The School of Fashion and Design of India’s leading GD Goenka University is holding a two-day international conference on the Lighting Design beginning here on Tuesday from 16-17 June,2015.
The theme of the conference is “The Art of Attraction: Lighting Design for Retail Interiors” in collaboration with 2 international partner universities i.e. the Oklahoma State University of USA and the Politecnic University of Milan. It aims to bring together international experts to discuss lighting design and technology for the retail and commercial establishments.
Ambassador of Italy Lorenzo Angeloni will inaugurate the conference. The Guest of Honor is Ms. Sudeshna Mukhopadhyay, Senior Director & Head of Competence Centre-Lighting Applications, Philips. The conference Chair is Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Gupta and the Co-Chair is Prof. (Dr.) Paulette R. Hebert. The Organizing Secretary is Manish Joshi.
Some of the international experts who would address the conference include Prof. (Dr.) Paulette R. Hebert from Oklahoma State University, USA; Prof. Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis, Dean of School of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Prof Renato Lagana, University degli Studi Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria; Mrinalini Ghadiok from Mondo arc; Suresh Sethi of Whirlpool Corporation; and Michael Foley of Foley Designs.
Some of the other leading experts include Ashish Dhir, Wisedge Consulting; Dr Amardeep Durga, Lighting Research and Design; Kaustubh Nandurbarkar, Semblance design studio; Preksh Baid, Y Walls; Lyle Lopez, Lirio Lopez Lighting, Satish Gokhale, Design Directions; Amit Gulati Incubis; Amit Gupta, Vis-à-vis; and Devender Kharb and Sonali Pal of GD Goenka University.
The conference offers a communication platform for established lighting designers, researchers, students, manufacturers, developers, architects and related professionals to network, exchange and share knowledge, ideas and new approaches in the field of light and lighting design.
G.D. Goenka University (GDGU) has emerged as a leading university in Delhi NCR, imparting high quality professional educational programs of international standards and offers courses in Communication, Engineering, Fashion & Design, Hospitality, Humanities & Social Sciences, Architecture & Planning, Law and Management.
Located in Sohna (Gurgaon), the campus of GD Goenka University is known for its best of facilities and equipment including laboratories, learning facilities and high quality IT infrastructure.
The School of Fashion and Design (SoFD) was established in 2013 in strategic collaboration with Politecnico di Milano (PDM Milan, Italy). It offers industry oriented full time design education programs in Product Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, and Communication Design.