Hyderabad: A 3-Day Design Show “IIID Showcase Insider 2018 concluded here in the city on Sunday night. 4500 business visitors and 6000 general visitors visited the three day show.
According Manoj Wahi of IIID who curated the show for the past three years, the show must have generated business enquiries worth Rs 500crore. This means the exhibition may generate Rs 500crore worth business post the event.The exhibition has 110 exhibitors from across India.
According to Pradeep Jadhav, National President of IIID, the Interior Design professional body which represents 8500 interior designers is planning to come out with a Charter to improve quality of Interior Design Education in India, disclosed Pratap Jadhav, National President of the Apex body for the field of Interior Design in India, Institute of Indian Interior Designers(IIID).
The forty six years old body’s focus is to enhance the quality of Interior Design Profession in India.
We are holding a Summit later this year in September in Jaipur. There we will announce the Charter defining quality interior design education. Hyderabad based designer Yashwanth Ramanamurthy already prepared a draft charter. After the summit, we will reveal details of the same which will be submitted to the competent government authorities, Pratap Jadhav added.
In our efforts improve quality education, we are collaborating with 35 colleges and 12 universities, across India, including Hyderabadbased Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University. Our role here is to enhance the quality of interior design education, faculty training, he informed. The country has three lakh Interior Designers. Every year 10,000 students are entering into the profession, he stated.
There are three lakh interior design professionals in India. There is a dearth of skilled professionals. There is a demand for three lakh interior design professionals in the country, Jadhav revealed.
We are seriously contemplating to restrict practice to well qualified and well deserving interior designers by bringing in Licensing system into the profession. It may take a decade or more to bring in a law and the same to come into force. Licensing has to be made mandatory because they play a very critical role in the development of a structure. They as professionals deal with spaces which have health and safety issues. Many developed nations allow individuals who have significant experience and education in design . The licensing system is already in place in countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia, Pratap told. (NSS)
