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] NID Gandhinagar Campus GH-0, Extension Road Nr. Infocity, Gandhinagar Tel: +91 79 2326 5500 Fax: +91 79 2324 4518 th email: [email protected] NID Bengaluru Campus 57 12, HMT Link Road, off Tumkur Road Bangaluru 560 022 Tel: +91 80 2972 5006 / 3276 ANNUAL REPORT Fax: +91 80 2972 3086 email: [email protected] 2017-18 Compilation: Samir More Design: Akshay khatri & Nidhi Desai Print Advice: Yogesh Patil, Tarun Deep Girdher Printing: Patel Printing Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad Printed on BILT Royal Art Paper C2S Matt 100gsm./300gsm. 57th ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 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. 7 National Institute of Design 1.2 Noteworthy Achievements And Major Events Of The Year USTTAD Projects • NID had conducted