UPID Noida | B.Des. Induction Program 2019 - Report

Induction Program 2019 Schedule

Date Day Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4

01-Aug

Thursday Registration Orientation (Welcome and faculty introduction)

02-Aug

Friday Program overview and Diagnostic test

Visit to departments/ labs (Campus Walkthrough)

Director’s address and Interaction

Mentor -Mentee Group

03-Aug

Saturday Creative Arts - Session Club Formation Literary - Book reading/ Writing

Proficiency - Rapid Sketching

04-Aug

Sunday Sunday

05-Aug

Monday UHV Creative Arts - Hands on workshop on Graphic Design by Mr. Meraj Waseem

06-Aug

Tuesday UHV UHV Lecture by Mr. Amit Panday, Director, ATS Pvt. Ltd.

07-Aug

Wednesday UHV Creative Arts - Doodle Art

Visit to a Socially Relevant Group - GOONJ

08-Aug

Thursday UHV UHV Lecture by Mr. Mahendra Kr. Gupta, Founder UDYAM Consultancy

09-Aug

Friday UHV UHV Talk by UIIC, AKTU Head

Creative Arts - Origami

10-Aug

Saturday Physical activity - Yoga

Lecture by Mr. Apurv

Jain

Seminar on Internshala

UHV Creative Arts - Session

11-Aug

Sunday Sunday

12-Aug

Monday Holiday - Bakrid

13-Aug

Tuesday UHV UHV Lecture by Mr. Amit Pathak, Shellios

Proficiency - Body language session

14-Aug

Wednesday Physical activity - Gardening & Plantation Preparation for Independence Day

15-Aug

Thursday Independence Day Celebration

16-Aug

Friday UHV UHV Literary - Enact Play Proficiency - Rapid Fire

17-Aug

Saturday Visit to Waste to Wonder and National Science Museum [SSG, AK, AWS, SHC]

18-Aug

Sunday Sunday

19-Aug

Monday Creative Arts - Face Painting Activity Session with BDes 2nd Yr

Activity Session with BDes 3rd Yr

20-Aug

Tuesday Physical Activity -Zumba by Ms. Navalpreet Kaur

Discussion and Presentation within

group

Literary - Extempore/ Debate

Presentation by each group

21-Aug

Wednesday Visit to NSIC

22-Aug

Thursday UHV Test Test Creative Arts -Product Play

Concluding Session – Feedback, Experience sharing, group presentation and

Dialogue with students

U. P. Institute of Design, Noida

Conducted a 3 weeks induction program as per the mandate given by AICTE. The program consisted

of lectures by eminent speakers and industry experts, Site visits, Sessions on - Creative Arts, UHV,

Literary & Proficiency skills, Plantation, Yoga, Zumba and many more.

The induction program began on August 1, 2019 with the registration of new students. The students

came from different states and were excited, curious and at the same time had queries too, which

were addressed by the faculty team during the registration process. After the registration, Orientation

session was conducted where the students were welcomed and briefed about the institute followed

by interaction session with the faculty members of the institute.

Next day, the students were given the program overview in which they were informed about the

B.Des. Program and its curriculum. A diagnostic test was conducted to evaluate the aptitude, creative

abilities and skill sets of the students so that their strengths and weaknesses can be understood and

the teaching pedagogy can be made to address and cater to all students. This was followed by the

campus walkthrough in which students were given guided tour of the campus and informed about the

facilities like- library, class studios, tutorial rooms, labs etc. In the post lunch session, the students

were addressed by the Director of the institute - Prof. Virendra Pathak, and were told about the

institute and its initiatives for students.

The mentor mentee groups were also formed.

Address by Director of the institute – Prof. Virendra Pathak

In the following day the students had a creative session where they were tasked with creating an

alien while collaborating with each other. This activity helped in building up their team work & creative

abilities. This was followed by a literary session on book reading. Later student clubs were formed

followed by a session of Rapid Sketching where the students were asked to draw a product as quickly

as possible. Their sketching time was monitored and students understood how rapid sketching could

be used to pen down ideas in seconds.

Next day, classes of Universal Human Values (UHV) were taken and students were taught how they

play an important role in the life of human at various stages including education and career. Further in

the day, the students got a chance to meet Senior Professor of Fine Arts Mr. Meraj Waseem where

the students got to know about graphic design, learned how to use them and made some artworks to

show how to transform asymmetry drawing to a symmetry drawing.

Mohd. Meraj Waseem, Senior Prof. of Fine Arts with Students and faculty members

In the following day an energetic lecture about “Power of Words” was given by Mr Amit Pandey. He

filled the students with enthusiasm and left a smile on every student’s faces.

Mr. Amit Panday, Director, ATS Pvt. Ltd. during Session on “Power of words”

This was followed by a session of Doodle Art where they practiced to make straight lines and shapes

to make their sketching skill more perfect. Post lunch the students were taken for a visit to an NGO

called GOONJ where the students saw how they designed solutions from waste material to support

the poor and also how they provide help to calamity afflicted areas.

Visit to Goonj - NGO

On the next day, talk on Entrepreneurship was given by Mr Mahendra Kumar where he showed the

path of start up to our students. Next, the students had a talk with University Industry Interface Cell

Director Mrs Babita G. Kataria and Asst. Director Mr Vineet Nehra, where they were informed about

Job placements. They were also given advice about how to present themselves when applying for a

job. The following session was on Origami. The students were provided papers and they created

Lantern and flower vases with it.

On the next day, yoga activity session was taken by Mr. Kumar Sambhav where he taught

various yoga postures or 'asanas' , pranayam that aim to keep the body and mind healthy. The next

session was conducted by Mr. Apurv Jain in which he discussed about maximizing business side of

design process.

Dr. Kumar Sambhav conducting Yoga Session

On the following day the students had an interactive talk with Mr. Amit Pathak, CEO & Co-founder,

Shellios. He showed the students their smart range of products and exchanged views.

Mr. Amit Pathak during the session

The next day was spent with the entire college planting trees and nurturing the environment.

Plantation activity

Independence Day was celebrated with amazing performances by the students where they hosted,

recited, sang, danced and even acted. Posters created by students were pasted throughout the

college campus.

Group photo on Independence Day

On the next day, the students had a session on Product Enact Play where they were divided in

groups and tasked with designing a product, and conduct a play where they advertised their Product.

This was followed by a session where students were asked to speak on a given topic. The students’

body language were observed and they were enlightened on the same.

On the following day, the students were taken for a visit to National Science Center Delhi. They got to

know about Indian history, weaponry, monuments and also various things related to science. Later,

they were taken to Waste to Wonder, where all the 7 wonders were made from scrap. The students

got to learn how to upcycle trash into something of worth.

Visit to National Science Centre

On the following day, a session of face painting was conducted where students were tasked with

drawing on each other’s faces on the theme of tribal art. After lunch, they had interaction session with

the students of senior batches.

Session on Face painting – theme: tribal art

On next day ,Ms Navalpreet Kaur engaged the students with an energetic session of Zumba in which

the students had a great time during the session. On the same day the students were tasked to

express their personality on a paper using various craft materials.

Zumba session by Ms. Navalpreet Kaur

A visit to National Small Industries Corporation was arranged, where the students got to learn about

how a small industry is set up and how it is managed. They also got some hands on experience on

various small industries and their manufacturing techniques like how a tissue paper or a bakery

factory works.

On the last day evaluation tests were conducted for UHV and Creative Arts, where students shared

their newly found wisdom on various aspects of life. The students were also asked to give feedback

on the entire program about their experiences and take aways. Finally, the induction program ended

with various presentations by the student groups which was attended by all the faculty members and

Director Sir. Overall, the induction program concluded on a high note which formed a strong

foundation for the upcoming Academic session.