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    Design Edge–2050
    (University News, 2023-06-03) Dutta, Anando; Vijaychandra, Divya
    The future is a story that each one of us participates in writing today, and every day. Design can be a catalyst in this narrative of the future and we as Design Educators can contribute to making connections between disparate ideas by locating them within an expanded notion of design practice and establishing some historical links that provide context and depth. To find inspiration for this narrative about the probable nature of Design Education in 2050, we need to look beyond design and traverse through diverse methodological realms such as cinema, literature, science, ethics, politics, art, and more. The practice of ‘Futures Thinking’ is not a recent development as it has been in existence since the 20th century. Initially, it was mainly used to predict the future of post-war political planning and served as a source of inspiration for science fiction writers like H.G. Wells. However, in recent times, the focus of ‘Futures Thinking’ has shifted from forecasting or predicting the future to the critical exploration of potential future scenarios.
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    Essence of Sense: Curriculum and Syllabus of Life Skills Programme in Liberal Arts
    (University News, 2022-06) Ranjit, Jai; Vijaychandran, Divya; Suri, Solange; Dutta, Anando
    The human experience is a multi-faceted one, full of observations, possibilities and learning. Learning is how we integrate with the world around us as we attempt to understand our purpose in the universe and how it works. It is imperative that making sense through sense-making be understood as a critical part of the experiential learning process in this regard (Fig 1). In the words of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on Integral Education, “Education to be complete must have five principal aspects corresponding to the five principal activities of the human being; the physical, the vital, the mental, the psychic and the spiritual.” The journey one undertakes in the pursuit of these areas of thought requires more than just the observation of the world and all that is in it, or merely reading several books containing the thoughts and stories of humankind across time. It requires the activities of conversation, debate and reflection in order to fully elevate the understanding that the mind and soul must gain as they try to achieve an ideal state. With this thought in mind, we attempted an experiment at School of Design and Innovation (ISDI), Atlas SkillTech University in 2018. Through discussions with faculty members, an elective course in Liberal Arts education took shape. With a focus on giving students the opportunity to explore beyond the silos of the typical liberal arts curriculum in existence, this course presented the opportunity for students to enter the realm of self-reflection through discussive and discursive, observational
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    The Rise of the Learn(s)umer
    (University News, 2023-01) Karnani, Ritika; Srivastav, Shamit; Welukar, Rajan; Dutta, Anando
    The deeply ingrained social belief that has prevailed over time says – good education leads to a better life. Historically, in India, the existence of Gurukuls (learning environments led by a learned individual), has always been knowledge and experience-delivering learning centres. The objective of the Gurukul as an education system was truly simple, organic, realistic and obvious - “Plain Living and High Thinking” (Selvamani, 2019). The beneficiaries of this system have been always referred to as ‘shishyas’ or learners, the students; the providers ‘Gurus’ or teachers were highly respected, wise, knowledgeable, and sagacious men with a range of unmatched, sought-after skills which the shishyas hoped to learn and imbibe. This prodigious high ground ensured that the Shishyas, as well as the community inevitably exhibited enormous respect and trust towards their Gurus. The sharing of education included a vast spread, which could include life skills, values, and moralistic and ritualistic insights apart from the core skills – connecting dots across different domains with a rich set of multi-disciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives.