10-On-10 Mr Pradyumna Vyas

FORMER DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN FORMER MEMBER SECRETARY, INDIA DESIGN COUNCIL

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1 How did your ‘Journey in Design’ begin? Please share the story behind it.

I always had a penchant for design and art. I have a keen interest in sculpting. After completing my studies in Mechanical Engineering, I decided to give my interest in design a more formal shape by pursuing a Masters in Industrial Design from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay.

After working with the Kilkenny Design Centre, the Republic of Ireland for 3 years, I got associated with the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad as a faculty in the Industrial Design discipline. After that, there was no looking back. It has been an exciting experience - going from a tribal school to IIT, setting up new institutions as the head of a design institute of international repute, NID, initiating the India Design Council, making design a crucial ingredient of social development, etc. I feel humbled that I got such excellent opportunities. At the right time, I could be at the right place, wherewith my leadership and team I could expand design in the country.

Mr. Pradyumna Vyas, former director of the National Institute of Design (NID) is a visionary who is motivated to make the world a better place through design. He has more than 33 years of professional and teaching experience in different spheres of design. In his tenure of 30 years with NID, he has played a vital role in building a strong fraternity of students who with their enhanced design capability are expected to create better designs for a better world.