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Acknowledges the role of ‘Teachers’ in shaping creative minds and making the students industry ready
School of Visual Arts, at the World University of Design (WUD) -India’s first and only university dedicated to education in the creative domain, organized a 3-day long exhibition of the winners of the National Youth Painting Competition – ‘Tawny Teal Tan’ from December 11, 2019 to motivate creative students and prepare them for a professional career ahead.
The competition which witnessed overwhelming response from young students from different nationalities between the age group of 15-18 years, was aimed at identifying students with best creative potential.
As part of the 3 day-long exhibitions at Art Gallery, WUD Campus 50 best entries were showcased. Some of the eminent personalities who graced the occasion included – Chief Guest Mr. Siddharth Tagore – Director of Art Konsult Gallery, Publisher of Art & Deal Magazine, Guest of Honour Sanjay Gupta – Vice-chancellor, WUD and Jury member Prof. Shaleen Sharma, Dean Architecture, WUD.
Speaking on the occasion Dr Sanjay Gupta, Vice Chancellor, World University of Design said “At WUD we are committed to keep encouraging and motivating the young generation from time to time by organizing such events. This time we are also offering scholarships to all the winners so that they can pursue formal studies at the World University of Design. It was for the first-time that we even felicitated the efforts of teachers in shaping our country’s creative talent. The School of Visual Artsat WUD aims to make it a bigger and better annual event going forward.”
The entries were evaluated by an eminent panel of Art Personalities and the top three winners were felicitated by 1st prize- 10,000 INR, 2nd prize-7,000 INR, 3rd prize-5,000 INR along with certificates. Participation certificates were given to all the contestants.
About World University of Design
World University of Design (WUD), located in the education hub of Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Sonipat, Haryana, boasts of an unusually large and highly qualified faculty members who have been educated and trained at prestigious institutes such as NIFT, NID, LCF -London, FIT – New York, SPA and Delhi College of Art among others. The university is being shaped and mentored by an illustrious Advisory Board comprising of stalwarts from the field of design such as Neha Kirpal, Veer Munshi, Mr. AG Krishna Menon, Ms. Payal Jain, Mr. Peter D’ascoli, & Mr. Amardeep Behl. In its first year itself, WUD has been recognized as ‘The Most Upcoming University’ by ASSOCHAM India; and Ranked 2nd in the Top 10 Private Universities offering Professional Education at Education World GRAND JURY 2019-20 Awards. WUD is the youngest university in India to be awarded co-funding under the ERASMUS+ programme of the European Union for the project titled ‘Design ERASMUS+ and Innovation Capacity Building in India’.
WUD is also a full member of Cumulus, the international association of universities & colleges of art, design & media that has over 160 member universities in 60 countries. This provides the widest possible access to WUD students to interact and engage with international students on a global scale.WUD has consistently focused on student-learning experience
