1.1 National Institute of Design

The National Institute of Design (NID) is internationally acclaimed as one of the foremost multi-disciplinary institutions in the field of design education and research. The Business Week, USA has listed NID as one of the top 25 European & Asian institutes in the world. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. NID has been declared ‘Institution of National Importance’ by the National Institute of Design Act 2014.

NID is recognized by the Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) under Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, as some scientific and industrial design research organization. NID is known for its pursuit of design excellence to make ‘Designed in India, Made for the World’ a reality. NID’s graduates have made a mark in key sectors of commerce, industry and social development by taking the role of catalysts and through thought leadership.

NID’s campus at Bengaluru was set up as a joint initiative of and funding from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India and was inaugurated in March 2006. R&D Campus commenced with two research-intensive PG Programs, namely Design for Retail Experience, and Design for Digital Experience, from the academic year 2007-2008.

Currently, five Masters programs are offered from this campus namely Design for Retail Experience, Interaction Design, Information Design, Digital Game Design, and Universal Design. This campus addresses the immediate need for an exclusive Design Research center in the country.

Top: Design for Retail Experience batch of 2016-18. Adjacent: Visitors observing academic projects done by DRE students during Dfrost (annual cultural event) in March 2017. /photographed by Sarun Ramchandran.