Jamia Millia Islamia Launches Masters in Design in Virtual Ceremony

JMI Masters in Design: As per the new updates, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has launched the Masters in Design (MDes) course for the current academic session at an online ceremony today. JMI Vice-Chancellor Professor Najma Akhtar officially launched the new course. The new course will be run in the newly created department named the Department of Design and Innovation. In the beginning, the department will provide MDes for its students and later, plans are in place to offer graduate and research degrees to be offered in the near future.

JMI Masters in Design Course

The department will provide MDes for its students. The main areas of study include Design for Product Design, Interaction Design, and Communication Design. The idea behind the formation of an entirely new department has its roots in the idea of providing an experiential learning experience to students and making them ready for the future of work in India. The department, as well as the new course, were launched with two main goals --

Promoting culture and an application of critical design thinking among workers of the future.

Future entrepreneurs and leaders with an excellent foundation in design innovation and the ability to conduct research and translate ideas into concrete actions.

Prof Farhat Basir Khan To Lead the Department

Prof. Farhat Basir Khan will lead the establishment of the department. He has over thirty years of experience as a leader in both professional and academic settings. In his remarks, professor Khan stated that "The department has been established to creatively address the growing demand for design professionals and innovators in the country; the Design professionals who can build and create a business with purpose and address this wide gap, the design professionals who can think on their feet and come up with out-of-the-box creative solutions well suited to a country of 1.4 billion people with vast inequalities".

Statement of Vice-Chancellor

According to the JMI Vice-Chancellor, "One thing that sets us apart is our dedication to providing the most engaging education possible and staying on top of the ever-changing developments in pedagogy, technology and the latest innovations. The design department will not be merely leading in the field of education and learning but will also attract the best talents from the industry as well as academia." Alongside JMI Vice-Chancellor, JMI Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Tasneem Fatma and the Registrar Dr Nazim Husain Jafri were also present.