M P Ranjan, a pillar of Design in India whose life was always an inspiration, Left us on 9th August, 2015.

Prof M P Ranjan is a design thinker with 40 years of experience in design education and practice. He helped visualize and set up two new design schools in India, one for the crafts sector and the other for the bamboo sector. His teaching extended from design theory to inclusive design action and from rural employment to usability of information technology applications and services.

He writes a blog called “Design for India” on thoughts and initiatives for the spread of design in all sectors of the economy. <http://www.design-for-india.blogspot.com> With 150,000 visitors it has become a major platform for Indian design discourse.

He is on the Governing Council of the IICD, Jaipur and lives and works from Ahmedabad in India. He has been acknowledged by peers as one of the international thought leaders in Design Thinking today.

Ranjan's quote:"Design is like a potent seed that can grow if it is nurtured by society and through these collaborative processes produce huge change in the world."

A gathering to pay tribute to our favorite design guru.