| |9 October 2017HIGHERReviewtraits of life. So education was holistic learning and learn-ing was by living- by self doing.Eklavya: Learning by DoingThis model of "Do it yourself" lays emphasis on learning rather than teaching. It demonstrates the need for self-ex-plorations and indulgence and values practicality of `hands on' experience rather than distant drawing board theories.Nachiketa: Dialogue and Interactive DiscourseAs an ideal pupil, Nachiketa poses number of questions and as accomplished master Yama offers insight into com-plex issues. This refers to rapport and interactive dialogue between student and the teacher.Bhagwad Gita: Information Vs Wisdom and Teacher as a GuideLord Krishna's sermon as Guide, on the battlefield to his worthy pupil Arjun, is an epitome of the philosophical doctrine on life, the meaning and consequences of being; the duties and discretion for right and wrong. Teacher rather than being the master remains to be the naviga-tor to mould pupil's mind and instead of the information base inculcates wisdom in the pupil to discern between the appropriate and inappropriate. This call for the depth and breadth of knowledge that a teacher needs to possess and the rapport he needs to build with the pupil as role model by becoming in true sense the friend, philosopher and guide.Thus, education is to morph Information into in-grained samskar. Information when understood becomes knowledge. Knowledge, when overlaid with ability to dis-cern between the appropriate and inappropriate, becomes wisdom and when wisdom is ingrained in the ways of life, it becomes Samskar.What then is the reality of design education in India currently?There are signs of worry from multiple angles.Lack of Apex Body Envisioning Design Education For interior design as well as other allied design disciplines (other than architecture), there is no Governing body to envision, set direction and regulate design norms. As a result, there is vast discrepancy in curriculum, content, time frame, conduct as well as even in definition of the courses being conducted. For example, there are cours-es on interior design being conducted from Three months to three years. Only in a single place, it runs as five-year Yatin Pandya born on 6th July, 1960, is an author, activist, academician, researcher as well as the practising architect, with his firm FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. (Environment Architecture Research Technology Housing). Graduate of CEPT university, Ahmedabad he has availed Master of Architecture degree from McGill University, Montreal. Yatin has been involved with city planning, urban design, mass housing, architecture, interior design, product design as well as conservation projects. He has written over two hundred articles in National and International Journals. Several books authored by him on architecture, especially "Concepts of space in traditional Indian architecture", and "Elements of space making" have been published internationally.Yatin Pandya
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