Observe
Go into the world. Ask better questions, understand people and study how things work.
Think deeply.
Make boldly.
For minds that question and hands that make.
A new home for design, research and skilled practice, with roots in India and a global outlook.
Design with intent
✳Research through making
✳Skill through practice
✳India → The world
6
proposed programmes across fashion, product, spatial design and creative technology
24
guided studio hours a week in every full-time programme
70%
minimum in technical craft and the final project to graduate
1
planned campus in Baner, Pune, with every discipline under one roof
Study
Every programme is built around studio practice: guided making, independent work, regular critique and projects reviewed against professional standards. Start where you are and build depth over time.
- Core studio programmesFashion, product and spatial design. Open to beginners.
- Technical practicePattern-making, construction and fit.
- Advanced specialisationDigital fashion and physical computing, for those with prior study.
Six disciplines.
One curious mindset.
Start with a core studio programme. Build depth through technical practice and advanced specialisation.
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A school for
what comes next.
To build an internationally ambitious design school in India, where imagination meets the discipline to make it real.
We see design, research and technical skill as one continuous practice. Our vision brings Indian material knowledge into conversation with contemporary tools, thoughtful experimentation and the needs of a changing world.
Read our visionMastery grows
through practice.
Our proposed learning model combines guided studios, independent work, regular critique and industry-reviewed projects.
Make
Think through your hands. Turn an idea into a pattern, a model, a prototype or a working system.
Test
Invite critique. Measure, fit, question and test against the needs of the people you design for.
Refine
Make it again, with intention. Build the judgement and discipline that professional work requires.
Inside Dhruv.
From first sketch to working prototype
Fashion tables beside digital workflows. Materials linked to fabrication. A shared environment where ideas cross disciplines.
Bring your curiosity. Build your practice.
Admissions planned around potential, commitment and a willingness to learn through making.
Rooted in India. Open to the world.
Indian material knowledge in conversation with contemporary tools and a global standard of practice.
Better questions. Real experiments.
Research through making: material tests, prototypes and field studies that produce real evidence.
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