About Typography Day

Typography Day will be held for the sixteenth time on 26th, 27th and 28th of October 2023 hosted  by Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (BHU Varnasi) in collaboration with the IDC School of Design (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.

Program Committee:

Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay
Prof. Manish Arora, School of Applied Arts, BHU, Varanasi
Prof. G V Sreekumar, Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay
Prof. Santosh Kshirsagar, Faculty, J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai
Prof. Udaya Kumar, Faculty, DoD, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Ajanta Sen (representing Indeas), Director, Solar Project, Mumbai
Prof. Girish Dalvi, Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay, Mumba

Conference Chairperson:

Prof. Manish Arora, D/o Applied Arts, F/o Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Conference Co-chair:

Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

Web Administration:

Sri Roopa Narayan Sahoo, IDC, IIT Bombay

Advisors:

Prof. Mahendra Patel, Ex faculty, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Sri Aurobind Patel, Typeface Designer, Mumbai
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Sri Achyut Palav, Director, School of Calligraphy, Mumbai
Prof. G V Sreekumar, Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Prof. Girish Dalvi, Faculty, IDC, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Dr. Ajanta Sen, Director, Solar Project, Mumbai
Prof. Santosh Khirsagar, Faculty, J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai
Prof. Ranjana Dani, Faculty, MIT MEER's Institute of Design, Pune
Prof. Imanuel Suresh, Faculty, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Prof. Ravi Mokashi, Faculty, DoD, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Udaya Kumar, Faculty, DoD, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Vinay Mundada, Director, Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID), Pune
Prof. Tarun Das, Faculty, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Prof. Kumkum Nadig, Faculty, Head, Visual Communication Design, Srishti School of Design, Bangalore
Dr. Sumanthri Samarawickrama, Faculty, Department of Integrated Design, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Prof. Antoine Abi Aad, Head of Department, Graphic Design and Visual Communication, Lebanese University

Erstwhile Advisors:

Prof. Vikas Satwalekar, Ex faculty and Director, NID, Ahmedabad
Sri Sudarshan Dheer, CEO, Graphic Communication Concepts, Mumbai
Dr. Essam Abu Awad, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design - Applied Sciences University, Jordan