwahati organised by MSME-DI of Assam Government Organization 02 and PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (Project Officer, North East zone) given the detailed Design Awareness Programme: 01 Ongoing presentation on Design Clinic Scheme. (Designer, Orientation Programme: 01 East zone) given the detailed presentation on Professional Design Project Received: 57 Design Clinic Scheme at National Jute Board on Professional Design Project Approved July 27, 2017 for Jute Project Meeting with Jute (Project Monitoring and Advisory Committee): 14 Manufacturers. Student Design Project Received: 13 • NID’s presence at MSV Brno 2017, the 59th Four PAP (Project Assessment Panel) meeting of the International Engineering Fair at Brno, the second up scaled Design Clinic Scheme held on following largest city and major industrial hub of Czech dates i.e. May 31, 2017 at NID-New Delhi office, July Republic. Design Clinic Scheme information 19, 2017 at NID-Ahmedabad, November 10, 2017 at displayed during the exhibition was visited by the NID-New Delhi office, and January 30, 2018 at NID-New dignitaries and local visitor and there was a good Delhi office. response to it.

• Exhibition attended by North East Project Officer 25th PMAC (Project Monitoring and Advisory “Exhibition of North East Women Entrepreneur”. Committee) for implementation of Up-Scaled Design Clinic Scheme for Design Expertise in MSME Sector • Participated and displayed of products in 10th under NMCP held on August 29, 2017 International Plastics Exhibition (PLASTINDIA), Conference and Convention at Gandhinagar from India Design Mark for MSME Products Assisted by February 7-12, 2018. Design Clinic Scheme • Participated in Engi Expo 2018 February 10–12, During the year, five MSMEs which got assistance 2018. under Design Clinic Scheme (DCS) have been awarded • Invited and delivered scheme presentation in India Design Mark. Design Awareness Seminar organized by MSME- Development Institute, M/o MSME, New Delhi in

135 National Institute of Design • association with Laghu Udyog Bharti, Ghaziabad, on February 20, 2018 at Modern College of Professional Studies, Anand Industrial Estate, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad.

• Invited and delivered scheme presentation in Design Awareness Seminar organized by MSME-DI Ahmedabad and Industries Association, Ankleshwar at Ankleshwar on February 16, 2018.

• Show case display of professional and student design projects under Design Clinic Scheme for MSMEs during the Visit of Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India at NID Gandhinagar Campus on Sunday, March 11, 2018.

• Display of Professional and Student Design Projects under Design Clinic Scheme for MSMEs during NID's 38th Convocation Day.

• Regular website Updates along with scheme social accounts (Facebook page, Twitter and LinkedIn).

Annual Report 2017-18 136 14. Faculty Profile

Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Pradyumna Vyas • B.E. (Mech. Engg.) Jiwaji • Product Design • Design for Social Director Univ., Gwalior • Design for Social Development • M. Des. IDC, IIT, Mumbai Innovation • Design for [email protected] • Honorary Masters of Arts, Sustainable Univ. of Creative Arts, UK Development

• Year of joining NID: 1989 Aakash Johry (Dr.) • Ph.D. (Design) – IDC, IIT • Research • Playful design Toy & Game Design Bombay Methodology • Design for special • M. Des. –IIT Kanpur • Media and needs [email protected] • B. Tech. (Mechanical Technology • Design research Engineering) - IIITDM, • Design Project 1 • User experience Jabalpur & 2 design • Game mechanics • Year of joining NID: 2018 • Form and space • Photography Aarti Shrivastava • PG Dip.in Textile Design, NID • Fabric Structure-2 • Weaving Textile Design – 2002 • Advance Woven • Traditional Crafts • B.A. in Painting & Lit., Vikram Construction • Surface Design [email protected] Uni. • Design Project – • Sketching & Painting woven apparel • Year of joining NID: 2010 Ajay Kumar Tiwari • PG Dip.in Animation & Film • Script Writing • Illustration Animation & Film Design Design NID – 2007 • Pre-production • Design Process [email protected] • M.Sc., Govt. College of • Production • Soft Rock Science Process • Short Stories • Storyboarding • Movies • Year of joining NID: 2008 • Motion Graphics • Film Appreciation • Comic Book Design

Amit Kumar Sinha • B.A. Sociology, Hons, • Collection • Design Education & Apparel Design & Banaras Univ. Development, Systems Thinking Merchandising / • PG Dip.in Apparel Design, (Ready to wear, • Accessory Design Lifestyle Accessory NID – 2000 Design wear) • Ethical & Sustainable Design • Master in Anthropology – • Craft Research Design IGNOU-2015 • Illustration & • Performance Apparel [email protected] Representation & Textile • Year of joining NID: 2009 Tech. • Trends and Forecast • Soft Material Research Exploration & Construction • Nature & Figure Drawing Amresh Panigrahi • Master in Strategic Design • Design Projects • Design for Social Lifestyle Accessory Mgmt., Politecnico de with Academic & Needs Design Milano, Italy Professional View • System Thinking • PGDPD in LAD, NID – 2008 Points • Design Research [email protected] • Dip.in Advance Computer • Business Strategy Arts, National Multimedia • Form Studies Research Centre, Pune • Human & Emotion • B.Arch. from College of • Design for Special Engineering & Technology, Needs Bhubaneswar • Consumer Lifestyle Study • Year of joining NID: 2010 • Trends Spotting

137 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Aneesha Sharma (Dr.) • Doctoral Programme in • Interactive • Teaching Interests Information Design Industrial Design Centre Information • Information (IDC) – IIT – 2013 Visualization II Visualization [email protected] • Masters in Visual • Thematic • Systems Thinking Communication-1999 Cartography • Way Finding • Design Project 2 • Research Methods • Year of joining NID: 2015 & 3 • History of Arts • Research Interests • Creativity, Cognition • Art & Design • Phenomenology • Creative Experiences Arun Gupta • B.A. (English Lit.), Univ. of • Film Appreciation • Video on the Web Film & Video Delhi • Film Language • Creative Writing Communication Design • Dip. in Cinema (Direction), • Elements of Film & Television Institute of Direction [email protected] India, Pune • Scriptwriting & Visual Scripting • Year of joining NID: 1996

Ashok Mondal • Graduate Diploma in • Basic Material • Design Process Universal Design Ceramic & Glass Design – • Production • Design for MSMEs NID – 2008 Process • Cluster development [email protected] • Diploma in Pottery & • Design Process through design Ceramic Technology – Visva • Elements of Form • Sustainable Design Bharati – 2004 • Ceramic Workshop • Design Project • Year of joining NID: 2016 • Material & methods • Environmental Perception

Austin Davis • P.G. Dip. in Toy & Game • Elements of Play • Understanding of Play Toy & Game Design Design – NID – 2011 • Media and • Game Designing • B.Tech. (M.E.) – Uni. of Technology • Design Thinking [email protected] Calicut • Systems Design • Systems Thinking • Years Design Teachers • Design Projects • Character Designing Development Programme/ • Illustration Faculty Development programme (FDP) – NID

• Year of joining NID: 2017 Balaji Rengarajan • M.A. (Automotive Design), • Automotive • Automotive exterior / Transportation & Coventry University, UK sketching interior design Automobile Design • B.A. (Hons), Transportation • Representation • Motorcycles Design Coventry University, Techniques • Advanced product [email protected] UK • Automotive form / representation • B.Tech. (Automobile Engg.), Clay Modelling techniques Madras Inst. of Tech., • Digital Sculpting / Chennai Visualization • B.Sc. (Physics), MK • Clay Modelling University • Green mobility • Systems Design • Year of joining NID: 2011 • Graphic Design • Photography

Annual Report 2017-18 138 Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Bhaumik Nagar • B.E. Electronics & • New Media • Web Application and IT Integrated Communication, Gujarat • Information & Framework (Experiential) Design University Digital Design • System Architecture • M.E. Computer Engineering, • Usability & Interface [email protected] Dharamsinh Desai University Design • OOD, Design Patterns • Year of joining: 2007 and UML • Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture Bhavin Kothari • Diploma in Construction • Intellectual • Design Planning & Strategic Design Technology, CEPT Property Rights & Mgmt. Management • PG Diploma in Planning, Business Law • Intellectual Property CEPT • Design • Innovation [email protected] • PG Diploma in Patents Law, Management Management Nalsar Uni., Hyderabad • Business • Change Management Communication • Design Audit • Year of joining NID: 2005 • Environmental • Craft Incubation Perception

Bibhudutta Baral (Dr.) • Ph.D. (Cognitive Science), IIT • Cognitive • Cognitive Psychology Information & Interface Delhi Psychology • Indian & Analytical Design • M.A. (Philosophy) Utkal • Ergonomics Philosophy University • Cross Cultural • Ergonomics [email protected] • M.A. (English) Utkal Psychology • Philosophy and University • Research Psychology of Logic & Methodology Mathematics • Year of joining NID: 2002 • Communication • Cross Cultural Studies Psychology & Semiotics C.S. Susanth • Diploma in Industrial Design • Folding Furniture • Bamboo and Cane Design for Retail from NID, 1998 Design Crafts Experience • Simple Furniture • Paper Sculpture • Year of joining NID: 1999 Design • Material Exploration [email protected] • Materials & • Craft Design Processes • Workshop Skills • Basic Materials & Methods • Craft Documentation • Environmental Perception • Furniture Orthography

139 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Chakradhar Saswade • B.F.A. (Painting), Gulbarga • Information • Form & Space Studies Information & Interface Univ. Visualization • Information Design Design • M.F.A. (Print Making), M.S. • Visual Identity & • Visual Metaphor Univ., Baroda Retail Design • Art-Design-Craft-Kitsch [email protected] • Film Appreciation, Film & • Product Television Institute of India, Communication Pune • Semiotics of • 2 Years Faculty Dev. Photography Programme at NID (1999- • Elements of 2001) Composition • Space, Form & • Year of joining NID: 2001 Structure • Environmental Perception • Drawing & Visualization • Visual Narrative • Basic Graphic Design • Symbol Design • Word & Image • Fundamentals of Visual Design Dhiman Sengupta • Dip. in Animation Film • Basic Animation • Drawings & Animation Film Design Design, NID – 1999 • Comic Book Storytelling Workshop • Comic Books & [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2009 • Sound Design Graphic novels & Music • Music & Compositions Appreciation • Object Oriented • Title Sequence Programming Design • Visual Scripting Gayatri Menon (Dr.) • B.E. (Production), S. S. • Fundamentals of • Basics of Design Design Foundation Engg., Bhavnagar visual inputs • Design methods Studies • AEP Dip. in Product Design, • Basic Materials • Systems thinking NID – 1999 • Combination of • Creativity and [email protected] materials Innovation • Year of joining NID: 1999 • Design process • Design pedagogy • Design projects • Design for children • Systems design • Film language and • Research methods literature

Hitesh Chaurasia • PG Diploma in Cinema • Sound: Fiction • Research in Sound Film & Video – Satyajit Ray Film & workshop • Storytelling Communication Design Television Institute, Kolkata • Sound: ad • Sound Design • M.Sc. – Dr. H.S. Gour workshop • Sound Art/installation [email protected] University • Storytelling • Radio Drama • B.Sc. - Dr. H.S. Gour through sound • Podcast University

• Year of joining NID: 2018

Annual Report 2017-18 140 Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Jagadish Kumar • Master of Fine Arts – • Design Drawing • Visual Art and Design Graphic Design University of Hyderabad I & II • History of Design – 2004 • Colour I & Colour II • Indian and Western [email protected] • Bachelor of Fine Arts – • Drawing & Art history College of Arts, Chitrakala Visualization for • Colour, Colour Parishat, Bengaluru Graphic Design psychology & colour University – 2002 • Learning from field illusion for Graphic Design • Illustration, • Year of joining NID: 2016 • Elements of Typography composition • Contemporary Art and • Design Project Design III - Strategies • New Media Art and for Visual Design Communication • Print Making – Etching and Lithography • Sculptures – 2D and 3D Shakti Banerjee • PG Dipl. in Communication • Visual Design for • Visual Interaction Digital Game Design Design, specialization in Game Digital Game Design Graphic Design- NID – 1994 • Design Project • Motion Graphics & [email protected] VFX • Year of joining NID: 2016 • Corporate Identity & Branding • Communication Campaign Design • Systems Design • Design Methodology Jagriti Galphade • M.A. Fine Arts (Drawing • Perception & • Narratives Design for Digital & Painting), Barkatullah Representation • Information Design Experience Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal (Freehand • Media & Education • Advanced Diploma in Drawing) • Interaction Paradigms [email protected] Computer Arts, CDAC, Pune • Design Drawing & & Healthcare • FDP at NID (2004 - 2006) Representation • Interactive Systems • Basic Graphic for School Education • Year of joining NID: 2004 Design • Digital Storytelling • Visual Communication • Colour & Composition • Media Studies • Introduction to Narratives • Prototyping & Usability Evaluation Methods • Storytelling in Interactive Media • Research Methodology • Digital Storytelling

141 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Jignesh Khakhar (Dr.) • B.A. (Hons.) Architecture, De • Exhibition Design • Architecture New Media Design Montfort University, UK • Information Design • Building Technology • Ph.D. (Arch), Cardiff Uni., UK • Interface Design • Environment Design [email protected] • Software • Year of joining NID: 2007 Programming • Documentary Film Making • Economics, Visualisation Jitendra Singh Rajput • B.E. (Mechanical) - Nagpur • Project • Design Research Strategic Design Uni. Management – • Strategic Management • PG Diploma in Strategic Design Project II Management Design Management – NID • Materials – Metal • Systems [email protected] – 2009 • Design • Project management Management • Year of joining NID: 2013 Jonak Das • P.E. Diploma in Industrial • Design Project-I – • Educational Exhibition Design Design (Product Design), Exhibit Design Environments NID – 1999 • Material Studies • Spatial [email protected] • Materials and Communication • Year of joining NID: 2016 Making • Geometry • Design Studio • Literature –I: Typography • Travel & Environmental Branding • Body and Space Workshop • Geometry – 2D and 3D – Foundation • Design Process – Foundation Kaushik Chakraborty • PG Dip. Animation Film • Drawing for • Film Animation Film Design Creation & Direction, Animation • Photography Indo Italian Inst. for Dev. • Character Design • Painting [email protected] Communication, Kolkata • History of • Cartoon & Caricature • Dip. in Multimedia Content Animation • Comic Book Creation • Design Drawing • Foreign Language • Jadavpur University • Environmental (German, French) • B.Com, Calcutta University, Perception • Cooking Kolkata • FDP (2009-2010) at NID

• Year of joining NID: 2010 Krishnesh Mehta • M.Sc. (Physics), Gujarat • Design • DSTM Convergence Product Design Univ. Management • Immersive Designs • Dip. in Space Sciences • Retail & Futuristic [email protected] • 2-Years Faculty Trg. Prog., Merchandising Technologies NID • Multi-Sensory • Design Management • M.B.A. (IGNOU), Delhi Design • Multi-Sensor • Lighting Experimental Design • Year of joining NID: 1995 • Technical Studies • Neurophysiology • Marketing of Creativity and Communication leadership • 4D Multimedia • Alternative Medicine

Annual Report 2017-18 142 Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Mamata N. Rao • B.Arch. (Karnataka • Elements & • Creativity Design for Digital University) Principles of • User-centric Design Experience • M. Design Science Design • Interactive Media (University of Sydney) • Creative Thinking • Design Research [email protected] • M.Arch. (Urban Design), SPA, • Design Process • Digital Design & New Delhi • User Experience Society Design • Year of joining NID: 2005 • Interactive Media Mamta Lall • P.G. Diploma in Textile • Design Drawing-II • Surface Designs Foundation Programme Design – NID - 1992 • Space, Form, • Advance Prints Design Structure • Basic Materials & [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2017 • Design Process Methods. • Elements of Colour • Combinations of Materials Mihir Bholey (Dr.) • Ph.D. (Social Science), CEPT • Introduction to • Socio-economic- Interdisciplinary Design Uni. Indian Society political discourse Studies • M.A. (Humanities) English • Contemporary • Ecology-Environment Literature, Patna University Concerns and Design [email protected] • B.A. English Honours, Patna • Globalization, GDP • Visual and Popular Uni. & Global Warming Culture • Globalization and • Media Studies • Year of joining NID: 1992 Design • Literature • Urbanization and Design • Narrative Theories • Semiotics Mohammed Naim • Graduate Diploma in • Technical Graphics • Projects Shaikh Industrial Design (Product • Computer Added • Research & Product Design Design) – NID – 2008 Industrial Design Development • Studio Tools • 3D Visualization [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2015 • Design Tools • Project 1

Nalin Kumar • Master of Fashion • Pattern Making-I • Apparel Apparel Design & Technology, NIFT – 2012 • Pattern Making-II manufacturing Merchandising • Bachelor of Fashion • Design Project-I • Functional Apparel Technology, NIFT – 2009 (Ready to Wear) Design [email protected] • Design • Lean Six Sigma • Year of joining NID: 2016 Management-II Management • Design Project–II Practices (Systems Design • Sustainable and Systems Development (Solar Thinking) energy harvesting) • Introduction to Apparel Design (TD-GDPD) • Apparel CAD

143 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Nanki Nath (Dr.) • B.F.A. (Applied Arts), • Typography • Contemporary Graphic Graphic Design University of Rajasthan, (composition) • Design Practice • Jaipur • Design Project III • Identity Design [email protected] • PGDPD (Graphic Design), • Documentation of • Typography NID - 2008 Visual Culture • Semantics in Type • Ph.D. (Visual • Portfolio • Signage Design Communication • Design Workshop • Environmental • Design), IDC School of II Graphics Design, IIT Bombay • Retail Graphics • Visual Semiotics • Year of joining NID: 2017 • Design Education • Sound Design & 3D Motion Graphics Neelima Hasija • B.F.A. (Painting), M S • Elements of Form • Traditional Crafts & Ceramic & Glass Design University, Faculty of Fine • Material Skills & Culture Arts Processes • Craft Research & [email protected] • Post Graduate Diploma in • Surface Design Design Ceramic Design, NID – 1998 • Craft Research & • Design for Documentation Development • Year of joining NID: 2002 • Simple Product • Travelling & Design Documenting • Complex Design • Photography Project • Systems Project Nijoo Dubey • B.Arch., M.A.N.I.T (RES), • Design Drawing • Culture & People Design for Retail Bhopal • Material & Method • Space Design Experience • PG Dip. in F&ID, NID – 2005 • Design Concepts & • Personal Accessories Concerns • Research [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2006 • Elements of forms Methodologies • Spatial perception • Consumer Research P. Rama Krishna Rao • AEPEP (Industrial Design), • Design Overview • Systems Thinking Furniture & Interior NID -2000 • History of Design • Indigenous Design Design • Certificate in Mechanical • Materials and • Lifestyle Research Wood Industries Technology, Methods • Product Semantic [email protected] IPIRTI • Geometry and • Craft and Folk Art Structure • Year of joining NID: 2001 • Design Projects Prahlad Gopakumar • B.Arch., University of Kerala • Film History • Cinematography Film & Video • PGDPD in Film & Video, • Basic Photography • Film Theory Communication Design Communication Design, NID • Advertisement • Still Photography – 2008 Workshop [email protected] • Story Boarding • Year of joining NID: 2014 Praveen Nahar • M.Des. (Industrial Design), • Design Process • Design for Consumer Product Design IIT • Systems Design Products • B.E. (Industrial & Production • Workshop Skills • Strategic Design [email protected] Engg.) • Materials and • Design in Public • Diploma (Production Processes Domain Engineering) • Craft Studies • Green Design • Post-Graduate Course in Eco • Design Projects • Appropriate Design from Delft University Technology of Tech., Netherlands • Craft Design

• Year of joining NID: 2002

Annual Report 2017-18 144 Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Pravinsinh Solanki • Dip. in Interior Design, • Fundamentals • Retail and Store Design Furniture & Interior School of Interior Design of Visual Design • Space Planning Design • PG Dip. in Furniture & (UG-I) • Space Design and Interior Design, NID – 2006 • Construction Production [email protected] and Fabrication • Production and • Year of joining NID: 2013 (PGDPD-III) Execution • Design Project – II • Design and Detailing – Folding Furniture • Design and Project (PGDPD-III) Management • Design Project • Event Design and – Stackable Execution Furniture (GDPD- • Setting up furniture IV) Factories • Kitchen and • Materials and Sourcing Bathroom Design • Furniture and Cost (GDPD IV) Cutting • Construction and • Bamboo Furniture Fabrication (GDPD III) • Furniture and Interior Design - Design Studio (GDPD III) • Design Project – Retail Store Design, (PG-III), NID Bengaluru Campus. Rakesh Kumar • P.G. Diploma in Ceramic & • Materials • Visual Arts Ceramic & Glass Glass Design – NID – 2012 and Methods • Traditional Crafts Design • B.F.A. – Uni. of Jammu (ceramics) • Techniques & Tool • Design Project I Development [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2018 • Expressive writing • Photography • Horticulture Ranjit Konkar (Dr.) • B.Tech., IIT, Kharagpur • Technically • Design of Product Design • M.S. (Mech. Engg.), Univ. of Complex Products Electromechanical Toledo, USA • Materials and Devices [email protected] • Ph.D. (Mech. Engg.), Processes • Mechanism Kinematics Stanford Univ., USA Technical Studies • Spatial Geometry Computer Aided Design • Year of joining NID: 2007 & Manufacturing

145 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Rishi Singhal • B.Tech. Construction • Photography • History & Mythology Photography Design Technology, CEPT, Project - • Politics & World Views Ahmedabad. Photography • Anthropology [email protected] • M.F.A. Photography, CVPA, Design 2nd Sem. • Story Telling Syracuse University, NY (6 weeks). • Visual Arts • Advanced • Year of joining NID: 2012 Photography - Exhibition Design 6th Sem. (2 weeks). • Image Sound Motion (photography) - New Media Design 2nd Sem. (2 weeks). • Advanced Photography - Ceramics & Glass Design 2nd Sem. (1 week) S. Guruprasad • PG Diploma in Strategic • Systems Design • Systems Thinking Strategic Design Design Management – NID • Service Design • New Product Design & Management – 2008 • Design Process Development • PG Diploma in Embedded • Design • Product Engineering [email protected] Systems Appin Management • Design for Technologies • Integrative Design Manufacturing • B.E. (Mechanical) – Leadership • Cognitive Studies for University of Madras – 2003 • SDM Futures Design • SDM • Design for Human • Year of joining NID: 2016 Fundamentals Social Behaviour • Design Project • Behaviour Economics DP3 - Universal • Future Studies Design • Design Process • Paper craft - Open • Design Leadership Elective • Innovation & • Design for Entrepreneurship Tangibles & • Paper craft Intangibles

Sathyanand Mohan • Master of Arts in Visual Arts • Photography • Photography Histories Photography Design - M.S. University – 2015 Theories • Contemporary Art and • Research Aesthetics sathyanand_m@nid. • Year of joining NID: 2015 Workshop • Humanities and Social edu (Research Writing) Sciences • Materials and • Literature Processes (Digital • Cinema photography) • Design Projects (Photography Design) • Graduation Projects (Photography Design)

Annual Report 2017-18 146 Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Saurabh Srivastava • M.Sc. (IT), Allahabad • Still & Video Inputs • Still & Video: as New Media Design Agricultural Institute – • GUI Design Research Tools Deemed University Principles for Web • Photography [email protected] • MCA, IGNOU • Interactive Media • GUI Design • BCA, IGNOU • FDP (2007-2009) at NID

• Year of joining NID: 2009 Sekhar Mukherjee • Post-Graduate Diploma in • Drawing and • Films Animation Film Design Animation Film Design, NID Design for • Theatres – 1997 Animation • Writing [email protected] • Diploma in Multimedia • Fundamental of • Cartoon & Caricature Content Creation, MTDRC, Animation Dept. of Film Appreciation, • Illustration FTII, Pune • Character Design • Film Appreciation, FTII, Pune • Storyboarding • B Com., Calcutta University • Kinetics • Production • Year of joining NID: 2002 Process • Freehand Drawing Shafique Afzal • PG Diploma in Textile • Design Workshop • Weaving Textile Design Design, NID – 2009 – 1 • Surface Design • Bachelor of Fine Arts, • Design Project - 3 • Fashion [email protected] Banaras Hindu University • Painting – 2005

• Year of joining NID: 2017 Shashank Mehta • B.E. (Mech.), REC, Surat • Design Process • Design for Small Scale Product Design • AEP Dip. in Product Design, • Technically Industry NID -1990 Complex Project • Design for [email protected] • Service Design Sustainability • Year of joining NID: 1993 • Experience Design • Design Research • Design Audit • Indigenous Innovations Shekhar Bhattacharjee • M.F.A. in Painting from • Design Drawing-I, II • Toy Toy & Game Design I.K.S.V.V. Khairagarh, • Colour and Form • Drawing & Illustration Chhattisgarh • Material • Handicrafts [email protected] • FDP (2008-2009) at NID • Representation • Art & Literature Technique • Year of joining NID: 2009 • Nature Drawing • Construction Drawing • Character Design-I, II and Material • Techniques & Model Making

147 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Shilpa Das (Dr.) • B.A. (English), Gujarat Uni. • Introduction to • Semiotics and Interdisciplinary Design • M.A. (English Literature), Indian Culture Communication Studies JNU, Delhi • Introduction to • Narrative Theory • M. Phil. (Critical Theory), Semiotics • Gender and Children’s [email protected] Gujarat Uni. • Introduction to Literature • Ph.D. (Social Science), TISS Narratives • Gender and School Mumbai in 2015. • Identity and Textbooks Subjectivity • Art and Aesthetics • Year of joining NID: 2004 • Comparative • Indian Philosophical Aesthetics Thought • Approaches to • Translation Theory Indian Society • Feminist Theory • Cultural Studies • Disability Studies • Contemporary Concerns Shimul Mehta Vyas • Diploma in Accessory • Design Projects • Jewellery Design Lifestyle Accessory Design, Fashion Institute of in personal • Interior Aesthetics Design Technology, USA accessories and • Consumer Lifestyle • Bachelor of Law, Gujarat products for Study [email protected] Uni. spaces • Trends Spotting • Bachelor of Commerce, • Materials & Gujarat Uni. Processes • Alternative • Year of joining NID: 1995 Materials for Accessories, Home Products and Clothing Shrinkhala Aren • GDPD in F&VCD, NID – 2005 • Scriptwriting • Research Methods Film & Video • Master of Science (Int’l • Introduction to • Behavioural Psychology Communication Design Business & Mgmt. for Editing • Photography Design) Uni. of Sal Ford • Design • Film History [email protected] Management • Astral Sciences • Year of joining NID: 2013 Siddhartha Tripathi • P.G. Diploma in Animation • Design Drawing • Illustrating Design Foundation Film Design – NID – 2009 – 1 • Teaching Studies • Design Drawing • Conducting Workshops • Year of joining NID: 2016 – 2 • Animating [email protected] • Elements of Colour • Brewing Coffee • Environmental • Backing Perception • Media Appreciation (Anchor) • Space Form and Structure • Drawing & Illustration • Visual Design Sonal Chauhan • Diploma in Fashion Design, • Draping & Advance • Traditional Textiles & Apparel Design & NIFT, Gandhinagar Draping Crafts Merchandising • FDP (2008-2009) at NID • Garment • Surface Ornamentation Construction • Design for [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2009 • Garment Sustainability Manufacturing Tech. • Fabric Construction • Ready to wear

Annual Report 2017-18 148 Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Subir Das (Dr.) • B.Sc. (Hons.), Calcutta • Introductory • Industrial and Interdisciplinary Design University Ergonomics Agricultural Studies • M.Sc. (Ergo.), Calcutta • Work Space Ergonomics University Ergonomics • Ergonomics of Hand [email protected] • Ph.D. (Industrial • Display and Tools Ergonomics), Calcutta Control • Personal Protective University • Human Factors in Equipment (PPE) Product Design • Occupational Safety • Year of joining NID: 1998 • Ergo. Evaluation and Health of Consumer Products Sucharita Beniwal • M.Des. Social Design – • Colour and Form • Colour Perception Textile Design Ambedkar University, Delhi • Design workshop • Weaving (AUD) – 2016 • Design Project - 1 • Experiential Knowledge [email protected] • S.L.P.E.P. Diploma in Textile • Frugal Innovations Design – NID – 2003 • Social Economies

• Year of joining NID: 2016

Sudip Adhikary • Master of Design (Industrial • Design Drawing • Basics of design Design Foundation Design), IIT -Bombay • Analytical Drawing • Lighting ambiance Studies • B.Tech (IT) - Uni. of Kalyani • Basic Material design- lighting and • Years Design Teachers • Combination of space [email protected] Development Programme/ material • Colour, light and human Faculty Development • Space Form psychology programme (FDP) – NID Structure • Retail and exhibition • Environmental design • Year of joining NID: 2017 Perception • Elements of design, • Design Process composition and • Form Studies form studies in three • Studio Skills dimension • Representation techniques with different medium • Computer aided design • Photography- composition and visual language • Painting

Suman Chowdhury • Master of Science (IT) - • CGI Animation • Visual art, Drawing Animation Film Design Sikkim Manipal University (M.Des.) &Illustration • Years Design Teachers • Intro to CGI • Storytelling [email protected] Development Programme/ Animation • Hand Drawn Animation Faculty Development (M.Des.) • Animation Principles programme (FDP) - NID • Elements of • Computer Graphics • B.Sc. (Animation) - Editing (M.Des.) • Visual Ethnography Bharathidasan University • Research • Experimental Animation • Diploma Course in Methodology • Design (Production) Animation - Toon Skool (M.Des.) Process Advanced Animation • Space, Form & • Academic writing Academy Structure B.Des. • Composition • Media • Art History • Year of joining NID: 2017 Appreciation • Sculpting & Paper art (B.Des.) • Music & Performing • Design Process arts (B.Des.)

149 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Suvani Suri • P.G. Diploma in New Media • Design Project 3 • Philosophy of New Media Design Design – NID – 2013 Technology • B.Tech (IT) - Guru Gobind • Digital Cultures [email protected] Singh Indraprastha Uni. • Intermedia Experiences • Sound Sensorium • Year of joining NID: 2018 Swagata Shrivastava • B.Arch., SCET South Gujarat • Design Drawing • Sustainable & Eco- Naidu Uni. • Design Overview friendly Design Ceramic & Glass • PG Dip.in Ceramic & Glass • Orthography • Education Design Design, NID – 2007 Drawings • Geometry through • Software Skill Material [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2010 Development • Ceramic & Glass in • Basic Material - Architecture Clay • Ceramic & Glass Chemistry Swasti Singh Ghai • PEP Dip. in Textile & • Traditional Indian • Work with craft artisans Design Foundation Apparel, NID – 1999 Textiles for Textile in rural areas Studies students • Sufi Music • Year of joining NID: 2006 • Surface [email protected] Decoration for Ceramic students • Colour and Form Tanishka Kachru • B.Arch., University of • History of Art • History of Art Exhibition Design Mumbai • History of Design • Architecture & Design • M.A. History of Design, • Experience Design [email protected] Parsons School of Design, New York

• Year of joining NID: 2007 Tarun Deep Girdher • PEP Dip. in Communication • Typography • Communication at Graphic Design Design, (Graphic Design), • Publication Design grass-root level NID – 1997 • Printing • Education at Pre- [email protected] Technology Primary Level • Year of joining NID: 1998 • Illustration • How Learners Learn Techniques • Psychology-Behavioural • Graphic Pattern & Trends Communication Skills • Environmental Perception Tridha Gajjar (Dr.) • B.F.A. (Applied Arts), BHU • Elements of • Semantics Graphic Design • M.F.A. (Applied Arts), BHU Design • Visualisation Drawing • Ph.D. in Applied Arts, BHU • Basic & Advance • Research [email protected] • 2-years FDP at NID (2004- Graphic Design 06) • Printing Technology • Year of joining NID: 2006 • Word & Image • Colour V. Ravishankar • AEP in Industrial Design • Retail Store Design • Universal Design Design For Retail (Product) NID – 1989 • Product Design Thinking & Practise Experience • B.E. Electrical, University Methodology • Design for Indigenous College Engg., Osmania Uni., • Design Product Sector & [email protected] Hyderabad Fundamentals Training • Design Overview • Design Triggers • Year of joining NID: 2007 • Universal Design • Collecting Experiences Principles & Recording Stories

Annual Report 2017-18 150 Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest V. Sakthivel • Diploma in Handloom • Textile materials • Weaving and woven Textile Design Technology, SPKM, I.I.H.T, and Technology textiles Venkatagiri, A.P. • Fibre & Yarn • Indigo [email protected] • B.B.A., University of Madras • Dyeing • Indian Cotton in Design • FDP, NID (1999-01) • Natural Dyes and Technology • Basic Weaving • Khadi • Year of joining NID: 2009 • Craft studies • Natural fibres Vijai Singh Katiyar • Diploma in Textile • Yarn Design • Fundamental Research Textile Design / Technology, Central Textile • Fabric Design • Management Integrated Textile & Institute, Kanpur • Textile Design for Apparel • AEP Dip. in Textile Design, Exports NID – 1990 • Textile Technology [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 1993 Vikram Singh Parmar • B.Arch., Inst. of • Design Workshop • Rural Healthcare- (Dr.) Environmental Design • Design Studio as diagnostic Product Design • Master of Design, IIT • Design-driven care preventative Bombay Entrepreneurship information system, [email protected] • Ph.D. Research (Industrial pre-referral services Design), TU Delft – and digital health Netherlands identity • Behaviour change and • Year of joining NID: 2014 communication in healthcare • Tangible user interface, persuasive computing • Venture Design Process

Vipul Vinzuda • B.E., (Mech.) NITK, Surathkal • Design Overview • Transportation Design Transportation & • M.Sc. Design & Transport, • Design Projects • 3D modelling (Alias) Automobile Design Coventry Univ. (UK) • Digital Form • Design Research • FDP, NID (2004 – 2006) making & • Packaging Design [email protected] Prototyping • Visualisation & • Year of joining NID: 2009 • Materials & Prototyping Processes Y.N. Vivekananda • M. Des. in Visual • Photography • Computer Aided Design Design Foundation Communication, IDC, IIT, • Drawing • Crafts Design Studies Mumbai • Basic Material Development • Diploma in Applied Arts, • Material • Nature & History [email protected] College of Fine Arts Exploration • Ply-Split Braiding and Architecture, Hyderabad Knots • Lifestyle Accessory • Year of joining NID: 2007 Design • Mathematical Art & Designs Mayank Loonker • GDPD in Exhibition Design, • Installation Design • Experience Design Exhibition Design NID – 2006 • Environmental • Spatial Perception Perception • Interaction Design [email protected] • Year of joining NID: 2013 • Travelling • Design Process Exhibitions • Interactive Media for Exhibitions • Materials and Structures

151 National Institute of Design Name Qualifications Courses Handled Areas of Interest Mona Prabhu • Graduate in Visual • Foundation • Illustration Graphic Design & Communication - NID – Programme • Study of Vedic Design Foundation 1991 • Elements of Astrology Studies Composition • Study of Indian Crafts • Year of joining NID: 2016 • Geometrical [email protected] Construction 1 • Environmental Perception • Design Process • B.Des Graphic Design • Documentation of Visual Culture • Design Project • M.Des Graphic Design • Typography • Design Project 2 & 3 • Design Workshop 2 • Learning from the field Sajith Gopinath • B.E. (Poly. Engg.), MG Uni., • Toy Design • Design for Special Toy & Game Design Kerala • Nature & Form Needs • M.E. (Plastic Engg.) Mumbai • Material • Design in School [email protected] Uni. Technology Education System • PG Dip. in Toy Design & Dev., • Elements of Form • Eco Design NID – 2005 • Craft Design

• Year of joining NID: 2006

Annual Report 2017-18 152 15. VISITING EXPERTS

Discipline / Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Animation Film Design Aditya Pande Semester Jury Animation Film Design Anand Singh Naorem Semester Jury Animation Film Design Arjun Gupte CGI Animation Animation Film Design Arjun Gupte Character Design Animation Film Design Arjun Gupte Drawing for Animation-I Animation Film Design Arnab K Chaudhuri Design Management-II Animation Film Design Arvind Chudasama Design Project-II (Module on Stop motion) Animation Film Design Ashutosh Pathak Semester Jury Animation Film Design Baishakhee Sengupta Design workshop-II (Module on Typography) Animation Film Design Binita Desai Pre-production - Character Design Module Animation Film Design Debkumar Mitra Comic Book Animation Film Design Delwyn Jude Remedios Animation Principles Animation Film Design Dhimant Vyas Design Workshop-II (Module on Stop Motion Animation) Animation Film Design Gautam Chakraborty Storytelling Animation Film Design Koushik Sarkar Semester Jury Animation Film Design Madhuja Mukherjee (Dr.) Animation Film Appreciation Animation Film Design Manoj M. Goswami Sound Design Animation Film Design Nityan Unnikrishnan Illustration Animation Film Design P.C. Vikram Fundamentals of Animation Drawing- II Animation Film Design P.C. Vikram Semester Jury Animation Film Design Pradipta Ray Drawing for Animation-II Animation Film Design Pradipta Ray Semester Jury Animation Film Design Prateek Sethi Design workshop-III (Motion Graphics) Animation Film Design Prosenjit Ganguly Acting for Animation Animation Film Design Prosenjit Ganguly Fundamentals of Animation-I Animation Film Design Prosenjit Ganguly Fundamentals of Animation-I Animation Film Design Prosenjit Ganguly Fundamentals of Animation-I Animation Film Design R.L. Mistry Drawing for Animation-I Animation Film Design R.L. Mistry Drawing for Animation-I Animation Film Design R.L. Mistry Drawing for Animation-I Animation Film Design Rajiv Eipe Fundamentals of Animation-II Animation Film Design Rajiv Eipe Fundamentals of Animation-II Animation Film Design Saikat Sekhareswar Ray Elements of Editing Animation Film Design Saikat Sekhareswar Ray Post Production (Film editing) Animation Film Design Satheesh P.M. Sound Design Animation Film Design Shaaz Ahmed Experimental Animation

153 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Animation Film Design Shailan Parker Design Workshop-II (Photography) Animation Film Design Shyam Deshpande Digital Tools (Digital painting using photoshop) Animation Film Design Siddharth P Maskeri Introduction to CGI Animation Animation Film Design Sudhanva Deshpande Acting for Animation Animation Film Design Sukanya Ghosh History of Animation Animation Film Design Swarup Kumar Dandapat Design Project-I (Illustration input) Animation Film Design Tanuja Goyal Semester Jury Animation Film Design Vaibhav Kumaresh Fundamentals of Animation-I Animation Film Design Vaibhav Kumaresh Fundamentals of Animation-I Animation Film Design Vivekananda Roy Ghatak Semester Jury Apparel Design Ankon Mitra Design Project-III (Fashion Show) Apparel Design Ashoke Chatterjee Craft Documentation, Portfolio Development Apparel Design Ashwin Thakkar Garment Construction - History of Costume Apparel Design Hrishikesh Pawar Craft Documentation - Communication Graphics Apparel Design Maria Gertud Keischgens Garment Construction-II (Introduction to Textiles) Apparel Design Mohankumar V.K. Design Management-II Apparel Design Mona Prabhu Garment Construction-II (Pattern making) Apparel Design Ravi Joshi Design Project-II (2 weeks modules) Apparel Design Shalini Singh Garment Construction-IV (Introduction to Knitwear) Apparel Design Shivendra Prakash Kuldeep Craft Documentation - History of Costume (World) Apparel Design Sushmit Sharma Geometry - Nature, Form, and Structure Apparel Design Yogesh Chaudhary Garment Construction-IV Ceramic & Glass Design A. Balasubramaniam Elements of Form Ceramic & Glass Design Dinesh Korjan Design Project-IV (System Thinking) Ceramic & Glass Design Dinesh Korjan Design Project-IV (System) Ceramic & Glass Design H.P. Vyasa Elements of Form Ceramic & Glass Design H.P. Vyasa Glaze Workshop Ceramic & Glass Design H.P. Vyasa Introduction to Glazes Ceramic & Glass Design H.P. Vyasa Nature & Form Ceramic & Glass Design H.P. Vyasa Semester Jury Ceramic & Glass Design Hiral Patel Autocad Ceramic & Glass Design J.L. Naik Elements of Form-II Ceramic & Glass Design J.L. Naik Form Studies Ceramic & Glass Design Japneet Keith Material & Methods-Ceramics

Annual Report 2017-18 154 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Ceramic & Glass Design Kaveri Bharath Material Form & Surface-Ceramics Ceramic & Glass Design Mangesh Pramod Afre Material & Methods- Ceramics Ceramic & Glass Design Mona Prabhu Communication Graphics Ceramic & Glass Design Mona Prabhu Design Workshop-II Ceramic & Glass Design Mridul Mitra Semester Jury Ceramic & Glass Design Panthini H Thaker Surface Development Ceramic & Glass Design Rachita Sareen Orthographic Projections Ceramic & Glass Design Rakesh Kumar Material & Methods- Ceramics Ceramic & Glass Design Rashmi Korjan Design Project-III -Systems Design Ceramic & Glass Design Rashmi Korjan Elements of Form Ceramic & Glass Design Sakthivel Shanmuganathan Form studies-II Ceramic & Glass Design Sasidharan M. Material & Methods-Glass Ceramic & Glass Design Srila Mookherjee Material Form & Surface - Glass Ceramic & Glass Design Sudev Kumar Mondal Material workshops-Ceramics Ceramic & Glass Design Sudev Kumar Mondal Nature & Form Ceramic & Glass Design Thomas Louis Nature & Form Ceramic & Glass Design V.P. Tiwari Material & Methods- Glass Ceramic & Glass Design V.P. Tiwari Material Form & Surface- Glass Common Course A Vaibhava Design Management-III Common Course A Vaibhava Fundamental of Visual Design- Isometric Drawing Common Course Aditi Agrawal Fundamental of Visual Design- Isometric Drawing Common Course Aditi Gupta Introduction to Design Common Course Ajit Madhav Rao Story as a Learning Vehicle Common Course Amar Gargesh Design Process Common Course Amit Krishn Gulati Introduction to Design Common Course Andrea Noronha Fundamental of Visual Design- Geometry & Structure Common Course Anupam Jain Design Process Common Course Bela Ravikumar Fundamental of Visual Design (Colour) Common Course Bhumi Gajjar Research Methodology Common Course Carmina Fernandes Fundamental of Visual Design (Colour) PD & FD Common Course Carmina Fernandes Fundamental of Visual Design (Colour) TD, CGD Common Course Chandan Kashyap Introduction to Western Aesthetics Common Course Chaula Patel Fundamental of Visual Design (Colour)

155 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Common Course Chaula Patel Fundamental of Visual Design (Colour) Common Course Chippy Diac Research Methodology Common Course Deepali Saini Research Methodology Common Course Deepali Saini Research Methodology Common Course Deepan Sivaraman SLA-Elective-IV Common Course Hari Kishan Nallan Research Methodology Common Course J.L. Naik Fundamentals of Visual Design (Drawing TD & CGD) Common Course Jeebanlata Salam SLA-Perspectives to Indian society Common Course Lakshmi Murthy Introduction to Design Common Course Milan Jayesh Pandya Critical Thinking & Argumentation Common Course Natalie Singh Research Methodology Common Course Nilesh Misal Fundamentals of Visual Design- Geometry & Structure Common Course Pallak Gupte Language Culture & Identity Common Course Pradeep Choksi Fundamentals of Visual Design (Composition) Common Course Priyanka Baliyan Fundamental of Visual Design (Colour Module) Common Course Rajesh Thakare Fundamentals of Visual Design (Drawing Module of FVD) Common Course S.M. Kulkarni Design Process Common Course Salil Desai Creative Writing Common Course Samir Bhatt Fundamentals of Visual Design (Drawing PD & FD) Common Course Samir Bhatt Fundamentals of Visual Design (Drawing PD & FD) Common Course Satyajeet Kumar Introduction to Design Common Course Sivaramakrishnan SLA-Perspectives to Indian society Common Course Sudhir Sharma Introduction to Design Common Course Suresh Kumar Eriyat Introduction to Design Common Course Swarup Kumar Dandapat Fundamental of Visual Design (Drawing Module) Common Course Tuhin Paul Introduction to Design Common Course Ujjal Bhuyan Fundamental of Visual Design- Freehand Design Drawing Common Course V Mohan Chandra Design Management-I Common Course V Raghuram Design Management-III Common Course Vijay Paul Puniya Fundamental of Visual Design (Drawing)

Annual Report 2017-18 156 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Design for Retail Experience Ajith Das Indian Retail Research Design for Retail Experience Aman Rai Level Design & Game Mechanics Design for Retail Experience Manu Neelakandhan Design Management Design for Retail Experience Neena Jaju Pingaley (Dr.) Workshop (Lighting Design) Digital Game Design Abhineet Prasad Design Project-III Digital Game Design Abhineet Prasad Visual Design for Games Digital Game Design Aditya Vipparthi Basics of Animation Digital Game Design Anand Baid 2D Environment & 3D Modelling/ Animation Digital Game Design Ashwanth R T Game Mechanic & Level Design-I Digital Game Design Ashwanth R T Visual Design for Games Digital Game Design Bharath M Palavalli Games Serious Digital Game Design Karan Rajiv Gaikwad 2D Environment & 3D Modelling/ Animation Digital Game Design Naveen Revanasiddappa Visual Design Digital Game Design Pravanjan Patnaik Game Scripting Digital Game Design Prayas Abhinav Storytelling Digital Game Design Prosenjit Ganguly Visual Design for Games Digital Game Design Sandeep Athavale Game System & Design Digital Game Design Sandeep P R Elements of Game Digital Game Design Sandeep P R Game Theory Digital Game Design Sandeep P R Game Theory Digital Game Design Sandeep Sonawane Visual Design for Games Digital Game Design Simon Banerjee Gaming Culture Digital Game Design Srinivas B M Design Project-III Digital Game Design Vikas Chaudhary Level Design & Game Mechanics (Games A-1) Digital Game Design Vinod Nair Design Project-I Digital Game Design Vinod Nair Elements of Game Digital Game Design Vinod Nair Game Analysis/Study Digital Game Design Vishwas H J Game Sound Design Digital Game Design Yadu Rajiv Design Project-II Exhibition Design Abhinav Mishra Design Workshop-II (Interactive Media) Exhibition Design Akshay Gawarikar Design Project-III (3DS Max Workshop) Exhibition Design Anando Dutta Design Studio-I (Typography) Exhibition Design Ankur Choksi Semester jury

157 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Exhibition Design Arathi Abraham Design Studio-I (Typography) Exhibition Design Arpita Bhattacharjee Studio Skills - Representation Techniques Exhibition Design Arundhati Mitter Design Project-IV Exhibition Design Arundhati Mitter Design Project-IV Exhibition Design Arundhati Mitter Design Project-IV Exhibition Design Avani Batra Moving Images Exhibition Design Bipasa Mukherjee Design Project-IV Exhibition Design Debanshu Bhaumik Design Workshop-II (Interactive Media) Exhibition Design Farzan Dalal Percy Light & Sound Workshop Exhibition Design Henny Rotterdam Design Studio-II (Scenographic Practices) Exhibition Design Hitesh Desai Design Management-II (Professional Practice) Exhibition Design Hugo Pilate Design Project-III (VR Workshop) Exhibition Design Jogi Panghaal Semester Jury Exhibition Design Mohit Bhatia Photography (Studio skills-II) Exhibition Design Muntaha Rushnaiwala Design Project-II Exhibition Design Pritam Saha Design Project-II Exhibition Design Rachita Sareen Body & Space Exhibition Design Sachin Sachar Design Project-I Exhibition Design Sachin Sachar Material Studies Exhibition Design Sachin Sachar Studio Skill-II- Materials & Making Exhibition Design Salil Parekh Design Project-III (VR Workshop) Exhibition Design Sandeep Sangaru Design Workshop-I (Structures) Exhibition Design Sangita Shroff History of Theory of Design Exhibition Design Siddhartha Chatterjee Studio Skills-Visualization Exhibition Design Vinishree Solanki Light & Sound Workshop Exhibition Design Vivek Sheth Design Studio-II (Scenographic Practices) Exhibition Design Yatin Pandya Semester Jury Exhibition Design Yatin Pandya Spatial Studies Film & Video Communication Adira Thekkuveettil History of Photography Film & Video Communication Aditi Banerjee Semester Jury Film & Video Communication Anil Zankar History of Indian Cinema Film & Video Communication Aniruddha Sen Advertisement Workshop Film & Video Communication Arnav Kumar Advertisement Workshop

Annual Report 2017-18 158 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Film & Video Communication Asheesh Pandya Sound Design Film & Video Communication Avinash Oak Introduction to Sound Film & Video Communication Chandita Mukherjee Design Film Workshop Film & Video Communication Dhaivat Jani Music Workshop Film & Video Communication Dhaivat Jani Music Workshop Film & Video Communication Hitesh Kewalya History of Indian Television Film & Video Communication Kavya Agarwal Departmental Elective Film & Video Communication Mahan J. Dutta Departmental Elective Film & Video Communication Mahan J. Dutta Semester Jury Film & Video Communication Manish Saini Semester Jury Film & Video Communication Nitin S Goel Acting Workshop Film & Video Communication Nitin S Goel Acting Workshop Film & Video Communication R Amudhan Documentary Workshop Film & Video Communication Ravji Jivabhai Sondarva Cinematography Workshop Film & Video Communication Sanjeev Sood Cinematography Workshop Film & Video Communication Shraddha Sakhalkar Semester Jury Film & Video Communication Shri Prakash Semester Jury Film & Video Communication Sonal Radia-Tyagi Introduction to Editing Film & Video Communication Surabhi Sharma Documentary Workshop Film & Video Communication Udayraj P.J. Design Management-II Film & Video Communication Udayraj P.J. Design Management-II Foundation Programme Adira Thekkuveettil History of Art Foundation Programme Amitabh Pandey Media Appreciation Foundation Programme Aparajita Barai Elements of Colour Foundation Programme Aparajita Barai Elements of Composition Foundation Programme Aparajita Barai Space, Form, and Structure Foundation Programme Binod C Agrawal (Dr.) Research Methodology Foundation Programme Carmina Fernandes Design Process Foundation Programme Carmina Fernandes Semester Jury Foundation Programme Chaula Patel Elements of Colour Foundation Programme Chaula Patel Space, Form, and Structure Foundation Programme Dadi Pudumjee Media Appreciation Foundation Programme Debkumar Mitra Media Appreciation Foundation Programme Gargi Gupta Sharma Design Process Foundation Programme Hemant Wala Design Drawing (Perspective Module) Foundation Programme Immanuel Suresh Design Process

159 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Foundation Programme Immanuel Suresh Space, Form, and Structure Foundation Programme Karma Sichoe Elements of Colour Foundation Programme Krunal Chaudhari Basic Material & Methods Foundation Programme Krunal Chaudhari Combination of Materials Foundation Programme Lalit Lad Semester Jury Foundation Programme Mona Prabhu Elements of Composition Foundation Programme Mona Prabhu Environmental Perception Foundation Programme Mona Prabhu Environmental Perception Foundation Programme Mona Prabhu Geometric Construction-I Foundation Programme Mona Prabhu Semester Jury Foundation Programme Mridul Mitra Freehand Design Drawing-I Foundation Programme Mridul Mitra Geometric Construction-I Foundation Programme Muntaha Rushnaiwala Geometric Construction-II Foundation Programme N Patel Design Drawing-I (Freehand) Foundation Programme Nalini V.A. Khan Design Process Foundation Programme Neena Bhatnagar Media Appreciation Foundation Programme Neha Bahuguna Elements of Composition Foundation Programme Neha Bahuguna Space, Form, and Structure Foundation Programme Niraj Dave Basic Material & Methods Foundation Programme Niraj Dave Combination of Materials Foundation Programme Nitin Patel Analytical Drawing Foundation Programme Pankaj Upadhyay Design Drawing Foundation Programme Parag Vyas (Dr.) Basic Material & Methods Foundation Programme Parag Vyas (Dr.) Combination of Materials Foundation Programme Parthiv Shah Design Process Foundation Programme Parthiv Shah Media Appreciation Foundation Programme Pradeep Choksi Design Drawing-II Foundation Programme Pradeep Choksi Elements of Composition Foundation Programme Prashant Miranda Space, Form, and Structure Foundation Programme R L Mistry Semester Jury Foundation Programme Rachita Sareen Analytical Drawing Foundation Programme Rebecca Reubens (Dr.) Basic Material & Methods Foundation Programme Rebecca Reubens (Dr.) History of Design Foundation Programme Rudranil Das Design Drawing-I Foundation Programme Rudranil Das Design Drawing-II Foundation Programme S. Sethuraman Space, Form, and Structure (Meeting)

Annual Report 2017-18 160 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Foundation Programme Sambit Kumar Pradhan Space, Form, and Structure Foundation Programme Samir Bhatt Analytical Drawing Foundation Programme Samir Bhatt Design Drawing-II Foundation Programme Samir Bhatt Semester Jury Foundation Programme Sangita Shroff History of Design Foundation Programme Sarika Samdani Environmental Perception Foundation Programme Saurabh Tewari History of Design Foundation Programme Shailesh Manke Environmental Perception Foundation Programme Shradha Jain Environmental Perception Foundation Programme Shradha Jain Space, Form, and Structure Foundation Programme Shridhar Sudhir Media Appreciation Foundation Programme Shruti Mahajan Design Drawing-I Foundation Programme Swarup Kumar Dandapat Design Drawing-I (Freehand) Foundation Programme Vishal Khandelwal History of Art Foundation Programme Vishnupriya Narayanan Environmental Perception Foundation Programme Yasmin Sethi Geometric Construction-II Foundation Programme – B.Des. Binod C. Agrawal (Dr.) Environmental Perception Furniture & Interior Design Anand Viswanathan Departmental Elective Furniture & Interior Design Andrea Noronha Colour Materials & Finishes Furniture & Interior Design Andrea Noronha Elements of Form & Space Furniture & Interior Design Andrea Noronha Geometry & Structure Furniture & Interior Design Bhadri Sonpal Semester Jury Furniture & Interior Design Bhadri Sonpal Understanding the built environment Furniture & Interior Design Dexter Pereira (DPA) Design Project-I Furniture & Interior Design Dexter Pereira (DPA) Design Project-I Furniture & Interior Design Dexter Pereira (DPA) Design Studio Furniture & Interior Design Dexter Pereira (DPA) Design Studio Furniture & Interior Design Dexter Pereira (DPA) Fundamentals of Space Planning Furniture & Interior Design Dexter Pereira (DPA) Furniture Design & Construction Furniture & Interior Design Kalapi Buch Semester Jury Furniture & Interior Design Kopal Mukul Kulkarni Design Workshop-I Furniture & Interior Design Kopal Mukul Kulkarni Materials & Innovation Furniture & Interior Design Nikunj H Dave Discipline Elective Furniture & Interior Design Rachana Viswanathan Departmental Elective Furniture & Interior Design Rachita Sareen Design Project-II Furniture & Interior Design Rachita Sareen Design Project-II

161 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Furniture & Interior Design Rachita Sareen Semester Jury Furniture & Interior Design Rebecca Reubens (Dr.) Historic & Contemporary Forms & Styles Furniture & Interior Design Shivang Shah Design Management-II Furniture & Interior Design Shrikant Nivasarkar Design Project-IV (System Design) Furniture & Interior Design Snehal Suthar Semester Jury Furniture & Interior Design Trupti Bharatkumar Mehta Materials & Properties Furniture & Interior Design Yashashwi Rastogi Discipline elective Graphic Design Aditi Babel Design workshop-II (spaces & structures) Graphic Design Akash Raj Halankar Typography Graphic Design Amit Kharsani Typo (Type Design) Graphic Design Anand Viswanathan Design workshop-II (spaces & structures) Graphic Design Anthony Lopez Design Management-II Graphic Design Aparna Kaushal Design workshop-I (Time & Image) Graphic Design Arjun Gupte Design workshop-I (Time & Image) Graphic Design Bharat D. Suthar Design Process-I Graphic Design Bharat D. Suthar Production Process Graphic Design Bharat D. Suthar Production Process-II Graphic Design Chaula Patel Semester Jury Graphic Design D. Udaya Kumar Semester Jury Graphic Design D. Udaya Kumar Workshop (letterform) Graphic Design Deshna Mehta Design workshop-II Graphic Design Deshna Mehta Semester Jury Graphic Design Dipendra S Baoni Emerging Scenarios Graphic Design Dipendra S Baoni Emerging Scenarios Graphic Design Geeta Suthar Professional Practice in Graphic Design Graphic Design Hemant Suthar Professional Practice in Graphic Design Graphic Design Karma Sichoe Illustration Graphic Design Kunel Gaur Portfolio Graphic Design Malti Gaekwad Semester Jury Graphic Design Malti Gaekwad Semester Jury Graphic Design Manasi Parikh Design Project-II (Sequential Narrative) Graphic Design Manoj Gopinath Design workshop-II

Annual Report 2017-18 162 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Graphic Design Margie Sastry (Dr.) Design Project-I Graphic Design Parimal Parmar Typo (Type Design) Graphic Design Pradeep Choksi Design Project-II Graphic Design Pradeep Choksi Semester Jury Graphic Design Rajesh Dahiya Word & Image Graphic Design Sarika Samdani Learning from the Field Graphic Design Savyasaachi (Dr.) Documentation of Visual Culture Graphic Design Savyasaachi (Dr.) Introduction to field work Graphic Design Supriya Gupta CSR Activity Graphic Design Vivek Sheth Design Project-II (Sequential Narrative) Information Design Amit Kapoor Information visualization-I Information Design Amit Kapoor Information visualization-I Information Design Amit Kapoor Information visualization-II Information Design Arun Ganesh Geo-visualization & Thematic cartography Information Design Arun Ganesh Geo-visualization & Thematic cartography Information Design Lakshmi Kuchibhotla (Dr.) Design Project-II Information Design P.G. Bhat Information visualization-I Information Design Poornima Vaidyanathan Elements of Information Design Information Design Prachi Nagpal Information visualization-II Information Design Rajeev Bhardwaj Design Management-II Interaction Design A. Vaibhava Design Management-II Interaction Design A. Vaibhava Product Interface & Interaction Interaction Design Amit Kapoor Information Design & visualization Interaction Design Amit R. Patil Design Project-I (User exp. Design) Interaction Design Hemant Sreekumar Additional Prototyping skills to build computing projects Interaction Design Manish Jayanth Design Project-I (User exp. Design) Interaction Design Puneet Singh Design Project-III Interaction Design Rahul Dutta Design Project-III Interaction Design Sandeep Kumar K. Physical computing workshop Interaction Design Siddesh M.B. Physical computing workshop Interaction Design Vinay S. Physical computing workshop International Open Electives Adhishri Sarah Philemon Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Yarn over the Needle : Crochet Products

163 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course International Open Electives Amit Tandon Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Where the Water Flows International Open Electives Anand Singh Naorem Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Type Fusion: Typeface Design International Open Electives Arpit Agarwal Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- ‘Kala Jaadu’: Souvenirs and Gifts International Open Electives Ashish Lijhara Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- VR/AR for Preservation of Heritage International Open Electives Caroline Raybould Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Mapping heritage: Past, Present and Future International Open Electives David Gelb Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Narratives of Place: Bridging the Past + Future International Open Electives Dipika Vijay Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Design and Dance Principles International Open Electives Evy Dutheil Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Design Heritage & Digital Age International Open Electives Jeneva Talwar Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- The Wonders of Food and Film International Open Electives Juhi Pandey Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Kala Pehchaan Neelo Pehchaan International Open Electives Kaveri Bharath Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Clay Jaalis: Cutting through from Past to Future International Open Electives Lokesh Ghai Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Baku’s Rag Book: Stories of Discarded Fabrics International Open Electives Mark Andrew Baines Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Kitchen Person Myself: Collection of stories International Open Electives Maurizio Francesconi Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- I am What I Create: My Heritage, My Identity International Open Electives Michael Longford Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Narratives of Place: Bridging the Past + Future International Open Electives Michael Prokopow Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Objects, memory and the self International Open Electives Neelakash Kshetrimayum Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Type Fusion: Typeface Design International Open Electives Nitin S Goel Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- NAP: No Acting Please International Open Electives Parag S Natekar Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Where the Water Flows International Open Electives Peter Marbaniang Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Sound and Ceramics: Making Music from Clay

Annual Report 2017-18 164 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course International Open Electives Pratima Khadke Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- ‘Kala Jaadu’: Souvenirs and Gifts International Open Electives R Uma Maheshwaran (Dr.) Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Food, Spaces and the City International Open Electives Rabindra Vasavada Heritage: Tangible and Intangible International Open Electives Rabindra Vasavada Heritage: Tangible and Intangible International Open Electives Rahul Dutta Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- VR/AR for Preservation of Heritage International Open Electives Rathna Ramanathan (Dr.) Heritage: Tangible and Intangible International Open Electives Ravi Deepres Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Design Heritage & Digital Age International Open Electives Ronita Mookerji Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Body Mapping in Space International Open Electives Sangita Shroff Heritage: Tangible and Intangible International Open Electives Sheena Calvert (Dr.) Heritage: Tangible and Intangible International Open Electives Sudarshan Khanna Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Play & Toy Heritage: Design for Today and Tomorrow International Open Electives Sudheer Gupta Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Facing Folk: Recording & Representing Folklore International Open Electives Sylvester Mardi Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Body Mapping in Space International Open Electives Thomas Louis Heritage: Tangible and Intangible- Sound and Ceramics: Making Music from Clay Lifestyle Accessory Design Anuya Naik Semester Jury Lifestyle Accessory Design Iti Shukla (Dr.) Materials Methods & Technology Lifestyle Accessory Design Jeena Liz John Jewellery workshop Lifestyle Accessory Design Kedar Naik Materials Methods & Technology Lifestyle Accessory Design Manreet Deol Design Project-I Lifestyle Accessory Design Nitin Virkar Design Project-II Lifestyle Accessory Design Sunil Kumar Gupta Semester Jury New Media Design Alex Davis Design Project New Media Design Alex Davis Semester Jury New Media Design Anand Sukumaran (Dr.) Design Project-I (Ethnography) New Media Design Clifford Jeffrey Design Project-II & Kinetic Sculptures New Media Design Deepak Mallya Design Project-II New Media Design Manasi Agarwal Design Project-I New Media Design Manikandan H.K. Kinetic Sculptures New Media Design Mayukhini Pande HTP classes

165 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course New Media Design Mohanakrishnan Haridasan Kinetic Sculptures New Media Design Nandeep Mali Design Project-II New Media Design Nikhil Joshi HTP classes New Media Design Nishita Gill Design Project New Media Design Priyanka Bora Design Project-II (Interfaces & Interactions) New Media Design Priyanka Bora Kinetic sculptures New Media Design Priyanka Bora Kinetic sculptures New Media Design Reboni Saha Semester Jury New Media Design Shantanu Choudhary Kinetic Sculptures New Media Design Simran Chopra Design Management New Media Design Surfaraz Faras HTP classes New Media Design Surfaraz Faras Kinetic Sculptures New Media Design Suvani Suri Kinetic Sculptures + Design Project-II New Media Design Ujjval Panchal Design Project-II New Media Design Urvi Sheth Design Management New Media Design Utkarsh Biradar Diploma Jury + session PG Foundation Anil Gupta Research Methodology PG Foundation Anjani Kumar Fundamental of Visual Design-Colour PG Foundation Anjani Kumar Fundamental of Visual Design- Drawing PG Foundation Anwar Alam (Dr.) Research Methodology PG Foundation Arshad Alam (Dr.) Research Methodology PG Foundation Basukinath Dasgupta Fundamental of Visual Design- Composition PG Foundation Carmina Fernandes Fundamental of Visual Design- Composition PG Foundation Chaittali V Patel Fundamental of Visual Design- Composition PG Foundation Chanchal Rathore Fundamental of Visual Design- Drawing PG Foundation Juhi Pandey Design Process PG Foundation Pulkit Prajapati Fundamental of Visual Design- Composition PG Foundation Radhi Parekh Fundamental of Visual Design-Colour PG Foundation Ramesh Suthar Fundamental of Visual Design- Drawing PG Foundation Ratna Gandhi Fundamental of Visual Design-Colour PG Foundation Salil Bhargava Research Methodology

Annual Report 2017-18 166 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course PG Foundation Shirsendu Ghosh Design Process PG Foundation Shivakumar Sunagar Fundamental of Visual Design PG Foundation Sudipta Das Fundamental of Visual Design- Drawing PG Foundation Sudipta Das Fundamental of Visual Design-Colour Ph.D. Programme Abir Mullick Introduction to Design Research Ph.D. Programme Anwar Alam (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Arindam Das (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Ashoke Chatterjee Aspect of Design History: Concept of Contemporary India Ph.D. Programme Debkumar Chakrabarti (Dr.) Design Research Opportunities & Approaches Ph.D. Programme Ipsita Sapra (Dr.) Case Study Method: Focus Group Discussion Ph.D. Programme Lakshmi Lingam (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Lalit Kumar Das (Dr.) Design in General as Evolving in the World Ph.D. Programme Madhmita Mazumdar (Dr.) Roles & Responsibilities of Ph.D. Guide Ph.D. Programme Madhumita Mazumdar (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Milan Jayesh Pandya Coursework Ph.D. Programme Nina Sabnani Kawad Project Case Study Ph.D. Programme Pradeep Kumar Mallik (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Ranjan Kumar Prusty (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Rebecca Reubens (Dr.) History of Sustainable Design Ph.D. Programme S. Balaram Design for Society Ph.D. Programme Sangita Shroff The Arts of Crafts Movement Continuum Ph.D. Programme Saurabh Tewari Design History: Vision in Design from India Ph.D. Programme Savyasaachi (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Savyasaachi (Dr.) Roles & Responsibilities of Ph.D. Guide Ph.D. Programme Seema Khanwalkar (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Shalini Grover (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Somen Saha (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Suchitra Balasubramanyan Design for Society Ph.D. Programme Tara Nair (Dr.) Coursework Ph.D. Programme Tara Nair (Dr.) Roles & Responsibilities of Ph.D. Guide

167 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Ph.D. Programme Vivek Bhandari (Dr.) Coursework Photography Design Anand Singh Naorem Introduction to convergence Media Photography Design Anand Singh Naorem Introduction to convergence Media- 2D Type & Form Photography Design Anay Mann Design Management-II Photography Design Aveek Kumar Sen Materials & Process (Digital) Photography Design Dayanita Singh Materials & Process (Analogue Photography) Photography Design Dileep Prakash Design Project-II Photography Design Dileep Prakash Fundamentals of light Photography Design Gayatri Kodikal Materials & Process (Analogue) Photography Design Ish Shehrawat Semester Jury Photography Design Ishan Khosla Semester Jury Photography Design Madhuban Mitra (Dr.) Photographics Theories Photography Design Malhar Dhruv Contemporary Photography Practice Photography Design Malhar Dhruv History of Imaging-1 Photography Design Manas Bhattacharya Contemporary Photography Practice Photography Design Nishant Shukla Contemporary Photography Practice Photography Design Rukminee Guha Thakurta Design Project-III Photography Design Rukminee Guha Thakurta Design Project-III Photography Design Sabeena Gadihoke (Dr.) Introduction to Convergence Media (Video) Photography Design Sabih Ahmed 2D Form & Type -II (Field visit) Photography Design Sadanand Menon Research Workshop-II Product Design Abhinav Tiwari Semester Jury

Product Design Amar Nath Shaw Design Project-IV (system Design) Product Design Amit Krishn Gulati Semester Jury Product Design Anwar Ali (Dr.) Design Workshop-IV Product Design Anwar Ali (Dr.) Elective: Design for Special Needs Product Design Bhushan Deshmukh Design Tools Product Design Devvrat Sompura CAID Product Design Jayanth Murthy Design Workshop-II Product Design Joydeep Majumder Human Factors Product Design Kurt Kristian Ekholm Elective: Design Workshop-II Product Design Ranjit Gopakumar Menon Design Workshop-II Product Design Sahil Thappa Design Project-I Product Design Sahil Thappa Design Workshop-II

Annual Report 2017-18 168 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Product Design Sahil Thappa Design Workshop-II Product Design Samir Bhatt Form Studies-I Product Design Samir Bhatt Form Studies-I Product Design Samir Bhatt Semester Jury Product Design Sanandan Sudhir Form Studies Product Design Sanandan Sudhir Form Studies-I Product Design Sanandan Sudhir Form Studies-I Product Design Sanandan Sudhir Form Studies-II Product Design Shujoy Chakraborty (Dr.) User Interface Design Product Design Snehal Joshi Semester Jury Product Design Vivek Amberkar Semester Jury Science & Liberal Arts Amay Korjan Electives: Introduction to Philosophy Science & Liberal Arts Anjali Daimari (Dr.) Introduction to Narratives Science & Liberal Arts Anjali Daimari (Dr.) Introduction to Narratives Science & Liberal Arts Anwar Alam (Dr.) Perspectives on Indian Society Science & Liberal Arts Aparna Roy Baliga (Dr.) Comparative Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Aparna Roy Baliga (Dr.) Comparative Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Arshad Alam (Dr.) Approaches to Indian Society Science & Liberal Arts Arshad Alam (Dr.) Perspectives on Indian Society Science & Liberal Arts Balaji Ranganathan Elective (Introduction to Archaeology) Science & Liberal Arts Banibrata Mahanta Introduction to Theatre Science & Liberal Arts Bhavna Ramrakhiani Elective Science & Liberal Arts Deepak Kannal (Dr.) Comparative Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Deepak Kannal (Dr.) Introduction to Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Deepak Kannal (Dr.) Introduction to Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Hemant Kumar (Dr.) SLA-III Elective Science & Liberal Arts Himanshu Desai Introduction to Theatre Science & Liberal Arts Ipsita Sapra (Dr.) Perspectives on Indian Society Science & Liberal Arts Jean D'souza (Dr.) Introduction to Semiotics Science & Liberal Arts Jean D'souza (Dr.) Introduction to Semiotics Science & Liberal Arts Kanika Gupta Comparative Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Kanika Gupta Introduction to Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Kanika Gupta Introduction to Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Madhumita Mazumdar (Dr.) Elective Science & Liberal Arts Madhusudan Mukherjee (Dr.) Introduction to Semiotics Science & Liberal Arts Margie Sastry (Dr.) Introduction to Indian culture

169 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Science & Liberal Arts Margie Sastry (Dr.) Introduction to Indian Culture Science & Liberal Arts Milan Jayesh Pandya Elective Science & Liberal Arts Mythili Marat Anoop (Dr.) Introduction to Semiotics Science & Liberal Arts Neena David (Dr.) Elective (Food Geography) Science & Liberal Arts Neena David (Dr.) Introduction to Psychology Science & Liberal Arts Neeta Khurana Introduction to Narratives Science & Liberal Arts Niyati Trivedi Shah Comparative Aesthetics Science & Liberal Arts Niyati Trivedi Shah Introduction to Indian culture Science & Liberal Arts Niyati Trivedi Shah Introduction to Indian Culture Science & Liberal Arts Poonam Gulalia (Dr.) Introduction to Indian Society Science & Liberal Arts Pradeep Kumar Mallik (Dr.) SLA-III Elective Science & Liberal Arts Prerna Singh Bindra Elective Science & Liberal Arts Purvi Vyas Elective (Food Geography) Science & Liberal Arts Purvi Vyas Food Geography Science & Liberal Arts Rajshree Rajmohan Elective (Introduction to Architecture) Science & Liberal Arts Rajshree Rajmohan Introduction to Architecture Science & Liberal Arts Rekha Joshi Mukherjee (Dr.) Introduction to Indian Culture Science & Liberal Arts Rekha Joshi Mukherjee (Dr.) Introduction to Indian Culture Science & Liberal Arts Ritu Sinha (Dr.) Introduction to Indian Society Science & Liberal Arts Shilpaa Anand (Dr.) Introduction to Narratives Science & Liberal Arts Shilpaa Anand (Dr.) Introduction to Narratives Science & Liberal Arts Subhadra Desai (Dr.) Elective Science & Liberal Arts Sudhanva Deshpande Introduction to Theatre Science & Liberal Arts Vishakha Bhavsar Introduction to Indian Culture Science & Liberal Arts Vishakha Bhavsar Introduction to Indian Culture Science & Liberal Arts Vivek Bhandari (Dr.) Introduction to Gandhian Thought Science & Liberal Arts Vivek Bhandari (Dr.) Introduction to Indian Society Strategic Design Management Abhijit Bansod Design Management Strategic Design Management Ganesh Balakrishnan Design Management-I Strategic Design Management Ganesh Balakrishnan Design Management-III Strategic Design Management Laxman Rathore Design Management-I Strategic Design Management Leslee Lazar (Dr.) Understanding Humans & Designing Strategies Strategic Design Management Manoj Kothari Design Management Strategic Design Management Manu Neelakandhan Design Management-III Strategic Design Management Nikhil Raval Design Management

Annual Report 2017-18 170 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Strategic Design Management Nitin Virkar Design Management-III Strategic Design Management Preeta Vyas (Dr.) Fundamentals 1: Marketing Strategic Design Management Utkarsh Biradar Design Management-III Strategic Design Management Utkarsh Biradar Design Management-III Textile Design Aditi Ranjan Advanced Weaving Textile Design Aditi Ranjan Advanced Weaving Textile Design Aditi Ranjan Design Project-I Textile Design Amit Kharsani Communication Graphics Textile Design Amit Kharsani Communication Graphics Textile Design Amit Kharsani Communication Graphics & Photography Textile Design Anuj Sharma Design Project-III Textile Design Anuj Sharma Design Project-III Textile Design Anurag Rana Semester Jury Textile Design Arpan Johri Design Project-III Textile Design Arpan Johri Design Project-IV Textile Design Arun Mani Dixit Design Project-III Textile Design Arun Mani Dixit Design Workshop-II (Sustainable Design) Textile Design Ashish Kothari Design Project-III Textile Design B.B. Paul Craft Orientation Textile Design B.B. Paul Craft Orientation Textile Design Carmina Fernandes Design Project-I - Constructed Textiles Textile Design Carmina Fernandes Design Project-I - Constructed Textiles Textile Design Carmina Fernandes Semester Jury Textile Design Chaula Patel Semester Jury Textile Design Judy Frater Semester Jury Textile Design Latha Tummuru Design Project-II & III Textile Design Latha Tummuru Semester Jury Textile Design Mala Pradeep Sinha Design Project-II (Print Design) Textile Design Medha Bhatt Design Project-I Textile Design Muntaha Rushnaiwala Design Project-III Textile Design Neha Deepak Lad Design Management Textile Design Priyanka Patel Design Workshop-II (Sustainable Design) Textile Design Rajshekhar Narayan Craft Documentation

171 National Institute of Design Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Textile Design Rajshekhar Narayan Jacquard Design Textile Design Riddhi Jain Design Workshop-I Textile Design Romanie Jaitly Advanced Print Design Textile Design Romanie Jaitly Advanced Print Design Textile Design Romanie Jaitly Semester Jury Textile Design Romanie Jaitly Surface Design Textile Design Sanwari Handa Design Workshop-I Surface Design Textile Design Sanwari Handa Design Workshop-I Surface Design Textile Design Sejal Krishnan Advanced Print Design Textile Design Snehal Nagar Sheth Semester Jury Textile Design Sugandha Gupta Design Workshop-III Textile Design Sumiran Pandya Design Project-III Textile Design Sunitha Menon Design Project-IV Textile Design Ujjal Bhuyan Design Workshop-II (Jacquard) Textile Design Ujjval Shah Design Project-III Textile Design Ujjval Shah Design Project-IV Textile Design Vishnupriya Narayanan Semester Jury Toy & Game Design Anwar Ali (Dr.) Creative Workshop-I Toy & Game Design Anwar Ali (Dr.) Media and Technology Toy & Game Design Anwar Ali (Dr.) Weekend Workshop Toy & Game Design Carmina Fernandes Semester Jury Toy & Game Design Chandradip Rana Material and Technology Toy & Game Design Joshua Hishey Geometric Construction Toy & Game Design Krishna Sai Inkoolu Human Factor-II Toy & Game Design Mridul Mitra Design Project-I Toy & Game Design Mridul Mitra Material Exploration Toy & Game Design Piyali Barua Advance Geometry Toy & Game Design Rabinder Henry Design Project-II Toy & Game Design Sahil Mathur Introduction to Mechatronics Toy & Game Design Sonia Tiwari Craft Documentation Toy & Game Design Sonia Tiwari Craft Documentation Toy & Game Design Sudarshan Khanna Element of Play Toy & Game Design Sudarshan Khanna Weekend Workshop Transportation & Automobile Design Amit Krishn Gulati Design Workshop-II (Module-II) Transportation & Automobile Design Anand Gawade Ergonomics & Vehicle Packaging Transportation & Automobile Design Arpan Johri Creative Communication

Annual Report 2017-18 172 Discipline/ Course Name of Visiting Faculty Title of Course Transportation & Automobile Design Arpan Johri Design Management-II Transportation & Automobile Design Chezhian Natarajan Automotive History Transportation & Automobile Design Deshna Mehta Design Workshop-III Transportation & Automobile Design Mahaan Ghose Semester Jury Transportation & Automobile Design Maithilee Apte Design Workshop-III Transportation & Automobile Design Meerak Subba Semester Jury Transportation & Automobile Design Pawan Kumar Design Workshop-I Transportation & Automobile Design Prabir Mukhopadhyay (Dr.) Design Workshop-II Transportation & Automobile Design Sanchi Bhardwaj Automotive Interiors Transportation & Automobile Design Sanjay Urikoth Design Workshop-I Module-1 Transportation & Automobile Design Sanket Patil Design Workshop-I Module-II Transportation & Automobile Design Saurabh Garg Design Workshop-III Universal Design A. Vaibhava Design Project-I Universal Design A. Vaibhava Form Study-I (Rep. Tech.) Universal Design A. Vaibhava Human Factors-I Universal Design D. Sudhakar Human Factors-II (Cognitive Ergonomics) Universal Design Sudeendra Koushik Design Project-III

173 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 174 16. Staff Position as on 31st March 2018

Pay Level - 14 (144200 - 218200) 01 Director

Pay Level - 13 (118500-214100) 09 Principal Designer, Principal Faculty, Secretary & Head, Gen. Admin, Controller of Finance & Accounts

Pay Level - 12 (78800-209200) Dy. Controller of Finance & Accounts, Senior Designer, Senior Faculty, Chief Hostel Warden, Dy. Registrar 23 (Academics & Gen. Admin), Senior Engineer & Technical Instructor

Pay Level - 9 (53100 - 167800) Purchase & Stores Officer, Senior Technical Instructor, Senior Instructor, Hindi Officer, Technical 37 Instructor, Senior Accounts Officer, Faculty, Designer, Administrative Officer

Pay Level - 7 (44900 - 142400) & Pay Level - 6 (35400 - 112400) Senior Assistant Librarian, Superintendent (Official Language/Accounts/KMC), Asst. Accounts & Administrative Officer, Placement Officer, Caretaker (Guest House), Senior Design Assistant, Senior 84 Technician, Dy. Engineer (Electrician), Assistant Engineer (Maintenance/Electrical/IT), Sr. Instructor (Printing), Design Associate cum Instructor, Asst. Administrative Officer, Asst. Librarian, Supervisor, Sr. Technical Assistant, Instructor, Warden (Boy’s Hostel), Security Officer, Editor

Pay Level - 5 (29200 - 92300) Assistant Programmer, Senior Technical Assistant (IT), Senior Design Assistant, Technical Assistant, Senior Master Cutter cum Pattern & Sample Maker, Senior Library Assistant, Senior Assistant (EA- 48 Director’s Office/ Admin/ Account), Hostel Warden (Girl’s Hostel), Senior Secretarial Assistant, Jr. Accounts Officer, Project Officer, Supervisor – Housekeeping & Gardening, Plumber, Security Supervisor (Hostel & Residential Area), Senior Attendant cum Driver, Senior Attendant, Senior Gardener, Senior Driver

Pay Level - 4 (25500 - 81100) Assistant (Purchase & Stores/ Accounts/ Admin), Library Assistant, Warden (Girl’s Hostel), Technical 39 Assistant, Photographer, Design Assistant, Jr. Programmer, Jr. Instructor, Project Executive, Project Assistant, Senior Attendant, Security Supervisor, Watchman, Security Guard, Driver

Pay Level - 2 (19900 - 63200) Model Maker, Library Attendant, Attendant, Plumber, Security Guard, Jr. Project Assistant, Technical 39 Assistant, Jr. Technical Assistant, Gardener, Senior Attendant

Pay Level - 1 (18000 - 56900) 12 Attendant, Gardener, Guest House Attendant, Master Craftsman

Total 320

175 National Institute of Design 16.1 Human Resource Development Activities for Staff

Sr.No. Name Programme Details Dates

1. Jaya Nair Master of Business Management from ICFAI University, From August 1, 2017 for Tripura two years

2. Kapil Patel Programme on Role of ICT in driving Government May 15–19, 2017 performance at Leh

3. Naresh Nagar Programme on Negotiation & Conflict Resolution July 10–14, 2017 Strategies at Leh

4. Lalitha Poluru (Dr.) Librarian’s Day Seminar – 2017 August 12, 2017 125th Birthday Celebrations of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan

5. Himmatsingh Kolcha -do- -do-

6. Teaching and Non- One day Programme on Women’s Health including a September 8, 2017 Teaching Women presentation on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Employees of NID Workplace at NID Ahmedabad

7. T. G. Shaikh Programme on Leadership & Teamwork for Performance September 18–22, 2017 Excellence at Goa

8. Jasswini Bet Programme on Modern Office Management for November 20–24, 2017 Executive Secretaries, Personal Assistants & Office Staff at Goa

9. Lalitha Poluru (Dr.) Programme on Global Conference on Emerging Trends November 21–22, 2017 in Business Librarianship – ETBL – 2017 at IIM, Ahmedabad

10. Onkaramurthy B. Programme on Innovation & Creativity through February 5–9, 2018 Knowledge at Goa

11. Sanjit Peter One day Conference on 23rd Annual Innovation at AMA, February 17, 2018 Ahmedabad

12. Yogesh Patil -do- -do-

13. Ankita Gajjar -do- -do-

14. Jaya Solanki -do- -do-

15. Ajay Painter -do- -do-

16. Dipak Prajapati -do- -do-

17. Navneet Mistry -do- -do-

Annual Report 2017-18 176 18. Narottam Prajapati -do- -do-

19. Subrata Sarkar -do- -do-

20. Mahesh Parmar -do- -do-

21. Govind Jadav -do- -do-

22. Jashvantsinh -do- -do- Chauhan

23. Piyush Panchal -do- -do-

24. Suresh Mistry -do- -do-

25. Hemraj Koshthi -do- -do-

26. Shambhu Paswan -do- -do-

27. Navneet Mistry Exhibition by The India Wood, 10th International Trade March 8–12, 2018 Fare for Furniture Production Technologies, Wood work Machineries, Tools, Fitting and Accessories, Raw Materials etc. at Bangalore

28. Rakesh Rathod -do- -do-

29. Sejal Roy Programme on Public Procurement to upgrade capacity March 19–24, 2018 of the concerned officers with all relevant rules and procedures of Public Procurement at Faridabad

30. Ankita Gajjar Programme on Design Picnic – Innovation in Visual March 22–24, 2018 Communication at Varanasi

177 National Institute of Design 17. Official Language Implementation

With a view to ensuring adequate propagation and During the Hindi Utsav 2017, several Hindi development of Official Language (O.L.) Hindi in competitions; namely, Essay writing, Poem recitation, Official Language proper implementation of O.L. Poem writing, Hindi singing, Quiz, Hindi calligraphy, Policy of the Government, the Institute hold various Hindi Drama, Hindi Quiz, Antaakshari, and Hasna activities/ programs in Hindi during the year 2017-18 in mana hain (stand-up comedy) were organized for the perspective of Annual Program for the year 2017- all students, staff members and faculty members. 18 issued by the Department of Official Language. In The Hindi Utsav2017 was held from September 7– order to comply with the instructions issued by the October13, 2017. A valedictory function of the Hindi Ministry of Commerce regarding implementation/ Utsav was organized on November 1, 2017. Director compliance of O.L. Policy of the Government and to NID Pradyumna Vyas gave away the prizes to the achieve the target fixed by the Department of Official winners of various competitions held during this event. Language, the institute has drawn its own action plan to implement various provisions contained therein. As Hindi publications brought out by the institute during a first step in this regard, most of the correspondences the 2017-18 period are as under: Annual Report 2016- with Central and State Government organizations 2017: Hindi version of the institute’s Annual Report were made in Hindi. Apart from the day-to-day official for the year 2017-2018, Hindi magazine Roopankan, works in Hindi, the following Hindi activities were and Design Evam Parivesh – Ek parichay, the Hindi organized in the Institute with utmost motivation and translation of Design and Environment: A Primer by encouragement. Hindi Utsav Celebrations the Institute H.Kumar Vyas. celebrated Hindi Utsav during September 2017 with great zeal and enthusiasm. Several programmes/ Roopankan: The fourth edition of this magazine was competitions were held for the propagation and brought out and it included articles in Hindi which development of Official Language Hindi. The institute were contributed by the employees and faculty has a Hindi Pakhwada (Hindi Utsav) committee; its members of the institute. This was a special issue on members include: Vijai Singh Katiyar (Chairperson), the late H. Kumar Vyas. A few articles contributed by Dr. Dinesh Prasad (Hindi Officer & Advisor, Hindi Utsav guest authors were also included in the magazine. committee), Hina Kansara (Convener & Member, Hindi Utsav Committee); other committee members: Dr. Rajbhasha Karyanvayan Samiti: During the year Tridha Gajjar, Shrinkhala Aren, Jaya Solanki, Saurabh 2018, one meeting of the Official Language Shrivastava, Nirmala Sagar, and Amit Sinha. Implementation Committee was held on February 6, 2018. Besides reviewing the progress of the ongoing During the convocation in January 2018, the Governing Hindi activities, several decisions in order to ensure Council members had released the 4th issue of the proper implementation of O.L. policy in the institute, institute’s annual Hindi magazine “Roopankan”. This were taken. An action plan was also prepared for the was a Special Issue on the late professor H. Kumar activities for implementation of directives for use of Vyas. Hindi during the ensuing quarters. A Hindi workshop on poster design was organized to impart Hindi The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Week was celebrated by training to the staff members thus encouraging the the institute. Keeping in view the objectives of this use of Hindi. initiative; namely, to foster the spirit of patriotism and national mission on Swachhata, the national Inspection carried out: An inspection of various Hindi- Swachhata pledge was administered by Director NID related work being done by NID was carried out. For to all staff members of the Institute. Hindi slogan and this purpose, Dr. Sunita Yadav Deputy Director (O.L.) elocution competitions on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan from Regional Implementation Office (West) visited were held during this week. NID on February 7, 2018 and reviewed the progress of ongoing activities of Hindi in NID. The inspecting

Annual Report 2017-18 178 officer rendered some useful advice to the institute in order to achieve the targets fixed by the Department of Official Language. Two officials of the institute dealing with Hindi Implementation works attended this meeting.

NID hosted the Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC): NID was hosting the 71st meeting of Town Official Language Implementation Committee February 7, 2018 under the Chairmanship of Income tax Commissioner, Ahmedabad at the NID auditorium. The TOLIC members visited an exhibition of students and staff members of various competitions which were held at the institute.

The Institute has regularly been taking part in the various activities being organized by TOLIC, Ahmedabad. Participation in the following activities/ programmes were ensured by the institute Director NID, Senior Administrative Officer, Officer-in-Charge Hindi Cell, and Superintendent, O.L.

TOLIC organized lectures by Shri Prabhas Kumar Jha, Secretary, Official Language Department, New Delhi. There were lectures that imparted training on the various issues related to O.L. implementation. From the institute, Hina Kansara had participated this lecture held at Dena Bank Bhavan, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad on February 26, 2018.

179 National Institute of Design 18. Financial Resources

During the year 2017–18, the institute received Government grants as well as income from other sources as listed:

RECURRING INCOME (PLAN AND NON-PLAN)

Grant for recurring expenditure (Ongoing Plan Schemes) Rs. 2315.00 Lakhs

Gross Receipts from Client Projects: Rs. 1173.38 Lakhs Consultancy Services fees and Outreach projects income and training fees

Tuition fees, Hostel fees and Studio Material charges Rs. 3259.81 Lakhs

Miscellaneous Income Rs. 309.93 Lakhs

Total: Rs. 7058.12 Lakhs

NON-RECURRING AND CAPITAL (PLAN)

Grant for Machinery, Equipment, Computers Rs. 354.00 Lakhs

Grant for library books and Audio-Visual Publications Rs. 46.00 Lakhs

Grant for construction of Addl. Hostel for Girls Rs. 258.99 Lakhs

Grant for Implementation of National Design Policy: Rs. 18538.00 Lakhs Set up of New NID Campuses.

Total: Rs. 19196.99 Lakhs

Annual Report 2017-18 180 ANNEXURE 1

National Design Business Incubator (NDBI) • NDBI had participated in India-Israel Innovation NDBI supports designers to turn their ideas and summit. Two incubates: Taparch Footwear Private concepts into successful competitive businesses and Limited and Feel Good Innovations Private Limited provides an environment to develop essential business had their stalls in this summit. management skills and systems that may enable designers to grow as business leaders, Currently, NDBI has 8 incubated companies. Few awards and activities undertaken by incubated companies are mentioned below:

Rupture innovations Private Limited Rupture Innovations Private Limited, an incubatee of NDBI, Bengaluru has won the “Gold Medal” in the Grand finale of KPIT Sparkle 2018. KPIT Contest is one of the largest and most reputed innovation contest. It has received a trophy, medals, and a cash prize of Rs. 5 Lakhs. A Smart Helmet designed by them has been registered for patent. This incubate has completed the process of prior art search for this product with the help of the IPR Cell at NID.

Feel Good Innovations Private Limited Feel Good Innovation’s product has become India’s biggest crowd funded product. They have earned revenue of more than 38 lakhs. Feel Good Innovation participated in Headstart 10th Anniversary event held at Bengaluru. They were selected amongst top 5 best start-ups. The company is currently focusing on building channel partners and distributors to increase the sale of the products. An online purchase system facility is available now on Amazon.

Serene Designs & Marketing Private Limited Serene Designs was awarded as top 100 start-ups working for social change in India held at Annual Forum “Technology for Transformation”. Serene Designs has received Excellence Award for start-up in early stage category by Education Department, Government of Gujarat.

Achievements of NDBI: • NDBI has received SSIP Grant from the Government of Gujarat amounting to Rs. 1.2 Crores for three years to promote innovation and entrepreneurship at an institutional level. MoU was signed for this purpose in March 2018. 181 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 182 ANNEXURE 2

INDIA DESIGN COUNCIL and create the conditions through which to build India Design Council is an autonomous body of developmental, innovative and lasting partnerships Government of India established under the aegis of between Design Schools in India and the UK. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. It is a national strategic India Design Mark and Good Design Exhibition at PSG body for multidisciplinary design and is involved in Institute of Management, Coimbatore promotion of design to ultimately make India a design- (March 1–4, 2018) enabled country. In 2007, India became one of the few The recipients of 7th India Design Mark were countries to adopt a National Design Policy. To enable announced on March 2, 2018 at Coimbatore and 70 the policy implementation the Indian Government products were granted the prestigious India Design announced establishment of the India Design Council Mark. A 13-member international jury comprising (IDC) in March 2009. designers, technologists, and marketing and branding experts from Taiwan, Japan and India, judged these The India Design Council is spearheading the national products. Prior to the announcement, Good Design design direction and is working with other government Seminar was held. The Good Design Seminar, a set agencies, the design community, industry, and of talks by eminent personnel, sought to unravel the education institutions to promote design in business, seeming mysteries of good design. A public exhibition society and public services and developing design of the India Design Mark 2018 recipients along with excellence. India Design Mark is a design standard, the exhibition of Taiwan International Students Design a symbol, which recognizes good design. The India Competition TISDC, Taiwan was held. Design Council grants the India Design Mark after evaluating good design through a systemized process. Second Series of India-UK Design Education The India Design Mark is initiated in cooperation with Workshop Series at India Habitat Centre, Delhi the Good Design Award, Japan. The India Design (January 29–31, 2018) Mark symbolizes product excellence in form, function, The British Council and India Design Council working quality, safety, sustainability and innovation and towards stimulating strategic relationships in Design communicates that the product is usable, durable, education and research between India and UK design aesthetically appealing & socially responsible. institutions as a follow up to the ‘The Future of Design Education in India’ report launched by Mr. Jo Johnson, Series of India-UK Design Education Workshop Series UK Minister for Universities, Science, Research and at NID’s Bengaluru Campus, Bengaluru Innovation in November 2016. This is the second (March 9–10, 2018) of three workshops being convened in India to The India Design Council along with British Council in develop a shared knowledge and understanding. India conducted the third workshop of India-UK Design These workshops will reflect on the development Education Workshop Series. The topic of deliberation of both future designers and design educators and for the first workshop was Future of Design Education; academics. India-UK Design Education Workshop the focus of the second workshop was on “Capacity Series (January 29–31, 2018). Building”. The third workshop theme was “Design Research & Scholarship”. From the UK the workshop facilitators were: Anne Boddington from Kingston University, Steve Rigley from Glasgow School of Art, Dr Jo Anne Bichard from Royal College of Art, Dr Graham McLaren from Bath Spa University and Dr Emma Dewberry from The Open University. The key aim of this two-day workshop was to develop a shared understanding of Design Research and Scholarship

183 National Institute of Design The topic of deliberation for the first workshop was the council 2017 TISDC Award Ceremony to present ‘Future of Design Education’. The focus of the second the IDC Special Award took place in Taiwan from workshop is on ‘Capacity Building’. From the UK the November 24–28 during the 2017 Taiwan International workshop facilitators were: Anne Boddington from Student Design Competition. Director NID Pradyumna Kingston University, Steve Rigley from Glasgow Vyas who is also the Member Secretary of the India School of Art, Derek Jones from Open University & Design Council was invited for the D-21 Global Design Kerry Curtis from Bath Spa University. The three-day Summit organised during the Taiwan International intensive program was the beginning of a journey Student Design Competition Award function in Taipei, towards collaborative brainstorming to shape design where India Design Council was one of the worldwide education. partner organisation along with 21 other partner organisations. The competition aims at encouraging CII – NID Design Summit endorsed by IDC at international creative design exchange as well as Hyderabad (December 5–6, 2018) developing creative design talents across the globe. On December 5, the 17th India Design Summit There was also a Special Award of 100,000 TWD was inaugurated by Shri KT Rama Rao, Minister of [Taiwan Dollars] in the name of India Design council Industries, MA&UD, IT&C, Mines & Geology, Public given to the Students. This competition has become Enterprises and NRI Affairs, Government of Telangana. one of the top in the world. The theme for the next year The summit was organized by Confederation of Indian would be “Breakthrough in Innovation”. Industry along with the National Institute of Design and the Government of Telangana. At the inaugural Good Design Exhibition at Japan session, the CII Design Excellence Awards 2017 were (November 1–5, 2017) granted to the winners at the hands of Shri KT Rama The India Design Council participated in the Good Rao. CII initiated the “CII Design Excellence Awards” in Design Exhibition 2017 which is being was held at the year of 2011. The India Design Council endorses Tokyo Midtown, Japan from November 1–5, 2017. the awards. The awards are the celebration of the very The Foldable Jute Bag was awarded the Good Design best of Indian design. It seeks to demonstrate the Award 2017. The Foldable Jute Bag was designed value of design to the Indian industry. by Abhilasha Jhalani, M.Des. student of Lifestyle Accessory Design discipline, under the mentorship of 19th Governing Council Meet of IDC at Hyderabad Shimul Mehta Vyas, Principal Designer as part of her (December 5, 2017) Graduation Project at Innovation Centre for Natural The 19th Governing Council of the India Design Fibre (ICNF), NID Gandhinagar Campus. Four other Council reconstituted by the Government of India was products from India were awarded the Good Design organised at the Hyderabad International Convention Award. A delegation comprising members from the Centre. This newly-reconstituted Council had its Ministry of Textiles, Government of India; National second meeting post the 18th Governing Council Meet which was held on August 29, 2017 at Pune. Various agenda points taken up in the previous councils had been moved on further to the final implementation stage under the leadership of the newly appointed Chairperson Dr. Naushad Forbes.

Taiwan International Student Design Competition at Taiwan (November 24–28, 2018) The 2017 Taiwan International Student Design Competition. The competition is supported by India Design Council and one special award is sponsored by

Annual Report 2017-18 184 Jute Board; Indian Jute Mills Association and National at NID exhibition stall and appreciated the work done Institute of Design participated in this event and met by the institution, along with delegates from different with various organisations for promotion of Indian countries. Director NID, Pradyumna Vyas made a Jute products. presentation in the round table discussion on "Support of Industrial Design on the Road to Increasing 59th International Engineering Fair 2017 at Brno Competitiveness". There was a good response from (October 9–13, 2017) the visitors. Many students and faculty from local The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India institutions visited the exhibition apart from visitors invited NID to take part in the design exhibition in from the industry. India Pavilion at the 59th International Engineering Fair 2017 (MSV) held at Brno, the second largest city 2017 TEDA Cup International Youth Design and major industrial hub of Czech Republic. India was Competition at Tianjin (September 14–18, 2017) represented as the partner country of the exhibition. Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area The Indian Pavilion at the exhibition was coordinated (TEDA) was built in 1984, since then, it has attracted by EEPC under Ministry of Commerce & Industry, more than 160 out of the top 500 companies in the GoI. The India Pavilion was inaugurated by Shri C.R. world. The annual gross regional product of TEDA Choudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of has reached RMB 800 billion which has been the Commerce and Industry, GoI. Among the eminent largest number among the technology development dignitaries visiting the exhibition were Shri Raghubar areas in China for consecutive years. The TEDA Cup Das, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand; Shri R. International Youth Design Competition has started V. Deshpande, Minister of Large & Medium Scale since 2015 in response to the global economic Industries, Infrastructure Development, Karnataka transformation and to encourage young people to State and Mr. Krishan Kumar, Ambassador of India communicate creatively. Director NID Pradyumna Vyas to Czech Republic. They spent a considerable time was invited to the 2017 TEDA Cup International Youth Design Competition as a Juror and as a Speaker in the “Design Creates Value Summit” in Tianjin, Taiwan organised by the Administrative Commission of TEDA under the guidance of Taiwan Affairs Office of Tianjin Municipal People's Government on September 16, 2017. Various designers from Taiwan, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, U.S.A. and other foreign countries were invited to be the lecturers who joined Director NID in the summit to make their presentations.

185 National Institute of Design These Speakers were Mr. Apex Lin-Director of Taiwan Conference (WIDC) Preliminary Meeting, on June International Student Design Competition, Mr. Kim 16, 2017 being held in Liangzhu, Hangzhou, China. Hyun-President of Design Park Branding-Korea, Mr. Director NID Pradyumna Vyas was invited to represent Kazuo Tanaka-President of Japan Industrial Designer’s India Design Council and NID. Mr. Liu Ning, President Association-Japan, Mr. Tai Lee Siang-President of of CIDA, released the preparation work of the second Singapore Institute of Architects-Singapore, Mr. Eric WIDC meeting; whose main focus is to leverage design Cruz-Executive Creative Director of AKQA-Shanghai, education, design industry and policy, design capital Mr. Michael D. Cachuela-Owner Graphic Subject and innovation entrepreneurship, design culture and Matter-U.S.A, and Mr. Michael Lin Secretary-General of sustainable development, and design collaboration. Taiwan Good Design Association-Taiwan. India-UK Design Education Workshop Series at Governing Council Meet of IDC at Pune Ahmedabad (May 5–6, 2017) (August 29, 2017) The British Council and India Design Council are The third Governing Council of the India Design working towards stimulating strategic relationships in Council was reconstituted by the Government of Design education and research between India and UK India vide its notification dated May 8, 2017 forming design institutions as a follow up to the ‘The Future a Governing Council consisting of 33 members. This of Design Education in India’ report launched by Mr. newly constituted Council had scheduled its 18th Jo Johnson, UK Minister for Universities, Science, meeting which was held on August 29, 2017 at Pune Research and Innovation in November 2016. The under the leadership of newly appointed Chairperson first of three workshops will be convened in India to Dr. Naushad Forbes. develop a shared knowledge and understanding and each workshop will reflect on the development of both Design Dialogue Programme at Pune future designers and design educators and academics. (August 29, 2017) It will be one of the largest gatherings of design The Design Dialogue Programme was organised by the educators from all leading design institutions across India Design Council at Pune on August 29, 2017 to the country including IITs along with leading UK interact with the design community in Pune and for the experts in design education. The topic of deliberation official launch of the Chartered Society of Designers. for the first workshop was “Future of Design The programme set a platform for stakeholder Education”. The first workshop saw participation from engagement for a deliberative conversation to leading academics from well-known universities from construct a shared vision and narrative characterizing the UK under the leadership of Anne Boddington, Dean the emerging commitments and proposals for the of the College of Arts and Humanities, University of growth of design in India. Brighton and Trustee, Design Council UK.

Africa Design Days 2017 at Morocco (June 28–30, 2017) The Africa Design Days 2017 was organised from June 28–30, 2017at Rabat, Morocco. This was the first Global Pan-African forum on Economies of Design, Innovation and Creative Industries. Director NID & Member Secretary, India Design Council (IDC) Pradyumna Vyas was invited as the Keynote Speaker.

Second World Industrial Design Conference (WIDC) at Hangzhou (June 14–19, 2017) The China Industrial Design Association (CIDA) organized the second World Industrial Design

Annual Report 2017-18 186 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2017-18 Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament

187 National Institute of Design ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2017-18 Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament

Annual Report 2017-18 188 Auditors’ Report

189 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 190 191 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 192 193 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 194 195 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 196 197 National Institute of Design Annual Report 2017-18 198 199 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4) FORM A Amount in Rs. BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 st MARCH, 2018

SCHEDULE 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 CAPITAL FUND AND LIABILITIES CAPITAL FUND: 1 637020436 608097870 DEPRECIATION FUND: 6 629065376 574183986 EARMARKED FUNDS: 2 877223799 824696976 GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS: 3 26185985 74114323 GRANTS FOR NEW NIDs 4 1312817360 5096215 CURRENT LIABILITIES: 5 320295539 346926225 TOTAL 3802608495 2433115595 ASSETS FIXED ASSETS:(At Cost) 6 1271541793 1184952653 INVESTMENTS:(At Cost) 7 650600000 630500000 CURRENT ASSETS,LOANS,ADVANCES ETC.: 8 1788298101 571432441 INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 9 92168601 46230501 TOTAL 3802608495 2433115595 For NOTES forming part of Accounts,see 17

Place: Bengaluru As per our Report of even date

Naushad Forbes Pradyumna Vyas For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Chairman, Director Firm Registration No.110417 W Governing Council Chartered Accountants

Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Secretary & Head, Controller of Finance Membership No.100892 General Administration & Accounts Date: 10.07.2018

Annual Report 2017-18 200 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4) FORM B Amount in Rs. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 2018

SCHEDULE CURRENT PREVIOUS YEAR YEAR INCOME FEES: 10 325980729 291859004 SERVICE CHARGES: 11 117338088 90416617 GRANTS: 12 231500000 239700000 INTEREST EARNED: 13 21572283 29110041 OTHER INCOME: 9420794 7397697 TRANSFERRED FROM CAPITAL FUND 1 56976428 55087746 TO THE EXTENT OF DEPRECIATION: TOTAL (A) 762788322 713571105 EXPENDITURE ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES: 14 442949703 354913049 OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES: 15 261354633 269341778 EXPENSES ON PROJECTS : 11 92887572 70282560 INTEREST/BANK CHARGES: 228815 180798 DEPRECIATION: (Ref. Note no.1e ) 6 56976428 55087746 AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO SPECIFIC FUNDS: 16 559772 9995675 TOTAL (B) 854956923 759801606 BALANCE BEING DEFICIT CARRIED OVER 9 92168601 46230501 TO BALANCE SHEET (A-B)

For NOTES forming part of Accounts,see Schedule -17 Place: Bengaluru As per our Report of even date

Naushad Forbes Pradyumna Vyas For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Chairman, Director Firm Registration No.110417 W Governing Council Chartered Accountants

Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, Membership No.100892 & Accounts General Administration Date: 10.07.2018

201 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 Schedule 1 CAPITAL FUND

Rs. Rs. a. Capital Fund Balance as on 1-4-2017 607073795 619513262 a.Add: i) Amount transferred from Central Govt.Grants Account for 43486356 40166646 meeting Non-recurring expenditure ii) Amount transferred from Central Govt.Grants Account for Building 44441982 131133 under construction Account iii) Amount transferred from Income & Expenditure A/c. on 559772 3052 account of excess of cost over grant for Non-Recurring Expenditure iv) Amount transferred from Income & Expenditure A/c. for --- 2492623 purchase of staff vehicles. b.Less:Transferred to Income & Expenditure Account to 695561905 662306716 the extent of depreciation on assets acquired out of Capital Funds 56976428 55087746 c.Less:Adjustment of the value of Machinery, Equipment & Furniture sold/dis- 23682 4725 card during the year. d.Less:Reversal of Lecture Hall (Building Under Construction) on cancellation of --- 140450 scheme e. Less: Adjustment of value of demolition of staff qtrs block & Seminar Hall (Up 2565434 --- to Ground floor) Sub-Total (a.) 635996361 607073795 b. Land Reserve 1024075 1024075 Balance as on 1-4-2016 TOTAL ( a + b) 637020436 608097870

Pradyumna Vyas Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan Director Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, & Accounts General Administration

Annual Report 2017-18 202 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 Schedule 2 EARMARKED FUNDS

Sr. Name of Funds Opening Closing No. Balance Interest Other Amount Ref. Balance

As on Credited Credited Debited Note As on 01.04.2017 31.03.2018

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

1 Contribution from Govt. of India, New 62588187 5324500 67912687 Delhi. 2 Contribution from Industry, Individuals 54287096 734500 14000 1882172 56889768 and Sponsors of Diploma Projects. 3 Contribution for Bangalore Design 3058303 104070 3162373 Centre 4 Prof. Ravi Matthai's Memorial Fund 189873 6461 196334 5 Donation for Financial Aid to Students 180000 3787551 128886 4096437

6 Fund for Imported Equipments, Library 27344903 930514 28275417 books 7 NID Restoration & Upgradation Fund 15622558 531617 16154175 8 Revolving Contingency Fund 264674 9007 273681 9 Centre of Excellence for Innovative 524338 524338 Design Chair Fund 10 House Building Advance for Employees 106041200 5389090 1 111430290 Fund 11 Ford Foundation Endowment Fund 93129334 10350064 3429752 6449752 2 100459398 12 Design Excellence Endowment Fund 0 273333 5000000 273333 3 5000000 13 Corpus Fund from Govt.for India De- 45000000 3825000 1887878 5712878 4 45000000 sign Council 14 Corpus from Govt. for India for Venture 57293123 3368174 2500000 5 58161297 Capital Fund 15 Special Purpose Fund 232324030 18780900 6 251104930 16 RDC Endowment Fund 105345839 8654008 3313140 7 110686707 17 Fund for Campus Maintenance and 17895967 17895967 Allied Activities GRAND TOTAL 824696976 54168706 16621220 18263103 877223799 PREVIOUS YEAR 837991626 39908070 26581513 79784233 824696976

203 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

*Note: 1. Created out of current year's interest income 2. Details of Ford Foundation Endowment Fund

Name of Funds Opening Closing Balance Interest Other Amount Balance As on Credited Credited Debited As on 01.04.2017 31.03.2018 a. Scholarship Fund 50050552 3429752 53480304

b. New Media Fund 19240000 19240000

c. Bissel Fund 6228950 6228950

d. Interest earned on Scholarship Fund 0 6859505 6249752 609753

e. Interest earned on New Media Fund 13710676 2636872 200000 16147548

f. Interest earned on Bissel Fund 3899156 853687 4752843

Total 93129334 10350064 3429752 6449752 100459398

3. Design Excellence Endowment Fund

Name of Funds Opening Closing Balance Interest Other Amount Balance As on Credited Credited Debited As on 01.04.2017 31.03.2018

a. Chair for Universal Design Fund 0 5000000 5000000

b. Interest earned on Research Chair 0 273333 273333 0

Total 0 273333 5000000 273333 5000000

4. Details of Corpus Fund from Govt. for India Design Council

Name of Funds Opening Closing Balance Interest Other Amount Balance As on Credited Credited Debited As on 01.04.2017 31.03.2018

a. Endowment fund from Govt. for India Design 45000000 0 45000000 Council

b. Interest earned on Endowment Fund for IDC 0 3825000 1887878 5712878 0

Total 45000000 3825000 1887878 5712878 45000000

5. Details of Corpus from Govt. for India for Venture Capital Fund

Name of Funds Opening Closing Balance Interest Other Amount Balance As on Credited Credited Debited As on 01.04.2017 31.03.2018

a. Corpus from Govt. for India for Rolling Venture Fund 40000000 0 40000000

b. Interest earned on Corpus for Rolling Venture 17293123 3368174 2500000 18161297 Fund

Total 57293123 3368174 0 2500000 58161297

Annual Report 2017-18 204 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

6. Details of Special Purpose Fund

Name of Funds Opening Interest Other Amount Closing Balance Credited Credited Debited Balance As on As on 01.04.2017 31.03.2018

a. Special purpose Fund Fund 200000000 200000000

b. Interest earned on Special Purpose Fund 32324030 18780900 51104930

Total 232324030 18780900 0 0 251104930

7. Details of RDC Endowment Fund

Name of Funds Opening Interest Other Amount Closing Balance Credited Credited Debited Balance As on As on 01.04.2017 31.03.2018

a. Railway Design Centre (RDC) 105345839 105345839

b. Interest earned on RDC Endowment Fund 0 8654008 3313140 5340868

Total 105345839 8654008 0 3313140 110686707

Pradyumna Vyas Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan Director Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, & Accounts General Administration

205 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 Schedule 3 ANY OTHER FUND (From Grants)

Sr. Name of Account Opening Grant Amount debited Note Closing No. Balance Credited Balance Non Transferred Other As on As on Recurring to I & E Debited 01.04.2017 31.03.2018 Exps A/c.

A. GRANT FOR NID Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

1 Central Govt. Grant for Plan --- 231500000 231500000 Recurring Programme

2 Central Govt. Grant Plan 3486356 35400000 38886356 (Non-Recurring) for Machinery, Equipment, Furniture etc.

3 Central Govt. Grant Plan (Non- --- 4600000 4600000 Recurring) for Books & Audio Visual Publication

4 Central Govt. Grant Plan 24746525 25899550 24460090 26185985 (Non-Recurring) for Construction of Additional Hostel for Girls

5 Central Govt. Grant Plan 19981892 19981892 (Non-Recurring) for Construction of Student Mess at Gandhinagar

6 Central Govt. Grant Plan 25899550 25899550 1 (Non-Recurring) for Construction of lecture Halls at Ahmedabad

Sub Total ( A ) 74114323 297399550 87928338 231500000 25899550 26185985

Previous Year ( A ) 93372102 279700000 40297779 239700000 18960000 74114323

Note: 1. As the scheme is not executed further, credit balance has been transferred to Sr. No. 4 Construction of Additional Hostel for Girls Scheme.

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Annual Report 2017-18 206 Rs. As on Closing Balance 5096215 318467936 298925317 385525702 310954360 (-) 1055955 31.03.2018

1312817360 Schedule 4 for Rs. Exps 243557 243557 243557 Amt. t/f. Recurring 30843482 37162740 68736893 14829205 General Administration Siddharth Swaminarayan & Head, Secretary Rs. work to NBCC for Const. 90000000 90000000 90000000 200000000 470000000 956860000 Transferred Amount debited ------Rs. Exps 7341962 7341962 for Non- Amt. t/f. Recurring 31606123 Rs. Total 7341962 (-) 812398 431797842 499168874 408711493 512688442 1858896215 1008712200 ------Rs. Grant during the year Credited 432000000 410000000 512000000 499800000 982560000 1853800000 Rs. As on 688442 Balance Opening 7341962 5096215 (-) 812398 (-) 202158 (-) 631126 25831543 (-) 1288507 01.04.2017 Viral Rajyaguru Viral Rajyaguru of Finance Controller & Accounts Rs. up to Grant Utilised 7859198 68802158 42658038 368114707 292311258 363408926 139858957 31.03.2017 1143154285 Rs. up to Grant Credited 7046800 68600000 50000000 366826200 292999700 362777800 165690500 31.03.2017 1148250500 TOTAL PREVIOUS YEAR Campuses at Departmnet of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India is establishing new NIDs at various places Viz. of India is establishing new NIDs at various Government Ministry & Industry, of Commerce and Promotion, Departmnet of Industrial Policy Form "A" - Balance Sheet of the NID (Form of Annual Statement of Accounts) Rule, 2016 state that Grants received for Setting up of new NID Campuses of Annual Statement Accounts) Rule, 2016 state that Grants received - Balance Sheet of the NID (Form "A" Form Bhopal Kurukshetra Vijayawada Vijayawada for Vijayawada Machinery/Eqpts/Lib. books etc Central Govt. Grant Plan (Non-Recurring) for Central Govt. Setting up of Implementation of National Design Policy: New NID Jorhat Hyderabad Name of Account 3 4 5 6 1 2 Sr. No. Pradyumna Vyas Director NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance (See Sub rule 1 of 4) an Act of Parliament by Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 GRANTS FOR NEW NIDs Department by of Industrial Policy directly for Planning, Designing and Construction of Buildings New NIDs has been given S. No.2 Besides, the work order support/help as and when is only to provide role of India to concerned agencies. NID Ahmedabad's Govt. & Industry, Ministry of Commerce & Promotions(DIPP), from to concerned agencies on the basis of grant sanction letter received The capital grant for the said purpose has been transferred required. DIPP. S. No.3 Ahmedabad. Council of NID, etc. The activities of theses NIDs falls outside the perview of Governing and Vijayawada Bhopal, Kurukshetra Jorhat, Hyderabad, S. No.1 out of said grant is shown separately. incurred NID-Ahmedabad and capital expenditure in Bank Account of NID-Ahmedabad) through (received routed

207 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 Schedule 5 CURRENT LIABILITIES

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017

Rs. Rs.

1. For Creditors in respect of Materials and Services 33273207 43615808

2. For Rent & Other Deposits 31360213 28172976

3. For Sundry Credit Balances 76859319 68710621

4. For Advance for Projects in Progress 178802800 206426820

TOTAL 320295539 346926225

Pradyumna Vyas Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan Director Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, & Accounts General Administration

Annual Report 2017-18 208 Rs. As on 18108 796862 271583 253475 1281017 2077879 1258285 4950590 1994098 43843337 65095280 22890493 31980764 32117570 292246214 112042574 610768667 456418879 154078205 31.03.2017 Rs. Schedule 6 NET BLOCK As on 796862 1281017 2077879 1207954 4808808 1495573 26514601 51228166 62235176 21177393 39640603 38771013 26455168 24713565 610768667 284555524 108823160 642476417 441113928 150134323 31.03.2018 0 0 Rs. As on 805296 862448 4436201 19953378 78328983 25851406 23072070 70722834 70544598 574183986 182172803 222859957 629065376 558520778 31.03.2018 - 0 0 0 Rs. ment Sale/ 555768 555768 Adjust 1539270 2095038 1539270 20645357 0 0 0 Rs. Year 50331 141782 498525 For the For 3219414 5562061 7690690 1637300 7051296 55087746 14235734 16889295 56976428 12739517 44236911 0 0 0 D E P R C I A T O N Rs. Siddharth Swaminarayan, Siddharth Swaminarayan, & Head, General Administration Secretary As on 754965 720666 3937676 16733964 25753376 72766922 15381380 64227306 59344351 539741597 167937069 205970662 574183986 514839635 01.04.2017 Rs. As on 796862 2077879 1281017 5671256 2013250 5931774 26514601 51228166 99506376 65492009 97178002 24713565 128776538 244407979 307627594 261630970 511658526 708655101 1184952653 1271541793 31.03.2018 0 0 Rs. Sale/ 579450 579450 4104704 4684154 4104704 20790532 Adjustment

0 0 Rs. 3848961 1412576 Addition 26496493 50956583 46522871 11375630 23679544 24460090 91273294 40316711 G R O S B L C K Rs . 18108 As on 796862 271583 253475 1281017 2077879 5671256 2013250 5931774 95657415 69596713 96344876 128776538 233032349 307627594 237951426 515763230 668917840 1159220314 1184952653 01.04.2017 Viral Rajyaguru, Viral Rajyaguru, of Finance & Accounts Controller - IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES IMMOVABLE (i) Land (ii) Land - R & D Campus, Bangalore (ii) Land - R & D Campus, Bangalore of 1 Total Mess & Recreation Hall at Gandhi Mess & Recreation nagar Particulars Total of C Total GRAND TOTAL Furniture & Fixtures & Fixtures Furniture Liasion Office in New Delhi. India Habitat Centre, R & D Campus, Bangalore Total of ( 1+2+3+4+5+6 ) Total NID Campus Buildings- Ahmedabad in Centre Outreach Bangalore Rajajinagar-Bangalore PREVIOUS YEAR MOVABLE PROPERTIES MOVABLE & Tools Equipment Machinery, NID P.G. Campus Buildings- NID P.G. Gandhinagar Computers & Peripherals Vehicles Staff Pool Library Books Total of B Total CAPITAL WORK IN PROGRESS CAPITAL Additional Hostel for Girls at Ahmedabad A 1 Sr. No. 2 3 5 2 4 B 1 6 3 4 5 C 1 3 Pradyumna Vyas, Pradyumna Vyas, Director NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance (See Sub rule 1 of 4) an Act of Parliament by Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 FIXED ASSETS

209 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 Schedule 7 INVESTMENTS (AT COST)

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017

Long Term Rs. Rs. Fixed Deposits with

i. State Bank of India 85000000 70000000

ii. Bank of India 105500000 145500000

iii. LIC Housing Finance Ltd. - Public Deposit 262500000 262500000

iv. PNB Housing Finance Ltd. - Public Deposit Bonds 140100000 100000000

i. 8.00% GOI Savings (Taxable) Bonds 57500000 52500000 (Face Value Rs.5,75,00,000/-) (Previous year Rs 5,25,00,000/-)

TOTAL 650600000 630500000

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Annual Report 2017-18 210 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 Schedule 8 CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS, ADVANCES ETC.

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017

Rs. Rs.

I) BANK BALANCES 19476564 50452326 a) In Current account with 1. Bank of India, Paldi, Ahmedabad

2. Bank of India, Paldi, Ahmedabad (FCRA - Designated bank account) 6774448 5643859

3. Bank of India, New Delhi 29991 29991

4. Bank of India, Paldi.Ahmedabad(MSME) 45262367 70502657

5. State Bank of India, Main Branch, Ahmedabad. 304295 304295

6. State Bank of India, Bangalore 13780 14429

Sub - Total ( a ) 71861445 126947557

b) In Savings account with 2410444 12544603 7. Bank of India, Paldi, Ahmedabad.

8. I C I C I Bank Ltd., Ahmedabad. 6519690 9678946

Sub - Total ( b ) 8930134 22223549

Sub - Total (a) + ( b ) 80791579 149171106

c) In Call/Term Deposit account with 9. Bank of India, London: In Dollar Call Deposit A/c. 32824 32632 US $ 503.38 (previous year US $ 502.13) (Conversion @ US $ 1 = Rs. 64.8386)

10. Bank of India, Ahmedabad 1410000000 205712027 11. State Bank of India, Ahmedabad 150000000 44000000

Sub - Total ( c ) 1560032824 249744659

Sub Total -I 1640824403 398915765

ii) Cash on Hand 481952 1072976

TOTAL ( I + II ) 1641306355 399988741

211 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament (See Sub rule 1 of rule 4)

Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018 Schedule 8 CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS, ADVANCES ETC. contd...

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs.

B. LOANS, ADVANCES AND OTHER ASSETS: I. Loans: Other Loans (Secured/Unsecured) a. Secured 3931080 2958870 i. Vehicles Loan to Employees

ii. House Building Advance to the Employees against the 25493800 21056400 Earmarked Fund Sub-Total of (a) 29424880 24015270

b. Unsecured 520731 714989 i. Equipment Loan & Food Grain Advance to Employees Sub Total (I) 29945611 24730259 II. Advances: 1. To Employees(Including one year old Rs. 2,01,014/-) 2351391 2526935 (Previous year Rs.1,93,396/-) 2. To Others(Including one year old Rs. 2,88,51,111/-) 69578419 106117722 (Previous year Rs.7,13,97,074/-) 3. Tax deducted at source 17849554 17328138 Sub Total (II) 89779364 125972795

III. Income Accrued: 1. Other Project Receipts (including one year old Rs. 64,75,997/-) 26502122 6475997 (Previous year Rs. 64,75,997/-) 2. Service Charges (one year old) 764649 764649 3. Central Govt. Grant Receivable (Since received) --- 13500000

Sub Total (III) 27266771 20740646

TOTAL OF B (I + II + III) 146991746 171443700 TOTAL OF A + B 1788298101 571432441

Pradyumna Vyas Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan Director Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, & Accounts General Administration

Annual Report 2017-18 212 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2018

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT Schedule - 9

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. Balance as on 01.04.2017 46230501 63786900 Less: Met from NID’s own Income 46230501 63786900 ------Add: Current year’s deficit (Plan Recurring) 92148605 46206977 Current year’s surplus (Non-Plan Recurring) 19996 23524 92168601 46230501 Less: Current year’s surplus (Non-Plan Recurring) --- 92168601 46230501 Deficit carried over to Balance Sheet 92168601 46230501

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213 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Schedule forming part of the Income and Expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 2018

FEES Schedule - 10

2017-18 2016-17 Particulars Rs. Rs. 1. Tuition Fees a. Tuition fees 259492846 186317012 b. Studio charges --- 25093750

c. I.T. Infrastructure Charges --- 25093250

Sub Total of 1 259492846 236504012 2. Hostel Fees a. Hostel Fees 10311012 9697988

b. Hostel Electricity Charges 6876871 6282974 Sub Total of 2 17187883 15980962 3. Application Form Fees 49300000 39374030

TOTAL 325980729 291859004

Pradyumna Vyas Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan Director Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, & Accounts General Administration

Annual Report 2017-18 214 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Schedule forming part of the Income and Expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 2018

EXPENDITURE ON OBJECT OF THE TRUST Schedule - 11 INCOME FROM PROJECT RECEIPTS/GRANTS(NON PLAN) & EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES FOR PROJECTS(NON PLAN) 2017-2018

2017-2018 2016-2017 Project Project Project Project Particulars Expenses Receipts Expenses Receipts Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

(A) EXPENSES/SURPLUS FROM TURNKEY IDS PROJECTS 1231197 25681713 1179121 21313178 (As allocated by Management) (B) EXPENSES/RECEIPTS FROM INTEGRATED DESIGN SERVICES PROJECTS 1. Documentation of Textile Traditions - IGNCA 1971730 1971730 921266 921266 2. Intervention as knowledge partner-USTTAD 10261623 10261623 7378638 7378638 3. Jewellery trend research for India 523252 523252 1594724 1594724 4. Design & Skill Deve. Trng. Workshop in Bamboo 342283 342283 80950 80950 5. Design Clinic Scheme for MSME Sector 50299806 50299806 23262000 23262000 6. Deve. Of Road Signage for Amaravati 1869739 1869739 417986 417986 7. Design & Implementation of Ram Krishna Museum 4691958 4691958 3534612 3534612 8. Design & Implementation of Exhibition Hall GIDM G’nagar 407712 407712 377292 377292 9. International Centre for Indian crafts 598058 598058 ------10. Design for House Museum for Lalbhai 285507 285507 599210 599210 11. Creating Digital Environment for E-Kalp 4409809 4409809 3945110 3945110 12. Handholding for Deve. of U P Inst.of Design 1372065 1372065 711562 711562 13. Setting up Institute under Vedanta University 511471 511471 128715 128715 14. Design Textile/Apparel Asahi Kasai Material 966783 966783 ------15. Jute Design Cell for Bags & Access. At ICNF 2669785 2669785 4188139 4188139 16. Design Awareness Prog. For Handloom & Handicraft 680405 680405 ------17. Design of Digital Exhibition of Sardar Patel 556745 556745 7632033 7632033 18. Design of Visual Logo of Metro Rail A'bad 612439 612439 ------19. Animation Workshop - Chitrakatha - 2017 544935 544935 ------20. Other Projects 8080270 8080270 14331202 14331202 Sub-Total:(B) 91656375 91656375 69103439 69103439

GRAND TOTAL(A) & (B) 92887572 117338088 70282560 90416617

Pradyumna Vyas Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan Director Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, & Accounts General Administration

215 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD Schedule forming part of the Income and Expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 2018

TRANSFERS FROM GRANTS & CONTRIBUTIONS Schedule - 12

2017-18 2016-17 Particulars Rs. Rs. (From Schedule ‘3’) 1. From Central Government Grant:Recurring:Plan 231500000 239700000 TOTAL 231500000 239700000

INTEREST EARNED Schedule - 13

Particulars 2017-18 2016-17 (Other than directly credited to Earmarked Funds) Rs. Rs. A) ON TERM DEPOSIT 1. Fixed Deposit Account 20748253 28390250 2. On Foreign Bank Deposits 82 81 Sub - Total (A) 20748335 28390331 B) ON SAVING/CURRENT ACCOUNTS 55193 97265 C) ON LOANS 1. Vehicle Loans 155054 149541 2. Equipment Loans 56178 5638 2. House Building Advance 557523 467266 Sub - Total (C) 768755 622445 TOTAL OF A +B + C 21572283 29110041

ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES Schedule - 14

2017-18 2016-17 Particulars Plan Recurring Expenses TOTAL Non-Plan TOTAL

Recurring R & D Other Total Expenses

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 1. Salaries,wages & allowances 167020122 2427255 225619087 228046342 395066464 303897479 2. Provident fund contribution 12968712 12968712 12968712 25937424 21530996 3. Gratuity contribution 8591400 0 8591400 16876281 4. Medical reim.& staff welfare 6677208 6677207 6677207 13354415 12608293 TOTAL 195257442 2427255 245265006 247692261 442949703 354913049

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OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Schedule - 15

2017-18 2016-17 Particulars Non-Plan Plan Recurring Expenses TOTAL Total of Non-

Recurring R & D Other Total Plan and Plan Expenses Recurring Expenses

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 1. Travelling Expenses 12288764 208171 13596407 13804578 26093342 24899840 2. Telephone, Telex, Postage 2748981 2748980 2748980 5497961 4921166 3. Electricity Expenses 13527531 13527531 13527531 27055062 24734556 4. Maintenance: Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics. 11743245 11743245 11743245 23486490 17338043 5. Vehicle Maintenance & Operation charges 636629 636629 636629 1273258 1157253 6. Material, Supplies Consumables etc. 4717956 193721 9554786 9748507 14466463 13428774 7. General Expenses for Satellite Centres 218100 218100 218100 250202 8. Advertisement & Publicity Expenses 13764079 1025683 1025683 14789762 14548036 9. Welfare, Campus events & Other Expenses 2661963 68279 3646357 3714636 6376599 6099185 10. Library, Journals,Periodical, Subscription etc. 6860403 6860403 6860403 10490707 11. Student Freeship & Development 27453750 0 27453750 22412929 12. Faculty,Staff HRD,Other Misc.Expenses 61254873 188715 11739337 11928052 73182925 91248753 13. Rates,Taxes,Cesses 2919069 0 2919069 11938185 14. Repairs & Maintenance 27014681 0 27014681 20670218 15. Insurance 2674098 0 2674098 2379018 16. Legal expenses & Professional fees 1691630 0 1691630 2566350 17. Audit fees 301040 0 301040 258563 TOTAL 185398289 658886 75297458 75956344 261354633 269341778

AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO RESERVE OR SPECIFIC FUND Schedule - 16

2017-18 2016-17 Particulars Rs. Rs. 1. Excess of cost over grant for Non-Recurring Expenditure transferred to Capital Fund a/c. 559772 3052 2. Contribution to HBA Fund --- 7500000 3. Transferred to Fund for Special Purpose Fund --- 2492623 4. Contribution to Staff Vehicles (To the extent of vehicles purchased) TOTAL 559772 9995675

Pradyumna Vyas Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan Director Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, & Accounts General Administration

217 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, AHMEDABAD. Schedule forming part of Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st March, 2018 NOTES FORMING PART OF ACCOUNTS Schedule - 17 1 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: a. ACCOUNTING CONVENTION: The Financial statements are prepared on the basis of historical cost convention, unless otherwise stated and on the ac- crual method of accounting except for interest income and liability towards privileged leave. b. INVESTMENTS: Long Term Investments are stated at cost. c. FIXED ASSETS: Fixed Assets are stated at the cost. The cost includes invoice value, freight, octroi, and other incidental expenses relating acquisition. d. GOVERNMENT GRANTS: i Government grants are accounted on the basis of sanction from Government Department. ii Government grant to the extent utilized towards capital expenditure, are transferred to the Capital Fund. iii Government grants for meeting Revenue expenditure are treated as income of the year to the extent of expenditure in- curred. iv Unutilized grants are carried forward and exhibited as a Liability in the Balance Sheet e. DEPRECIATION: i. RATE OF DEPRECIATION Depreciation is calculated on Straight Line Method at the following rates: Item Rate (%) Building 2.50 Machinery, Equipment & Tools 10.00 Furniture & Fixtures 10.00 Computers & Peripherals 20.00 Vehicles 20.00 Library Books 10.00 ii. Depreciation on addition has been provided for the full year irrespective of date of acquisition. iii Capital Fund account has been transferred to Income and Expenditure account to the extent of depreciation provided on assets acquired out of capital grant. iv Depreciation is not provided on assets sold during the year. f. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTION: Transaction denominated in foreign currency are accounted for at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of transaction. The bank balance held in foreign currency is converted in to Rupee at the rate prevailing on the closing day of the financial year. g. CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS AND ADVANCES: In the opinion of the Management, the current assets, loans and advances have a value on realisation in the ordinary course of business, equal at least to the aggregate amount shown in the Balance Sheet. h. INCOME TAX: The income of the Institute is exempt under Income–tax Act 1961. No provision for Income Tax is therefore made in the accounts. i. RETIREMENT/TERMINAL BENEFIT: Terminal leave encashment benefit to the employees is accounted for on cash basis. Gratuity is charged to Income & Expenditure A/c on the basis of Actuarial valuation and the same is contributed to the NID Employees' Gratuity Fund. 2. Contingent Liabilities Rs. Nil (Previous year Rs. Nil) 3. Estimated amount of contract remaining to be executed on capital account and not provided for Rs. 5,47,59,120/- (Previous year Rs. 8,87,21,000/-) 4. Deficit for the year 2016-2017 of Rs.4,62,30,501/-(For the year 2015-2016 Rs.6,37,86,900/-) has been debited to misc. exps, as there is no specific govt. grant received for the same during the year. 5. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India is establishing new NIDs at various places viz. Jorhat, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Kurukshetra, Vijayawada etc. The activities of these NIDs falls outside the purview of Governing Council of NID Ahmedabad.Director, NID has been given additional charge as of ficiating Director of NID Vijayawada and Kurukshetra. As per the grant sanctioned letter received from Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India, the grant (revenue and capital) of NID Kurukshetra & Vijayawada has been routed through NID, Ahmedabad and the expenditure incurred for the said institutes have been charged against the grant. 6. Corresponding figures for the previous year have been regrouped/rearranged where ever necessary. 7. Figures in the Final accounts have been rounded off to the nearest rupee.

Place: Bengaluru SIGNATURE TO SCHEDULES ‘1’ TO ‘17’ As per our Report of even date Naushad Forbes Pradyumna For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Chairman, Vyas Firm Registration No. 110417 W Governing Council Director Chartered Accountants

Viral Rajyaguru Siddharth Swaminarayan CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Controller of Finance Secretary & Head, Membership No. 100892 & Accounts General Administration Date : Annual Report 2017-18 218 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2017-18

Employees' Provident Fund

219 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND AHMEDABAD

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2018

LIABILITIES 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 ASSETS 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Members’ Contribution: 125405947 99674292 Investment: 227864120 174790220 (As per Schedule 1) (As per Schedule 4)

Institute’s Contribution: 118992169 93661847 (As per Schedule 2) Loan to Members: 1786400 2130410

Liabilities: 36747 140223 Due from National 5636752 3785062 (As per Schedule 3) Institute of Design:

Income & Expenditure Account: Balance as on 01-04-2017 ------Interest Receivable: 2418911 2284230 Add : Excess of Income over Bank Balances: 6728680 10486440 Expenditure ------(As per Schedule 5) ------Less: Excess of Expenditure

Over Income ------

TOTAL 244434863 193476362 TOTAL 244434863 193476362

Place: Bengaluru Examined and found correct

For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Firm Registration No.110417 W Chartered Accountants

Pradyumna Vyas Siddharth Swaminarayan Arun Lokhande CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Trustee Trustee Trustee Membership No.100892 Date: 10.07.2018

Annual Report 2017-18 220 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND AHMEDABAD

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 2018

EXPENDITURE 2017-2018 2016-2017 INCOME 2017-2018 2016-2017 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. To Interest paid/ Credited to 17766505 14224036 By Interest received: 15671022 13683487 Members:

To Miscellaneous Expenses: 4000 4025 By Addl.Contribution re- 2050048 539844 ceived from N.I.D. To Bank Charges: 2465 1880 157500 --- By Surplus on Redemption of To Deficit on Redemption of 105600 --- Securities (Net) Securities (Net) --- 6610 By Excess of Expenditure To Professional Fees: ------Over Income transferred to Balance Sheet

To Excess of Income over ------Expenditure transferred to Balance Sheet:

TOTAL 17878570 14229941 TOTAL 17878570 14229941

Place: Bengaluru Examined and found correct

For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Firm Registration No.110417 W Chartered Accountants

Pradyumna Vyas Siddharth Swaminarayan Arun Lokhande CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Trustee Trustee Trustee Membership No.100892 Date: 10.07.2018

221 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND AHMEDABAD Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31 st March, 2018

MEMBERS’ CONTRIBUTION Schedule - 1

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. 1. SUBSCRIPTION Opening Balance 88657661 72795801 Add :a. Interest Credited to Members’ A/c 8198932 6530100 b. Subscription received during the year 22398816 15920593 Sub- total 119255409 95246494 Less: Non-refundable withdrawal 1465000 954906 Less : Paid to members who left/ retired from the Institute 5639847 5633927 Sub- total 7104847 6588833 TOTAL 1 112150562 88657661 2. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS Opening Balance 11016631 9368478 Add: a. Interest credited on Members’ A/c. 989198 814305 b. Contribution received during the year 2713000 2280500 Sub-total 14718829 12463283 Less: Non-refundable withdrawal 1016904 ---- Less: Paid to members who left/ retired from the Institute 446540 1446652 Sub- total 1463444 1446652 TOTAL 2 13255385 11016631 TOTAL 1 + 2 125405947 99674292

INSTITUTE’S CONTRIBUTION Schedule - 2 Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. Opening Balance 93661847 76754205 Add: a. Interest credited to Members’ A/c. 8669683 6879631 b. Contribution received during the year 22398816 15920593 Sub-total 124730346 99554429 Less: Non-refundable withdrawal ------Less: Paid to members who left/ retired from the Institute 5738177 5892582 Sub-total 5738177 5892582 TOTAL 118992169 93661847

LIABILITIES Schedule - 3 Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. 1. Unpaid Expenses 4000 4000 2. Unpaid Contribution 24976 131928 3. Unclear Cheques 4295 4295 4. Dhiren Shah & Co., 3476 TOTAL 36747 140223

Annual Report 2017-18 222 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND AHMEDABAD Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31 st March, 2018

INVESTMENTS Schedule - 4

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Long Terms Rs. Rs. Fixed Deposits with 1. Special Deposit Scheme A/c. with State Bank of India 10770220 10770220 2. 8.40% PNB Housing Finance Ltd. 12000000 12000000 3. 9.25% PNB Housing Finance Ltd. 42500000 42500000 4. 7.40% PNB Housing Finance Ltd. 15000000 15000000 5. 8.00% PNB Housing Finance Ltd. 22500000 ---- 6. Bank of India 7500000 ---- Bonds 1. 9.61% PFC 2021 (Face Value Rs.5000000) 5085000 5085000 2. 8.20% Oil Mkn GOISOL Bond 2023 (Face Value Rs.1,00,00,000) 10120000 10120000 3. 6.25% Central Govt Loan-2018 (Face Value Rs 3500000) ---- 3342500 4. 8.20% Oil SPPPE GOI -2023 (Face Value Rs.2500000) 2566000 2566000 5. 8.67% Karnataka SDL -2017 (Face Value Rs.6000000) ---- 6105600 6. 9.13% National Avition -2020 (Face Value Rs.2000000) 2074000 2074000 7. 8.12% G.O.I.-2020 (Face Value Rs 13000000) 12415000 12415000 8. 8.15% G.O.I.-2022 (Face Value Rs 5000000) 4817500 4817500 9. 7.28% GOI Bond 2019 ( Face Value Rs.2500000) 24605000 24605000 10. 8.20% GOI Bond 2022 (Face Value Rs.8000000) 8161600 8161600 11. 8.04% TN Uday Bond 2029 (Face Value Rs.14600000) 15227800 15227800 12. 8.23% GJ Sdl Bond 2028 (Face Value Rs. 3,22,00,000) 32522000 ---- TOTAL 227864120 174790220

BANK BALANCES Schedule - 5

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. 1. Bank of India, Paldi Savings Account 5530821 10174326 2. ICICI Bank Ltd., Savings Account 421409 183203 3. ICICI Bank Ltd,SGL Account 776450 128911

TOTAL 6728680 10486440

Place: Bengaluru SIGNATURE TO SCHEDULES ‘1’ TO ‘5’

For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Firm Registration No.110417 W Chartered Accountants

Pradyumna Vyas Siddharth Swaminarayan Arun Lokhande CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Trustee Trustee Trustee Membership No.100892 Date: 10.07.2018

223 National Institute of Design ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2017-18

Employees' Gratuity Fund

Annual Report 2017-18 224 NATIONAL DESIGN INSTITUTE OF DESIGN EMPLOYEES’ GRATUITY FUND AHMEDABAD

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2018

LIABILITIES 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 ASSETS 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. NID Gratuity Fund Account: 116011649 107582568 Investments: 101030990 85918910 (As per Schedule 1 ) (As per Schedule 2 ) Gratuity Payable: ------Due from NID: 8591400 16876281 Unpaid Expenses: 2000 2000 Interest Receivable: 1052568 1113355 Dhiren Shah & Co. 3476 --- Bank Balances: 5335215 3676022 (As per Schedule 3 ) TOTAL 116013649 107584568 TOTAL 116013649 107584568

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 2018

EXPENDITURE 2017-2018 2016-2017 INCOME 2017-2018 2016-2017 Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. To Gratuity Paid: 7573440 6148350 By NID Contribution: 8591400 16876281 To Bank Charges: 2301 2171 To Miscellaneous Expenses: 2000 2000 By Interest received 7502622 7119139 To Deficit on Redemption of 123200 --- during the year: Securities (Net) By Surplus on Redemption 36000 --- To Professional Fees: ------of Securities (Net) To Surplus transferred to NID 8429081 17842899 Gratuity Fund A/c. in Balance Sheet: TOTAL 16130022 23995420 TOTAL 16130022 23995420

Place: Bengaluru Examined and found correct

For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Firm Registration No.110417 W Chartered Accountants

Pra dyumna Vyas Siddharth Swaminarayan Arun Lokhande CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Trustee Trustee Trustee Membership No.100892 Date: 10.07.2018

225 National Institute of Design NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN EMPLOYEES’ GRATUITY FUND AHMEDABAD Schedule forming part of the Balance Sheet as at 31 st March, 2018

NID GRATUITY FUND Schedule - 1

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs. Opening Balance 107582568 89739669 Add: Surplus transferred from Income & Expenditure a/c 8429081 17842899 TOTAL 116011649 107582568

INVESTMENTS Schedule - 2

Particulars 31.03.2018 31.03.2017 Rs. Rs.

Long Term Fixed Deposits with 1. Special Deposit Scheme A/c. with State Bank of India 3499910 3499910 2. 8.40% PNB Housing Finance Ltd. 5000000 5000000 3. 9.25% PNB Housing Fiannce Ltd. 26500000 26500000 4. 7.40% PNB Housing Fiannce Ltd. 3500000 3500000 5. 8.00% PNB Housing Finance Ltd. 5500000 ---- Bonds 1. 6.25% Central Govt. Loan-2018(Face Value Rs 8,00,000) --- 764000 2. 8.20% Oil Mkn GOI SPL Bond (Face Value Rs.1,00,00,000) 10120000 10120000 3. 8.20% Oil SPE 2023 (Face Value Rs.40,00,000) 4105600 4105600 4. 8.67% Karnataka SDL 2017 (Face Value Rs,70,00,000) ---- 7123200 5. 8.12% GOI 2020 Bond ( Face Value Rs. 55,00,000) 5252500 5252500 6. 7.28% GOI 2019 Bond (Face Value Rs.10,00,000) 9842000 9842000 7. 8.20% GOI 2022 Bond (Face Value Rs.50,00,000) 5101000 5101000 8. 8.04% TN Uday Bond 2029 (Face Value Rs.49,00,000) 5110700 5110700 9. 8.28% Rajasthan SDL 2028 (Face Va;ue Rs. 1,72,00,000) 17499280 ---

TOTAL 101030990 85918910

BANK BALANCES Schedule - 3 Particulars 31.03.2017 31.03.2016 Rs. Rs. 1. Bank of India Paldi, Savings Account 4075773 3444419 2. ICICI Bank Ltd., Savings Account 394306 57149 3. ICICI Bank Ltd, SGL Account 865136 174454 TOTAL 5335215 3676022

Place: Bengaluru SIGNATURE TO SCHEDULES ‘1’ TO 3’

For, Sorab S. Engineer & Co. Firm Registration No.110417 W Chartered Accountants

CA. Chokshi Shreyas B. Partner Pradyumna Vyas Siddharth Swaminarayan Arun Lokhande Membership No.100892 Trustee Trustee Trustee Date: 10.07.2018

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