Member of focus group discussions to develop new curriculum for Level 0 along with Foundation faculty and HOD Usha Patel. Jun 2013 - May 2014
Committee member- Curriculum development for Communication Design
Member of focus group discussions to develop new curriculum for Communication Design and pathways for BA (Hons) Communication Design & post Graduate programme along with CD faculty and HOD Chris Hand Apr 2013 - July 2014 Jumpstart 2013 publishing industry event. I accompanied the CD students as a participant for this 2 day long illustrators class workshop This workshop was a great platform to interact and share experiences with some very well known international children's book illustrators and understand their work style. I brought some of the discussions, techniques and exercises done into my classroom teaching with Communication Design students. 29-30 Aug 2014 NID & CII Design Summit 2013 The summit explored how design is helpful in imagining the future and is a perfect catalyst that connects future scenarios with corporate decision-making. The summit explored how design is helpful in imagining the future and is a perfect catalyst that connects future scenarios with corporate decision-making. Attending the presentations helped in understanding the concerns and challenges of design education and thinking 26-27 November 2013 in India and the global environment. Exhibitions at Museums (IGNCA and National Museum) and crafts fairs Co-ordinated Foundation and Communication students participated and had a discussion with the curator of the exhibition 'Asif Sheikh'. The appreciation of Indian crafts and skills will help in enriching the students knowledge base. 2 Sept 2014 2013 4th Anime Festival a celebration of Anime, Manga, Gaming, Comics and Films at Marwah Studios Noida Delhi Photo festival, Habitat Centre, Delhi which featured some of the most exciting names in International & Indian comic book industry Accompanied students to participate in these events and gave both me and the students an opportunity to participate in discussions with many prominent people in the animation and photography industry and look at their work. 27-29 Sept 2013
27 Sept -11 Oct 2013 Comic Con event at Thyagaraj Stadium, Delhi which featured some of the most exciting names in International & Indian comic book industry. Helped set up a stall for Communication Design department and also spoke to many prospective students to create awareness about Communication Design. This was an excellent platform to connect with the industry and get live projects and internships in future. 7- 9 Feb 2014 Entrepreneurship Fest in Sri Venkateswara College Co-ordinated and mentored students to work on a live project to providing creative support on behalf of Pearl creating posters, banners and other promotional material for their festival. 5 Mar 2014 Sona Paper workshop and visit Co-ordinated with Sona Papers to conduct a workshop with students to see their catalogue of papers and understand printing techniques. Also accompanied them to screen and digital printing workshop to give them an exposure to printing techniques. 11 Feb 2014
Guest lectures by Communication Designers - Dwarka Nath Sinha (Co-founder Tiffinbox) & Rahul Bose (Sr. Designer & Design Manager at Zen Design Solutions Limited/ East West Design) Identified and co-ordinated workshops and industry talks to update students on current topics, time management and making project proposal. This also helps us as teachers to be updated with current trends. I am also trying to get live project briefs from them so the students get practical experience. 15 Apr 2014
28 Apr 2014 PGFD Brochure Design Design and development of the brochure for the PGFD graduating batch. May - June 2014 School internships Conducted summer internships with Ramneek Majithia for school children with subject areas related to Communication Design at Noida. The students came up with some interesting work and I am also archiving the same for other similar activities in future. Jun-Sept 2014 Facilitator Workshop POW WOW I have worked extensively with recycling paper techniques and developing recycled paper as part of my industry projects in Orchcha (MP) and Delhi. Conducted a workshop on Recycling Paper as part of 6th-9th Aug 2014 POW WOW freedom theme as a pilot project for students to explore paper as a material to look at as a sustainable design for the future. I am now assisting in setting up a paper recycling unit at Jaipur.