scan: IIID: Calcutta Centre

An institute with the sole aim of consolidating, contributing, 
highlighting and improving the profession of interior designing. That’s 
what the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID), set up way back 
in 1972, stands for. After a successful run in 14 cities including 
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi, the institute launched 
its Calcutta centre on Saturday.

Under the chairmanship of Dulal Mukherjee, the Calcutta regional centre 
of IIID was informally launched in June last year. Saturday witnessed 
the formal installation of this 33-year-old body at the Hyatt Regency 
banquet hall.

“It is an institution that aspires to promote the best in the field. It 
is essentially a platform where practitioners in this profession can 
share their ideas and knowledge,” said centre chairman Dulal Mukherjee.

“We believe in following a system, but we don’t believe in being a 
victim of the system. So there is a kind of flexibility in all our 
chapters and centres and Calcutta will be no different,” said IIID 
president Srikant Nivasarkar.

The inauguration included an interesting audio-visual presentation by 
guest speaker Prem Chandravarkar on ‘Interiors. Images. Communication?’ 
Prof K.T. Ravindran put forward his views on designing of the interior 
space and the way it can modify lifestyle.

The institute has formulated an educational curriculum that will be 
implemented in some leading universities in the next academic year.

In Calcutta, plans are on to tie up with Jadavpur University and BE 
College, Shibpur. A faculty training session will be held in Pune, from 
March 8 to 10.

so on the cards for Calcutta is an institute offering degree courses in 
interior designing. “The idea is to help students get a better insight 
into the intricacies of this field and specialise in any aspect they 
want to,” pointed out Mukherjee.

If education is an objective, other areas of concern include 
establishing sound trade practices and ethics among members. Other 
activities include the IIID MK Awards, a competition held at the 
national level annually to acknowledge excellence in the field and 
exhibitions that showcase the latest products and trends.

The Calcutta centre comprises around 40 members, while nationally IIID 
has more than 3,000. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has 11 chapters and 
four centres.