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Hi Ramesh!

The world is of all-rounders. While it is a good thing to look for specialisations, most of the success stories of designers have witnessed them switching and acing fortes. I'd strongly recommend you to look for B.Des programme in Interdisciplinary Design, where you will be able to concentrate on various aspects of design, rather than restricting to just one specialisation. 

B.Des in Interdisciplinary Design at JK Lakshmipat University is one programme, led by A. Balasubramaniam, one of the most prominent designers of India.

JK Lakshmipat University is the philanthropic initiative of the 125-year-old JK Organisation. You can go through their information at www.jklu.edu.in and apply for their entrance exam.

If you have a creative bent of mind you can definitely achieve what you desire specially in terms of designing.

You need to know some softwares such as Adobe InDesign , photoshop , illustrator , quarkxpress , flash , dream viewer

If you have bca in animations & graphics it's best one , otherwise you can write entrance for pursuing bachelor in graphic design for top institutes . Also best way is to join some renowned institutes which provide small period time for such courses.

Dear Kajal,

In order to go for Industrial Design course you should have PCM as your subjects. 

To know in detail you can also refer below link

 https://www.careers360.com/industrial-design-course

Good Luck!!

Dear Somaya,

You can check the top colleges below according to NIRF Ranking 2018

1) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

2) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

3) School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi

4) College of Engineering Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram

5) School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal

6) Anna University, Chennai

7) JNAFAU School of Planning and Architecture, Hyderabad

8) Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

9) National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

10) Faculty of Architecture, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi

Good Luck!!

School of Design, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies University, Mumbai, Vile Parle West offers a 4-year Bachelor of Design course with a total fee of Rs. 14.44 lakhs.

Highlights of the course:

• Focus on design thinking process to humanize technology
• Tinkering lab to design solutions by experimenting with emergent technologies
• Creative entrepreneurship module to encourage Design led start-ups
• Design influencing Modules offered in Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Business Management taught by experts
• Focus on self-discovery in an inspiring and conducive environment through dialogues, lectures, workshops, studio visits, research, seminars, debates, webinars and reflective sessions
• Job prospects include Consumer Insights and Design Researcher, Communication Designer, Experience Designer (UX & UI), Innovation Facilitator, Service Designer amongst others

Feel free to ask if you have any more queries. All the best!!

I am not sure if good universities and colleges offer part time industrial design courses. The well known ones like IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi offer the master's course and admissions are through CEED. A lot of private institutes are there but I wouldn't recommend simply because there is not much information about their affiliation, course authencity and such details. If you have any university of institute in mind, write back to us and we can find out about it.

Well there is a good scope simply because design is required for every project, unit that is set up, expansion etc. There are firms that deal in design only. Product design is one more area that has scope. Research units also require designers. These are some areas where M.Des will be useful to build a career in.