A postgraduate from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, Anubha did her Masters in Design Management, specializing in Strategy, Innovation and Branding at Brunel University, London. She shared her experiences at S.P.A, how she was one of the few students at the department of Industrial Design which was formed in 1993.

S.P.A Delhi’s Department of Industrial Design was one of the first few design departments outside of Ahmedabad and Bombay. Anubha worked with brands such as Tinkertoy and K.F.C., as well as engaged with craft intervention. She mentioned how during her journey she realised that “design was often taken for just an end product”. She then decided to go to Brunel University of London where she studied Design and Strategy. In 2003 she published her own thesis on Design Thinking . She went on to tell us how she made a jump teaching in massive institutions such as NID, NIFT, British Council of India and TVB School of Habitat Studies. She mentioned how she kept growing throughout her journey, and went from being a hardcore architect and designer to somebody who works more in strategic design education leadership. She was Head, Programmes, at British Council for India and Sri Lanka, Director at Design and Cultural Insights for Future Brands India Ltd. and Project Director & Senior Brand Consultant for DMA Branding. Currently, she is the Principal Design Coach Q-GLUE.

Written by Mohan Godwal

S.P.A Delhi’s Department of Industrial Design was one of the first few design departments outside of Ahmedabad and Bombay. Anubha worked with brands such as Tinkertoy and K.F.C., as well as engaged with craft intervention. She mentioned how during her journey she realised that “design was often taken for just an end product”. She then decided to go to Brunel University of London where she studied Design and Strategy. In 2003 she published her own thesis on Design Thinking . She went on to tell us how she made a jump teaching in massive institutions such as NID, NIFT, British Council of India and TVB School of Habitat Studies. She mentioned how she kept growing throughout her journey, and went from being a hardcore architect and designer to somebody who works more in strategic design education leadership. She was Head, Programmes, at British Council for India and Sri Lanka, Director at Design and Cultural Insights for Future Brands India Ltd. and Project Director & Senior Brand Consultant for DMA Branding. Currently, she is the Principal Design Coach Q-GLUE.

Written by Mohan Godwal

S.P.A Delhi’s Department of Industrial Design was one of the first few design departments outside of Ahmedabad and Bombay. Anubha worked with brands such as Tinkertoy and K.F.C., as well as engaged with craft intervention. She mentioned how during her journey she realised that “design was often taken for just an end product”. She then decided to go to Brunel University of London where she studied Design and Strategy. In 2003 she published her own thesis on Design Thinking . She went on to tell us how she made a jump teaching in massive institutions such as NID, NIFT, British Council of India and TVB School of Habitat Studies. She mentioned how she kept growing throughout her journey, and went from being a hardcore architect and designer to somebody who works more in strategic design education leadership. She was Head, Programmes, at British Council for India and Sri Lanka, Director at Design and Cultural Insights for Future Brands India Ltd. and Project Director & Senior Brand Consultant for DMA Branding. Currently, she is the Principal Design Coach Q-GLUE.

Written by Mohan Godwal

S.P.A Delhi’s Department of Industrial Design was one of the first few design departments outside of Ahmedabad and Bombay. Anubha worked with brands such as Tinkertoy and K.F.C., as well as engaged with craft intervention. She mentioned how during her journey she realised that “design was often taken for just an end product”. She then decided to go to Brunel University of London where she studied Design and Strategy. In 2003 she published her own thesis on Design Thinking . She went on to tell us how she made a jump teaching in massive institutions such as NID, NIFT, British Council of India and TVB School of Habitat Studies. She mentioned how she kept growing throughout her journey, and went from being a hardcore architect and designer to somebody who works more in strategic design education leadership. She was Head, Programmes, at British Council for India and Sri Lanka, Director at Design and Cultural Insights for Future Brands India Ltd. and Project Director & Senior Brand Consultant for DMA Branding. Currently, she is the Principal Design Coach Q-GLUE.

Written by Mohan Godwal

S.P.A Delhi’s Department of Industrial Design was one of the first few design departments outside of Ahmedabad and Bombay. Anubha worked with brands such as Tinkertoy and K.F.C., as well as engaged with craft intervention. She mentioned how during her journey she realised that “design was often taken for just an end product”. She then decided to go to Brunel University of London where she studied Design and Strategy. In 2003 she published her own thesis on Design Thinking . She went on to tell us how she made a jump teaching in massive institutions such as NID, NIFT, British Council of India and TVB School of Habitat Studies. She mentioned how she kept growing throughout her journey, and went from being a hardcore architect and designer to somebody who works more in strategic design education leadership. She was Head, Programmes, at British Council for India and Sri Lanka, Director at Design and Cultural Insights for Future Brands India Ltd. and Project Director & Senior Brand Consultant for DMA Branding. Currently, she is the Principal Design Coach Q-GLUE.

Written by Mohan Godwal

He has authored many books published by India’s leading publishing houses including Che in Paona Bazaar: Tales of Exile and Belonging from India’s Northeast, Blood on My Hands: Confessions of Staged Encounters and most recently An Unfinished Revolution: A Hostage Crisis, Adivasi Resistance and the Naxal Movement. He has received many accolades such as the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (2006-07) for his coverage of internally displaced people.

Kishlaya was born in 1969, the year of Woodstock, when man landed on the Moon, when the Civil Rights Movement gathered steam and social upheavals were widespread. It was a time of major conflicts, and the Vietnam war, Bangladesh war and carpet bombing of Aizawl made news headlines everyday. Kishalay sheds light on why news journalism in India fails on various fronts as it does not have a sustainable revenue model. Corporatization of media has greatly influenced the news agencies with control over information and reporting, and so, Kishalay considers news journalism as good as dead.

He expanded on how news journalism propagates stereotypes and the kind of discrimination we see today. Kishalay emphasizes on the importance of reporting and story-telling without bias, and extensively. He concretises on this point by giving an example of Lakshadweep. He inquired if we knew how people of Lakshadweep get their drinking water. The water is shipped from Kochi to Lakshadweep everyday. Resources such as electricity and medical care are shipped to the island on a daily basis. Every six months, doctors from All India Medical Institute travel to tend to the healthcare needs of the island.

Kishalay took it upon himself to ensure he reported from the remotest of locations, irrespective of what is popular as a news item. Kishalay authored books to ensure his stories reach the multitude. He then spoke about the books he has penned. Presently, he is working on identity, citizenship and statelessness. He talks about migration and how it is impacting people and the country. He ended his talk with a brief description on his initiative on understanding and documenting cultures and lives around rivers - called River Dialogues.

Written by Vinod Anthony Thomas

Kishalay took it upon himself to ensure he reported from the remotest of locations, irrespective of what is popular as a news item. Kishalay authored books to ensure his stories reach the multitude. He then spoke about the books he has penned. Presently, he is working on identity, citizenship and statelessness. He talks about migration and how it is impacting people and the country. He ended his talk with a brief description on his initiative on understanding and documenting cultures and lives around rivers - called River Dialogues.

Written by Vinod Anthony Thomas

Kishalay took it upon himself to ensure he reported from the remotest of locations, irrespective of what is popular as a news item. Kishalay authored books to ensure his stories reach the multitude. He then spoke about the books he has penned. Presently, he is working on identity, citizenship and statelessness. He talks about migration and how it is impacting people and the country. He ended his talk with a brief description on his initiative on understanding and documenting cultures and lives around rivers - called River Dialogues.

Written by Vinod Anthony Thomas

Kishalay took it upon himself to ensure he reported from the remotest of locations, irrespective of what is popular as a news item. Kishalay authored books to ensure his stories reach the multitude. He then spoke about the books he has penned. Presently, he is working on identity, citizenship and statelessness. He talks about migration and how it is impacting people and the country. He ended his talk with a brief description on his initiative on understanding and documenting cultures and lives around rivers - called River Dialogues.

Written by Vinod Anthony Thomas

He has authored many books published by India’s leading publishing houses including Che in Paona Bazaar: Tales of Exile and Belonging from India’s Northeast, Blood on My Hands: Confessions of Staged Encounters and most recently An Unfinished Revolution: A Hostage Crisis, Adivasi Resistance and the Naxal Movement. He has received many accolades such as the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (2006-07) for his coverage of internally displaced people.

Kishlaya was born in 1969, the year of Woodstock, when man landed on the Moon, when the Civil Rights Movement gathered steam and social upheavals were widespread. It was a time of major conflicts, and the Vietnam war, Bangladesh war and carpet bombing of Aizawl made news headlines everyday. Kishalay sheds light on why news journalism in India fails on various fronts as it does not have a sustainable revenue model. Corporatization of media has greatly influenced the news agencies with control over information and reporting, and so, Kishalay considers news journalism as good as dead.

He expanded on how news journalism propagates stereotypes and the kind of discrimination we see today. Kishalay emphasizes on the importance of reporting and story-telling without bias, and extensively. He concretises on this point by giving an example of Lakshadweep. He inquired if we knew how people of Lakshadweep get their drinking water. The water is shipped from Kochi to Lakshadweep everyday. Resources such as electricity and medical care are shipped to the island on a daily basis. Every six months, doctors from All India Medical Institute travel to tend to the healthcare needs of the island.

Other than the challenges of the private sector entering eye care system in India, Government sectors are empanelling private hospitals, which lead to higher pay opportunities for doctors with the same number of qualified professionals having degrees every year. With their central mission of serving the greater good, they need to maintain a balance between business and retaining doctors, without undermining their ethical and compassionate stance. They are also conscious of ensuring doctors with quality skill-sets and being updated on technology advances in the sector.

Kishalay took it upon himself to ensure he reported from the remotest of locations, irrespective of what is popular as a news item. Kishalay authored books to ensure his stories reach the multitude. He then spoke about the books he has penned. Presently, he is working on identity, citizenship and statelessness. He talks about migration and how it is impacting people and the country. He ended his talk with a brief description on his initiative on understanding and documenting cultures and lives around rivers - called River Dialogues.

Written by Vinod Anthony Thomas