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Chandigarh Design School Founder Guides UIET students at AI CAD and Robotics Workshop

UIET AI CAD Robotics Workshop

Chandigarh Design School Founder Vineet Raj Kapoor was at University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University Chandigarh on January 17, 2025 to mentor and guide students from across various technical colleges attending the 3 Day Workshop on AI, CAD and Robotics happening at UIET from 15-17 January, 2025.

The workshop on “Hands-On AI, CAD Modeling, and Robotics for Advanced Engineering Solutions” was organised by the Sensor Energy and Automation Lab (SEAL), UIET under the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) SPARC initiative, Government of India.

The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Gaurav Sapra, Professor Rajesh Kumar, and Dr. Garima Joshi from UIET in collaboration with Dr. Ankur Gupta from the Department of Cardiology, PGIMER, and Professor Mohsen Rahmani and Dr.Cuifeng Ying from Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK.

Vineet Raj Kapoor, India’s Expert on Industrial Design Technology for Worldskills apprised the students on various aspects on Worldskills while providing tips to students on how to prepare for the same. The students were given guidance on stages of IDT competition at Worldskills 2024 held at Groupama, Lyon, France. He shared the kind of preparation that competitors do to come out on top. He also guided them about the Indiaskills and the selection process stages right from district and state to regional and national competitions held by NSDC. He wished them the best for their preparations to qualify for Worldskills 2026 Shanghai.

Delivering the vote of thanks, Professor Rajesh Kumar acknowledged the contributions of trainers, faculty members and volunteers in making the event a grand success. He acknowledged the deep insights provided by Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School.

The valedictory function was graced by PU Dean of International Students Professor Kewal Krishan, as the Chief Guest. In his address, he highlighted the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and shared insights from his team research on an AI-based model for identifying real and forged signatures, emphasising its significance in addressing real-world challenges.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Lead Expert IDT Worldskills, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shared “Guiding students from UIET, Panjab University was a wonderful opportunity. I shared with them the journey from their college to the stage of Indiaskills 2025. Being 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 was invited to UIET for mentoring at a Workshop, and we are quite excited by the quality of the assignments by the talented students of UIET, PU, Chandigarh. Before this we had mentored students at Thapar, PEC, UBS, PU, DPU, DES University, DSEU, MIT WPU, Pune, Chitkara,and also Smart India Hackathon, Indiaskills which was also highly appreciated by the winners of the competition.”

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Chandigarh Design School delivers Design Thinking Course at Panjab University

CSDE SEC Design Thinking Valedictory Function

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.”

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Chandigarh Design School Founder speaks at Peruvanam International Film Festival at Kerala

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Chandigarh Design School founder Vineet Raj Kapoor was invited by PIVF Organising Committee to join the Panel Discussion on “The Possibilities in Media” at Peruvanam International Film Festival at Thrissur, Kerela. The Festival was held from 5-7 January 2024.

Chandigarh Design School founder Vineet Raj Kapoor was invited by PIVF Organising Committee to join the Panel Discussion on “The Possibilities in Media” at Peruvanam International Film Festival at Thrissur, Kerela. The Festival was held from 5-7 January 2024.

The Event was Hosted by Praveen Paramesawar. Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder Chandigarh Design School) shared the dias with Ashish Kulkarni (Founder Punnaryug), Mohit Soni (CEO, MESC), Hanif Mohammad Marakkarackayil (Founder Asian School of Design), Sarath Bhooshan (CEO, Bhooshan’s Jr), Philip Thomas (Country Head, World Design Council), and Shajan Kumar (Dean, Mathrubhumi Media School).

Various aspects discussed including the gap between the Industry and the Academia, the impact of AI, how technology impacts art et al. Commenting on the impact of Technology, Vineet shared, “Technology is created in an answer to the gaps, so it is never art that is catching up, but it is technology. Art in it’s zest jumps ahead creating gaps just like the Mendeleev’s table, and it is for us, to find the technology that can meet the expectations and fill the gaps.

Commenting on AI, Vineet said, “AI is not capable of thinking ahead. It is instead a good servant who can do repetitive tasks with the accuracy unknown to man. However, it is incapable of decisions.”

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iXDA Chandigarh Meetup at Chandigarh Design School

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iXDA Local Leader and Chandigarh Design School founder Vineet Raj Kapoor helped organize the iXDA Chandigarh Meetup on 1 December 2023 at 4:00 onwards at Chandigarh Design School, Sec 17 Chandigarh in association with SXILL.

iXDA Local Leader and Chandigarh Design School founder Vineet Raj Kapoor helped organize the iXDA Chandigarh Meetup on 1 December 2023 at 4:00 onwards at Chandigarh Design School, Sec 17 Chandigarh in association with SXILL.

The Event was Hosted by Local Leader Vineet Raj Kapoor. About 25+ UXD and IXD enthusiasts turned up including Dr. Susheel Chhabra (SD Business School), Muhammad Shahid, Vivek, Ar. Deepak Ghavri (Architect), Alok Jain (Front End Developer), Jaspreet Kaur (Front End Specialist), Bikramjit Singh (Project Manager), Jasjeet Singh (Web Developer), Dr. Madan Singh Aulakh (Academician), Shiv Dayal (UX Designer), Abhay Vohra (UX Practitioner), and many students from Design and Engineering.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder Chandigarh Design School) shared “iXDA Chandigarh is committed to bring together trainers and practitioners of UXD and IXD together. We also need to bring awareness to the learners community.”

Ajay Srivastava, Director STPI Mohali, commented “We are excited to be part of the community building and were happy to support Vineet and his team in the great initiative. I think we have seen Vineet contribute a lot over the past decades in the fields of design, animation and innovation. I am so happy that UX Design in Chandigarh is now going to witness a lot of quality inputs through such events.”

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Design Thinking & Innovation Seminar

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Vineet Raj Kapoor’s Expert Session on “Design Thinking & Innovation” from 11 am to 12 Noon on October 23, Monday at PML SD Business School, Chandigarh

Topic: Design Thinking & Innovation

Speaker: Vineet Raj Kapoor

Venue: PML SD Business School

Date: 23 Oct 2023

Time: 11:00 AM

Vineet Raj Kapoor’s Expert Session on “Design Thinking & Innovation” from 11 am to 12 Noon on October 23, Monday at PML SD Business School, Chandigarh

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Ministry of Education – AICTE – IDE Bootcamp

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Ministry of Education - AICTE - IDE Bootcamp

SXILL/ Chandigarh Design School Founder, Vineet Raj Kapoor has been invited by Ministry of Education, Govt of India, to conduct a session on “Understanding needs of the User-Ergonomics evaluation and testing” on the 1st Day of the Bootcamp on 22 June 2023 at NITTR Chandigarh. AICTE and Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) are jointly organizing Five day Bootcamp on “Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship (IDE)”. This bootcamp is conceptualized based on suggestion from Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and it is tentatively scheduled from 22nd June to 26th June 2023 at 6 locations i.e IIT Bhubaneswar, NITTTR Chennai, NITTTR Chandigarh, IIT Guwahati, IISER Bhopal and COEP Technological University ,Pune

This innovative IDE bootcamp will be a 5 day residential training program where 1800 participants (@300 per host institute) will undergo an intensive experiential learning on design thinking, product design, ergonomics, business modeling and enterprise planning.

The tentative participants (300 in No’s) of the IDE bootcamp constitute of College/ School Student Innovators, College/ School Innovation/ Entrepreneurship Mentors.

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