The Formidable Team India
We have heard about the adjectives such as resilience, tenacity, audacity; however, we seldom use it. Experiencing these qualities is a rare feature. Recently, I have witnessed these qualities live on television. India toured Australia in 2020-2021. There’s nothing new about this tour. As usual, Indians are considered to be underdogs. Mighty Australians are the […]
Art of lecturing: A broad overview
Delivering knowledge through lecturing is probably the most used method around the globe. Lecturing and teaching are so intertwined that even without knowing one thinks of the former while thinking about the latter. But is being very popular and commonly used, making it the best method for knowledge dissemination? There are certain ‘possibilities’ and ‘perils’ […]
EXCITING SESSION OF MIGUEL WILSON
Ahmedabad Design Week kept amazing us. Day one was amazing- I enjoyed the sessions and exhibitions very much but day 2 was very motivating, it motivated me in every possible manner. The first session began with Miguel Wilson- an experienced Toy Designer as well as a Product Developer from Los Angles. He began his session […]
EXPLORING A NEW PERSPECTIVE
Definition of perspective- “A mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface through intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that radiate from one point on a horizon line”. Although the definition sounds complicated but the concept is relatively simple. I have also experienced this after attending a module on […]
Strategic HR: Reactive or Proactive Role?
The role of human resource has traditionally been seen as being a supportive role. It has always been perceived as a cost centre as its efforts typically have an intangible outcome, which is difficult to quantify unlike sales and operations. Therefore, HR finds it difficult to justify its existence in the organizations. Traditionally, the human […]
THE INEVITABLE
Sustainability is composed of two words – sustain + ability. Sustain means to carry forward, preserve, continue & ability means the power, the skill, or the strength. Therefore, we can define sustainability as the potential to preserve useful and necessary things by using them wisely and not exploiting them. Sustainability is not absolute. The understanding […]
NEW WAVE OF COVID-19
The Government of Indian in an emergency measure has banned the flights from the United Kingdom to the country due to fear of new variants of Covid-19. These new variants of Covid-19 are considered to be highly infectious variants of Covid-19. As a temporary measure, the suspension of flights from UK has come into effect […]
Change or no change: Do we have an option?
We keep hearing this phrase every now and then- “Change is inevitable “. So what does it mean? Whether you like it or not, change is the default. It is not an option. If this is so, we can look around ourselves and see exactly what we all do to adapt to the changes happening […]
CHALLENGES OF DESIGN PRACTICES & ROLE OF DESIGN THINKING IN CONVERGENCE OF POST-PANDEMIC DESIGN EDUCATION
Design practices and culture have made gradual developments in the last few decades. As contextual factors –economy, commerce, infrastructural development, socio-political issues, have contributed in the progress of design as domain, leading to evolution of design as problem solving tool. Currently, design education has gained interdisciplinary practitioners of design thinking as problem solving tool. In […]
INTER-STATE COUNCIL
Article 263 of the Indian Constitution provides that the President may by order appoint an Inter-State Council if it appears to him that public interest would be served by its establishment. The President may define the organisation, procedure and duties of the Council. Generally, it may be charged with the duty of, (a) inquiring into […]
