Workshop, Townhall & Panel Discussion

Toy Design Challenges

Call for Papers and Posters

About the Ahmedabad Design Week

Ahmedabad Design Week is a neutral and non-commercial design festival event organised annually with a sole purpose of networking and knowledge exchange among designers, academicians and students. Ahmedabad Design Week (ADW) debuted as India Design Confluence (IDC), a three-day design festival organised from 23rd to 25th November 2018. + Know More

Inspired by 'Make in India', IDC promoters felt it was an apt moment for the emergence of 'Design in India'. Thus, was born Ahmedabad Design Week an extension of IDC. The first edition of ADW was organised from 17th to 19th January 2020 at Ahmedabad themed 'Design in India' with a vision to initiate efforts to make Ahmedabad as the Design Capital of India.

The second edition of Ahmedabad Design Week is scheduled from 3rd to 7th February 2021.

The Theme of ADW 2021 is 'Toy'ing with Design.

The ADW Confluence Theme

Toy'ing

with

Design

Inspired by the clarion call of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi ji to make India the global toy hub, Ahmedabad Design Week 2021's theme is "Toy'ing with Design". It endorses the concept of 'Vocal for Local' and 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.

Our
Workshops

Registration Closed

Collaborative Workshop

Exploring
Pedagogy | Sustainablity | Interaction Design

Registration Closed

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Inauguration & Valedictory

Inauguration by
Shri Piyush Goyal

Hon'ble Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Railways, Govt. of India

Valedictory Ceremony by
Shri Vijay Rupani

Hon'ble Chief Minister, Gujarat

Art Installations

ADW
Installations

Wood Installation

Created by Bram Rouws and Vincent Roy

Wood Installation

Created by Bram Rouws and Vincent Roy

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Other
Attractions

Food Fiesta

Curated by Foodaholics in Ahmedabad

Vintage Car Exhibition

By Gujarat Vintage & Classic Car Club (GVCCC)

Panel Discussion

ADW
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WDO

Partnered by

ADW
Speakers

Prof. Sudarshan Khanna and Surabhi Khanna

Designer, Educator, Pioneer-toy research & design (KEYNOTE SPEAKER)

Dadi Pudumjee

Padma Shri recipient; Puppeteer; President, UNIMA (KEYNOTE SPEAKER)

Adrian Light

Director, ONE20 Group Architects

Prof. Sudarshan Khanna and Surabhi Khanna

Prof. Sudarshan Khanna is Design Educator. He was the Principal Designer and Chairman of Education & Research at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad and Head of Toy Innovation Centre. An internationally acclaimed designer and educator, he has helped establish several new courses and programs, including the Post Graduate Program in Toy & Game Design at NID. He has been Education Development Consultant with Learn Today, the education wing of India Today group. He has authored three books and many articles on toy design, culture and creative education. Over 15 educational TV programs have been made on his work related to toys, design development, culture and education. He has been invited as an expert by institutions in India, South America, Europe and Scandinavia and has conducted numerous workshops for teachers.

He was conferred 1996 National Award for his life time work for design-science among children by Department of Science and Technology. He is recipient of international BRIO Award 2013 for his lifelong contribution for research and innovation for toy design and development in India. Prof. Sudarshan Khanna is the past president of ITRA (International Toy Research Association) and founder Chairperson of “Toys for Tomorrow???- vision-action international forum. Prof. Sudarshan Khanna was the Ravi J Matthai Chair for design and education innovations at National Institute of Design, India. Professor Sudarshan Khanna has been conducting workshops for teachers, trainers & students, relating value of design methods and creativity as part of the innovative learning process.

Surabhi Khanna is a designer, educator. She has a Masters in industrial design from NID, India after graduation in architecture. She is a Faculty at National Institute of Design Haryana (NIDH), Kurukshetra.

Since 2010, she has been working on projects and workshops related to heritage, innovations, culture-based design. Surabhi has developed courses and electives related to playful design concepts for students of design and architecture. She has conducted design & education workshops for teachers, trainers and children at several organizations and schools in India and other countries.

Paul Budnitz

Founder & CEO, Superplastic

Katerina Kamprani

Architect / Designer

Miguel Wilson

Toy & Product Designer

Johnathon Strebly

President, International Council of Design

Mahendra Chauhan

Head of Design - Watches, Wearables and Accessories, Titan Company Ltd

Anita Savicka

Director, Anita Sondore Inc.

Anita Savicka

Anita Savica is a Latvian jewellery designer and owner and Creative Director of Anita Sondore Ltd.

She is the recipient of many international awards and has showcased her designs globally.

Riga based jewellery designer ANITA SONDORE creates trendy Fine Contemporary Jewellery. All pieces are designed in Latvia, produced in Italy. At the heart of the brand is the distinguished Roman school of jewellery, where the creator of the brand developed her mastery with the Ermini family, as well as with the Parisian brand, Van Cleef & Arpels, Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Firenze, Italy. In the Year 2017 Anita advanced her skills by obtaining Master’s Degree in Jewellery Design at Arts Academy of Latvia.

Fine Jewellery created by ANITA SONDORE is bold and beautiful, inspired by the opulence of Northern Europe’s imperial cultural heritage but interpreted with a modern sensibility. Luxury, unique rings, earrings, pendants and necklaces, all handcrafted in 18k gold, enriched with sparkling diamonds, make a powerful statement about the women who wear them.

“My jewellery, in a fairly direct way, tells my own story – it’s a mirror of the time. They are personalities, individuals, living, breathing, ringing, with an idea, with a message from the heart,??? explains Anita.

The key message of the ANITA SONDORE’s brand is – the court painter. Since the past days, court painters have been those that have recorded important historical events, faces and moods. Today, ANITA SONDORE continues to do this- to present today’s people, events, faces and hearts.

Currently ANITA SONDORE jewellery is available at Harvey Nichol’s Luxury Department Store in London, Mozafarian Jewellers’ Boutiques - Dubai, Simonelli studio in Rome, Italy, Grand Hotel Kempinski and Grenardi in Riga as well as private collections all around the world.

Manish Kukreja

President, TAITMA

Dr. Antal Kelle

Artist

Rahul Minda

Head of Product Design and Development – Skillmatics

Manish Kukreja

Manish Kukreja is an Engineer by profession & graduated from BIT Bangalore in 1995 with Honours. He played an important role in the company’s development, when in his first year, he developed 2 products that became an instant success. His product design acumen & production planning carefully helped the company double it’s no of sku’s in 2 years. In 1998, after 3 years of R&D, he successfully introduced the ‘Door Open’ feature in ‘Plastic Toy Cars’ for the first time in the world. Till then, the feature was available only in Metal Toy Cars. When the production base completely shifted from Bombay to Silvassa in 2003, he helped design the layout of the factory & its production process. From using links to nuts, simple solutions were adopted to help innovate new variety & features like moving hands & legs of a cyclist, animals, etc. Min Toy Private Limited was established in 2003 as the main manufacturing unit. MIN standing for: Made in INdia. One of the first to use 3D Printing technology to develop new products, brand Shinsei has led the way in innovation & development. Winning numerous awards for quality & innovation from 1990 till 2019. Constant feedback is taken and improvements are made on a regular basis. One main being the insert wheel production for 90% products, which not only made it safer for kids, but helped increase productivity by over 15%. In early 2020, the company featured in the Top 10 Most Promising Toy Manufacturing Companies in India in the Silicon India Magazine. In 2013, Manish Kukreja was elected as the Hon Secretary of TAITMA, The All India Toy Manufacturer’s Association. TAITMA is the first, oldest and the only Toy Manufacturers Association in India. Since then TAITMA has made tremendous progress. Understanding the importance of communication with the various government departments, Mr. Kukreja made numerous visits to various ministries to establish connections. In 2016, Manish Kukreja was elected as the President of TAITMA, thanks to the tremendous work done as the secretary. His continuous interactions with the government department helped the entire industry tremendously when, through logical reasoning & presentation, GST of games was reduced from 28% to 12%, a huge success for the industry. Similarly, the BIS implementation was handled efficiently. During the pandemic, many industries were on the verge of shutting down as the government stuck to the original BIS implementation dates. Mr. Kukreja gave an extensive presentation with logical argument to the government. An extension for four months based on the arguments given by the government which helped many industries avoid closure. By 2020, the company has over 200 different sku’s, perhaps the largest collection in pull back toys in India. On 5 th November 2020, Min Toy Private Limited received its BOS License for all its products. Mr. Kukreja has been a mentor & guide to many start up companies in toys like Play Panda, etc. He is also a regular consultant to many government bodies & foreign consultancy firms.

Devanshi Kejriwal

Creative Director, Skillmatics

Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi

STEAM Education Researcher, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä; Experience Workshop Founder, Finland

Aishwarya Tipnis

Principal Architect, Aishwarya Tipnis Architects and Conservation Planner

Prof. (Dr.) P. V. Madhusudhan Rao

Head, Department of Design, IIT Delhi

Dr. Sanjeeb Kakoty

Associate Professor, IIM Shillong

Fabio Guaricci

Founder, TOY Design

Dr. Mariana Amatullo

President - CUMULUS Association, Vice Provost - The New School, New York

Prof. Lolita Dutta

Associate Director, School of Communication Design, U I D

Sanjoy K Roy

Entrepreneur of Arts and MD, Teamwork Arts

Dr. Mariana Amatullo

Mariana Amatullo was elected President of Cumulus in June 2019 after serving two consecutive terms of service as a Cumulus board member starting in 2013. Mariana is Vice Provost for Global Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York. Prior to joining The New School, she co-founded and led the award-winning social innovation department, Designmatters at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. Mariana brings almost two decades of expertise managing a portfolio of international and national educational projects, research initiatives and publications at the intersection of design, design management and social innovation; her research focuses on the value of design in organizational transformation. Mariana lectures internationally about design and social innovation and serves on a variety of executive and advisory boards in design and the arts. She is the recipient of the inaugural 2012 DELL Social Innovation Award for Outstanding Social Innovation Education; a Salzburg Global Fellow, a Fellow with the Royal Society of the Arts and a Scholar-in-Residence at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Amatullo is the lead editor of LEAP Dialogues: Career Pathways in Design for Social Innovation (DAP, 2016) she is currently working on a global survey of design for social innovation case studies slated for 2021 publication. Amatullo holds a Ph.D. in Management (Designing Sustainable Systems) from Case Western Reserve University; an M.A. in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Southern California, and a Licence en Lettres Degree from the Sorbonne University, Paris, where she also studied Art History at L’Ecole du Louvre. A native of Argentina and the child of a diplomat, Amatullo grew up around the world.

Sanjoy K Roy

Sanjoy K. Roy, an entrepreneur of the arts, is the Managing Director of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 33 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across 40 cities in countries such as Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK and USA, including the world’s largest free literary gathering — the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. Roy has received the National Award for Excellence and Best Director for the film Shahjahanabad: The Twilight Years.

He is a founder trustee of Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT) working to provide support services for street and working children in the inner city of Delhi where over 55,000 children have benefited from education, training and residential services. In 2011, the White House presented SBT the US President's Committee of Arts and Humanities Award for an International Organisation.

Roy works closely with various industry bodies and Government on policy issues within the Creative Industries and Cultural Sector in India and is a senior office bearer on several committees working on policy infrastructure for the creative industries - he is Co-chair of the Art and Culture Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and former President of Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA) and an advisor to the Arts Council of England Diversity board for theatre. He is on the advisory council of various International Agencies, Federations and Universities.

Roy has lectured and works in collaboration with Universities including those of Western Australia, DUT, Brisbane, Monash, University of Chicago, Harvard, MIT Media lab, Admas, Symbiosis, University of Houston, Columbia College, London School of Economics, University of York, Swansea, etc.

In conversation with Prof. Lolita Dutta and Mr. Sanjoy Roy

Re-Imaging Childhood

Krishan Jagota

Lead, Product Design, Sideways

Colin Giles

Head of Animation & VFX Vancouver Film School

Jared Wade

Senior Vice President, Design Innovation of Hasbro, Inc.

Sonam Gyaltsen

Founder, Echostream

Prof. (Dr.) Thomas Garvey

Associate Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa and Executive Board Member & Treasurer, WDO

Prof. Sangita Shroff

HoD, Dept. of Design, Nirma University

Prof. Sangita Shroff

Prof. Sangita Shroff heads the Department of Design at the Nirma University, Ahmedabad. She is an alumna of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (1976 batch), and has also studied design in London as an UNDP Fellow. Her primary specialisation is Visual Communication with further specialisation in Exhibition and Space Design. She has more than 35 years of experience in design education, research, training and professional design praxis.

Prof. Shroff has diverse professional design work ranging across communications, branding, exhibitions, museums, furniture, interiors, architecture, fashion, accessories, textiles and the Indian craft sector. She has actively worked with industry, central and state governments, UN bodies, NGOs, and craft clusters at the grass-root level. She has been actively involved with design education in India and has been a visiting faculty member at her alma mater and other design and architecture schools. Significant contribution has been in the research and development of curricula for various disciplines. She has been actively teaching several courses and providing leadership and direction to design programs and institutions. Her portfolio has also included faculty development programme.

For over 16 years, Prof. Shroff had held several academic and administrative responsibilities at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Delhi and Gandhinagar. She was the Director of the Indian Institute of Crafts & Design (IICD) Jaipur. Her broad spectrum of experiences and widespread network with the industry, the social sector, practising professionals and academicians across the board is highly valuable for the students and institutions that she has been associated with. Her primary interest is to add value to higher education through an inclusive, culturally centred and contextual mandate.

Siegfried Zoels

Co-Founder & MD, Fördern durch Spielmittel e.V. (Toys for Children’s Rehabilitation)

Philip Royappan

Deputy General Manager (Marketing), FUNSKOOL

Prof. Samir Shukla

Professor, Gujarat University Design Academy

Philip Royappan

Philip Royappan is an avid marketer with over 21 years of experience primarily in the toy business. During his formative years, he explored rural sales in territories as varied as Rajasthan, Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh. The diverse brands that he handled included Kiwi Shoe Polish, Durex and Confectionary products such as Coffee Bite, Lacto King and Coconut Punch.

Philip’s journey into brand management began way back in 2003, when he joined Funskool, India’s leading toy company, as a Product Manager. Initially, he was in charge of the very popular “Board Games??? portfolio of Funskool and managed iconic products like Monopoly, Game of Life and Jenga. Philip has played a vital role in building the range of toys that Funskool has now – be it striking association with international brands for either license or distribution rights or be it designing and developing Funskool’s own brands. He has been instrumental in building Funskool’s own brands like Giggles and FunDough.

With an unerring focus on new product development, Philip works with a cross functional team to churn over fifty new products every year, across a range of categories from Infants & Pre-school, Games, FunDough , Puzzles etc. He is one of the experts in the Toy industry in India today. He has been pivotal in building Funskool’s distribution with international companies such as Disney, Viacom and Warner Bros.

Philip believes that the most important part of a toy marketer’s job is to keep his/her ears to the ground and understand the latest trends that children follow in a KGOY (Kids Growing Older Younger) environment. He feels this is the most important factor to stay relevant today. After all, the toy business may be fun, but it is surely a very demanding, serious business. Philip’s other interests are Medieval History, Travelling and Books of Fiction.

Dr. Bhawana Vasudeva

Head, Dept. of Architecture, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Dr. Manish Arora

Assistant Professor, Banaras Hindu University

Shahrukh Mushtaq

Incubation Manager IIEDC (Innovation Incubation Entrepreneurship Development Center), NIT Srinagar

Dr. Bhawana Vasudeva

Currently serving as Head, Department of Architecture and Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning, Associate Director of Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara (Gujarat, India). she have been teaching and practicing as a freelance architect for the last two decades, completed Ph.D. from CEPT University, Ahmadabad, India, studied Masters of Urban & Rural Planning (M.U.R.P.) at IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) at MANIT Bhopal, M.P., India

Dr. Bhawana Vasudeva has over 23 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate level in architecture, and seven years at the postgraduate level (Masters in Urban and Regional Planning, MURP). The teaching experience primarily consists of teaching and evaluation of various architecture and planning courses. I have contributed several research papers in conferences, seminars, symposiums, book chapters, and Journals. I have been regularly involved in various academic administration activities.

She has been engaged in various architectural design and planning consultancy projects which were carried out to achieve energy efficiency, heritage conservation, efficient use of built, semi built and open spaces, well-organized and comfortable interiors, overall face-lifting, redesign of large campuses, and improvement in acoustics and interiors of various built spaces. I have also served in HUDCO (Housing & Urban Development Corporation) where my responsibilities were included the appraisal of different architectural and planning projects, monitoring the progress of building centers that were established to promote cost-effective building construction and technologies. I am a member of the Council of Architecture (COA), Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI), Indian Institute of Architects Vadodara Chapter(IIA), Acoustical Society of India(ASI), Indian Association for Air Pollution Control(IAAPC).

Power of Play, People and Places- Rethinking Design of Toys and Play Activities

Suhasini Paul

Toy Designer and TEDx Speaker

‘Toy’ing with Design

The story of Indian toys is timeless as the land herself. Toys, produced in every age and culture in history, transmit information about the economic, sociological and cultural aspects of societies maybe more than any other object known to humankind. Toys provide insights into culture, technological developments, ideological structures and moral values of societies at various given periods of time.

ADW2021, brings together the toy makers, designers, storytellers from various cultures across the globe to revisit, relive, create, brainstorm and work on a comprehensive analysis of toys, their design and production characteristics.

#DesignInIndia #ADW2021 #AhmedabadDesignWeek #ToyDesign #AtmanirbharBharat

As well as our fantastic range of events at the conference, we have also planned a range of entertainment activities to enthrall and mesmerize you. Music performances, music bands, fashion shows to relax, enjoy and appreciate the wide array of talent in this UNESCO World heritage city of Ahmedabad.

17th Jan 2020

Entertainment Evening with ‘When Chai Met Toast’

18th Jan 2020

Entertainment Evening with
DJ Julia Bliss and DJ Van Moon

19th Jan 2020

KHADI to KINKHAAB – The Handcrafted Story of Indian Couture (Fashion Show) designed and created by Artist, Designer Revivalist Shri Umang Hutheesing

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Our Workshops

Toying with the idea of combinations

Association of Designers of India (ADI)

Shivani Chakrachhattri

How to think of a new BOARD GAME idea?

National Institute of Design (NID)

Austin Davis

Toy Workshop

Anant National University

Aditi Vashisht

Toys from my past

Anant National University

Sharmila Sagara and Nisar Momin

DIY stuffed Toy Making

Swarnim Startup & Innovation University

Jeremy Fritzhand

Collaborative Creativity to Introduce Design Thinking based on Transdisciplinary Children’s Art

Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi

Play the City #IdeaFactory

JUGAADOPOLIS - an ATA Initiative

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Our Townhalls

School Townhall

IIT Roorkee and Children's University

Industry Townhall

CII, WDO, CUMULUS, DPIIT, ADI

#ADW2021

Panel Discussion

Nurturing Spaces for Children

Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID)

Ranna Parekh, Shweta, Pavan K Suryadevara, Hariesh K Sankaran

Past, Present and Future of Play

National Institute of Design (NID)

Toys Make a Nation

Anant National University

Prof. Anubha Kakroo

Trendz N Toys

Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)

Dialogue on Ahmedabad – the ‘Design capital of India’

CEPT University

Toy – A Bridging Tool in Parenting

Unitedworld Institute of Design

Megha Lakhania, Madhuri K V, Caran, Hariesh K Sankaran

To design toys in an educational and emotional frame

Unitedworld Institute of Design

Fabio Guaricci and Hariesh K Sankaran

Conversation with the one and only Harald Belker!

Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)

Harald Belker and Harish CB

The Serious Fun of Play: Ideation of Board Games

Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)

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Design Challenges

Design Challenges

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Paper Presentation

Paper Presentation

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Winners for Toy Design & Paper Presentation

Toy Design Challenge Winners

Category: Students
Name	Institute	Category
Mr. Jyotirmay, Dubey	UID	Game Design
Mr. Divyansh, Makadia Tirth Alpeshkumar Patel Arham Doshi	SAL	Game Design
Ms. Navya, Shukla Ruchita Barhate	UID	Game Design
Ms. Akanksha, Shah	NU	Game Design

Category: Professionals
Name	Organisation	Category
Ms. Shivani, Chakrachhattri Mohit Saini	The Roundumbrella Co	Game Design
Mrs. Bhagyashree Kunal Deore Mr. Kunal Sunjaykumar Deore Mr. Rohan Suresh Kapadia Mr. Sunjaykumar Ramchandra Deore Mrs. Sanjeevani Sanjaykumar Deore	Skiddler	Early Childhood Learning

Paper Presentation

Category	Author	Title
Call for Paper	Priya Mohan & Neha Jangir (IICD, Jaipur)	Identification of Gaps in the Folk Doll Industry
	Srinidhi Meenakshi & AshaAnand (UID, Ahmedabad)	The Future of Toy Culture and its Impact on Child Development A Vantage Point from a Historical Milieu
	Siddhant Shah (Independent Designer)	Inclusive Toy Design - Designing for This_Ability
	Zankruti Raval + Kriti Malkani + Mira Patel (UID, Ahmedabad)	Reviving Toy Culture in India through Design Approaches
Call for Poster	Gaurav Vaidya (IIT, Guwahati)	The Use of Human-Centered Design Process to develop an Educational Toy
	Darshika Kantaria + Kashif Khan (UID, Ahmedabad)	Toys for educational tools
	Sandesh Sanjeev Phalke (IIT, Guwahati)	A Gamified Assistive Teaching Aid for Children Living with ADHD
	Swati Sunil Shelar (Independent Designer - JumpDesign)	Checkbox Chaadar

Event
Schedule

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03rd Feb, 2021	Hall No 1	Hall No 2
09:00 - 10:00	Inauguration by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, FRS, FREng
11:30 - 12:15	Prof. Sudarshan Khanna and Surbhi Khanna (Keynote Session)
12:15 - 13:00	Topic: Dialogue on ‘Ahmedabad – the Design Capital of India’ CEPT University Kartikeya Sarabhai (Panel Chair) Dr. Shilpa Das Archana Shah Dr. A. Srivathsan
13:00 - 13:15	Break
14:00 - 14:45	Topic: Designing Physical Products in a Digital World Skillmatics Ms. Devanshi Kejriwal Mr. Rahul Minda	Topic: Toys From my Past Workshop by Anant National University – Prof. Sharmila Sagara and Ast. Prof. Nisar Momin Start Time: 14:00, End Time: 17:00
14:45 - 15:30	Topic: Capacity building and how to scale up toy manufacturing Mr Manish Kukreja
15:30 - 16:30	Toy Tale- Past Present & Future – a presentation NID Dr. Gayatri Menon Jitendra Singh Rajput Shekhar Bhattacharjee Austin Davis Student team (Khyati Garg, Anushka Kamble, Meeta Bhushan)
16:30 - 17:15	Topic: Re-Imaging Childhood UID Prof. Lollita Dutta Sanjoy Roy
17:15 - 1730	Break
17:30 - 18:30	Topic: Toys are play materials – and a lot more. Discovering the potential of toys Siegfried Zoels
18:30 - 19:15	Paul Budnitz
19:15 Onward -	Once upon A Toy… An evening by storytellers Preeti Das and Vikram Sridhar

04th Feb, 2021	Hall No 1	Hall No 2
10:00 - 10:45	Topic: Toy Design / Product Development / Healthy Lifestyle Miguel Wilson
10:45 - 12:00	Dadi Pudumjee (Keynote Session)	Topic – Toy Workshop Workshop by Anant National University Ast. Prof. Aditi Vashisth Start Time: 11:00, End Time: 14:00
12:00 - 12:45	Topic: Power of Play, People and Places- Rethinking Design of Toys and Play Activities M S University Dr. Bhawana Vasudeva
12:45 - 13:30	Topic: Trendz N Toys Panel Discussion Mr. Narender Kumar Mr. Nitin Kalra Prof. Taruna Vasa Mr. Ajay Bisht (moderator)
13:30 - 13:45	Break
13:45 - 14:30	Mr. Krishan Jagota
14:30 - 15:15	Topic: UI/ UX of Toys and Aesthetics and Packaging Dr. Manish Arora	Topic: How to think of a new BOARD GAME idea? Workshop by National Institute of Design Austin Davis Start Time: 15:00, End Time: 16:30
15:15 - 16:00	Mr. Philip Royappan
16:00 - 16:45	Topic: Toy makes a Nation Panel Discussion by Anant National University Prof. Anubha Kakroo Ms. Anisha Mukherji Ms. Shaguna Gahilote Ms. Shradha Jain
16:45 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 18:00	Evening Entertainment – Illusionist

05th Feb, 2021	Hall No 1	Hall No 2
10:30 - 11:30	Topic: Emerging Technologies, Robotics and Design IIT Delhi Prof. (Dr.) P.V.M. Rao	Johnathon Strebly
11:30 - 12:15	Topic: Architect or Toy – Dwelling in Un-designed Spaces Mr. Adrian Light	Topic: DIY print toys Workshop by Swarnim Startup & Innovation University Jeremy Fritzhand Start Time: 12:00, End Time: 13:00
12:15 - 13:00	Anita Savicka
13:00 - 13:15	Break
13:15 - 14:00	Ar. Aishwarya Tipnis	Workshop by ADI Start time : 13:45 – End time : 15:15
14:00 - 14:45	Speaker Session by Nirma University Prof. Sangita Shroff
14:45 - 15:30	Session by GLS Institute of Design Ast. Prof. Pritesh Bhatia	Jugaadopolis (Studio ATA) Start Time: 15:00, End Time: 16:00
16:45 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 18:00	Industry Townhall Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, IAS Smt. Anju Sharma, IAS Dr. Mariana Amatullo Pradyumna Vyas Alok Nandi Srini Srinivasan Hemant Suthar Johnathon Strebly

06th Feb, 2021	Hall No 1	Hall No 2
9:00 - 9:45	Speaker Session by Hasbro Jared Wade
10:00 - 10:45	Colin Giles	Prof. (Dr.) Thomas Garvy Start Time: 10:30, End Time: 11:15
10:45 - 11:30	Mahendra Chauhan	Panel Discussion Harald Belker Harish CB Start Time: 11:15, End Time: 12:00
11:30 - 12:15	Topic: The Serious Fun of Play: Ideation of Board Games Panel discussion by Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID) Sambit Kumar Pradhan Abeer Kapoor Sajid Chougle Sreeranjini GS
12:15 - 13:00	Topic: What does ArtFormer mean? – On the border of play, art and designing Dr. Antal Kelle Topic: Playful Design for Collaborative Creativity, Innovation, Ideation and Problem-Solving in STEAM Learning Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi
13:00 - 13:15	Break	Break
13:15 - 14:00	Katerina Kamprani
14:00 - 14:45	Topic: Stories of the North-East Sonam Tashi Gyaltsen
14:45 - 15:30	Topic: Kashmiri Toys NIT Srinagar	Jugaadopolis (Studio ATA) Start Time: 15:00, End Time: 16:00
15:30 - 16:15	Session by UID Hariesh K Sankaran
16:15 - 17:00	Session by Gujarat University Samir Shukla	Topic: Innovating for the North East Panel Discussion NID Jorhat Prof. V. Ravishankar Vikram Mitra IIT Guwahati Dr. D. Udaya Kumar IIM Shillong Dr. Sanjeeb Kakoty
17:00 - 18:30	School Townhall Smt. Anju Sharma, IAS Principal Secretary (Higher & Technical Education), Govt. of Gujarat Chairperson, i-Hub Mr. Rajnish Kumar, IRSME Director (Digital Education), Department of School Education & Literacy, Govt. of India Prof. (Dr.) Himanshu Pandya Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat University Dr. Anunaya Chaubey Provost, Anant National University Shri Harshad Shah Vice-Chancellor, Children’s University Prof. Avlokita Agarwal Department of Architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee Prof. (Dr.) Kumkum Bharti IIM Kashipur Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Kumar Rakesh Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Uttarakhand

07th Feb, 2021	Hall No 1	Hall No 2
11:30 - 12:15	‘TOYS that GROW with a child’ by Suhasini Paul	Paper Presentation Start time : 10:00 End time : 13:00
12:15 - 13:00	Topic: Collaborative Creativity to Introduce Design Thinking based on Transdisciplinary Children’s Art Workshop by Experience Workshop Global STEAM Network Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi Werner Olivier Catherine Steyn Pamela Burnard Pallawi Sinha Suné Stassen Chris Brownell Zsolt Lavicza Shirin and Heramb Kulkarni
13:00 - 13:15	Break
13:15 - 14:00	Nurturing Space for Children – A Panel Discussion with Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) Ranna Parikh Shweta Balasubramoni Pavan K Suryadevara Hariesh K. Sankaran
14:00 - 14:45	Panel Discussion on To design toys in an educational and emotional frame Faboio Guaricci Hariesh K Sankaran
16:00 - 17:00	Valedictory Ceremony

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