India Emerging As Key Region For Design Education: Parsons School of Design Chief

<p><strong>By C H Unnikrishnan</strong></p><p>India is emerging as a key region for design education as the concept of formal training in design is catching up fast in the country and the standard of curriculum and the faculty is similar to the one that is offered in any other part of the world, says David Van Zandt, president, The New School-Parsons School of Design, New York, one of the world’s top art and design schools.</p><p>According to Zandt, the importance of design education is increasing as design has started engaging boardrooms now.</p><p>“Design schools are not only a major source of new talents for the economy’s rapidly growing creative sector, but are critical catalysts for entrepreneurship,” he said in Mumbai while inaugurating&nbsp; the Mumbai Academic Campus of Indian School of Designs and Innovation (ISDI) and Parsons School of Design, on Friday (9, October).</p><p>The new art academic campus, where two unique design education institutions are coming together to provide a common platform for creative education and design thinking, is first of its kind in India. With this, Parsons School of Design will support ISDI by creating a unique design education delivery system in terms of faculty, ongoing training curriculum student and faculty exchange among others.</p><p>“ISDI with Parsons in Mumbai is laser focused on building a new generation ecosystem of design and innovation driven by creative entrepreneurship in India,” said Radha Kapoor, ISDI founder and executive director, and an alumnus of Parson School of Design, New York.</p><p>“By formalising the strong partnership with Parsons, we are building up the capacity of global faculty in the Mumbai campus of ISDI,” said Siddharth Shahani, executive director, ISDI.</p>