Invited Speakers

S.Balaram is Emeritus professor of CEPT University, India and presently Dean at D.J.Academy of Design

He is a Designer, Educator and Writer.

He served at the National institute of Design as chairman, Education and as chairman, Extension programmes.

He founded the Craft Development Institute in Kashmir for Government of India.

Many of his designs were produced and acclaimed. He has 4 patents to his credit.

His numerous awards include – Ron Mace international award for Universal Design, Helen keller award for outstanding contribution for people with disabilities, UNIDO-ICSID award for Design for Development and an honorary Fellowship of Society of Industrial Designers of India.

He was invited speaker at various International and National forums. One of the important international meetings organized by him was the ‘UNIDO-ICSID meeting on Design’, the first such meeting to be held in a developing country.

Balaram was the first to coin the term ‘majority world’ to replace the phrase ‘developing world’

He published creative writing as well as design writing .

Apart from the vast number of stories, articles and essays in journals, his book publications include- ‘Thinking Design (second edition); ’Design quotes’ and sections in ‘Britannica  Encyclopedia, ’Universal Design Handbook’ and ‘Teaching Universal Design’.

Balaram is on the advisory board of ‘Design Issues’ journal.

He was one of the keynote speakers at the Second  IAUD conference 2006, Kyoto.