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NID director elected member of ICSID board Saturday, October 20, 2001

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AHMEDABAD: Dr Darlie O Koshy, Executive Director, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad has been elected member of the ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) Executive Board during the 22nd general assembly of ICSID which took place at Seoul, Korea on 12-13 October, 2001.

In a closely contested election among the member countries, Dr Koshy got the third highest votes. There are nine members on the ICSID Executive Board besides a president and a treasurer. The general assembly, comprising members from 53 member countries with 151 member organisations and 1,50,000 members, is headed by its president.

Luigi Ferrara of the Design Exchange in Canada is the new president-elect. The executive board has thus 11 members in all and it functions for a period of two years. The tenure of this board will be 2001-2003, till the next Congress and general assembly-Hanover, Germany.

ICSID had been established in 1957 to advance the discipline of industrial design at the international level. It functions as a non-profit, non-government organisation supported by professional, promotional, educational, associate and corporate member societies in all the continents. Today, ICSID facilitates co-operation and interaction among its 151 member societies spread in 53 countries. The ICSID Network consists of an executive board, an advisory senate, member societies and affiliated organisations.

These bodies work together in the area of professional practice, education, promotion and development to enhance both the ways designers work and the context within which they practice, creating close nexus of design with education and industry.
News Source : The Times of India [India's best Newspaper]

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