Dear Friends.
The New Year has opened with the exhilarating news that the Indian Union
Cabinet has finally approved the status of "Institute of National Importance"
for the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad. I have written a post on
this event and what could be the actions going forward and you can see it
at this link below.
http://design-for-india.blogspot.in/2013/01/recognising-roots-nid-accorded-stat\us.html<http://design-for-india.blogspot.in/2013/01/recognising-roots-nid-accorded-status.html>
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I invite all of you to share and comment on this significant event on my
blog as well as discuss the impact and forward looking strategies here on
this list as well.
Ranjit Menon, from the Aalto University in Helsinki has already commented
on this post and he calls our collective attention here in India to the
formation and role of SITRA in promoting the use of design across all
sectors of the economy in Finland and this could be a model that India too
could follow in the days ahead., There is much hope. Take a look at SITRA
here
http://www.sitra.fi/en>
The Helsinki Design Lab that was set up through the SITRA initiatives has
case studies of design use across the world and it is not a surprise that
they have discovered the "Daily Dump" in Bangalore as an excellent case
study of design use for solving the wicked problems facing our cities today
where design has made a difference already. Take a look at their case study
here. Poonam Bir Kasturi who has built the Design Dumop is an NID graduate
and we are proud of her initiative and results.
http://www.helsinkidesignlab.org/casestudies/daily-dump>
Perhaps there are other significant policy initiatives around the world
that the Government of India and the Indian design community needs to learn
from in the days ahead. I would be happy to get your suggestions on these
as well here on this list.
M P Ranjan
Professor - Design Chair, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
13 January 2013 at 10.55 am IST
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Prof M P Ranjan
Design Thinker and author of blog - www.Designforindia.com
E8 Faculty Housing
National Institute of Design
Paldi
Ahmedabad 380 007 India
Tel: (res) 91 79 26610054
email: ranjanmp@<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/designindia/post?postID=gccl4l4Otjlk_bCo7AjmLJh0xGLb9pz0rVeuTSdNERi5Gd7rO2xKK_T7n6JDPlwZ_QGYUDgDsORi>
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