THE MONDAY INTERVIEW : DARLIE KOSHY

‘NID has taken key steps to bring industry to campus’

Posted: Monday, Aug 25, 2008 at 2308 hrs IST
Updated: Monday, Aug 25, 2008 at 2308 hrs IST

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: into a Section 25 company and expand its activities with a government-supported rolling venture fund. For the first time in India, we have created a platform for ideas through the design idea fair, which will enable industry and entrepreneurs to buy ideas off the shelf. The future of Indian design and designers is bright, as we are seeing the growth curve just starting to gather momentum.

What steps will you be taking to ensure institutional autonomy and protection of Brand NID?

NID has commissioned the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, to create a roadmap for the next ten years, especially with reference to institutional autonomy, structure and systems in the context of NID shortly becoming a deemed university. Autonomy comes through collective leadership and financial autonomy. I believe in making government a partner in progress and, so far, while we have been able to get considerable assistance from the government over the plan periods, there has been hardly constriction in autonomy. However, the restrictive government pay scales and rules do impinge on the ability of the institute to attract and retain faculty and technical talent, which is a situation we need to change....

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