APPLICATIONS/NOMINATIONS FOR THE DESIGN RESEARCH CHAIRS AT NID, INDIA

National Institute of Design, India, invites applications or nominations for the Jamsetji Tata Design Research Chair for Universal Design and John Bissell Design Research Chair for Textile & Apparel Design and Technology Fusion from experienced and professionally qualified designers, educators, innovators and allied professionals from India/Overseas (working/retired).

NID has set up eight Design Research Chairs like O.P. Jindal Stainless Chair, Autodesk-NID Research Chair, Ravi J. Matthai Research Chair, John Bissell Design-Research Chair, The Charles Eames Design Emeritus Fellowship, to name a few. Design Research Chairs act as catalysts for collaborative research opportunities at NID supported by specific sponsoring industry/institution. The work carried out by the Chairs, usually focuses on the specific design development needs of the industry, in particular, and society at large.

Jamsetji Tata Design Research Chair for Universal Design

NID, the country's fountainhead of learning in design crowned by an international repute, in collaboration with Jamsetji Tata Trust, a corporate giant involved in the areas of education, health, research and infrastructure to serve the deprived section of the society, has set up the prestigious Jamsetji Tata Design-Research Chair for Universal Design to work towards the socio-economic-cultural development of the country. Such collaboration will hyphenate the industrial and academic sectors, making design instrumental towards the psycho-socio-environmental development of people. Research and practice carried out by the chair will be based in broad areas of universal design like designs for barrier-free access for elderly population, rural health and service, design for digital inclusion, design of educational content for children with learning disabilities, design of products and services for the less-abled and differently-abled through relevant universal design applications.

John Bissell Design Research Chair for Textile & Apparel Design and Technology Fusion

The John Bissell Design Research Chair is funded by the Ford Foundation. This design-technology fusion chair has completed its first phase of five years. It is engaged in cutting edge design led research in the area of Textile and Apparel for product innovation with a view to establish a synergy of design and technology with appropriate linkages to design traditions of the Indian subcontinent. During the first cycle of the Chair, the research was focused in the area of Plasma Treatment to Angora Wool and Nanotechnology Applications in Textiles and the Atmospheric Plasma Processing System for continuous treatment of Angora fibres was developed. It has been installed at Kullu for development of fashion products from plasma treated fibres. A Single Fibre Friction-cum-Strength Tester (SFFST) has also been developed to measure the change in friction characteristics of Angora fibres after the plasma treatment.

A span of five years will mark the duration of each cycle of the Chair, which would further be divided into two phases. The Chair will be an eminent, academic, research-oriented visionary who can strike an impeccable balance between knowledge and application of the same, thereby creating technologically sound designs of products and services. The eligible candidate should hold a relative experience of at least 15 years and should have made specific and tangible contribution in their respective broad areas. Emoluments will be commensurate with the educational qualifications and professional experience of the candidate, and will be broadly around what the best educational institutions pay to senior professors. For details please visit NID website www.nid.edu

 

Please send applications/nominations to:

 

The Activity Chairperson,

Research & Publications,

National Institute of Design (NID),

Paldi, Ahmedabad - 380 007.

Tel: +91-79-2662 3692 Ext: 1081

Fax: +91-79-2662 1167

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