Activity Report

Project initiated with the student community 

1. International center of Indian craft organised a jewellery workshop with the students of NID Gandhinagar campus where 35 students from all the 7discipline came together to explore wax as a material and understand the possibility of investment casting and jewellery making hands-on workshop for two days on 6th and 7 th April 2023 .The workshop was lead by Dr Sandra Wilson(University of Dundee /scholar of Design & craft/co-investigator )a partner to EPSRC project 

2. GP Students: Adwait Bhale Mdes Lifestyle Accessory Design,2020 batch, NID Gandhinagar, has been offered a Graduation project funded by the EPSRC in collaboration with the International Office NID and the international centre for Indian Craft.

Project initiative and progress 

3. the Research project: “Chemical recycling of electronic waste for sustainable livelihoods and material consumption in India - A research project Tackling global development challenges through physical science” funded by EPSRC (www.epsrc.ac.uk). The project is investigated by the team: Project lead by Prof.Jason love (University Edinburgh /scholar of chemistry/principal investigator), co investigate by Dr Carole Morrison(University Edinburgh /scholar of chemistry/co-investigator), Dr Sandra Wilson(University of Dundee /scholar of Design & craft/co-investigator ), Prof Kamalesh Singh (IIT BHU, Varanasi /Metallurgy /co-investigator ), Prof Amresh Panigrahi (National Institute of Design /Design /co-investigator).6 monthly meetings were organised to update about the project progress and field visit report were presented.

Webinar/presentation  - Published on an international platform

4. Mr Amresh Panigrahi, Faculty of National NID Gandhinagar a Key Investigator for the EPSRC, UK-India funded project, has been invited as a Keynote Speaker to present his views on "Urban mining to precious object: an opportunity for Design to contextualize Sustainable development - Indian's Case study" at the "MetWaste 2023" conference. The conference, titled "Management and Recycling of Metallurgical Wastes", was held at the esteemed IIT(BHU),Varanasi, INDIA on 27-28 February 2023.The event saw the participation of eminent speakers from various countries, who deliberated on the challenges and opportunities associated with Metallurgical Wastes. As the Head of the International Centre Indian Craft, ICIC, NID Ahmedabad, and the Course Lead Dept of Lifestyle Accessory Design, Mr. Panigrahi's presence added great value to the conference. His talk shed light on the potential of urban mining to convert waste into precious objects, and how design can play a pivotal role in contextualizing sustainable development, with the Indian case study serving as a prime example.

5. Mr. Amresh Panigrahi, Faculty of National NID Gandhinagar a Key Investigator for the EPSRC, UK-India funded project, presented and published his paper on "Urban Mining to precious object: an opportunity for Design to Contextualize Sustainable development - India's Case Study" at the "MetWaste 2023" conference abstract book.The "Management and Recycling of Metallurgical Wastes" conference was held at the esteemed IIT(BHU),Varanasi, INDIA on 27-28 February 2023.

6. Dr Sandra Wilson(University of Dundee /scholar of Design & craft/co-investigator ) presented her research findings at The conference, titled "Management and Recycling of Metallurgical Wastes", which was held at the esteemed IIT(BHU),Varanasi, INDIA on 27-28 February 2023.and co-conducted a craft workshop in IIT BHU.Dr Sandra Wilson has shared her experience in NID Gandhinagar campus about the research finding to the NID Gandhinagar student community.

Webinar/presentation  - NID classroom 

6. Mr Amresh Panigrahi, Head of the international centre Indian craft, ICIC, NID Ahmedabad, was invited to talk to students from Toy and Game Design and Lifestyle Accessory Design  NID Gandhinagar on “system analysis of Indian Craft - challenges and Opportunity” to make students aware of Challenges and opportunity of the craft sector and role of design as part of their craft documentation orientation program.

Resource building for ICIC

1. ICIC Resource building: Artisan as resource collected contact details  from the students and various project heads from the outreach dept as a resource for ICIC.The repository of contact details may access for Various purposes of Academic and research engagements. 

2. ICIC Resource building :.The repository of  Academic  Research resources are curated online for the students for reference to promote research reading and writing.

Reaching out to craft enthusiasts outside NID

1. ICIC started promoting the Craft activity of NID on an online platform for public viewing: The initiative was taken under ICIC to collaborate with the different NID departments and promote the craft activity and research in a public platform to encourage students, mentors, and craft enthusiasts.

https://www.instagram.com/icic_nid/

Project initiated with student community 

1. Experimental Project initiated with Mdes students:

“ Blossoming with craft significance ” A system design experimentation with 15 Mdes students of  Lifestyle accessory design 2019 initiated to understand the service design opportunity and solution in the craft sector of India. The Academic project aims to invite faculty colleagues to share their knowledge with NID students. Students are working under the guidance of Mr Amresh Panigrahi, Associate Senior Faculty, LAD. 

The NID students participated in this activity as a trainee are:  

The student Designers are Mdes LAD batch 2019 from NID Gandhinagar (Akansha Chandra,Gauri Sharma, Kritika Rathore,Manika Vishwakarma ,Parul Gupta ,Rucha Sunil Sapre,Sanskriti Deshmukh,Sarthak Kathuria,Srishti Jadly ,Simran Bahmania ,Sneha Subramaniam,Sonali Gour,Sonika Pulluru,Sunandita Sahoo,Sushmita Joshi 

2. Students volunteer as summer Trainee in Sept 2021 -Dec  2021 online:

Collaborative brainstorming and 2ndry  research to understand/ and discover the Gold jewellery craft practice,consumer choice  and gold jewellery industry large  in india. 

The NID students participated in this activity as a trainee are  

1. Adwait Bhale Mdes Lifestyle accessory Design,2020 batch , NID Gandhinagar

2. Ayushi Tripathi,Mdes Lifestyle accessory Design,2021 batch , NID Gandhinagar

3. Shinjini Guha,Mdes Lifestyle accessory Design,2021 batch , NID Gandhinagar

4. Himanshi Bhardwaj Mdes Lifestyle accessory Design,2021 batch , NID Gandhinagar

New Project initiative

3. Research project : “Chemical recycling of electronic waste for sustainable livelihoods and material consumption in India - A research project Tackling global development challenges through physical science” funded by EPSRC (www.epsrc.ac.uk).The project is investigated by the team :Project  lead by Prof.Jason love (University Edinburgh /scholar of chemistry/principal investigator), co investigate by Dr Carole Morrison(University Edinburgh /scholar of chemistry/co-investigator), Dr Sandra Wilson(University of Dundee /scholar of Design & craft/co-investigator ), Prof Kamalesh Singh (IIT BHU, Varanasi /Metallurgy /co-investigator ), Prof Amresh Panigrahi (National Institute of Design /Design /co-investigator).

Webinar/presentation  - Published on international platform

4. Mr Amresh Panigrahi, Head international centre Indian craft, ICIC, NID Ahmedabad,  course lead dept of lifestyle accessory design invited as a panellist to present a talk on - “Crafting Khadi: way of living- Design for a New Craftsmanship” in the round table webinar on “Crafting New Social Economies'' x UAL COP26.  Crafting new Social Economies: an online roundtable exploring how we can craft new social economies and mobilize creative action in an age of emergency. This event, promoted by the DESIS Network and the UAL “Carnival of Crisis” , a significant move by Desis for the centre of the discussion and its political sense, was organized in parallel to the COP26 UN Climate Summit. Crafting New Economies - YouTube 

5. Mr Amresh Panigrahi, Head international centre Indian craft, ICIC, NID Ahmedabad,  course lead dept of lifestyle accessory design invited as a Keynote speaker to present a talk on "Indian Street vendors'' - A Paradigm of localism, Indian's Case study in the event JOP21, Brazil.The JOP'Design 2021 conference on "Local knowledge and emerging thematic on Design" organised by the Postgraduate Program in Design, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil. The speakers from different countries talked about local knowledge and design domains.  Conference on design research held online from September 22thto 24th, 2021.)

Webinar/presentation  - NID classroom 

6. Mr Amresh Panigrahi, Head international centre Indian craft, ICIC, NID Ahmedabad,  invited to talk to students from Toy and Game Design and Lifestyle Accessory Design  NID Gandhinagar on “system analysis of Indian craft - challenges and opportunity” to make students aware Challenges and opportunity of the craft sector and role of design as part of their craft documention orientation program.

Resource building for ICIC

1. ICIC Priority area for graduation project: Craft design research suggested a priority theme project (Six themes) to encourage the NID students to be keen for a self-sponsored graduation project or apply for a funded project independently. The briefs are written and shared with students for reference.

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/iciccraftfuturelab/priority-projects-2021/priority-area_craft-design-research

2. ICIC Priority area for Craft documentation project:ICIC studied the Craft documentation subject undertaken by NID students(both Bdes and Mdes) in various departments in NID. ICIC analysed the data shared by KMC over the past 30 years. The synthesis report published on the ICIC website for public viewing. It is shared with the department, students, and Faculty before considering their field visit to decide their priority research areas.

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/iciccraftfuturelab/priority-projects-2021/priority-area_craft-documentation

Resource building for ICIC

1. ICIC Resource building : Artisan as resource collected contact details  from the students and various project head from outreach dept as resource for ICIC.The repository of contact detials  may access for Various purpose of Academic and research engagements 

2. ICIC Resource building :.The repository of  Academic  Research resources are curated online for the students for reference to promote research reading and writing.

Reaching out to craft enthusiast outside NID

1. ICIC started promoting the Craft activity of NID on an online platform for a public viewing: The initiative was taken under ICIC to collaborate with the different NID departments and promote the craft activity and research in a public platform to encourage students, mentors, and craft enthusiasts.

https://www.instagram.com/icic_nid/

Project initiated with student community 

1. Experimental Project initiated with Mdes students:

“ Beyond matter ” A system design experimentation with 16 Mdes students of Lifestyle accessory design 2018 initiated to understand the service design opportunity and solution in the Indian craft sector. The Academic Project aims to invite faculty colleagues to share their knowledge with NID students. Students are working under Mr Amresh Panigrahi, Associate Senior Faculty, LAD in NID Gandhinagar. 

During the review of the project three guest visited to interact with the students are 

1. P Ramakrishna Rao - Senior Faculty ,course lead Furniture design,NID ahmedabad 

2. Dr.Gayatri Menon - Senior Faculty , course lead Foundation studies, NID ahmedabad 

3. Prof.Simon Betts  - Dean of Performance Arts and Foundation Studies, Camberwell Chelsea Wimbledon,london visited (12.feb.2020) 

NID students participated

The student Designers are LAD batch 2018 (Bishesta Dhakhwa | Evangeline Y | Jayati Misra | Neha Laishram | Nidhi Darvankar | Nikhil Suryanarayana Nikitha S | Ravindra Chaudhari | Rijisha T V | Saksham Panda | Sanjay Krishna Kutum | Shagun C Bajpai Srinidhi Chandrashekar | Sumant Kumar | Suraj Katare | Vishakha Agrahari).

Link of Project documentation :

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/craftfuture/home

2. Students volunteer as winter Trainee in July, August 2020 during covid 19 scenario:

Collaborative brainstorming and Initial level of research to understand/ and discover the visual design fundamentals in an Indian craft creation process.  

The NID students participated in this activity as a trainee are 

Craft visual literacy :

1. Sonika Pulluru Mdes Lifestyle accessory Design,2019 batch , NID Gandhinagar

2. Deepika Singh Darai Mdes Apparel Design,2019 batch , NID Gandhinagar

3. Gauri Sharma Lifestyle accessory Design,2019 batch , NID Gandhinagar

4. Abhipsa Mallick ,Mdes Apparel Design,2019 batch , NID Gandhinagar

5. Amogha GS , B.des Textile Design student, NID Ahmedabad

6. Sonalika Anand ,Mdes Retail experience Design ,2019 batch , NID Bangalore

7. Shristi Kejriwal Mdes Mdes Apparel Design,2019 batch , NID Gandhinagar

8. Anwesha Mukherjee Mdes Apparel Design,2019 batch , NID Gandhinagar

Project initiated with student - Published on international platform

3. The systematic mapping of the craft sector in India named “Equation of Craft in India” has been published and exhibited in RSD9-Systemic Design for Well-being: From human to humane, held at NID. The project is published online. 

https://rsdsymposium.org/equation-of-craft-in-india/

The project was initiated under the “craft future” initiative. Produced by LAD Mdes students 2018 mentored by Amresh Panigrahi associate senior Faculty LAD, Nid Gandhinagar 

The student Designers are LAD batch 2018 (Bishesta Dhakhwa | Evangeline Y | Jayati Misra | Neha Laishram | Nidhi Darvankar | Nikhil Suryanarayana Nikitha S | Ravindra Chaudhari | Rijisha T V | Saksham Panda | Sanjay Krishna Kutum | Shagun C Bajpai Srinidhi Chandrashekar | Sumant Kumar | Suraj Katare | Vishakha Agrahari).

 Pitching  for New Project initiative

4. ICIC Initiated Draft for MOU partner with Indian national trust for art and culture Heritage, New Delhi (Intach):

The initiative was taken under ICIC to collaborate with INTAC with the help of NID Delhi centre to promote the craft activity and research after two months of conversation; the MOU did not take up considering the fund viability.

Opportunity shared with students 

5. ICIC Priority area for graduation project: Craft design research suggested a priority theme project (Six themes) to encourage the NID students to be keen for a self-sponsored graduation project or apply for a funded project independently. The briefs are written and shared with students for reference.

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/iciccraftfuturelab/priority-projects-2021/priority-area_craft-design-research

6. ICIC Priority area for Craft documentation project:ICIC studied the Craft documentation subject undertaken by NID students(both Bdes and Mdes) in various departments in NID. ICIC analysed the data shared by KMC over the past 30 years. The synthesis report published on the ICIC website for public viewing. It is shared with the department, students, and Faculty before considering their field visit to decide their priority research areas.

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/iciccraftfuturelab/priority-projects-2021/priority-area_craft-documentation

Resource building for ICIC

7. ICIC Resource building : listing of Design research paper written by NID Faculty(current and emeritus Faculty) available online (free access)platform. The links to all papers collected at one place as a resource shared with the student's community encourage Design-led research writings.

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/iciccraftfuturelab/learning-resource

8. ICIC Resource building : An exhaustive listing of craft across India organised as a resource document " titled:1000 of Indian craft" shared with the student's community to encourage the study Indian craft and its spread across India. 

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/iciccraftfuturelab/priority-projects-2021/priority-area_craft-documentation

9. ICIC Resource building : Webinars (during Covid 19 lockdown time) on Indian craft by the various organisations across India collected as a resource shared with the NID students community to encourage towards Indian craft and think about challenges and find a solution through design research.

Collection of (around 35 carefully selected links )

https://sites.google.com/nid.edu/iciccraftfuturelab/learning-resource

Reaching out to craft enthusiast outside NID

10. ICIC started promoting the Craft activity of NID on an online platform for a public viewing: The initiative was taken under ICIC to collaborate with the different NID departments and promote the craft activity and research in a public platform to encourage students, mentors, and craft enthusiasts.

https://www.instagram.com/icic_nid/