Annual Report 2019-20
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59th ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 AHMEDABAD | GANDHINAGAR | BENGALURU 211 59th ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 AHMEDABAD | GANDHINAGAR | BENGALURU CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................1 1.1. NID’s Evolving Mandate........................................................................................................3 1.2. Noteworthy Achievements and Major Events of the Year .....................................................5 1.3. Distinguished Visitors ...........................................................................................................10 2.0 Governing Council Members .......................................................................................................13 3.0 Council’s Standing Committee .....................................................................................................15 4.0 The Senate ....................................................................................................................................16 5.0 Faculty Forum ...............................................................................................................................20 6.0 Design Education at NID ..............................................................................................................21 6.1. Learning to Learn, Learning to Know, and Learning to Do ....................................................21 6.2. Professional Education Programmes .....................................................................................22 6.3. Academic Programmes 2019-2020 ......................................................................................23 Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) ..................................................................................................23 Master of Design (M.Des.)....................................................................................................23 6.4. Educational Facilities ............................................................................................................25 6.5. K-Portal ...............................................................................................................................26 6.6. Admissions 2019-2020 / 2020-21 ........................................................................................26 6.7. 40th Convocation ................................................................................................................28 40th Convocation Discipline-wise Summary, Detailed List of Graduating Students ................31 6.8. Placements ..........................................................................................................................53 6.9. Accolades Won by NID Students ..........................................................................................57 6.10. Education at NID: The Global Context ..................................................................................60 7.0 National Institute of Design: Extension Campuses ....................................................................71 7.1. NID Gandhinagar Campus ...................................................................................................71 7.2. NID Bengaluru Campus ........................................................................................................74 8.0 Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) ....................................................................................78 9.0 Research & Development .............................................................................................................86 10.0 NID Press........................................................................................................................................94 11.0 Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) ......................................................................................96 12.0 Integrated Design Services (IDS) .................................................................................................98 13.0 Continuing Education Programmes (CEP) ...................................................................................112 14.0 Strategy & Planning .....................................................................................................................116 15.0 Faculty Profile ...............................................................................................................................117 16.0 Visiting Experts .............................................................................................................................138 17.0 Staff Position as on March 31, 2020 ............................................................................................165 17.1. Human Resource Development Activities for Staff ................................................................166 18.0 Official Language Implementation..............................................................................................167 19.0 Annual Accounts 2019-2020 ........................................................................................................170 20.0 Annexures .....................................................................................................................................204 Annexure 1: National Design Business Incubator (NDBI) ...................................................................204 Annexure 2: India Design Council (IDC) ...........................................................................................205 1.0 INTRODUCTION Established at Ahmedabad in 1961, the National Institute From an institute mainly providing undergraduate of Design (NID) is a pioneering institute that offers programmes, NID has become one of the best design multidisciplinary design education. The institute functions institutes in the world with graduate (B.Des.) and as an autonomous body under the Department for postgraduate (M.Des.) programmes across 5 broad Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry faculty streams and 20 diverse design disciplines. In of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and pursuit of its continued commitment to design research, has been declared an Institute of National Importance NID started a PhD in Design programme which gives by virtue of the National Institute of Design Act, 2014 impetus to design research priorities for its current faculty (No.18 of 2014) which has come into effect from in collaboration with researchers who are selected as September 16, 2014. PhD scholars under faculty supervision. The institute has state-of-the-art infrastructural facilities such as the Skill With an experience of more almost six decades in Development Labs, Knowledge Management Centre the field of design education, research, application of (KMC), Information Technology (IT) Centre, and Design advanced teaching methodologies, and unparalleled Vision Centre to name a few. These have helped NID design research projects, NID has attained national establish its leadership and pre-eminence among various and international repute. It has been recognized as a design institutions. Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by the Department of Science & Technology, Government NID continues to be an aspirational ‘Institutional Global of India. NID is also a member of Association of Indian Brand’ for the youth. This is manifested in the increasing Universities (AIU). demand to secure admission at NID. The number of students graduating from the institute each year has From being a single-campus institute, NID has grown into increased substantially; it has increased from 35 in 2000 a multi-campus institute with a national and international to over 300 in 2020. profile. Presently, NID has two extension campuses- one each at Gandhinagar and Bengaluru which were NID has also signed collaborative agreements with 100 established in the early 2000s. premier design institutes across the world, facilitating 1 increased international exposure for students and (NDP), the first among developing countries. In pursuance faculty. Business Week USA listed NID as an institute of the NDP, and with the initial handholding of NID providing one of the best design education programmes Ahmedabad the Centre set up four campuses for design among such programmes being offered by 25 other top education one each in Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Andhra European and Asian institutes for two consecutive years Pradesh, and Haryana on the lines of NID Ahmedabad. (2006 and 2007). NID was the only design institute from As envisaged in the NDP, the Centre also set up the India India to be included in the 2014 list of ‘Top 30 Design Design Council (IDC) on March 2, 2009 with Director Colleges of the World’ published by Ranker, a crowd NID as its Member Secretary. NID’s collaboration with sourced rankings website operating from the USA. NID a number of national and international institutions has was also placed in the 8th position in the global design helped foster a culture of scientific enquiry through school league table published in Car Design News. collaborative partnerships and for the faculty and students; this has become a platform for exchanging NID has been playing a significant role in promoting knowledge and ideas. design through various first-time initiatives which include CII-NID Design Summit (being held since 2001), NID is a unique institution with design excellence, Businessworld-NID Design Excellence Award