National Institute of Design Assam

Course: Materials, Processes & Applications

Discipline: Industrial Design

Semester: 3rd semester

Anchor Faculty: Dr. Bisheshwar Haorongbam
Support Faculty: Shri Sudipta Ghosh

We are delighted to share that the documentary film “LAHE LAHE” made by Mr. Mohamed Shamir and Mr.Ashish Roshan, as part of their Design Project in Communication Design Discipline has been nominated at the British University Students Film Festival (BUESFF) 2025.

This documentary is an initiative to address mental health awareness in rural areas of Assam, touching upon areas such as basic education, stigma reduction, and improving access to support through community-based activities. “LAHE LAHE” is an Assamese phrase that propels people to approach and live life with patience, calmness and unhurried pace.
The team would like to make a special mention of Shri Adithya M. Sagar, who played the lead role and whose contribution was essential to the film.

Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Shamir & Mr. Ashish for their achievement.

Credits:
“LAHE LAHE”
Research, Direction, Cinematography, Production & Post-Production: Mohamed Shamir and Ashish Roshan
Special mention: Adithya M Sagar
Guided by: Suman Chowdhury

Course name: History of Art and Design
Faculty: Ms. Preeti (VF) , Anchor Faculty: Mr. Pranab
Discipline: Foundation Studies
Semester: First

Some snap shots from the recently concluded SLA (Science and Liberal Arts)-5-Semiotics and SLA-3-Aesthetics.

Semesters: III, V
Discipline: All three

Faculty:
Visitng Faculties:
Aesthetics: Dr. Kanika Gupta
Semiotics: Dr. Shreya Mukherjee
Anchor Faculty: Mr. K. Harish Singh

Independence Day celebrations at NID, Assam. The agenda of the programme were as follows:
1. People getting images at the 'Har-Ghar Tiranga' photo-booth installed on the foyer.
2. The Director and the staff celebrating the day.
3. The staff cherishing the moment.
4. On this new initiative of the Director of 'One Achievement, one sapling', Mr. Anoop Saxena (On getting a paper published) and the Director, Dr. Sampath Jinka Kumar (On getting the 2nd prize in Handloom Hackathon, New Delhi)
5. Students celebrated with cultural programmes.
6. Some prizes given away on Independence Day competitions (Students Yuvika Goel and Antar Biswas, Head Librarian Dr. Tonmay Sabhapandit, employee Ms. Pallabi Gogoi)

The National Librarian's Day was celebrated at NID Assam with a series of events (plantation, inauguration of a material library, book displays, the release of the Bibliophiles Bulletin, an awareness program, the Padmashree Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Memorial Talk, various competitions, and prize distribution ceremonies) from 6th August 2025 to 12th August 2025. Prof. Ajanta Borgohain Rajkonwar, Vice-Chancellor of the Assam Women's University in Jorhat, Assam, and Prof. J. P. Sampath Kumar, Director of NID Assam, grace the occasion as speakers.

The winners of the prizes distributed:
a. Best KMC User 2024-25: Dia Bhandari (Student), Gautam Kumar (Staff), K. Harish Singh (Faculty)
b. Book Review Competition: Budheswari Mazhi (1st), K. Harish Singh (2nd), Elgin Topno (3rd)
c. Letter Writing Competition: Rabindra Bora (1st), K. Harish Singh (2nd), Dulumoni Kalita (3rd)
d. Signage Design Competition: Harsh Bika (winner)
e. To Know Your Books Competition: Rakesh Maheshwari & Sangeeta deka (1st), Pallabi Gogoi & Sikha Moni Talukdar (1st), K. Harish Singh & Bhaswati Likhak (2nd)

Inauguration of the material library, in the KMC (Knowledge Management Centre) of NID Assam.

Theme 2025: “Yoga for One Earth, One Health”, aligning yoga with sustainability and global well-being. Signature Events: Targeted events like Yoga Sangam, Yoga Bandhan, Harit Yoga, Yoga Samavesh, and Yoga Unplugged for amplifying the narrative of yoga.

Earthen Echoes: Where Ancient Clay Meets Modern Visions'-
A National Terracotta Art Workshop Comes to Life in Assam’s
Heartland": A cluster visit by the Director and Mr. Sudev Mandal , on clay, in Jorhat district.