MIT INSTITUTE OF DESIGN RAJBAUG, LONI KALBHOR, PUNE 412201 T. 020. 3069 3694/ 95/ 96/ 97 www.mitid.edu.in DESIGN EDUCATION AT MITID Ensure Karman Let Phalam the process is right in action the product evolve by itself CONTENT Who we are 01 Industrial Design 26 Philosophy 02 Product Design 27 Habitat 03 Transport Design 33 Faculty 05 Interior space and furniture Design 39 Infrastructure 14 Retail Design 43 Rajbaug 19 User Experience Design 47 How to get there 21 Communication Design 49 Admissions 22 Graphic Design 51 Design as a career 23 Animation Design 59 Film & Video Design 67 Fashion Design 71 Pre Design 79 Training & placement 86 PHILOSOPHY WHO WE ARE About MAEERs MIT The Maharashtra Academy of Engineering & Educational Research Founded : 1983 (MAEER) was established as a society and trust with the sole aim of creating and developing professional education facilities to train the Education at the MIT Institute of Design has been categorized into aspiring young generation and thus to provide dedicated, ambitious mainly three domains. The first is the domain of ‘skill’, Sadhan. These and skilled professionals to serve the society and the nation at large. are those design skills and design tools that should help students MAEER believes that the union of Science and Spirituality alone SADHAN to communicate convincingly, the outcome of every stage of the will bring Harmony and Peace to The Humanity, as said by Swami design process. For this, they will learn to employ all necessary Vivekananda. The vision of the founders of MAEER is to create a media and materials. If one has to look for a concept from the Indian centre of Excellence in the field of Education and Research. Since philosophy that has equivalence with this domain that would be the its inception, MAEER has been striving for the betterment of the concept of SADHAN. society through a value based education system. With over 50,000 students across various disciplines under its umbrella, it has achieved The second is the domain of ‘knowledge’, Sadhana. It pertains to tremendous success in a short span of time and provides excellence in the knowledge base the students must acquire from subject areas the fields of Engineering, Medicine, Research, Management, Primary of varying nature. From this base should flow, meticulously gathered and Secondary Education, Peace Studies, Environment, Pollution SADHANA and researched information needed during the entire problem Control and towards promoting Human Values and in attaining the solving process. Again, an equivalent concept from the Indian ultimate goal of World Peace. The motto of MAEER is, “To harness the philosophy to represent this domain would be SADHANA. knowledge of Science and Technology for the welfare of society “. It is the third domain of ‘formation’ that becomes the vital core of the design process, Sadhya. The total and composite learning from this domain is meant to make students think laterally and SADHYA innovatively, develop design concepts and translate these concepts into a tangible form which in fact is the very solution of the stated problem of design. This equivalent concept from the Indian philosophy, obviously, is SADHYA. MAEER aims to provide the finest environment for teaching, Modern design has been singled out as to provide a human learning, research, innovation and character building. face to technology. It is to this end that one of the silver linings, the ‘soft’ technology of the Twenty First Century Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad offers, becomes relevant. Founder & Managing Trustee Prof. H Kumar Vyas Founder Chairman, Education Council HABITAT n pursuance of one of our future aspirations, we at the MAEER’s It is into this kind of stimulating and inspirational The team thus formed would be led by a member of MIT Institute of Design are now planning to add a further dimension environment that mentors from various design the permanent faculty of the Institute. Sometimes the to the programmes of design learning at our campus. The concept related disciplines would be invited to interact with project might be so designed as to the participation of of Design Habitat is in fact a logical and organic extension of our the design learners and challenge their young minds mentors from more than one discipline if needed. The Istated philosophy that ensures a total generalist ambience to enable to explore newer territories that should complement enhanced scope of activities at the Design Habitat design learning. It would evolve as an overarching concept around and reinforce their ongoing design learning. Here are would also mean that we reinforce, within the present the functional framework of the Design Institute which remains an some of the disciplines from which these mentors areas of learning at the Institute. To this effect, integral component of the Habitat. would be selected: biomechanics, alternative two new centers of advanced learning are being energy systems, linguistics (semiotics), performing envisaged for the near future. The first is the Faculty arts, plastic arts, design anthropology, sociology, of Architecture. The major emphasis here would be on perception and cognitive psychologies and several humane and logical application of twenty first century more. The mentors would ensure that the level of technologies, arts and sciences toward solving the interaction is such that it eventually leads to a learning problems of human habitat in India. The second is a that is comprehensive, sustained and focused in Centre for Theatre and Body Language. Even though depth, and directly or indirectly design related. it might seem to have been inspired by the Bauhaus Distributing the course contents in form of projects Theatre of the 1930’s, its major thrust would be on is an obvious and time tested method. Each project exploring the worlds of light and sound effects and would be formulated so as to necessitate participation ways of communication by means of body language. of a mentor and one or two young aspirants pursuing the same discipline as the participating mentor. 04 Dr. Sunil Karad was awarded the Research Excellence Management, Fire Safety Engineering Award from the University. and The Vishwashanti Gurukul IB World Executive Director, His academic merits brought him loads School. of prestigious work offers in the UK He received the visiting Post Doctoral those including the British Aerospace research Fellowship of the University MAEER’S MIT but he preferred to return to his own of Sheffield in 2001 and he served the country and contribute to the society. Engineering Materials Dept of the He began his career as a Professor University as a Post Doctoral Research Dr. Sunil Karad has a Bachelors degree in Associate in 2003. Polymer Engineering and distinguished in the Polymer Engineering Dept of in his Masters in Engineering Sciences Maharashtra Institute of Technology, He has established the Alandi Dehu FACULTY from the University of Sheffield, UK. Pune, India. He was instrumental in Parisar Vikas Samiti – a NGO which setting up an The MIT Academy of works for the development of the His academic excellence in the Masters Engineering in Alandi in 1999, one of the famous pilgrimage centres Alandi and degree brought him the honour of first of it’s kind in rural Maharashtra. He Dehu. receiving the first of its kind University also took the lead in establishing the Dr. Karad has also facilitated the 5 year Endowed Scholarship from the Autonomous courses department, the University of Sheffield to pursue his partnership between Doordarshan MIT College of Insurance, the MIT School India and MIT to organize the National PhD along with a Research Fellowship of Distance Education and others for from British Aerospace Plc, UK. He and International Robotic event professional sectors such as Insurance, ROBOCON in MIT, Pune. completed his PhD in a record time of Piping Design and Engineering, Energy 21 months at an age of 26 years and Prof. Anant Chakradeo years before joining education domain. He has an additional charge of Director He joined MIT group as a junior lecturer International relations for MIT Group Dean, MITID in 1994 and has served on various of institutes. He has been working on positions like Assistant Professor, developing international relations and Head of the department in workshop tie-ups for MIT Group and has travelled DESIGN HABITAT and Production engineering. He was extensively to about 15 countries all the founder Director for MIT CAD CAM over the world. Centre which started in year 2000 He is passionate about Marathi theatre Prof. Anant Chakradeo is a graduate of and got an opportunity to dream and and has active interest in Direction, Mechanical Engineering . He did his post conceive another prestigious institute acting. He is also a passionate listener graduation in Production engineering MIT Institute of Design in 2005. He of Marathi music. with ‘Manufacturing Automation’ as a presently serves as the Dean, MIT specialization. Institute of Design. In his career as a He is a talented Educationist who faculty he has contributed to the areas believes in thinking differently and who like Technical Drawing, Manufacturing tries new concepts in education. In his Processes, CAD,CAM, Automation, career span of 27 years he has served Tool and Die Design, Mould design, for small and medium scale industries Product Design and Development in Project management, vendor and has worked on various industrial development, tool and product design projects for development of new plastic 05 departments for a brief period of 6 products/ imports substitute products. Prof. Dhimant Panchal Gandhinagar. Solsuns, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Memorial Prof. Gaurang Shah as a design faculty, discipline head, Railways. He has been a recipient of the Hospital, Jyoti CNC Automation. academic institution builder at premier Prof. Shah set up the intellectual Director, MITID UNDP Fellowship and has worked Head of Department institutions namely the National property rights cell and drafted an IPR Head of Department with the EXPLORATORIUM Science He is an avid photographer loves to Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad, policy framework for the NID.