IIT Hyderabad to offer new course in visual design; check details here

IIT Hyderabad to offer new course in visual design; check details here

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New Delhi, Updated on Jun 19, 2021 16:10 IST

The course is targeted at aspiring and practicing designers, researchers, entrepreneurs, animators, user interface professionals. Graduates with one year experience are eligible to join the course.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad in collaboration with TalentSprint, an edtech company from the NSE group, has launched a PG Certificate Programme in Visual Design and User Experience. 

The course is targeted at aspiring and practicing designers, researchers, entrepreneurs, animators, user interface professionals. Graduates with one year experience are eligible to join the course, a TalentSprint statement said.

Those who completed the six-month interactive online programme will get a certificate from the IIT Hyderabad. The course is priced at Rs 3 lakh. The maiden cohort will start in August.

The six-month programme, designed by the Department of Design at IIT-H, aims to teach working professionals about creating user-centric digital experiences. The curriculum includes Design Essentials and Design Thinking, Visual Thinking, Digital Storytelling, Graphic Design and Visual Branding.

A campus visit is likely at the end of the six-month programme, where participants will get an opportunity to showcase their work to industry experts and leading academicians, according to Deepak John Mathew, Head of Department of Design (IIT-H), said.

“UX and visual design have huge career potential across the world,” Santanu Paul, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of TalentSprint said.

Meanwhile, a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad has announced that it has developed an oral solution to treat Black Fungus (Mucormycosis) and other fungi and are ready to transfer the technology to take it forward.
A 60-mg tablet, which can be priced at about Rs 200, is patient-friendly as its slow and sustained release in the body reduces nephrotoxicity (adverse impact of medicines and chemicals on the kidney), the institute said in a release. 

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