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CNBC Session on The Road Ahead: Transformation through Design

On the second day of the recent 7^th CII-NID Design Summit, CNBC anchor, Suresh Venkat, interviewed a panel comprised of: Bruce Nussbaum, Assistant Executive Editor, Business Week; Vikram Kirloskar, Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt. Ltd.; N. N. Prasad, Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Planning, Government of India; Arun Jaura, Senior Vice President, R&D, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.; and Uday Dandavate, Founder and CEO, SonicRim. The topic was “The Road Ahead: Transformation through Design.” The session was telecast by CNBC on January 2^th and 13^th (repeat telecast).

The design community’s growing interest in India is reflected in the formation of an international initiative called Design with India (www.designwithindia.com). A number of organizations and individuals interested in developing opportunities for partnering with India have come together under the banner of Design with India to facilitate discussions that will ultimately help clarify these partnership opportunities with India. Uday Dandavate, Founder and CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based design research company, SonicRim; Surya Vanka, Senior Manager, User Experience, Microsoft Corporation; Sudhir Sharma, Founder, Elephant Design; Hari Nair, Director, Global Consumer Design Asia, Whirlpool Corporation; Prof. Prasad Boradkar, Arizona State University; Jacob Mathew of Idiom Design; Poonam Bir Kasturi of Shristi School of Art, Design and Technology; Seema Gupta of the Confederation of Indian Industry; and Shilajeet (Banny) Banerjee of Stanford Joint Program in Design, have formed the core team that will drive organizations of similar design summits around the world under the banner of “Design with India.”

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