NID students show the power of Indian design
By Freddie Holmes2025-03-12T17:45:00
Car Design News looks at the work of 13 students from the National Institute of Design in India following the school’s recent graduation ceremony
Last month students at the National Institute of Design (NID) gathered to celebrate recent graduates across its three campuses in Gujarat, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru. In attendance was Indian President Droupadi Murmu, and by all accounts it was a memorable experience for the young designers and course leaders alike.
To learn more about the nature of studying transportation design in India and what the latest crop of graduates have been working on, we caught up with Balaji Rengarajan, Discipline Lead - Universal Design at the NID Bengaluru campus. Read on and more than a dozen student projects are outlined further down, showcasing what Indian design is all about.
“The NID emphasises a ‘hands on, minds on’ approach when it comes to design,” says Rengarajan, “and…