Annual R Eport 20 19-20
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Annual Report 2019-20 Contents Year in Retrospect . 1 MoU . 81 The Spirit of Avantika . 3 Outreach Activities. 89 Academics . 7 Infrastructure and Facilities . 95 Significant Activities . 19 Upcoming Year . 103 Industry Connect . 39 Leadership . 105 Student Affairs . 43 Statutory Bodies . 107 Beyond Academics . 65 Student Council . 115 Faculty . 67 Students . 117 Research Projects . 75 About Avantika . 129 Staff . 77 MIT Pune . 131 Employee Development Activities . 79 Year in Retrospect The past year has been all about strengthening the university academically and introducing elements that boost the wholesomeness of Avantika’s educational landscape . The university successfully started with its third batch with the Orientation Program of the students in July 2019 . Since then, life at Avantika has been full of academics, exploration, team building coupled with dynamic student life . Currently, the university hosts 330 resident students from programs like BDes, MDes, BTech, and BDes (Fashion Design) in the third year of its inception . The faculty strength of the university currently touches 39, who were supported with 3 other design and engineering faculties who bid their goodbyes at the end of the session . The university invited 17 experts from various backgrounds as visiting faculties Dr. Prasheel to bring about a different perspective and cater to specialized areas . Suryawanshi The university from day one is geared towards bringing industry perspective and exposure in academics . A total of 31 industry connect sessions and visits were organized by hosting Vice Chancellor industry professionals from diverse backgrounds to share their experience, conduct sessions, and workshops. The students benefited by getting a look at the industry best practices and learned directly from the domain experts . In the past year, the university benefited from a very good number of national and international collaborations . The past year witnessed 9 collaborations with the global universities for students and faculty exchange programs, research initiatives, sharing knowledge resources, 1 The Spirit of Avantika Design at Avantika Vision and establishment of hi-tech design labs . There were 3 collaborations Festival 2020, and YUJ UXplorer Design Awards 2019 . Besides, the is an active verb Avantika aims to nurture and cultivate young minds who will with industry partners for establishing design-technology labs for percentage of students who received internship opportunities was serve as enlightened citizens, bringing a positive change in the social initiatives and knowledge resources, and 13 collaborations 100%, and we are thrilled to present the student to the opportunity and not a passive noun society . with government and private bodies that support the academics, ratio is maintained at 1:4 . These numbers signify the university’s enhance external participation, and lay numerous opportunities for vision for the future of Designeering education coming to fruition . The spirit is embedded across all disciplines at Avantika . Design the students at the campus and outside . Core Features As a part of our outreach initiatives, the university launched the centric learning at Avantika starts with engaging the learners The highlight was our MoU with ShopX, a Retail Operating System . webinar series - Avantika Connect and the podcast series - Avantika to confront challenges . The learners will solve these challenges #Designeering The collaboration facilitates setting-up the Design Technology Lab Designeering Series . These initiatives crafted a platform for through analysis, reflection, ideation, synthesis, prototyping, and z Spirit of design, innovation, and enterprise which will enable the students and faculty to co-create unique and connecting with the design and engineering fraternity and discuss testing the impact . As the academic program progresses, these z Liberal and creative approach to education impactful products that will be placed in the market for consumption . the innovations that the blend of design and technology has delivered challenges change in terms of their scale, complexity, and ambiguity z Interdisciplinary, integrative, and immersive learning The lab would aim to cater to the growing needs in the pro-sustainable to the world . The university received a great response from industry involved . Learners invest energy, time, and effort into these tasks . z Foster critical, lateral and analytical thinking and market-driven industry by launching products that add value to professionals, academicians, and the student community . This approach leads them to ask questions and seek answers by the end-customer . z Harbor intellectual and practical dexterity - Skillset and Mindset The university further plans on extending its courses in the coming reflection, collaboration, and interaction. The faculty members z Project and problem-based learning In the past year, our students continued to enjoy remarkable levels year with the introduction of Ph .D . in various specializations . As act as facilitators and collaborators in this endeavour . Learning at z Focus on how to learn and not what to learn of success across the four cornerstones, academic, cultural, sport, the university gets ready to enter the fourth year of its functioning Avantika is just-in-time and not just-in-case . and leadership in a wide range of regional, national, and international and welcome its fourth batch, we feel rejuvenated and geared to z Promote independent thinking and intellectual boldness competitions. The significant ones were Lexus Design Awards provide world-class exposure to our students and develop them as z Qualitative, relevant, and contemporary education India 2020, NASSCOM Design4India Awards 2019, Kala Ghoda Arts empathizing industry and society ready professionals . z Sensitivity and alertness as world citizens 2 3 Values Objectives #Create, Change, Transform z To be a leader in the field of higher education, aiding growth in z To create a positive environment, complemented by adequate z To enhance interaction and cooperation between researchers for frontier areas of national importance . facilities and resources in which, students and faculty pursue interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work; by forging academic z Freedom of Thinking their ideas with rigor and integrity . and research collaborations with national and international z To be a Center of Excellence in Design, Innovation, Research, and z Academic Rigor and Excellence universities, governments, and industries . Development . z To develop a participatory learning model, that is innovative and z Integrity and Diligence enjoyable while being meticulous and comprehensive at the same z To establish links with various R&D organizations and funding z To be a Finishing School with Extension, Outreach, and Community z Collaboration over Competition time . agencies for sponsored and contract research in frontier areas of programs for various strata of society . science and engineering . z Individuality, Diversity, and Universality z To recruit and retain excellent faculty from around the globe and z To identify local, regional, national, and global needs, and promote provide inclusive teaching at all levels; to transform students into z To strengthen the industry-institute interface through training, z Social and Moral responsibility academic growth by offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and winning personalities and complete human beings . academic projects, sponsored projects, and collaborative research doctoral programs in varied disciplines . with industry . z To produce graduates who are adaptable and alert to the benefits z To inculcate and promote the spirit and culture of design, of lifelong learning and who meet the requirements of employers z To promote extension, outreach, and field programs in industrial, innovation, enterprise, leadership, tolerance, and camaraderie at local, national, and international levels across varied sectors . educational, and socially relevant areas, for students and the amongst all concerned . community at large . 4 5 Academics Academic Students on Roll School of Design BDes Programs Foundation Year z Foundation 87 z Industrial Design 68 Education Avantika University offers three z Bachelor of Design 87 z Communication Design 64 academic programs, namely, Bachelor z Master of Design 14 starts with of Design, Master of Design, and z User Experience Design 38 Observation z Bachelor of Technology 22 Bachelor of Technology . MDes evolves with Comprehension z Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) 6 The academic programs are based z Industrial Design 7 and ends with Innovation on an interdisciplinary curriculum z Communication Design 7 with a philosophy of design-centered Second Year education . z Bachelor of Design 84 School of Engineering z Bachelor of Technology 9 BTech z Foundation 22 Third Year z Computer Science and Engineering 28 z Bachelor of Design 86 z Mechanical Engineering 3 z Bachelor of Technology 22 School of Fashion Total 330 BDes (Fashion Design) z Foundation 6 6 7 School of Design Toppers of the Session Prof . Yashi Pareek Tanvi Dev A total of 10 visiting faculties were invited to contribute to the BDes - 1st Year | Foundation BDes - 3rd Year | Communication Design Sukanta courses and bring a different perspective . They were invited to take Kundu lectures in the field of Ergonomics, Photography, Emotive Design, Dean - School of Design UX Design, UX Research Tools, and contribute to courses of the Foundation Year . Students were indulged