| “Col Surojit Bose is the Head of Institution (HOI) of Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID), since July 2017. He also functions as Director Academics, Administration and International Collaboration for Gandhinagar / Ahmedabad campus. Prior to this position he was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ISDI – Parsons, Mumbai with collaborations with Parsons, The New School, New York, USA for curriculum development, quality assurance, collaborative projects, student and faculty exchanges Parsons campuses worldwide. He has been instrumental to obtain UID’s membership to premier Internationally recognized Associations of design – WDO (formerly – ICSID), IFFTI (International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes), Cumulus International Association, Association of Commonwealth Universities & ADI (Association of Designers, India). He was the Senior Vice President (Academic Management – International Relations & Process Re-engineering) at Pearl Academy, one of the top 3 Design Institutes at that time, from June 2006 to April 2015. He was responsible for effective and efficient academic management, academic process re-engineering, designing & developing systems and processes benchmarked to international standards. As Head International Relations he had proactively fostered abiding partnerships with top Design Schools (London College of Fashion, George Brown, Canada, Heriott Watt, Scotland, Central Saint Martins, RCA, AMFI, HKPU, AMFI, The Netherlands, Domus Academy, Italy, FIDM, California, Parsons, USA – to name a few) for student and faculty exchanges as well as credit transfers.He has been an able Administrator for UK Govt. sponsored – UKIERI Projects for academic research & faculty / staff & student mobility Member – Joint Coordination Committee IGNOU – collaboration for delivery of Industry Integrated (Face to Face) Program in Design education. Coordinated and developed partnerships with National Skills Development Councils (NSDC)/Apparel Made-ups Home Furnishing Sector Skills Council/ Media & Entertainment Skills Council. He has worked with KPMG as a Project leader for implementation of Cloud based real time operations & resource optimization, – SAP Modules of Student Life Cycle Management System (SLCM) / MM / HCM / HR & F & A – aligned to SAP process models. and workflows for automating academic management – Attendance, faculty workloads, assessment etc. Col Bose is a proud recipient of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Commendation Card for illustrious military service of over 23 years and has to his credit many a prestigious staff, command & instructional appointments in field and counter-insurgency areas. “ |
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