The E-symposium at NID is being organised in conjunction with the virtual Toy exhibition on Play, Learn and Design; celebrating the spirit of mapping innovative approaches in the area of toys and games for creating joyful childhood experiences.

Six themes will extend the inquiry into various aspects of design innovation in the arena of play and learning through the medium of toys and games. The speakers will include design professionals working in the toy/game industry, educators engaged in toy based pedagogical practices, government representatives from the toy industry as well as our international partner organisations so as to bring forth diverse perspectives and a unified platform for a better understanding on approaches to toy design innovations.

Schedule

Inaugural Session 22nd September, 2021 | Time: 3.30 to 4 pm IST
Session 1 Learning through fun and play 22nd September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Session 2 Toys for development and inclusive play 23rd September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Session 3 Celebrating indigenous toy craft traditions 28th September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Session 4 Digital play and online content 30th September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Session 5 Toy design pedagogy 5th October, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Session 6 Toy industry perspective 7th October, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST

Inaugural Session

22nd September, 2021 | Time: 3.30 to 4 pm IST

1 Welcome NID student team
Inauguration
3 Director’s speech Shri Praveen Nahar, Director, NID
4 Introduction to the e- Symposium and sessions Dr Gayatri Menon, Sr Faculty, NID
Session 1
Learning through fun and play
22nd September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Line of enquiry
  • What are the policies and processes to make learning a joyful experience?
  • How do we bridge the gap between our vision and practice?
  • How can play experiences be designed to make learning fun for children?
1 Pawan Sudhir Head, Department of Art education, NCERT,India
2 Gayatri Menon Senior faculty and Lead, Design foundation studies, National Institute of Design, India
3 Krister Svensson Chairperson, International Play Association, IPA, Sweden
4 Austin Davis Faculty, Toy and Game design, National Institute of Design, India
5 Archana Dhamamgaonkar Product design consultant, Kaadoo
6 Sanika Surve Learning Experience Designer | BaaBee TV
7 Swati Shelar Founder, Jumpdesign,India
8 Pranjal Rai HOD, Design Technology & Computer Science,United World College Changshu, China
Session 2
Toys for development and inclusive play
23rd September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Line of enquiry
  • Why do we need to work towards overall development and inclusivity?
  • How can toys and playful experiences help in this area?
  • What is the way forward?
1 Siegfried Zoels Director, Fordern durch Spielmittel, Germany
2 Gayatri Menon Senior faculty and Lead, Design foundation studies, National Institute of Design, India
3 Romila Soni Associate Professor, Department of Elementary education, NCERT, India
4 Noshita Sahu Senior product designer, Firstcry.com
5 Charvi Mantri Designer
6 Athul Dinesh Teaching associate, Universal design, National Institute of Design, India
7 Tanya Prasad Designer
Session 3
Celebrating indigenous toy craft traditions
28th September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Line of enquiry
1 Sudarshan Khanna Design Educator | Innovator | Toy Designer
2 Surabhi Khanna Faculty | Industrial Design | National Institute of Design Haryana (NIDH)
3 Hemasiva Dimili Toy Designer | Design Educator
4 Shekhar Bhattacharjee Discipline Lead, Toy & Game Design at NID
5 Pravinsinh Solanki Associate Senior Faculty,Furniture & Interior Design at NID
6 Vikas Gupta CEO & Founder, Chhapak- Handcrafted Playful Products
Session 4
Digital play and online content
30th September, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Line of enquiry
  • What possibilities of play experience do you see in the online and digital media?
  • How is design bringing a difference to the online/digital play experience?
  • Do you see “play”, through online/digital mediums impacting the lives of people across ages, cultures, and contexts apart from just entertaining the audience?
  • What sort of directions would you suggest we take for the future in terms of the kind of online/digital play experiences we could/should design?
1 Chandradip Rana Art Direction & Design | Digital Jalebi
2 Lalon Designer | Educator | New Media artist
3 Vivek Padmaji Founder | Rocklobster games
4 Pavitra Sridhar Head of Player Experience | Bigfatphoenix Interactive
Session 5
Toy design pedagogy
5th October, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
Line of enquiry
  • How we explore Design, Play and learning through our institutional pedagogy?
  • How institutes will collaborate with each other in order to exchange pedagogical and cultural knowledge of Design Play and learning?
1 Eva Brooks Professor (Phd) | IT Based Design, Learning and Innovation | Aalborg University Denmark
2 Ali Shirkarami Master of Educational Technology, Designer and educator in the area of education and play, Iran
3 Shekhar Bhattacharjee Faculty and Discipline Lead, Toy & Game Design, NID India
4 B.K.Chakravarthy Professor, IDC, IIT Bombay, India
5 Koumudi Patil Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur India
6 Madhuri KV Toy Designer, Experience Design Consultant at Infosys, TGD, NID Alumni
7 Austin Davis Faculty, Toy & Game Design NID India
Session 6
Toy industry perspective
7th October, 2021 | Time: 4 to 6 pm IST
1 Alka Nangia Arora CMD, National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC) (TBC)
2 Kanaka Ananth Industrial Designer | Director | Maniams Marketing Services Pvt Ltd
3 Prateekshankar Dixit Associate Director of Design Cleartax
4 Krishan Jagota Founder, Fluid
5 Mr. Manish Kukreja CEO, Shinsei Industries
6 Tusshar Saigal CEO, Play Panda

Concluding session

Summary and Way forward, Thursday, 7th Oct 2021

1 Background, focused summary and action points Symposium Session Anchors
2 Way forward : Discussions on action points and implementation Inputs from Smt. Anita Karwal, Secretary, Department of Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education (NEP and Toy based pedagogy)

Inputs from Shri Anil Agrawal, Additional Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (National Toy Action Plan)
3 Concluding remarks & Vote of thanks

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