Parth Shastri Education, NID

NID’s play area plan puts fun in crowdfunding

Published on October 28, 2023 Ahmedabad: Sanjushree Subhash and Jai Shrivardhankar, two fourth-year students of exhibition design at the National Institute of Design (NID), have started a crowdfunding campaign to transform a public space in Sanklitnagar into a play area for 5,000-odd children. Till Friday night, the duo raised Rs 14,500 of the Rs 20,000 … Continue reading NID’s play area plan puts fun in crowdfunding

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India’s earliest electronic music traces roots from the ’70s to NID

Published on October 18, 2023 AHMEDABAD: Just like Bryan Adams' 'Summer of 69' takes you on a trip down memory lane, the autumn of '69 brings waves of electronic music nostalgia to the quaint red-brick campus of the country's first design school situated in Ahmedabad.That's when some of the first tracks of electronic music were … Continue reading India’s earliest electronic music traces roots from the ’70s to NID

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NID files complaint against cloned admissions website

Published on September 30, 2023 HMEDABAD: Just ahead of admissions to National Institute of Design's (NID) Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bengaluru campuses, the institute is on alert due to a phishing or cloned website. Authorities have approached the city cybercrime cell for action and to get the website blocked.According to senior NID officials, authorities received emails … Continue reading NID files complaint against cloned admissions website

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Students make cotton tango with tangalia

Published on August 5, 2022 Ahmedabad: Tangalia, the famed textile handicraft from Surendranagar, is undergoing a change with many traditional artisans using acrylic or other synthetic yarn for the fabric which is conventionally made from wool. Two students of textile design at National Institute of Design (NID) worked with the artisans recently and proposed cotton … Continue reading Students make cotton tango with tangalia

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Co-founder of National Institute of Design, Gira Sarabhai, passes away

Published on July 16, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Gira Sarabhai (98), one of the eldest members of the Sarabhai family, breathed her last at her residence ‘The Retreat’ in Shahibaug area of Ahmedabad. She possibly died due to health-related complications, said family members. She was daughter of textile magnet Ambalal Sarabhai and sister of space pioneer Dr … Continue reading Co-founder of National Institute of Design, Gira Sarabhai, passes away

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MICA defers convocation; CEPT IIT-Gn restricts entry to campus

Published on March 27, 2021 Ahmedabad: Surge in Covid-19 cases in Ahmedabad has left several premier educational institutes in the lurch. The institutes had cautiously started offline classes in limited capacity. Some had allowed students to stay on campus. Now, rising cases has forced MICA to put off its convocation. IIT Gandhinagar and CEPT have … Continue reading MICA defers convocation; CEPT IIT-Gn restricts entry to campus