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Professional Diploma Program - PDP

PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA PROGRAMS - PDP
Srishti’s 2 ½ year Professional Diploma Program follows the 2 year foundation program at Srishti or an equivalent course elsewhere. The program is committed to training students in the various fields of Art and Design and is facilitated by the best practitioners and specialists in these fields.

Students have the option to major in any discipline they choose and also have the opportunity to explore cross-disciplinary options. During the course of the two and a half years, students will also work on various real world projects in, “Design for Business”, “Design for Humanity” and “Design as Experimentation”. This program is focused on seeing design as a trigger for innovation to not just spur business opportunities but also to address issues that concern humanity. Students who have successfully completed the Professional Diploma Program are eligible to continue further studies in our unique and unconventional Advanced Diploma Program.

Courses are offered by the Department of General Studies, Department of Visual Communication Design, Department of Digital Video Production, Department of Animation & Visual Effects, Department of Furniture & Interior Design, Department of Textile Design and the Department of Product & Interface Design. Students are required to do an internship during their course here.

Students may choose to major in any one of the following :

The criteria for admissions for a direct entry graduate student is as under:

  • Graduates from other Art & Design schools
  • Graduates in any discipline with an interest in Art & Design

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The criteria for admissions for Course transfer students is as under:

  • Students who have completed at least 2 years of undergraduate studies in any field and wish to change their line of profession to Art & Design may apply.
  • Students who have completed a 2-year Foundation studies program at another institution.

Admissions will be considered on the basis of a credit transfer equivalent to the Srishti Foundation Studies Program.

SELECTION PROCESS
We accept students into our program based on an interview and portfolio review. The interview process will assess the candidate's aptitude for art and design. The portfolio should include original creative works and/or evidence of work experience in a related field. The direct entry students into PDP will be called in for a portfolio review and interview and the dates will be informed to you once the forms are submitted.

Admissions for the academic year 2012-13 are open.

HOW TO APPLY
To apply online, please click here. Alternatively, you may download and fill in the application form (see below) and mail them to the Srishti office along with the required documents.

Download Application Form & Reference Form here:

Mailing address and contact details.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the admission process are available here.
Guidelines for international applicants are available here.

SOME PROJECTS

Projects: Design for Business

COMMUNICATION & MEDIA CENTER DEVICE ( For Tata Elexsi): Asad Hashmi

This project involved the design and prototyping of a home communication and media device , specifically intended for advance phone connectivity, as well as browsing and multimedia usage.

NALLUKETTU : Jinu Thomas

This project involved the site planning and architecture of a resort located in Kochi- Kerela. The design used principles of climatic design.

Ways of working via Mobile phones (For Nokia) : Priyanka Kodikal

This project looks at investigating how the “wallas” in India communicate and work via cell phones for day to day needs. The project proposed a product service system where in fast paced urban folk can communicate with smaller business’ and mobile street vendors faster, at a localized level.

Design for Humanity

INFANT WARMER ( For Embrace ) : Honey Bajaj

The project was to design an innovative , low cost infant warmer for use at home in rural areas, addressing the neonatal health care issues of hypothermia and low birth weight infants.

AGENTS OF CHANGE : Aajwanti Bharadwaj

This project addresses behavioral change through community participation by spreading water literacy in rural Karnataka, where fluoride is endemic in ground water and awareness of the threat of fluorosis is low.

Design as Experimentation

iGEM 2009: Award winniing project at MIT

A group of students from the city-based Srishti School for Arts, Design and Technology underscored this recently by bagging the award fort he best presentation at the sixth International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT).

ISAI POOCHI - Nachiappan Ramanathan

Inspired by a Baul Instrument known as “gub gubbi” and playing with scales to produce new musical sounds, this led to the exploration of a sound experience space and the making of a sonic sculpture that anyone can enter and play within.

BENDABLE POSEABLE by Rashmi Sarkar

Inspired by a Baul Instrument known as “gub gubbi” and playing with scales to produce new musical sounds, this led to the exploration of a sound experience space and the making of a sonic sculpture that anyone can enter and play within.