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UG & PG program at DJAD start with a Design Foundation Programme that concentrates on learning basic
concepts of design which help students in building a strong foundation for design thinking and practice.
Now, DJAD shall offer B.DES (Bachelor of Design) and M.DES (Master of Design) degrees effective from 2019-20, in collaboration with and under the approval of Alagappa University.
DJAD commenced in 2004 to a felt need in the country. The potential for offering design services within India and abroad expanded as India matured as an economic power.
Ramakrishna completed his UG Diploma in Communication Design In 2015 from DJAD. He is the Second DJADian to have won the prestigious SOTA Catalyst Award. (The Society of Typographic Aficionados) He had achieved this accomplishment in 2017. Created in 2010, the award recognizes a person 25 years of age or younger who demonstrates significant achievement and future promise in the field of typography.
Yashwanthi who completed her UG Diploma in Communication Design in 2019 from DJAD, won the 1st round in the D’source Corona Design Challenge Award [Category- Game Design] in the competition conducted by IIT Bombay in August 2020.
Vatsal Shah completed his UG Diploma in 2019 in Industrial Design from DJAD. He participated in the D’source Coronavirus Design Challenge competition (organised by IIT Bombay) in the second round under the Game Design stream. His entry was selected for the award in August 2020.
Shiva Nallaperumal who completed his UG Diploma in Communication Design in 2013 from DJAD was the first alumni of DJAD to receive the SOTA Catalyst Award in the year 2015.
Jayashree Venkat adorns the space in DJAD’s ‘Wall of Fame’ by achieving final position in Taiwan International Student Design Competition in Visual Design Category. She had completed the UG Diploma in Communication Design in the year 2017 from DJAD.
Anagha is the third alumni of DJAD to have won the SOTA Catalyst Award. The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is an international not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion, study and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers. SOTA is incorporated in the State of New York, USA. She was selected for this award in August 2020.
Anagha Narayanan, a Communication Designer of the DJAD 2018 batch had interned at Black [Foundry] in Paris. Her father owned an offset printing press and this background created an interest in her in type and all things connected. After completing her Graduate Diploma, Anagha joined Universal Thirst Type-foundry where she has been able to contribute to a diverse range of projects and scripts. She is currently working on her first typeface release Ilai. Ilai, one of the first variable Tamil typefaces, is a modern interpretation of 60’s psychedelia. It takes Tamil into new territory by offering nine styles of uncompromisingly quirky forms. It is designed for display uses, including branding, subheadings, and posters.
