GK held P-room Seminar inviting Mr. Hrridaysh Deshpande, a consultant adviser of India Design Council (IDC), taking the chance of his visiting Japan.
His lecture is that Design is the essential element for the country’s future development when India’s condition as a nation taken in the thought. Mr. Hrridaysh Deshpande extended his talk based on some examples like automobile industries.
The seminar became significant with the precious context of his lecture depicting the background characteristic to India such as high population, lower prices, many excellent human resources. The condition makes the demand for particular products in small volume not only mass-produced uniform products. The design supporting such products leads to create the employment of the young population, and it contributes to the development of the nation.
　
　
Mr. Hrridaysh Deshpande
He has been in the field of education for over 20 years. Presently, he is the member of Governing Body of Ajeenkya DY Patil University and is the Director of DYPDC School of Design and DYPWWI School of Film and Media. He is associated with the India Design Council (IDC) works as its consultant advisor. Under the aegis of IDC he is spearheading the India Design Mark program. He is the member of CII National Committee on Design. Earlier, he founded Creative-i College, in 2004 one of India’s first private initiatives in the field of Design Education. He focuses on structured innovation practices for organizational innovation via appropriate tools, methods and processes. He is an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic educator and innovation facilitator.
（Source : GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2018 Judging Committee Members Profile）