Praveen Nahar

Praveen Nahar is the Director of National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad with its extension campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. He has also been a faculty member in Industrial Design and Discipline Lead of Product Design at NID since 2002.

His range of academic and professional interests include: Systems Thinking in Design, Design Thinking, Sustainable Design/Green Design, Design in the Public Domain, Social Design, Appropriate Technology, and Strategic Design to name a few.

Nahar has been on the NID’s Senate and Policy Planning Committee for several years and has served in various positions at NID as Activity Chairperson and Head of various departments.

He has been actively involved with academic projects with students concerning Systems Thinking and Design which involves projects with complex issues and problems ranging from healthcare to mobility.
Nahar has been involved in various research projects and consultancy projects at both the micro and strategic levels in various domains of the industrial and social sectors.

He has travelled lectured widely and presented in various forums and conferences, conducted design workshops and seminars in the areas of Systems Oriented Design, Sustainability, and Design Thinking.
Has been on several national and international networks as key contributor, has served as the jury member, and has also been part of scientific committees and academic advisory boards.