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Prasanta Kundan Goutam, student of final year Post Graduate program in Automobile Design at DYPDC bagged the 1st prize in the transportation design category at “The Battle of Design” – a contest organized by Association of Designers of India. The prize was announced during the Pune Design Festival 2013. His project title was “The T.O.D concept”. The competition was open to design students currently undergoing studies in any of the reputed design institutes all over the country and professionals with less than 2 years of experience.
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The fastest woman on race track makes a pitstop at DYPDC
DYPDC went racing on the 4th of December 2012 when the fastest women on the race track decided to pay us a visit, we had the honor to welcome Alice Powell, a Formula Series Racing Champion from UK, born in Oxford, England, she learnt to drive at the age of six and started her Karting career two years later. At the age of 16, she became the youngest female driver in Formula Renault UK Championship. Since April 2012, Alice has been driving in the GP 3 series racing for the Team – Status Grand Prix, becoming the first ever female points scorer in the history of the GP3 series.
Taking the students through an intriguing session talking about the realities behind the fastest wheels. The session with students of DYPDC accelerated when she briefed them about the schematics of different Formula series racing categories, working factors and their important aspects. It was interesting to note how she developed this interest in high speed driving and then transformed that into a career.
The interactive one on one with the students that followed the presentation filled the room with thrill and enthusiasm. The questions popped up made for an interesting buzz around Formula Racing Sport and Ms. Powell enjoyed answering each one with pleasure. It was interesting to know that she could never take on rallying and also driving on the normal roads is not her track.
Governor of Antwerp, Belgium visits DYPDC
Her Excellency Mrs.Cathy Berx, The Honourable Governor of Antwerp, Belgium visited DY Patil Knowledge City Campus on the 3rd of November 2012, She landed at the campus helipad at 9.45 am and was accorded a traditional Maharastrian welcome of Dhol, Lezim etc. During this visit she inaugurated the O.P.D at the Dental School and was then taken for a guided tour of the campus. As part of this visit she also visited the DYPDC facilities and was very impressed with the kind of program being offered as well as the infrastructure being provided to the Automobile design students of DYPDC. She left for D.Y. Patil Mumbai campus after lunch. As part of this high profile visit the campus was covered under strict security vigil provided by the various government enforcement agencies.
Tata Elxsi Global Design Head at DYPDC
The students of DYPDC had an extremely unique opportunity to have an interaction with the Global Head of Industrial Design of Tata Elxsi, Mr. Nick Talbot. The session was one of its kind wherein Mr. Nick Talbot was interviewed by his old friend Mr. James Woudhuysen who also happened to be present at the DYPDC campus conducting week long workshop for the Final Year automobile design students. Each student of DYPDC played witness to this session where Mr. Nick Talbot talked about his point of view towards design industry and its current trends. He shared his knowledge and years long experience talking about the different evolution in the design industry and the importance of Indian market on a global scale.
After the interview, there was a one on one interaction between Mr. Talbot and the students where he answered many interesting questions asked by the students. All in all, it was a session which had a lot to learn from, for the students which can really help them channel themselves to mould into the Design industry.
About Nick Talbot:
An alumnus of Royal College of Art, London, Nick Talbot holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Design. He brings with him over 20 years of design experience in working with some of the world’s most innovative brands. He joins ID from Seymourpowell, one of the world’s leading design and innovation firms, where he was both Design Director and Director on their Board.
Nick has enjoyed a varied career and has led key projects including, the design of a production train for Bombardier, a concept show car for Ford and production of running prototypes of ENV – the world’s first hydrogen fuelled motorcycle. More recently Nick led the team that created the ‘Aircruise’ concept for Samsung Construction and trading. He has also been the recipient of the Giugiaro Award for Transportation Innovation.
12 good reasons why you should choose DYPDC
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If you think, breathe and talk cars, and can’t think of doing anything else than designing cars and bikes all your life, then you should pursue automotive design at DYPDC. Here are 12 reasons why joining DYPDC is such a good idea:
1. Dilip Chhabria, your Chief Mentor, will inspire you to bring distinctness to your art, who will guide you, help you find your voice as a designer.
2. Focus – DYPDC College is completely focused on Automobile design education.
3. Instructional facilities that inspire ideas and breed creativity
4. Faculty that open a world of possibilities for you.
5. International visiting faculty that bring years of experience, who will make you question, discover, explore, and express yourself, and push you to new limits you never thought were possible.
6. A curriculum that is flexible, stimulates interest and develops knowledge, skills and understanding of automotive design.
7. Preparation for a life of continuous growth and learning.
8. A range of teaching and learning methods
9. Our deep-rooted partnership with the industry will help us source design projects, internships and placements.
10. International exposure through exchange programs and study tours
11. A stimulating, dynamic student life for a great college experience.
12. Students build an actual car at the end of their program. No other design school has this unique feature.