NID - Diploma Project Manual

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TheDiplomaProject

Manual


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Diploma Project

Registration Form

Email

Diploma Project Title

Diploma Project Schedule

Name of the Sponsor

Address

Contact Person

Email ID

Academic approvals by

Mobile Number

Year of joining NID GDPD PGDPD

Discipline

Date of commencement

/ /

Date of submission

/ /

Name of the student

First name Last name

Nature of Business

Telephone

Stipend

(project proposal including budget submitted and

verified by Guide)

Total No. of Weeks

Diploma Project Guide:

Discipline Coordinator:

Signature of the student:

The sponsor will have to contribute Rs.5,000 to NID towards education and research.

In case the company requires the student to sign an NDA, it must be noted that the outcomes of the

project will not be exempt from the diploma document, as well as for presentation in the diploma jury.

Months =

Centre Head:(For students at the R&D and PG campuses only)

Chairperson (PEP):

Registrar (Academics):

/ /

Date:

Credit & Evaluation:

Fees Cell: Dy Registrar :

(for R&D Campus only)

(scrutinised for course completions)


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ORIGINALITY STATEMENTI hereby declare that this submission is my own work and it contains no full or substantal copy of previously

published material, or it does not even contain substantal proportons of material which have been

accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of any other educatonal insttuton, except where

due acknowledgement is made in this diploma project. Moreover I also declare that none of the concepts

are borrowed or copied without due acknowledgement. I further declare that the intellectual content of

this Diploma Project is the product of my own work, except to the extent that assistance from others in the

projects design and concepton or in style, presentaton and linguistc expression is acknowledged. This

diploma project (or part of it) was not and will not be submied as assessed work in any other academiccourse.

Student Name in Full:

Signature:

Date:

COPYRIGHT STATEMENTI hereby grant the Natonal Insttute of Design the right to archive and to make available my diploma project/

thesis/dissertaton in whole or in part in the Insttutes Knowledge Management Centre in all forms of media,

now or hereafer known, subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act. I have either used no substantal

portons of copyright material in my document or I have obtained permission to use copyright material.

Student Name in Full:

Signature:

Date:


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PART 1

The DiplomaProject


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1.1 WHAT IS THE DIPLOMA PROJECT?

The end of the students academic tenure at the Natonal Insttute of Design is marked by the culminaton of a

substantal investgaton in the field of design on a topic closely allied to their discipline of study. It ias through

the diploma project and subsequent documentaton of the same that this investgaton takes place. This is the

final academic project for the student. A jury comprising faculty members evaluates the students performance

in the diploma project, afer which, students are awarded NIDs professional educaton programme diploma.

The diploma project is an opportunity for students to demonstrate their expertse as independent practtoners

of design. However, this project must be done with academic rigour incorporatng systematc inquiry and

informed design decisions. The phrase systematc inquiry implies the presence of a structure and method by

which the student must carry out his/her project.

Diploma Project should reflect the thought leadership manifested through creatvity and innovaton. The

project should lead to new knowledge creaton and should align with broader objectves of the insttute.

The diploma project reflects the students ability to:

apply his/her learning to current practces in the process of creatng new forms of products,

processes, services, and systems.

analyse and refine his/her ideas in an iteratve manner on the basis of critque.

evaluate/reflect upon the creatve processes s/he has followed.

While the last point above represents a higher order of inquiry usually expected in research, its significance

in design cannot be understated if the designer is also to be viewed as a reflectve practtoner. The diploma

project reflects the students competence to excel in their chosen profession. This project orients the students

to the needs and demands of the industry; it also helps students to make an informed decision about which

career path they would like to follow upon graduaton.

1.2 WHEN CAN STUDENTS BEGIN THEIR DIPLOMA PROJECTS?

The diploma project is the final semester of any academic programme at NID and falls within the tmetable

of the final semester - 8th semester in case of GDPD and 5th semester in case of PGDPD. The students can

start registering for the diploma project once they have cleared their 7th semester (GDPD) and 4th semester

(PGDPD) juries.

1.3 WHAT IS THE DURATION OF THE DIPLOMA PROJECT?

The minimum tme frame for a diploma project is 16 weeks (4 months) and the recommended tme frame is 24

weeks (6 months).

1.4 WHERE CAN STUDENTS UNDERTAKE THEIR DIPLOMA PROJECTS?

Students may undertake an internship with any organisaton in India or abroad. Organisaton here means a

public sector organisaton, any privately owned or managed firm, or an NGO. In a sponsored project, it is the

sponsor who ofen determines the inital design brief and the expectatons/scope of work for the project. In

some cases, this is done in consultaton with the student. The students also have the opton of undertaking

self-initated projects on a topic of their interest. The insttute also sponsors diploma projects under its various

departmentsprimarily, Research & Publicatons, Design Consultancy Services, and Outreach Programmes.

The nature (topic, tmescale, duraton) of these projects differs periodically. A student interested in pursuing

a diploma project with NID can approach its respectve departments for details on what opportunites are

available at that point in tme.

1.5 DO STUDENTS GET PAID FOR THEIR INTERNSHIP?A student may undertake his/her project in two financial modes:

a project sponsored by an organisaton or

a self-sponsored project.

A sponsored project implies that the students are paid, that is, they receive a stpend for rendering their

services to a firm/organisaton. In a self-sponsored project, the students choose their path of inquiry

independently; hence, they do not receive any financial support, primarily in the form of a stpend. The

stpend that a company offers to an intern varies; it depends on the company, its policies, its locaton, and

other contextual factors which may have a bearing on its finances. Students should understand that what is

being offered to them is a stpend and not a salary. However, they should also ensure that the stpend covers

their basic sustenance costs (food, accommodaton, and transport) for the duraton of the project. In order to

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be offered to diploma students. These guidelines are also sent to the sponsor, and are revised periodically. The

current norms for stpends offered to diploma students sponsored by NID is minimum Rs 15,000 per month,

for a maximum of six months.

1.6 HOW DO STUDENTS SELECT THEIR DIPLOMA PROJECTS?

Selecton of an appropriate topic for the project is the first and the most important step. Students might wish

to explore a subject, theme, or area of study that featured strongly in their earlier work; and they might wish

to investgate this work in greater depth. The students might also wish to pursue a topic of personal interest

that has tll date not featured in any of their works at NID. Alternatvely, they might choose their projects based

on the directon their careers might take. It is essental for students to have a keen interest in the topic theywish to pursue as they will need to sustain their interest and motvaton throughout the course of study. The

appropriateness of the topic is discussed with the students guide and discipline coordinator.

The inital search for an appropriate topic/subject for the diploma project may commence at the beginning

of the pre-final semester of the students undergraduate or postgraduate programme at NID. Students can

select their projects through personal contacts, faculty contacts, or through opportunites available with the

Placements Cell. The Placements Cell announces the availability of diploma projects from tme to tme.

Young Designers, an annual publicaton from NID makes for good reference material as far as students

diploma projects are concerned. This publicaton is a systematc documentaton of diploma projects completed

by students during a partcular academic year; it clearly enlists details about the sponsors of each of these

diploma projects. The Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) at the insttute has an extensive collecton of

diploma documents pursued under various disciplines over the years.

1.7 WHO CAN BE A STUDENTS GUIDE?

The guide should be a faculty member at NID. The student can look for a guide based on the expertse, or area

of specialisaton of the faculty (largely determined through courses taught and research or practce pursued).

The guide in conjuncton with the student will work out a schedule for periodic reviews during the course of

the project. The student may also choose a co-guide along with the primary guide from among other faculty

members depending on the nature of his/her project and the expertse or experience of the potental co-guide.

1.8 WHAT IS THE DIPLOMA PROPOSAL?

Every diploma project needs to begin with a project/research plan. This plan needs to be artculated in the

form of a wrien proposal that is formulated in consultaton with the students mentors at work and his/her

faculty guide at the insttute. This plan is known as the diploma proposal. Before the student can set out on

his/her project, s/he needs to submit the proposal for scrutny by the Guide. Writng the proposal enables

the student to define a framework for the scope of the project, the directon or approach to the project, the

method/s by which to carry out the project and so on. The diploma proposal mainly comprises:

The (Working) Title

Background/Context: this secton focuses on the purpose of the diploma project, the research focus of

the project, the design brief given by the sponsor/client, the importance of the project from the students

perspectve as well as that of the sponsors, and the learning outcomes.

Background Study/Literature Review: this secton will focus on the work that has already been carried out

in this area.

Objectves: the strategies/plans/steps followed by the student to aain the aims s/he set to achieve at the

outset of his/her diploma project.

Problem Seng/Research Queston: identfying the problems/challenges of a given situaton in context

and formulatng an appropriate research queston that can lend a proper directon to the project.

Methodology: the approaches and methods the student plans to employ to answer the research queston.

Time frame:this will give an idea about how the diploma project will be structured over the six month

period, that is, the sequence of various stages of the project and the approximate tme that will be required to

complete each of these stages.


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Some instances of unethical practces include:

misleading people with false informaton about the project

concealing from subjects the actual reason for investgaton into a partcular topic whilst seeking their

help/advice/cooperaton

using contacts to gain confidental informaton

betraying peoples confidence or trust in one encroaching on peoples privacy without their consent, and

causing stress or anxiety to others through ones behaviour during the investgaton.

While documentng the diploma document, the student must avoid plagiarism of any kind. Examples of

plagiarism are: The student trying to pass offanother persons ideas and words as his/her own, by using them without

acknowledgement.

The student not acknowledging the help and cooperaton of other people who work with him/her,

or endorse those persons who gave the student permission to use their work. The student needs to

acknowledge this in the document clearly. The student could use footnotes/endnotes to do this, besides

pung the names of those individuals in the acknowledgements secton.

Quotng text/passages from a book, journal paper, newspaper, report, website, or any other source and

not acknowledging and referencing the source directly in the text or by means of footnotes/ endnotes.

Not giving credit to photographs or illustratons.

Plagiarism will lead to the following disciplinary acton:

The student may be asked to rewrite his/her document with all instances of plagiarism removed.

In severe cases of plagiarism, where the student has copied existng work and submied it as his/her own,

s/he will be expelled from the insttute.


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PART 2

The Progressof the Diploma

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2.1 GUIDE VISITS

A student needs to have periodic meetngs with his\her respectve guide(s) in order to share and discuss the

progress of the work done, seek critque from the guide, redefine the design brief as required, and also to look

at new directons for design development. Three guide visits to NID are mandatory. The duraton of the visit

may range from one day to a week depending on the requirement of the project, and the dates may be fixed

in consultaton with the guide. The guide can also meet the client during the course of the diploma project and

conduct a mid project review, provided the client bears the travel expenses of the guide.

For diploma projects undertaken abroad, at least one guide visit is recommended. The student needs to

remain in constant touch with their faculty guide.

2.2 USE OF RESOURCES AT NID

When the student visits NID for consultatons with his/her guide as well as during the diploma documentaton

phase, s/he may use the KMC and IT facilites at the insttute.

2.3 DISPUTE REDRESSAL

In case of a conflict of opinion or dispute with the client, the student may need to consult his/her guide or the

respectve discipline coordinator for effectve redressal of the problem.


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The diploma document is a lens through which the students project will be appreciated and assessed not only

by his/her peers, the guide, and the jury panel, but also by faculty members, visitng faculty, research scholars,

and industry members. Therefore, it is imperatve that the student adheres to the highest standards of quality

while writng the diploma document.

Diploma report shall ideally be of 8,000-12,000 words of original writng.

3.1 THE STRUCTURE OF THE DIPLOMA DOCUMENT

A broad structure for a diploma document would read like this:

Title (Subttle if required)

Originality & Copyright Statement: Sign and insert the Originality and the Copyright statement available in this

manual.

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

Non Disclosure Agreement: if the student has signed an NDA for their project, this should be mentoned here.

A copy of the NDA is to be inserted over here.

Abstract/Synopsis: A brief descripton of the project (max 1000 words)

Original Project Proposal: As discussed with the students guide/ discipline coordinator and submied

thereafer. Here the student identfies design opportunites.

Introducton: The general background for the project/study; the purpose of the study; guiding questons;

the area/seng of the project/research; the limitatons and possibilites; the importance of the study; the

definiton of terms and so on.

Informaton about the Client and the Design Brief

Objectve/Aim of his/her project

Background Study/Literature Review/Data Collecton/Scenario Building: This should show the importance

of the project in the context of work already done in the area. Here, the student refers to earlier projects at

NID or elsewhere. Depending on the nature of his/her project, the student may need to refer to published

literature, gather informaton from the internet, meet the stakeholders and the target groups, refer to case

studies, precedent studies, gather informaton from the client etc.

The Design Process: Here, the student should include data and the means of obtaining it; the methodology; the

problems and how s/he will specifically treat each problem.

Methodology/ies used for data collecton: Here, the focus will be on communicatng the findings of the project,

the relatonship of these findings to literature and to practce.

Analysis and Synthesis: This includes the redefined design brief (this may need to be communicated to the

client), design assessment, and design criteria.

Design Development: This stage will include inital design exploratons, design alternatves, structure, form, and

final design exploratons.

Design Validaton: This phase includes prototyping and mock-ups, design alternatves/dummy/ sampling/user

studies.

Consolidaton: This stage involves refinement/creaton of the final concept or product/product specificatons/

industry testng.

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Conclusion/Learning from the Project/Reflecton on the Project

Prototypes, scale models, film/animaton, or any other deliverables in tangible form as per the requirements of

the discipline

References: References, footnotes, and endnotes to be formaed as per the MLA/Harvard/Numeric style.

Glossary

Image Credits

Appendix/Appendices

The structure of the diploma document should ideally reflect the design process followed. There are several

design processes, and they would vary across and within disciplines depending on the project.

3.2 TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT

The ttle must be clear and concise and should reflect the nature of the project. It may be supported by a

subttle that will make it more explanatory. The ttle of the document should reflect the theme of the project

as it acts as an interface to the content. The ttle will also be indexed in the library catalogue, and once

archived, it is through this ttle that the diploma project will be referred to by peers, faculty, and research

scholars. Hence, the student may wish to be creatve but must ensure that the ttle does not confuse the

reader or cause ambiguity.

For instance, Visible-Invisible may be an interestng and creatve ttle from a students point of view, but

ambiguous for a reader. Chances are that someone coming across such a ttle in the online KMC catalogue

will never be able to figure out what the project is all about. Therefore, the student must add a subttle that

reflects the nature of the project. For instance, in this case, the ttle could change into Visible-Invisible:

Designing Furnishings for an Export House.

3.3 THIRD PERSON NARRATIVE TO BE USED IN THE DIPLOMA DOCUMENT

The final diploma document submied by the student is a comprehensive research document chiefly

comprising the identficaton of a problem/field of study, scope of the study, various methods used for data

collecton, analysis of the problem, and findings and conclusions. Therefore, it is recommended that the

student avoids the use of first and second person pronouns while writng the document. Instead, it

is recommended that s/he uses pronouns of the third person in the document, as academic writng must be

formal in tone. The student may use first person pronouns in the Acknowledgements secton of the document.

First person pronouns: I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours

Second person pronouns: you, your, yours

Third person pronouns: he, she, it, him, her, his, hers, its, they, them, their, theirs

Here are three examples, the first note is wrien using the first person pronouns, while the second and third

ones use third person pronouns:

First Person: I was expected to conduct a study of various looms used to weave this cloth. I began to explore

the cultural and symbolic significance these looms held in the crafspersons lives and I found it extremely

interestng. I had to ensure that I noted down the crafspersons responses in great detail; I felt it was my

responsibility to do so.The other members in my group were given other tasks; we were documentng the same weaving traditon

afer all! I enjoyed speaking to the families of crafspersons whose livelihood was dependent on weaving this

cloth. I spoke to Asha and Nisha. Asha complained about less salary. Nisha told me, I studied tll only tenth and

took to weaving soon afer. I was touched and angered at the same tme by the poverty in the crafspersons

lives and asked myself, What on earth has happened to all the government schemes? I would eventually start

examining the raw materials used in weaving the cloththis too was an important secton of our study and I

did not want to ignore it.

Second Person: The student was expected to conduct a study on various looms used for weaving this cloth.

She began to explore the cultural and symbolic significance these looms held in the crafspersons lives. It was

important that she accurately noted down the crafspersons responses, as these were crucial to the findings

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was not enough to sustain their families. The student interacted with Asha and Nisha, the only women from

the locality who had taken up weaving as a profession. While Asha complained about how wages for female

weavers was lower than the ones for male crafspersons, Nisha had to discontnue her educaton and take up

weaving in order to support her family. It was found that though government schemes were in place, their

implementaton was extremely skewed. For the next stage of her study, the student examined the raw materials

used for weaving this cloth.

Third Person: This diploma document is a metculous study on various looms used for weaving this cloth. The

document begins by exploring the cultural and symbolic significance these looms held in the crafspersons

lives. The accurate descripton of the crafspersons is indeed a crucial input in the document. The meagreincome they earned through weaving was not enough to sustain their families. This document records the

experiences of Asha and Nishathe only women in the locality who had taken up weaving as a profession.

While Asha complained about how wages for female weavers was lower than the ones for male crafspersons,

Nisha had to discontnue her educaton and take up weaving in order to support her family. It was found that

though government schemes were in place, their implementaton was extremely skewed. The next secton of the

document focuses on the raw materials used for weaving this cloth.

The use of third person pronouns ensures objectvity in the document. It correctly establishes that the student/

writer gives foremost importance to the subject or topic being discussed, making the relaton between the

student/writer and the reader a secondary one. The third person narratve makes the document objectve

and lends greater authority to the students work. The third person narratve also seems less biased when

arguments are presented. The third person narratve also strongly establishes that it is the students individual

point of view that is being expressed throughout the document. Also, the diploma document is based on factual

details and must refrain from including personal opinions and views, made very obvious by the frequent use

of the self-referentalI. It is necessary that the third person narratve be used consistently throughout the

document in order to ensure effectve reading. Simply put, the third person narratve is similar to narratng a

story, wherein the student, as a partcipatve, but impersonal observer, explains in detail various stages of her

projectright from the introducton to the conclusion.

3.4 THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF DIPLOMA DOCUMENTS

Cover Page: The cover page of the diploma document should have the following informaton for easy retrieval:

Title of the Project: Eg: A Song and A Story: An Animaton Film Based on a Folktale from Tamil Nadu

Volume Number: (not required if the documentaton has a single volume).Eg.: Vol 1 of 2, Vol 2 of 3

Students Name: First Name, Surname Discipline, Faculty, and Programme: Eg.: Product Design, Faculty

of Industrial Design, PGDPD Name of the Faculty Guide (and Co-Guide wherever applicable): First Name,

Surname

Campus: Natonal Insttute of Design, Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar/Bengaluru

Year: Menton the year in which the document will be submied

Jury Certficaton Sheet: The second page in the first volume of the project must include the Jury Certficaton

Sheet. The informaton sought for in the certficate should be filled in as follows:

The Evaluaton Jury recommends (name of the student) for the Diploma of the Natonal Insttute of Design

herewith for the project (Title of the Diploma Project).

The font Frutger must be used for the Cover Page and the Jury Certficaton Sheet. Please refer to the kportal

for a sample alternatvely you can contact Placement Office.

The cover template and jury certficate available on the intranet are to be mandatorily used without

modificaton in typeface and format. If the cover and jury certficate are found to be varying in visual style,

the student will be asked to reprint them in the right visual style. A sample of the Cover Page and the Jury

Certficaton Sheet are available on the intranet.

Acceptable Sizes in Which the Document Must be Submied: Acceptable sizes for submission:

A4 portrait (210mm x 297mm), A4 landscape (297mm x 210mm), A4 square (210mm x 210mm)

A3 portrait (297mm x 420mm), A3 landscape (420mm x 297mm), A3 square (297mm x 297mm)

All technical drawings or prints should be appended to the document or as a separate volume if required. In

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volumes instead of subming a single cumbersome document. It is preferable to have one volume with

double sided paginaton. It is important to note that the contents will determine which of the above size and

orientaton best suit a students documentaton.

Margins: It is essental to maintain a one inch or 2.5cm margin on the lefhand side, so that there is adequate

space for binding. Margins from the top, right and boom sides should not be less than 1.5cm.

Typography: Its advisable to use fonts that are legible. Helvetca, Calibri and Garamond are examples of fonts

that can be used in your documents. It is also essental to vary the size, weight and style of fonts used for

different elements of the text, for example- the font size, style and weight used for headings, sub-headings,body text, quoted passages inserted into the main text, text as captons for images or tables, footnotes etc

should vary to delineate hierarchy or emphasis as per the requirements.

Images:Images sourced or photographed for the document should ideally have a resoluton of no less than

300dpi. The .tffformat is preferred.

Images placed in the document should be sized appropriately so that they are readable. Each image/table/

illustraton/figure needs to be numbered and captoned. The source of images that do not belong to the author

and have been obtained from the internet, books, or from someone else need to be acknowledged in the

document.

Layout: Sample layouts will be placed on the intranet.

Digital Tools: Sofware applicatons such as InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, are used extensively during

documentaton. The insttute can also help setup group demonstratons of the sofware by an expert, if

required. MicrosofPowerPoint or Word should not be used for creatng layouts.

Printng: For the inside pages: 80-120 gsm mapaper is recommended. For the Jury Certficaton Sheet:

uncoated 130 gsm paper is recommended. For the ttle/cover page: 230 or 250 gsm maart card is

recommended. The front and back cover need to be laminated. Double sided printng is mandatory in order to

reduce the thickness and weight of the final document.

Binding: The mandatory binding technique is the use of spiral wire to hold the document together. It should

be either wiro-binding or spiral bound (plastc). Spiral binding is advantageous as pages can be added and

removed as the Jury recommends. It is cost effectve and easily available.

3.5 SUBMISSION OF THE DIPLOMA DOCUMENT

Submission of the diploma document can take place only afer a minimum of 16 weeks from the date of

registraton of the diploma project. Students can submit their diploma document at any tme of the year.

The student is expected to submit two copies of his/ her diploma document. One of the copies must be

submied to the KMC afer the student successfully clears the diploma jury, while the other copy is returned to

the student. If the project is an industry- sponsored one, then the student should send a copy of the document

to the sponsor/client. As the final submission, a student must submit two hard copies of the document, along

with a digital copy of the document in pdf format on a CD.

Submission requirements vary across disciplines and depend on the nature of the project. For instance, in

Film and Video Communicaton, the student is expected to simultaneously submit a DVD of his/ her film alongwith the diploma document to the Academics Office, afer geng the technical quality of the film checked

and approved by VTR department. Likewise, apart from the wrien document, a submission may include one

or more of the following: a set of technical drawings, a set of samples (in case of textles), an audio/video

cassee, a to-scale prototype and so on. For specific submission of samples, films, videos, mock ups, the

students must consult their respectve guides and discipline coordinators.

A student is eligible to appear before the diploma jury only afer s/he submits two manuscripts to the

Academic Office. In additon to the printed manuscripts, s/he is required to submit in a specified format, a

performance report which has to be seen and signed by his/her sponsor and his/her guide.

The last date for subming documents is August 30 of the year in which the student is due to graduate as per

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However, submission before this date only ensures a jury date. The convocaton and award of diploma in the

same year is subject to the outcome of the evaluaton and the students ability to complete the follow-up

before the specified date.

3.6 EXTENSION

An extension for submission is not allowed, except in those cases where the student cannot complete the

project due to a serious illness or any other unavoidable circumstances such as a family members sudden

demise, or an inexplicable conflict of interest with the sponsor; in which case, the student must submit awrien request for extension to the Chairperson (PEP), through his/her guide. The student will need to justfy

the duraton of extension required through his/her guide. The Chairperson (PEP) will use his/her discreton

to grant the permission based on whether s/he is convinced of the need and genuineness of the reason. The

maximum extension that can be allowed for diploma project submission is upto 1 semester, provided the total

duraton, including the extension does not exceed 1 academic year.

3.7 RE-REGISTRATION

In case a student fails to submit the project within the stpulated tme frame of 24 weeks, the insttute will

not send the project for evaluaton by the jury. The student will have one more opportunity to complete the

diploma project, subject to the recommendatons of the faculty guide for the first project and the respectve

discipline coordinator. If the first faculty guide, discipline coordinator, and the Chairperson (PEP) disapprove of

the atude and initatve reflected in the first aempt,no further aempt shall be granted. If this is the case,

s/he will be issued a Course Completon Certficate, which will indicate the total tme spent at the insttute,

the courses studied and their duraton. If the student fails to submit the project on tme, even afer the second

aempt then s/he will be asked to discontnue the Professional Educaton Programme.

Registering for a fresh project would involve re-registraton charges of Rs 5,000/-, an amount which is

periodically revised.

3.8 YOUNG DESIGNERS

Every year NID publishes Young Designersa publicaton that showcases the final diploma projects of all

graduatng students. It is compulsory for all students to submit informaton pertaining to their diploma project.

It is from this database that contents are selected for each diploma project descripton in Young Designers. The

following content is to be submied on a CD or online through Circulaid.

The students personal email ID (not his/her NID email ID)

A synopsis (of no more than 300 words) of the project along withfive to seven keywords that best

describe their individual projects.

Five high resoluton images from their projects in order of preference. It is important to note that the first

image will be the primary image, and all or some of the images will be secondary images in the actual

Young Designers publicaton.

A high resoluton portrait of the student.

The diploma document including the cover page in .pdf format.

The students must submit this informaton before appearing for the jury, and the same will be duly

verified by the guide before the student can proceed for the jury.

3.9 RIGHTS OVER THE STUDENTS DESIGN

In case a client sponsors the project, the sponsoring organisaton will own the rights of the design, provided

the sponsor pays the prescribed contributon to NID towards educaton and research promoton.

NID/Faculty Guide, along with the student-designer will own the copyright of the diploma document.

NID will hold the rights to publish the work for promoton of the insttute. In case the sponsor does not

commercially develop the sponsored work within two years of subming the diploma document (unless

extension is sought in specific cases); the design rights will automatcally revert to NID.

In case the design soluton presented for the diploma project is not sponsored by any client, and it presents

scope for further development or implementaton, or the possibility of commercial exploraton, the insttute

in consultaton with the student will follow the necessary steps to achieve these ends. In such cases, the IPR

will rest with the insttute, while royalty will be shared. In all his/her dealings with the sponsor, a student

must ensure that s/he does not violate the sponsors and NIDs intellectual property rights as per the IPR


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The DiplomaJury


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4.1 THE JURY DATE

The Academic Office, in consultaton with the students Guide schedules the jury. The student is expected to

find out the venue for the jury from the Academic Office and set up his/her presentaton on the day of the jury.

4.2 THE JURY PRESENTATION

There are various approaches/methods by which diploma projects are required to be presented before

the Diploma Evaluaton Jury. A student should therefore discuss with his/her guide the type and format of

documentaton accepted and also the approaches/methods through which the findings of the project are to be

presented.

It is advisable for the student to display all the exploratory sheets, sketch books/diaries, mock-ups, prototypes,

models, installaton, film and other supplementary material (including literature) s/he may have made during

the course of the project.

4.3 THE JURY PANEL

The jury panel typically consists of:

The students faculty guide at NID;

A faculty member from his/her discipline (could be the coordinator) or the broad faculty stream in which his/

her discipline falls;

Another faculty member who chairs the jury proceedings and also belongs to another faculty stream;

An external expert (from the industry, an independent designer, or an academician) who is selected based on

the nature/domain/subject of the students project.

4.4 THE JURY PROCESS

The jury must begin by introducing the student to all members on the panel. Thereafer, the student has to

make a presentaton to the panel on various aspects of his/her project. The student is alloed 20 minutes to

present his/her work. The panel will put forward questons to the student during or afer his/ her presentaton,

based on which a discussion may ensue for 10 minutes.The diploma document is circulated among the jury

panel members in advance so that they are familiar with the project and come to the jury with questons/

points of discussion. Hence, it is recommended that during the jury, the student must not repeat the same

facts that have already been stated in his/her diploma documentaton. The student may talk about the process

and experiental aspects instead.

A diploma jury would typically last 45 minutes . On completon of the project presentaton, the student leaves

the jury for a short while. During the students absence from the jury, the panel deliberates on the worthiness

of the work presented and the possibility of awarding the final diploma to the student. The required feedback

is communicated to the panel members by the guide, in additon to discussing the students project, and the

manner in which s/he worked on various stages of the diploma project.

4.5 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Since the diploma project engages students from various disciplines in a process of independent inquiry

and evaluaton, it necessarily entails a diverse range of outcomes. Hence, it is important, for both the panel

members and the student, to arrive at some mutually agreed and understood criteria that can be established

for assessment. The general criteria used by the panel include assessment of the following aspects:

Research: Use of a sufficient range and number of relevant and up-to-date sources.

Methodology/Design process: A clear and appropriate approach to the research and the development of thesubject.

Critcal engagement: Reflecton coupled with a critcal and analytcal approach to the subject. This should

include the development and sense of a clear academic positon or viewpoint, with some critcal reflecton on

why that positon or viewpoint has been adopted.

Originality: Original insights or perspectves that illuminate the chosen subject, and in the case of exceptonal

work, develop it beyond existng parameters.

Context: The recogniton and development of a subject within either the students own discipline and/ or

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Structure: The organisaton and presentaton of ideas within a coherent structure. Presentaton: The

dissertaton should be presented in a professional manner in terms of appearance and layout (including an

appropriate quality and quantty of illustratons and references).

A diploma project will be graded as per the prevailing credit and evaluaton guideline of the insttute at the

tme of jury. The Insttute may revise these guidelines periodically.

4.6 JURY OUTCOMES

There may be three possible outcomes of the jury:

The student passes the viva, in which case the jury recommends that s/he be awarded the NID Diploma

without any modificatons to the submied manuscript or additon to the work conducted.

The student is asked to do some minor or major follow up work on specific aspects of his/her project. This

may or may not include the documentaton.

If the work is not meritorious enough (in quality or quantty of original work) to be awarded NIDs diploma,

the student is asked to redo their diploma project. This inovlves re-regisraton with a new project.

All panel members, except the jury chairperson will sign both copies of the diploma document if the project is

complete in all respects.

In case of a major follow up, the Academic Office will send documents to the panel members for their

signatures, once the student satsfactorily completes correctons assigned to him/her.

The student is required to submit the no dues form, duly signed by all concerned to the Academic Office,

where, upon verificaton, the student will be given one copy of his/her diploma document. The other copy will

be retained and archived in the Library.

Documents

NID - Diploma Project Manual