We can contact this person,he came to iit kanpur once for counseling

Theo J.J Groothuizen

Counselor for Design, Science and Technology

The Embassy of the Netherlands, New Delhi

Theo Groothuizen is the Counselor for Science and Technology at the Netherlands Embassy, New Delhi since August 2006. After completing his masters degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology, he pursued his study in architecture for some years.

Previously, he worked for Royal Dutch Telecom for 6 years. With his expert design sensibilities and scope of knowledge in the field of architecture he started running his own professional design practice. He was co-founder of Design Consultancy Landmark in the Netherlands (1986), of which he became principle in 1994. He is also the founder of Landmark Switzerland.

In his career path, he was also an Executive Board Member of the Dutch Designer's Association (BNO) and the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) and Convener for the Bureau of European Designers Associations (BEDA). He is also the honorary member of BNO, Regional Advisor for ICSID and Fellow of Design for the World.

He has delivered several lectures at top universities and was member of the external research advisory board of the faculty of Design, Engineering and Manufacturing at the Delft University of Technology. Known for his expertise in design and architecture, Groothuizen was invited on numerous occasions as speaker, workshop leader, jury member, moderator or curator. He was instrumental in organizing several events to promote Dutch Design worldwide. Prior, to his current assignment, Groothuizen was professor of Industrial Design Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, South Korea.

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minutes of the meeting - Domus

020811

1100  - 1300hrs

Rozzano Italy

Sourabh Gupta                    Director                                 Archohm

Sofia Mondera                     International Director           Domus

Figini Carmen                                                                        Domus

1.             SG explained the design village concept

2.             SG explained zolijns, archohm and jcbl and their relationships.

3.             SG explained that he wanted explore the possibility of establishing a strategic partnership with Domus as an endeavor to promote the design school, to position it at the top. This could also give Domus a great positioning in the Indian market.

4.             SG also explained the design museum initiative, specially the collaboration with the Vitra Design Museum. This could be another initiative that Domus could support.

5.             Domus expressed its keen interest in the Indian market. They were in advanced talk with Spenta publishing in Mumbai. If things go well, they will sign a contract with them in September and the first india edition might be launched as early as October.

6.             SM explained that though they have a publication partner in Mumbai, it does not stop them from having any other alliances in the country. They could help organize competitions, assist in exhibitions and workshops, conferences etc at an independent level. The publication can be an added asset if required as they have the control over the content.

7.             SM also suggested that they would exchange notes with their editor in chief and their brand manager for support.

8.             SG suggested that they would like to first brainstorm on various possibilities of collaboration before entering into a concrete solution together. For this, SG requested for material to understand Domus and is to send relevant material to Domus to understand, archohm, its partners, design village and India.

9.             SM suggested a meeting with the team on 22^nd September on SG’s visit for the Bologna fair to Italy. This would give time to both teams to discuss and review their positions. This would potentially include Govana Massocchi, the chief editor and the marketing head of Domus.

10.         Sm also suggested that the Zolijns collaboration could be the stepping stone towards a direct partnership. SG assured to send the Zolijns coverage in india to give them an idea of the design space in publication in the country. SG also assured further assistance to Domus directly if required.

11.         Collaborating on exhibitions could be an easy possibility. This could mean a preview of the exhibition in the print media and publications that could be sold or alternatively in merchandise. We could also have a look at Domus model kits which have been successful.

12.         Collaborating on the design competition in India could be another interesting proposition as Domus has organized design competitions with bmw in the past.

13.         Monographs and books on design in coordination with the design village was something Domus could look into. Domus and Taschen have collaborated in the past very well.

14.         Design village could have a regular feature in the space put aside for the Domus india magazine section.

15.         Next  step is to be exchange materials and build an agenda for the September meeting to follow.

minutes of the meeting - Achille Castiglioni museum

030811

1000 – 1200 hrs

Achille Castiglioni museum and office, Milan, italy

Sourabh Gupta                    Director                                                      Archohm

Giovanna Castiglioni          Director                                 Castiglioni Foundation

1.             SG briefly explained the design village concept, Vitra Design Museum and the design competition.

2.             SG broadly explained Zolijns, Archohm and their relationship.

3.             GC explained how the Italian government had taken back the support from the museum. So now, they were in a process of establishing a foundation that could operate more commercially and support the entire exercise of preserving the Castiglioni collection.

4.              GC explained that they are trying to put together an exhibition for this September Milan fair. They also have inquiries to take this exhibition to London and Hong Kong next year from the Zaha Hadid office.

5.             To explore collaboration opportunities.

Interesting Curriculum_case study - KAOSpilot

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Strategic plans of Delft University 2007-2010

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An interesting case study by Isha : Foundation for Liberal and Management Education (FLAME), Pune

http://www.flame.edu.in/index.php

The idea of offering a flexible education pattern that encourages inter disciplinary studies was conceived by Mr Parag Shah and Mr Nemish Shah. in 2004. They bought  large chunks of land near Pune (as they were already dealing with real estate markets as a parallel business)

They approached Prof B.V Doshi (he was a family friend) to build the campus for this university. After intensive travelling to Europe and US, visiting campuses, they had a clearer idea of what they wanted. 

Admissions for the first batch happened in 2007.

Their coup was 

Indira J Parikh

Ph. D (Gujarat)

Founder President FLAME  

Prof. Indira Parikh was a faculty at IIM-A for over 30 years and Dean from 2002 to 2005. She has also taught at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France) and Texas A&M University.


She later brought many faculty members through her contact, like

Prakash M Shingi 


Ph. D (University of Illinois, USA)

Dean, 
FLAME School of Business Dean, FLAME Doctorate in Business Studies 



After completing his Ph. D from University of Illinois, USA, Professor Shingi did teaching and research for 32 years at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He was also the Dean as well as the Officiating Director of this Institute. 

The program

Flame School of Business

Flame School of Liberal Education

Flame School of Communication

Flame School of Performing Arts

Very impressive faculty list

Fulltime/Visitng/International

Name	Experience
Dr. Gautam Dutta	IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Amal Dhru	IIM-Ahmedabad
Dr. Asha Kaul	IIM-Ahmedabad; IIM-Lucknow
Arnab K Laha	IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Indira J Parikh	Dean- IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Rajendra Patel	IIM-Ahmedabad
Prof. Mukul Vasavada	IIM-Ahmedabad

Name	Organization
Dr. Archana R Dholakia	Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Asian Development Bank, Govt. of Gujarat
Prof. Amal Dhru	Hindustan Lever, Sarabhai Group
Dr. Asha Kaul	UP Tourism Department
Prof. M G Korgaonkar	IIT, Mumbai, NICMAR, Pune; KIAMS, Harihar
Prof. Vinita Dang Mohoni	Quadra Advisory
Prof. Rajendra Patel	Rolls Royce, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., World Bank
Prof. Vidyanidhi Vanarase	London International Festival of Theatre, London; Project Phakama, Contacting the World,
Prof. Veena Yadav	Sun Micro Systems, Cognizant, Praj Industries Pune, SHL India, Ingersoll Rand, India, Force Motors Pune, HPFL Mumbai

Experience	Experience
Dr. Gautam Dutta	London School of Economics, University of Illinois, Chinese University, Albert Schweitzer University, Switzerland
Dr. Nirmal Gupta	J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, John M Olin School of Business, Washington University, California Polytechnic University
Prof. Preeti Mulay	Washington University
Prof. Himanshooo Bhat Navangul	University of Zurich, Switzerland, University of Missouri-Kansas City, North Carolina Wesleyan College and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Prof. M G Korgaonkar	School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Hoseo University, Korea.
Prof. Indira J Parikh	INSEAD, France, Texas A&M University
Prof. Thomas Russell	Leavy School of Business, Santa Clara University

Name	Experience
Dr. Archana R Dholakia	M S University, Baroda; Gujarat University, Ahmedabad;
Dr. Nirmal Gupta	S P Jain, Mumbai; Management Development Institute, Gurgaon; R A Podar, Mumbai
Dr. Asha Kaul	IIT, Kanpur, IIT Delhi; Management Development Institute, Gurgaon; Times School of Marketing; Delhi
Prof. M G Korgaonkar	IIT, Mumbai, NICMAR, Pune; KIAMS, Harihar
Prof. Mukul Vasavada	NID, Ahmedabad, MICA, Ahmedabad
Prof. Veena Yadav	Symbiosis, Pune

USP: They got hold of good faculty members (beginning with the top notch and made them deans/directors) and their contacts brought in other faculty members. 

Compulsory residential student programs - encouraging more interactions (they started something called the mentorship programs, like the gurukul system)

Also residential programs brought in more financial returns. 

I know the founder - Mr Parag Shah (a friend's maternal uncle). I can arrange for a meeting with him if you think it is worth a visit.