about Non-Invasive Department (NID)
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN (NID)
is internationally ac claimed as one of the finest educational and research institutions for
Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design. NID has been
declared ‘Institution of National Importance’ by the Act of Parliament, by virtue of the
National Institute of Design Act, 2014 and is an autonomous institute under the DIPP,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
In the early years following independence, rapid changes were taking place within
the Indian society. New economic and social objectives, production processes,
and new technologies were beginning to enter the remotest corners of our
sub-continent. There were at that time, minds sufficiently aware that the process of
development demanded a reinvestigation of the postulates and resources that
determine the pattern and pace of growth envisioned for India. The Industrial Policy
Resolution of 1953 articulated these concerns and indicated broad guidelines. It was in this
setting that the Government of India invited the renowned design team of Charles and Ray
Eames to recommend a programme of design to serve as an aid to small industry. On the
basis of their remarkable document, The India Report, the Government of India set up the
National Institute of Design in 1961 as an autonomous national institution for research,
service, and training in Industrial Design and Visual Communication.
The aim was to provide a multidisciplinary approach to design education that
could satisfy the complex problems of India’s changing environment.