Dear Don

In the din of all the responses that I got on my blog post, including yours
which I responded to there in the comments column, I missed replying this
particular post on the PhD-Design list to you and the rest of the list
members, sorry. The post on my blog about the new status of "Institute of
National Importance" for NID has really raised quite a debate and many
interesting angles about design education and the role of design in a
developing economy and in India in general have been raised and I have
answered each one of the comments that were made so far, quite
unprecedented for my blog at least. I have also made a long response to
your post there and I do thank you for your effort.

In India, this is particularly significant since our national investments
are skewed towards science and technology education and research, while
similar activities in design have suffered severely over fifty years of
gross neglect which may be changing now, I hope. China has suddenly woken
up to the need for design education and has made great strides from what we
hear now and I wonder if other countries too are changing their attitude
and their national investments and strategies in design and I would like to
learn about such moves if they are indeed afoot.

So many interesting issues have been raised that it seems that we will need
many more discussions here in India as well as elsewhere to explore all
these dimensions and the significance of design in the world going
forward.In all we have 24 comments to date in response that have been
recorded and can be seen here at this link below.
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http://www.design-for-india.blogspot.in/2013/01/recognising-roots-nid-accorded-status.html
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The India Design Council that is charged with the implementation of the
National Design Policy in India has announced a major conference on design
education that will take place in Pune in March 2013, rather hurriedly it
seems. You can see their website at this link here. <http://www.ddei.in/> I
have tried to register at the conference through the Pre-Registration
format but that did not seem to work and then I tried the Contact button
which did elicit a response by email and I hope this will go forward to a
very stimulating discussion of what needs to be done in India on the design
education front in the days ahead. Those interested can email this link for
immediate response.
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Thank you also for the personal comment of appreciation and it means a lot
coming from you.
My response to your post is here at this link below.
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http://design-for-india.blogspot.com/2013/01/recognising-roots-nid-accorded-status.html?showComment=1358142775724#c1121129491064156654
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or at this one through TinyURL that some may prefer to use
<*http://tinyurl.com/a8qso4f*>

With warm regards

M P Ranjan
from my Mac at home on the NID campus
20 January 2013 at 11.05 pm IST

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*Design Thinker and author of blog -
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National Institute of Design
Paldi
Ahmedabad 380 007 India

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(current and with downloads)
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(archival)
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On 14 January 2013 01:05, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Congratulations, Ranjan
>
> My great congratulations to India for (finally) recognizing the value of
> NID, for NID itself for its long history of excellence, and to you for your
> tireless design work, publications, and continual international travel.
> The "big tree" with its sometimes hidden roots is a great metaphor for NID
> itself, with its sometimes hidden greatness.
>
> Don
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Ranjan MP <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
>
>
>
> Don Norman
> Nielsen Norman Group, IDEO Fellow
> Revision of "Design of Everyday Things" completed. Pub date Q3 2013
>
>
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