The India Toy Fair 2021

On-line intervention on March 1st.

This session will explore and support toys as a tool in pedagogy as part of primary, secondary and tertiary education, across normal pupil as well as pupil with special needs, initiatives to be taken for global collaborative research and innovation in the toy sector by academia, industry and design fraternity for successful incubation of startups, support and acceleration required for upliftment, growth and promotion of indigenous toy crafts of India, measures required to understand and leverage the role of moderated emerging technologies, the need to identify requirements of the toy industry and develop courses and programs on toy design to prepare a workforce to meet the demand

Envisaged outcomes: Shedding light on the various aspects of toy industry

Speakers:

• Dr. Mariana Amatullo, President, CUMULUS Association
• Shri Srini Srinivasan, President, World Design Organisation (WDO)
• Shri Hemant Suthar, President, Association of Designers of India (ADI)
• Shri Alok Nandi, Past President, Interaction Design Association (IxDA)
• Prof. Pradyumna Vyas, Former Director, National Institute of Design