NID to apply for Centre of Excellence status

Updated on: Monday, November 16, 2009

Bangalore: The National Institute of Design (NID)'s governing council will meet this December to work on its final proposal to apply for the Centre Of Excellence (COE) status through an Act of Parliament. The proposal will be forwarded to Parliament by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

NID is currently recognised as an autonomous institute under the DIPP. The status would enable the institute to offer graduate, post graduate and PhD degrees instead of diplomas.

In early 2007, the DIPP envisioned the national design policy aimed at creating a design-enabled innovation economy. One of the major recommendations under the policy was strengthening design education in the country for which work is in full swing.

It had then recommended according university or 'deemed to be university' status to NID under section 3 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act. However, the institute will be applying for COE status through an act of parliament to retain its independent functioning.

Kalvimalar

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