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National Meet on introducing ‘Design and Innovation’ in school curriculum:

Friday 6th and Saturday 7th of February 2009, Venue: IDC, IIT Bombay


Aim:
To discuss and formulate guidelines for introducing ‘Design and Innovation’ as a subject in school curriculum in the context of India.
To prepare the groundwork for a white paper on this subject.

Output:
A set of recommendations to the Ministry of Human Resources and Development and to the various directorates of school education.

Report on Introducing 'Design and Innovation' in school Curriculum in India:
- outcome of the National meet held at IDC, IIT Bombay during February 2009
- (Click here... pdf document 198K)

Participants:
Faculty members in charge of the academic programs from design related schools in India + decision makers in different school directorates + others working in the field of Children’s learning environment.

IDC, IIT Bombay will provide hospitality during the meet for the participants.

This meet is a part of a pre-meet before the conference on ‘Designing for Children’ scheduled to be held at Mumbai, India after an year in Feb 2010 and being hosted by the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai. 


Participation:
Participation is mainly by invitation, but if you strongly feel that someone needs to be included as part of this meet, do write to us at [email protected]

If you have specific questions regarding the event, please contact Chetan Bhuj, Event Manager at 091-22-25767820 or write to him at [email protected]

Contact:
Chetan Bhuj
Industrial Design Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai,
Mumbai 400 076, India
mobile: 099202-54521

Phone:  091-022-2576 7820, 091-022-2576 4815
Fax:      091-022-2576 7803, 091-022-2572 3480


Schedule:

Friday 6th of February

8.30 – 9.30        Welcome tea and coffee

9.30 – 10.00      Welcome
                        Inauguration
                        Introductions and Briefing
10.00 – 11.00    Vision Statement by each of the
                        participants

11.00 – 11.30    Tea and networking Break

11.30 – 1.00      Vision Statements by each of
                        the participants


1.00 – 2.30        Lunch and networking


2.30 – 4.00        Vision Talks 1, 2, 3 and 4

4.10 – 4.30        Tea and networking Break

4.40 – 6.00        Discussion/Formation of Groups:   
                        . Curriculum – Design, Creativity and Innovation
                        . Methods of learning Design in schools
                        . Modalities of implementing Design in Schools

8.00 – 9.30        Dinner

Saturday 7th of February

8.30 – 9.30        Tea and coffee

9.30 – 11.00      Group deliberations

11.00 – 11.30    Tea and networking

11.30 – 1.00      Group deliberations


1.00 – 2.30        Lunch and networking


2.30 – 3.30        Group 1 presentation

3.30 – 4.30        Group 2 presentation

4.30 – 5.30        Group 3 presentation

5.30 – 6.00        Concluding session


Report on Introducing 'Design and Innovation' in school Curriculum in India
- outcome of the National meet held at IDC, IIT Bombay during February 2009
- (Click here... pdf document 198K)

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