NID to set up research chair

National Institute of Design is joining hands with Autodesk Inc, a US-based software and digital solution company.

The company will establish a research chair and a centre of excellence in innovative design, called Design Edge at NID.

This will be the third research chair to be set up at NID. The previous two were John Bissell Chair for Textile and O P Jindal Stainless Chair for Research (Product Innovation). An MoU will be signed in this regard on February 1 at NID by the institute's director, Darlie Koshy and regional director of Autodesk, India, Rajiv Nair.

Autodesk is a $7.7 billion US-based software company, which specialises in 2D and 3D software. The company boasts of 100 per cent Fortune 100 companies and 98 per cent Fortune 500 companies, among other 7 million registered users around the world.

The company's four global strategic partners include Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, apart from 2,500 third-party developers.