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Shiv Nadar University
Located at Delhi, NCR
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Department of Design
Globally, Design has been accepted as a serious, independent discipline, both in practice and in academia. Shiv Nadar IoE started design in 2014 with a minor program under the Department of
Art, Design, and Performing Arts. In 2017, the Department of Design was established with the mission of developing creative minds into outstanding design leaders for the 21st Century. It
aspires to become a centre of excellence in design education, research, and practice through a future-looking, human-centred, research-driven, practice-oriented approach. The Department envisages that if one wishes to be contemporary and relevant in design today and in the future, one has to keep pace with changes in technology. Future design leaders are likely to be creative minds, problem identifiers and solvers as well as aesthetically perceptive. In other words, a designer will be someone who can responsibly simplify complexity and plan for the future. Currently, the Department offers a Minor in Design and a 4-year Bachelor of Design (B. Des.) program with an option to pursue a 5-year Integrated B. Des. – M. Des. Degree.
Bachelor of Design
Bachelor of Design is a 4-year, future-oriented, trans-disciplinary program that uniquely curates knowledge and skills from Social Sciences, Arts, Engineering, and Management into Design. It was
conceived after a year-long extensive and intensive consultation with prominent design experts & visionaries from academia and industry. It intends to equip students with core competencies for
the 21st century and offers a choice-based streaming system, allowing students to specialize in the following domains:
- Experience Design (UI-UX)
- Product – System Design
- Visual Communication Design
The program also offers students the option of pursuing a 5-year (4+1) Integrated B. Des.-M. Des. Degree with specilizations in Experience Design (UX/UI), and Social Innovation for Sustainability.
Program Structure
B.Des. program is structured into 21 core courses, four choice-based streaming courses, four design projects, two summer internship, and a semester-long industry project. The first year of the program covers foundational courses in design along with courses from social sciences covering applied fundamentals of society, culture, and psychology. The second year of the program furthers foundational courses in design with technology-related courses, including applied electronics, software, coding, and a design project. The third year of the program is focused on integrated courses like design research, design management, choice-based streaming courses, and two design projects. The fourth year is for choice-based streaming courses in the 7th semester and industry projects in the final semester.
Eligibility and Admission Routes
The program is open for all 10+2 (or its equivalent) qualified candidates from any stream with a minimum of 65% aggregate marks in the best four academic subjects and English as a compulsory
subject. Students appearing/awaiting their results can also apply, provided the required documents fulfilling minimum eligibility criteria are submitted at the time of admission. Candidates can apply through any one of the following admission routes.
Labs and Studio
- Product Modelling & Fabrication Studio
- Digital Design Studio
- Applied Electronics and IoT Lab
- Visual Design Studio
- 3D Printing Studio
- Virtual Reality Lab
Past Recruiters
Higher Education
Faculty Profile
Dr. Prakash Kumar (on sabbatical leave)
Associate Professor, PhD IIT Guwahati
Product Design, Ergonomics, Low-cost innovation, Design for bottom of Pyramid, Design and development of low cost innovations for unorganized industries, Assistive technologies, smart connected products.
Dr. Subhajit Chandra
Assistant Professor, PhD IIT Guwahati
User Experience Design (UX/UI), Visual Design, Non-Latin Typography & Type Design
Reading Psychology Cognitive Studies in Visual Design New Media Technology and Design, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Dr. Vikash Kumar
Assistant Professor, PhD IIT Guwahati
Experience Design, Product-Service System design for Sustainability, Design
Pedagogy, Social Design and Innovation, Sustainable Design Methods, Design led Entrepreneurship, Cognition and learning, Smart and Connected Products
Ms. Snigdha Banerjee
Assistant Professor, M. Des, IDC IIT Bombay
Animation, Visual Narrative, Evolution of Animation, Indian Art and Aesthetics,
Ethnography, Craft Documentation, Visual communication design, visual narrative and cognition, narratives in learning.
Prof. Pradeep Yammiyavar
Distinguished Professor & Advisor, PhD IISc Bangalore
Interaction design, HCI, augmented reality, virtual reality, health, social systems computing; E- Governance; E-Commerce; E- Medicine. Design Semantics; Products,
Graphics, Marketing, Strategy, Packaging, Branding, and Soft skills. Architecture built environment, smart cities; Engineering Psychology, Cognitive Science.
Prof. D Udaya Kumar
Adjunct Professor, PhD IDC, IIT Bombay
Designer of the Indian Currency Symbol
Visual Communication, Graphic Design, Typography, Information Graphics, Architecture, Design Education and Research
Prof. Singanapalli Balaram
Distinguished Visiting Professor, PG NID and Royal College of Arts London
Former faculty and chairman of Education, NID, Ahmedabad, former Dean of DJ Academy of Design, Universal Design, Design Thinking, Design Ethics, Story Telling Techniques
Prof. Lalit Kumar Das
Distinguished Visiting Professor, MA Industrial Design, Royal College of Art, London,
former faculty and Head of IDD Center, IIT Delhi
Sustainable Design, Non-parochial non-partisan framework for study of design, Values in decision making for Sustainable Product Design; Forecasting Future Design Possibilities; Citizen-Centric E-governance.
Highlights of Bachelor of Design Program
