Design

Hers is a story of grit and determination. Withdrawn into herself by peer pressure and inferiority complex, at one point she had decided to quit her career after her graduation. However, instead of succumbing to her inner conflict, she chose to face her fears head on. She decided to give her life a spin. Meet Nashik based Aishwarya Andhrutkar, pursuing masters in Interior Designing, who recently won first prize among students at the Interior Design Awards, a competition organized by the Nashik Infrastructure Magazine. Buoyed by her success, she now aspires to setup her own design firm.

Pune Design Festival (PDF) has been organized every February since 2006 by the Association of Designers of India (ADI) Pune Chapter. It has been the pinnacle for design learning, exchange of ideas and the most powerful networking platform for industry professionals, design houses, design institutes, policy makers, media, design students and the design user industry. Over the years, the ADI PDF ‘Battle of Design Project’ award has become one of the most coveted awards for students of Design in India. This year, Ratul Upadhyay and Nilanjan Chakravarty, students of MAAER's MIT Institute of Design (MITID), Pune have won the second runners up award in UX / UI Category.

Fashion Fundas is a well known fashion design institute in Pune founded by Mrs. Kamartaj Pathan in the year 2000. A recognized Singer India sewing school, it is well equipped with state-of-the art infrastructure for fashion designing courses, stitching, sketching, hand embroidery and fashion technology. At Fashion Fundas, its one year course is career oriented - the students start taking orders for work from first month itself. This way, on completion of the course, the student has not only learnt the art of fashion design, she also has a ready customer base to cater to.