Vineet Raj Kapoor (Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shall be addressing students across multiple batches regarding Indiaskills and Worldskills and explain to them the importance of such competitions as well as the nitty gritty of the next Worldskills 2024 competition at Lyons, France. The seminar shall be held on 19 June 2023, at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM.
SXILL/ Chandigarh Design School Founder, Vineet Raj Kapoor has been invited by Ministry of Education, Govt of India, to conduct a session on "Understanding needs of the User-Ergonomics evaluation and testing" on the 1st Day of the Bootcamp on 22 June 2023 at NITTR Chandigarh. AICTE and Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell (MIC) are jointly organizing Five day Bootcamp on “Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship (IDE)”. This bootcamp is conceptualized based on suggestion from Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and it is tentatively scheduled from 22nd June to 26th June 2023 at 6 locations i.e IIT Bhubaneswar, NITTTR Chennai, NITTTR Chandigarh, IIT Guwahati, IISER Bhopal and COEP Technological University ,Pune
This innovative IDE bootcamp will be a 5 day residential training program where 1800 participants (@300 per host institute) will undergo an intensive experiential learning on design thinking, product design, ergonomics, business modeling and enterprise planning.
The tentative participants (300 in No's) of the IDE bootcamp constitute of College/ School Student Innovators, College/ School Innovation/ Entrepreneurship Mentors.
Vineet Raj Kapoor (Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) in Invited by Jammu University to address faculty across various colleges and institutes on Leadership domain during the FDP on Leadership at Jammu University at Jammu. He shall be speaking on several topics such as
1. Defining Leadership
2. Innovation and Creativity
3. Empathy
4. Motivation and Engagement
and explain to them the steps to invoke the essential attributes and also guide them on Leadership. The sessions shall be held on 27-28 July 2023.
Faculty Development Program in Design Thinking at Chitakara University
Topic: Design Thinking
Audience: Faculty
Program: Faculty Development Program
Mode: Workshop
Date: 15-16 Sep 2023
School: CSE
University: Chitkara University
Chandigarh Design School founder Vineet Raj Kapoor delivered Faculty Development Program at Chitkara University on Design Thinking – Finding the Right Problem to Solve.
Computer Science Engineering Department at Chitkara University, held a Faculty Development Program on 15-16 September 2023 under a Infosys-Apple Partnership for Innovation. They invited renowned Speaker and Design Thinking Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder, Chandigarh Design School.
This Program was attended by all Faculty Associated with Innovation in the App Space.
Spread over 2 Days the Program delved into the Way Humans Think, and right upto how we can use established techniques to understand the users, and find out enough about them and the issues they face, to be able to locate the real issue that needs to be solved.
Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder Chandigarh Design School) shared “I am happy to get involved with the CSE department as the impact of the learning would directly reach the innovators in the digital app space. We covered the approach to Divergent Thinking and User Research for finding the pain points. And then techniques to converge the thinking towards defining the problem. Problems once identified can be solved easily.”
Dr. Ankit Bansal who heads the Innovation Program said “This was a excellent exposure with really good insights into the process. Earlier we would go directly to building the apps on what we thought was the issue. But this has widened our horizon. We have understood how much research must be done before attempting the solution. The Team at Chandigarh Design School is really good!”
iXDA Local Leader and Chandigarh Design School founder Vineet Raj Kapoor helped organize the World Interaction Design Day Celebrations in form of a Meetup on AI – Ethics, Equity+Responsibility on 26 September 2023 at 5:00 onwards at SPTI Mohali in association with ChandigarhAI
The Event was Hosted by Local Leader Vineet Raj Kapoor, and Conducted by Abhay Vohra. The main panelists were Harjeet Gulati (CEO Millipixels Interactive), Monica Bharadwaj (COO STPI Neuron), Ajay Srivastava (Director, STPI), Gopal Meena (VP, Chitkara), Samarth Gulati (Software Engineer, Postman).
This Program was attended by around 50 AI and UIUX Enthusiasts from in and around the tricity. This included Faculty and Students from different institutes.
Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder Chandigarh Design School) shared “It was my first opportunity to help the community in the formal sense as the Local Leader of iXDA. I am happy that I could help garner the audience which is so important to the success of such events. The discussion were very relevant to the gathering especially the students who felt threaten careerwise, which the seniors were more concerned with the authenticity and quality of AI”
Ajay Srivastava commented “We are excited to be part of the community building and were happy to support Vineet and his team in the great initiative. I think we have seen Vineet contribute a lot over the past decades in the fields of design, animation and innovation. I am so happy that UX Design in Chandigarh is now going to witness a lot of quality inputs through such events.”
Serious Play Conference, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
Vineet Raj Kapoor
Workshop at Serious Play Conference, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
Date: 11-13 Oct 2023
Topic: Gamifying Skill Training
Date: 13 Oct 2023
Time: 9:30 AM
Venue: The Creative School, Rogers Communication Center, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
I would like to share an actionable plan that you can use with Gamifying Skill Training. And if possible play a game to think our way out of a problem. remember, that the core of gamification is involuntariness and my actionable plan is about building choices into any process including delivering of knowledge/ learning.
If possible, I would like to share a case study as a take away. However let me see how it shapes up.
Additionally, I shall be Jury for Serious Play Awards for 2023.
SXILL Founder, Vineet Raj Kapoor, has been invited to a Tour of Sheridan College, Oakville, for a Campus Tour and meetings with the Deans of Animation and Design Schools at Sheridan on 16 Oct 2023. He shall be spending a full day exploring Sheridan College and their pedagogy and practices.
Vineet Raj Kapoor's Expert Session on "Design Thinking & Innovation" from 11 am to 12 Noon on October 23, Monday at PML SD Business School, Chandigarh
Topic: Design Thinking & Innovation
Speaker: Vineet Raj Kapoor
Venue: PML SD Business School
Date: 23 Oct 2023
Time: 11:00 AM
Vineet Raj Kapoor's Expert Session on "Design Thinking & Innovation" from 11 am to 12 Noon on October 23, Monday at PML SD Business School, Chandigarh
Chandigarh Design School has started a course at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) also known as Thapar University on the subject “Creative Thinking for Professional Success”. This subject would run for the complete semester as is an optional course for students across all branches and years. This makes it one of the most important options for students wanted to rein in their creativity for benefit.
During this class Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder Chandigarh Design School) shared, “Creativity is not the right of an individual but a practice of a patient individual”. He comments that anyone with the patience, grit and determination can rein in their creativity.
This is the first collaboration between Thapar University and Chandigarh Design School (powered by SXILL).
Chandigarh Design School trained a select group of Thapar University Faculty in Design Thinking and Innovation.
Vineet Raj Kapoor trains Thapar University Faculty in Design Thinking
Vineet Raj Kapoor (IDT Lead Expert Worldskills representing India, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shared “Training Faculty from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology also popularly known as Thapar University was a wonderful opportunity. The Faculty Development Program happened on 21 May 2024. We took care to equip them with enough examples and cases so as to be able to retain the information and put it in perspective since Design Thinking is a complex subject and is largely misrepresented. We trained them in various approaches to Design Thinking, and especially sensitized and trained them in the toughest field of empathetic thinking, since that is what most UX Designers in India lack. Being a practitioner and trainer of UX Design and Design Thinking since 2014, I feel responsible for the state of UIUX Design in India. Despite our best efforts, a large swathe of Industry as well as trainers are unaware of the possibilities of UX Design and think about it as a burden. We are doing our best to rectify the situation by giving great manpower to the starved Software Industry in India.” He quipped, “Don’t worry all this would be part of my upcoming book – SOLVXD: Think in Steps – that would be coming out soon.
Vineet Raj Kapoor trains Thapar University Faculty in Design Thinking
Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned, “This was the first time Chandigarh Design School tendered a Faculty Development Program at Thapar. Earlier we have done programs for Pune University, Chitkara University, GNDU, Panjab University among others. We are also doing international Programs in Design Thinking with leading institutions abroad. We are aware that training a faculty is much more important as it can directly impact the lives of 100s of students.”
