NID set to get national centre of excellence status
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- Thursday, 20 September 2012 14:45
- Published on Thursday, 20 September 2012 14:45
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Gujarat Global News Network, Gandhinagar
In a move which is bound to bring a lot of cheer to National Institute of Design (NID) students and aspirants, Union minister for industry, commerce and textile Anand Sharma has said that the design school will soon be granted status of national centre of excellence by an act of the Parliament.
Sharma was in Gandhinagar for the inauguration of NID’s new campus for postgraduate courses. “A bill in this regard is being prepared. I’m told that it will be ready by next week and would be presented to the union cabinet. NID will soon be declared a centre of excellence,” said Sharma.
Once NID is granted status of national centre of excellence, it will be at par with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Pradyumna Vyas, Director of NID, said that granting status of centre of excellence to NID will help the institute confer bachelors, masters and doctorates in design to its students. Currently, it awards undergraduate degrees and a postgraduate diploma to its students.
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