Design in India: The Importance of the Ahmedabad Declaration

October 01 2009 Design in India: The Importance of the Ahmedabad Declaration S. Balaram S. Balaram Singanapalli Balaram was a senior professor at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and among the first teachers of Design Education in India in the 1960s. He founded the Craft Development Institute in Kashmir for Government of India. He is the author of “Thinking Design” (NID, Ahmedabad, 1998). In 2005 he became the Dean at D. J. Academy of Design, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He was educated in India and the U.K. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information S. Balaram Singanapalli Balaram was a senior professor at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and among the first teachers of Design Education in India in the 1960s. He founded the Craft Development Institute in Kashmir for Government of India. He is the author of “Thinking Design” (NID, Ahmedabad, 1998). In 2005 he became the Dean at D. J. Academy of Design, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He was educated in India and the U.K. Online ISSN: 1531-4790 Print ISSN: 0747-9360 © 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2009 Design Issues (2009) 25 (4): 54–79. https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2009.25.4.54 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation S. Balaram; Design in India: The Importance of the Ahmedabad Declaration. Design Issues 2009; 25 (4): 54–79. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2009.25.4.54 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsDesign Issues Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF.