Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu inaugurated National Institutes of Design (NID) at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and Jorhat, Assam, through a video conference from New Delhi, recently. Both the institutes are autonomous institutions under Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
At the inaugural session, Prabhu stated that it is important for the country to become a part of the global value chain, especially at the design stage, where maximum value addition takes place. He added that new NIDs will fulfil the requirement of designers in the country and expose them to employment opportunities, which will lead the country towards higher socio-economic growth.
Prabhu further added that establishment of NID in Jorhat, the first Design Institution at the national level in the North Eastern Region of India, gives great opportunity to young creative talent and design aspirants from North East.
NID Bhopal will begin its academic journey from July 2019 with 60 students in 4-year undergraduate courses in industrial design, communication design and apparel & textile design, the written test for which were held in January 2019.
NID Jorhat envisions design education, which will focus on creativity and innovation in the social, health, livelihood and lifestyle sectors both in digital and indigenous technologies. Spread over 30 acres’ campus, it has full-fledges facilities like studios, IT lab workshops, library, hostels with a capacity for more than 200 students. The entire project has been executed and implemented by NBCC (India) Ltd.
Admission process has been initiated for NID, Jorhat for the coming academic session in 2019-20. Bachelor courses are being offered in Industrial design, communication design, textile and apparel design.