Asifa International Animation Day celebrations at PGGGC 42 in Chandigarh

Post Graduate Government College for Girls Sector 42, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

Chandigarh, 1 Feb 2024 – ASIFA presented the IAD Event at PPG College for Girls at Sec 42 on 1 Feb 2024, co-presented by ASIFA Evangelist Vineet Raj Kapoor, alongwith the leading UX Design Institute Chandigarh Design School, and leading Animation Institute SXILL, and supported by AnimationXpress, Workkonnects, MESC, ACE Fair, iXDA. ASIFA is an International Community of Animation, with a mission of creating awareness of Animation Careers amongst students.

ASIFA presented the IAD Event at PPG College for Girls at Sec 42 on 1 Feb 2024
ASIFA presented the IAD Event at PPG College for Girls at Sec 42 on 1 Feb 2024

PGGC 46 hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 31 Jan 2024. PGGCG 42 successfully hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 1 Feb 2024.

The Speakers were Mangat Chauhan (Sr. Animation Supervisor Motu Patlu and Mentor SXILL) and Vineet Raj Kapoor (UX Design Mentor at Chandigarh Design School).

Neelu Kapoor, Founder SXILL graced the occasion with her presence.

Bikramjit Singh (Production Head, Virtualsoft) shared the History of ASIFA and it's mission. He commented on how ASIFA works hard to bring awareness about these careers across the world. ASIFA Chandigarh has been conducting various seminars across the city to do it's part.

Mangat Chauhan briefed the students about the entire animation pipeline and various career opportunities across the entire process of making animation movies.

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder Chandigarh Design School, told the students about various Design Careers as well as how to make their own roadmaps to achieve success in those careers. He briefed the student on how decision making permeates all careers and would be a useful addition to any worthwhile career.

Thereafter the students asked about various careers in their mind right from mimicry to storywriting to animation to UX design and got clear roadmaps as well as advice to make a success of their dreams through examples behind the success stories of Steve Jobs, and other leaders.

Asifa International Animation Day celebrations at MCM DAV in Chandigarh

MCM DAV College Sec 36, Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India

Chandigarh, 28 Feb 2024 – ASIFA presented the IAD Event at MCM DAV College for Girls at Sec 36 on 28 Feb 2024, co-presented by ASIFA Evangelist Vineet Raj Kapoor, alongwith the leading UX Design Institute Chandigarh Design School, and leading Animation Institute SXILL, and supported by AnimationXpress, Workkonnects, MESC, ACE Fair, iXDA. ASIFA is an International Community of Animation, with a mission of creating awareness of Animation Careers amongst students.

PGGC 46 hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 31 Jan 2024. PGGCG 42 successfully hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 1 Feb 2024. PGGCG 11 successfully hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 8 Feb 2024.

The Speakers were Mangat Chauhan (Sr. Animation Supervisor Motu Patlu and Mentor SXILL) and Vineet Raj Kapoor (UX Design Mentor at Chandigarh Design School).

Neelu Kapoor, Founder SXILL graced the occasion with her presence.

Bikramjit Singh (Production Head, Virtualsoft) shared the History of ASIFA and it's mission. He commented on how ASIFA works hard to bring awareness about these careers across the world. ASIFA Chandigarh has been conducting various seminars across the city to do it's part.

Mangat Chauhan briefed the students about the entire animation pipeline and various career opportunities across the entire process of making animation movies.

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder Chandigarh Design School, told the students about various Design Careers as well as how to make their own roadmaps to achieve success in those careers. He briefed the student on how decision making permeates all careers and would be a useful addition to any worthwhile career.

Thereafter the students asked about various careers in their mind right from mimicry to storywriting to animation to UX design and got clear roadmaps as well as advice to make a success of their dreams through examples behind the success stories of Steve Jobs, and other leaders.

Asifa International Animation Day celebrations at PGGCG 11 in Chandigarh

Post Graduate Government College for Girls Sector 42, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

Chandigarh, 8 Feb 2024 – ASIFA presented the IAD Event at PPG College for Girls at Sec 11 on 8 Feb 2024, co-presented by ASIFA Evangelist Vineet Raj Kapoor, alongwith the leading UX Design Institute Chandigarh Design School, and leading Animation Institute SXILL, and supported by AnimationXpress, Workkonnects, MESC, ACE Fair, iXDA. ASIFA is an International Community of Animation, with a mission of creating awareness of Animation Careers amongst students.

PGGC 46 hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 31 Jan 2024. PGGCG 42 successfully hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 1 Feb 2024. PGGCG 11 successfully hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 8 Feb 2024.

The Speakers were Mangat Chauhan (Sr. Animation Supervisor Motu Patlu and Mentor SXILL) and Vineet Raj Kapoor (UX Design Mentor at Chandigarh Design School).

Neelu Kapoor, Founder SXILL graced the occasion with her presence.

Bikramjit Singh (Production Head, Virtualsoft) shared the History of ASIFA and it's mission. He commented on how ASIFA works hard to bring awareness about these careers across the world. ASIFA Chandigarh has been conducting various seminars across the city to do it's part.

Mangat Chauhan briefed the students about the entire animation pipeline and various career opportunities across the entire process of making animation movies.

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder Chandigarh Design School, told the students about various Design Careers as well as how to make their own roadmaps to achieve success in those careers. He briefed the student on how decision making permeates all careers and would be a useful addition to any worthwhile career.

Thereafter the students asked about various careers in their mind right from mimicry to storywriting to animation to UX design and got clear roadmaps as well as advice to make a success of their dreams through examples behind the success stories of Steve Jobs, and other leaders.

Chief Expert at Indiaskills Nationals, Yashobhoomi, New Delhi

Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi , India

Chief Expert at Indiaskills Nationals, Yashobhoomi, New Delhi

On invitation from NSDC and MESC, for Indiaskills, Vineet Raj Kapoor (Founder Chandigarh Design School), is nominated as Skill Competition Manager and Chief Expert in Industrial Design Technology for Indiaskills Nationals 2024 held from 16-18 May 2024. He is responsible to oversee the selection of candidates to select the candidate representation from India for the Worldskills 2024, Lyons, France. The event takes place at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi. Experts from across the country would be part of the Skill Management Team. The Jury included Mr. Karthik from Autodesk, Dr. Ravindra Singh from Delhi Technical University, Mr. Vikash Kumar from Shiv Nadar University, and Raunaq Dua from Curiosity 3D.

The Inauguration took place at the Convention Hall at Yashobhoomi on 15 May 2024. The competition commenced on 16 May till 18 May 2024. The Event culminated with the Closing ceremony on 19 May 2024. The Winner would represent India at Worldskills France in September 2024.

Pune University Design Thinking FDP conducted by CDS Founder Chandigarh Design School Founder

AISSMS College Pune, Maharashtra, India

Chandigarh Design School Founder Vineet Raj Kapoor trained a select group of Pune University Faculty in Design Thinking. He took the important sessions on Design Thinking for “Impact of Storytelling” and “Case Studies – Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. The FDP was attended by 45 Faculty across Pune University. The FDP was held at ASSIM Engineering College, Pune.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (IDT Lead Expert Worldskills representing India, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shared “Training Faculty from Pune University was a wonderful opportunity. The Faculty Development Program happened on 6 December 2024. We took care to equip them with enough examples and cases of Storytelling as well as for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in a manner that they are able to retain the information and put it in perspective since Design Thinking is a complex subject and is largely misrepresented. We trained them in various approaches to Design Thinking, and especially sensitized and trained them in the toughest field of empathetic thinking, since that is what most UX Designers in India lack. Being a practitioner and trainer of UX Design and Design Thinking since 2014, I feel responsible for the state of UIUX Design in India. Despite our best efforts, a large swathe of Industry as well as trainers are unaware of the possibilities of UX Design and think about it as a burden. We are doing our best to rectify the situation by giving great manpower to the starved Software Industry in India.” He quipped, “Don’t worry all this would be part of my upcoming book – SOLVXD: Think in Steps – that would be coming out soon.

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned, “This was the third time Chandigarh Design School tendered a Faculty Development Program at Pune University. Earlier we have done programs for Thapar University, Chitkara University, GNDU, Panjab University among others. We are also doing international Programs in Design Thinking with leading institutions abroad. We are aware that training a faculty is much more important as it can directly impact the lives of 1000s of students.”

Design Thinking Corporate Workshop by Vineet Raj Kapoor

Circulants Pune, Maharashtra, India

Chandigarh Design School Founder Vineet Raj Kapoor, did a special corporate workshop for Circulants USA, for their Pune and Jaipur Teams. The workshop was attended by more than 40 employees across both the location. It was done in hybrid mode with Pune attending live and Jaipur joining through the zoom. Circulants is a leading IT Solutions provider from California. They have been using the services of Virtualsoft and Vineet Raj Kapoor as their Design Principal in the past for various international projects.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Lead Expert Worldskills, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shared “Training the employees of Circulants USA was a wonderful opportunity since it was our first Offline Corporate Training in Design Thinking after COVID. We trained them in various approaches to solve problems keeping the Human Factors in mind while not compromising on the business side of design. Being a practitioner and trainer of UX Design and Design Thinking since 2014, I was aware of the huge gap between theory and practice that exists in India even in the top institutes. So we focused on problem finding right from the start, and also about developing personas, and taking it from there to concept design, while passing through various phases like user journey mapping and other steps.” He quipped, “Don’t worry all this would be part of my upcoming book – SOLVXD: Think in Steps – that would be coming out soon.

Sanjay Koshathwar, Founder at Circulants, said, “Vineet is brilliant when it comes to Design Thinking. I have rarely seen another Indian who is as sharp with Design and Business. He never loses the sight of the final goal while dribbling the ball. Learning from him is an immense opportunity for my staff. I look forward to having him around more often.”

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned, “This was the first time Chandigarh Design School tendered an Offline Workshop in Design Thinking at Circulants, and we are quite excited by the quality of the staff at Circulants. Before this we had tendered Faculty Development Program at Chitkara, Pune University, Thapar University as well as student sessions for DY Patil University, Panjab University, Thapar University, BITS Pilani and others.”

Chandigarh Design School delivers Design Thinking Course at Panjab University

Panjab University, Chandigarh Sector-14, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

Chandigarh Design School trained a select group of Panjab University students in Design Thinking for CSDE, DIC and IIC lead Design Thinking Course for students across Panjab University including MBA and Engineering Students. This program was conducted from 7-20 December 2024 at CSDE, Sec 25, Panjab University. It was attended by more than 30 students across Panjab University.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Lead Expert IDT Worldskills, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shared “Training students from Panjab University was a wonderful opportunity. We trained them in various approaches to Design Thinking, and especially sensitized and trained them the toughest field of empathetic thinking, since that is what most UX Designers in India lack. Being a practitioner and trainer of UX Design and Design Thinking since 2014, I was aware of the huge gap between theory and practice that exists in India even in the top institutes. So we focused on problem finding right from the start, and also about developing personas, and taking it from there to concept design, while passing through various phases like user journey mapping and other steps.” He quipped, “Don’t worry all this would be part of my upcoming book – SOLVXD: Think in Steps – that would be coming out soon.

The students of the cohort were asked to work on the current problem faced by Panjab University Students and PGIMER Patients, of the PGI-PU crossing. The Chief Guest at the Valedictory, ex Vice Chancellor Panjab University Prof. Grover lauded the Design Thinking Course by Chandigarh Design School by saying, “The students have worked on a very relevant problem and the country needs more such programs which make them problem solvers. He commented on how education moved away from relevance in recent times, and the need to bring it back on track by such programs. This program should be taught to at least 6000 students every year.”

Arya Kalia, an MBA student of University Business School, Panjab University, who attended the course, stated that, “I gained a lot from this course. Vineet Sir’s examples were very relevant and helped us understand the fundamentals in depth with clarity.”

Ashman Kaur Kohli, another student from MBA, mentioned “I personally gained a lot from Vineet Sir’s Sessions and I shall be using these learning in my professional as well as personal life.”

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned, “This was the first time Chandigarh Design School tendered a semester long Creative Thinking for Professional Success course, and we are quite excited by the quality of the assignments by the talented students of Thapar. Before this we had tendered Faculty Development Program at Chitkara, which was also highly appreciated by the CSE Faculty who were part of the FDP.”

Chandigarh Design School Founder delivers FDP at Maharaja Agrasen University

Maharaja Agrasen University Baddi, Punjab, India

Chandigarh Design School Founder Vineet Raj Kapoor was the resource person at Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi on January 15, 2025 to mentor and guide Faculty from across various technical colleges attending the 7 Day Faculty Development Program on E- Content Development and MOOCs happening at MAIT, Baddi from 14-20 January, 2025.

The FDP on " E- Content Development and MOOCs " was organised by the Maharaja Agrasen University, in association with the Electronics & ICT Academy, NIT Patna

Chandigarh Design School and SXILL Founder, Vineet Raj Kapoor delivered 2 FDP sessions on Engaging students in MOOCs and online learning environments and Slides and graphics design. Besides these 2 he also delivered an impromptu training and talk on Interactive Tools for online training.

The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Pradeep Walia, who mentioned, “The primary objective of this FDP is to equip faculty members with advanced skills in designing and developing high-quality e-content and understanding the nuances of creating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The program will focus on fostering digital pedagogical tools and techniques for enhancing the teaching-learning experience.”

Vineet Raj Kapoor, India’s Expert on Industrial Design Technology for Worldskills apprised the Faculty on various aspects and tips and techniques of engaging the audience/ students during online sessions. In the later session he guided them on the right way of preparing Graphics and Slides for their MOOC presentations. He then also showed them the usage of interactive techniques using Mentimeter, AHASlides and other platforms.

Delivering the vote of thanks, Professor Walia acknowledged the deep insights provided by Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Lead Expert IDT Worldskills, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shared “Guiding Faulty from MAIT and other colleges was a wonderful opportunityBeing a practitioner and trainer of UX Design and Design Thinking since 2014, I am aware of the huge gap between theory and practice that exists in India even in the top institutes.” He quipped, “Don’t worry all this would be part of my upcoming book – SOLVXD: Think in Steps – that would be coming out soon.

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned, “This was the first time Chandigarh Design School tendered a FDP session at MAIT, and we are quite excited by the quality of the assignments by the talented faculty of MAIT. Before this we had tendered Faculty Development Program at Chitkara, Thapar University etc. which was also highly appreciated by the CSE Faculty who were part of the FDP.”