Jitendra A. Email & Phone Number

Lonavala

Khopoli, Maharashtra, India

Subjects handled for Design students: Contextual Studies, History of Design, Global Futures: A Speculative Approach

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

The DICE ecosystem for higher education in the fields of Design, Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, after launching ISDI, ISME and the School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, launched a school of Entertainment Arts in collaboration with the robust, versatile and well-known international school -- Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, Canada. This is the second instance when VFS has lent its curricular support to an academic initiative in Asia. Earlier they have helped… Show more The DICE ecosystem for higher education in the fields of Design, Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, after launching ISDI, ISME and the School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, launched a school of Entertainment Arts in collaboration with the robust, versatile and well-known international school -- Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, Canada. This is the second instance when VFS has lent its curricular support to an academic initiative in Asia. Earlier they have helped establish VFS, Shanghai. My work at DICE VFS entails academic upkeep of the school--primarily creating structures and processes, ensuring they are adhered to and used effectively. Show less

Mumbai Area, India

Delivering courses in a truly multi-disciplinary environment: History of Design (Communication Design), Introduction to Design Studies (Communication Design and Strategic Design and Management), Advanced Research Seminar (Communication Design), Liberal Arts Electives (multiple disciplines), and 'Time' (First Year Studies).The experience and engagement with all these courses have truly been stimulating and very enriching.Besides, these courses, the icing on the cake was Thesis/Capstone… Show more Delivering courses in a truly multi-disciplinary environment: History of Design (Communication Design), Introduction to Design Studies (Communication Design and Strategic Design and Management), Advanced Research Seminar (Communication Design), Liberal Arts Electives (multiple disciplines), and 'Time' (First Year Studies).The experience and engagement with all these courses have truly been stimulating and very enriching.Besides, these courses, the icing on the cake was Thesis/Capstone mentoring, where students and I, enjoyed the camaraderie even more. Show less

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Capability and capacity building in students for a smooth transition from the Foundation to the Advanced Cycle of the program. This included evolving a curriculum that was robust yet flexible, overseeing academic deliveries, planning and ensuring smooth academic operations, liaising with studios, all in an effort to keep the best-practices intact.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Curriculum development, teaching, networking with Indian trainers for holding workshops and masterclasses, coordinating and leading various extracurricular activities.

Pune Area, India

Wrote and delivered courses related to exhibit and exhibition design for museums, organized workshops and seminars on museum design awareness, set up various temporary exhibitions, worked on strong community development through meaningful extracurricular activities, edited students' papers and in-house publications.

Understanding curatorial approaches and practices by coordinating with the curatorial department to prepare exhibition layouts and models for the Cy Twombly retrospective, 2008 (Bilbao).

With a surge of museum expansion projects and building of new museums, I was curious to find out if all the expansion meant widening of the human resource requirements for museums; if yes, what were the core skills desired in future and what sort of experience or training was apt to achieve those skills? Supported immensely by Geri Thomas, I conducted a survey across several museums to understand the scenario, and presented the findings at the annual conference of the American Association of… Show more With a surge of museum expansion projects and building of new museums, I was curious to find out if all the expansion meant widening of the human resource requirements for museums; if yes, what were the core skills desired in future and what sort of experience or training was apt to achieve those skills? Supported immensely by Geri Thomas, I conducted a survey across several museums to understand the scenario, and presented the findings at the annual conference of the American Association of Museums (now the American Alliance of Museums), Denver, 2008. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Assisted in organizing their annual award ceremony. The most cherished part of the task was contacting and corresponding with all those amazing curators, who gave us some of the best art shows in 2006-07. The ceremony, as every year, was open to public and this year took place in the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York on the 17th of March.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Assisted the team in the planning and visualizing of several temporary exhibitions.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Managed the academic program from consolidating a long-term vision for the program to managing regular daily operations.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Wrote and taught courses aimed at enhancing spatial perception, while simultaneously assisting on several exhibition design projects by preparing and critiquing architectural layouts, preparing drawings and schematics for space usage, designing exhibits and printable communication aids.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Assisted in delivering courses and professional projects relating to exhibit and exhibition design for museums.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Thanks to Nimish bhai's rigorous training, learnt a few good and important lessons for life viz. -God lies in detail. -Achieving perfection is not easy but one must constantly strive towards it. -Adversities are inevitable. How you cope with them forms your character.Work included: Field research, documentation, technical drawings, planning and detailing of the sectional elevations of guest rooms at Oberoi JaiVilas, (an unbuilt luxury hotel), Jaisalmer.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Museum Studies

Activities and Societies: Academic Chair, Museum Studies Students Organization (MSSO) http://www.msso-nyu.blogspot.com/.

Bachelor Of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture