President gives assent to National Institute of Design Bill

The National Institute of Design Bill, which will permit the institute to award degrees to students, has now become an Act with President Pranab Mukherjee giving his assent.
The President gave his assent to the National Institute of Design Bill, 2014, on July 17, officials said today.
The Bill was the first legislation to be passed by Parliament after the Narendra Modi government came to power.
The Ahmedabad-based institute, which has a branch in Gandhinagar and also a satellite centre in Bangalore, will now be an 'institute of national importance'.
The institute will now start awarding post graduate degrees, among others. Besides, it will also offer MPhil and PhD programmes and also enjoy the autonomy to increase the seat strength.

The institute would also act as a nucleus for interaction between academia and industry by encouraging exchange of designers and other technical staff and undertake sponsored and funded research as well as consultancy projects.