Ishanya, India's largest Design Centre and Specialty Mall for Interiors and Exteriors announced the inauguration of Pune Regional Chapter office of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) on May 25th May 2008. To mark this occasion, IIID and Ishanya also celebrated World Interiors Day "� 2008. The inauguration today was done by eight all-India level past presidents from IIID (Mr Sharad Ranadive, Mr Prem Nath, Mr Atul Desai, Mr Rohit Ganatre, Mr Vishwas Lele, Mr Rajesh Patel, Mr Conrad Gonsalves and Mr Shrikant Nivasarkar), Mr Nitin Killawala "� Present President of IIID, Mr S. C. Mehta, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. Also present for inauguration were Mr I.S Narula - President & CEO, Value Added Retail Estate (VARE) & Retail Business, Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corp Ltd and four past chairmen of IIID Pune Regional chapters namely Ar S N Singh, Ar Hari Agashe, Ar Raju Mahagaonkar and Mr Pratap Jadhav and present chairman Ar Subodh Sapatnekar. |
Commenting on this, Mr S. C. Mehta, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd said, "With the IIID opening, Ishanya is poised to fulfill its promise of bringing together ideas, expertise and solutions in a cogent and friendly manner offering everything under one roof to the discerning "� from architects, interior designers and the entire interiors and exteriors trade to walk-in customers. Ishanya is all about intellectual space and not only retail space. Ishanya will provide the interior-exterior industry opportunities to collaborate, learn through participation, to share experiences, to express their ideas to others, and to make use of a variety of resources. Ishanya's footfall has crossed 350,000 footfalls over the last 130 days which talks highly of the patronage Ishanya is receiving."
IIID at Ishanya will focus on knowledge sharing and providing research tools coupled with global expertise that will help Indian architects and designers come together to share ideas and concepts. In collaboration with Ishanya, plans for seminars, special events and training sessions are already in the pipeline.
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Nitin Killawala, Present President of IIID said, "The opening of our office at Ishanya is even more memorable with presence of our all India level past presidents and 'World Interiors Day' celebrations. Felicitating our past presidents and chairmen is just a small gesture to recognise their role in establishing and promoting IIID as a world-class institution. It's a day to actively engage professionals, design enthusiasts and the public at large to explore their creativity, imagination, vision and passion".
The evening also included some enriching and interactive sessions with the eight past presidents and Ar Shakti Parmar, renowed architect who presented his work.
With IIID opening, now Ishanya has 300,000 square feet of retail and services space opened to public. With a further 15 additional stores poised to open in May-end this year, Ishanya will soon have about 35 stores open.
About Ishanya:
Ishanya is India's largest Design Centre and Specialty Mall, located in Pune. Ishanya houses 52 product categories with over 5000 brands and 100 stores when fully open. Ishanya is emerging as a pan-India platform for architects, designers, manufacturers, consumers and also the arts and culture community. Besides retail Ishanya houses one of India's finest amphitheatres, two art galleries, exhibition spaces, a seminar hall, mock up and simulation spaces, a creativity centre, a knowledge and research centre, etc.
About Ishanya "� IIID association:
Ishanya is the only design centre endorsed by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID). The IIID office at Ishanya will provide a collaborative, creative and knowledge-based environment for the architect and design community and will also develop a knowledge centre at Ishanya. A library developed by Ishanya will also be managed by IIID and will act as a hub of information for IIID members and the public.
About World Interiors Day:
World Interiors Day is the international event created to provide an occasion to highlight the merits of the interior professions and their impact on the quality of life. The theme for this year, decided by I.F.I. (International Federation of Interior Designers (IFI) is the Global organization of interior architects and designer's organizations, representing over 70 member associations and more than 65000 interior architects and designers in 45 countries on all the worlds continents), of which IIID is a member, is Identity. This theme can be interpreted in several ways -- 'emotional culture' in our living environment, self-development & fulfillment, freedom and space for new perspectives, spontaneity, vision and imagination. IIID decided to have 'Design Identity'.