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NID branches out into Bangalore
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March 27
The nation's design hub has now branched out into Bangalore. The National Institute of Design's new R&D campus will tap the IT city's software advantage to make design innovations in at least four new areas: for the masses, sensitive design projects for the Defence, and also for product innovation for the automobile and transportation sectors, according to NID.
The 45-year-old institute picked Bangalore a couple of years ago for its first campus outside Gujarat. The Rs 5-crore research campus located off Tumkur Road is scheduled to be inaugurated on March 31 by the UNIDO Director-General, Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella.
The R&D campus has been funded by the parent Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, along with the Department of Communication and Information Technology, which is interested in pushing software aspects in design innovation.
The department has also provided the land through its machine tool entity, the neighbouring CMTI. Four labs, totally costing Rs 2.5 crore, are being set up with an interest-free loan from ICICI Bank.
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