Mangaluru: The Indian Design School hosted its second ‘Design Celebration’ on Saturday, 31st August 2019 – a monthly event where it invites award-winning, celebrated architects and interior designers from across the country for conducting talks on design, projects and professional practice.

“It serves as a platform where exchange of ideas and knowledge takes place to inspire young and creative minds to achieve excellence. The talk is generally followed by the presentation of the event sponsors” a statement from the school said.

On Saturday, Ar. Chethan Kamath was invited as the guest speaker, with ‘AK Group’ as the event sponsor. Chethan Kamath is an award-winning practicing architect and interior designer. He is the founder and Chief Architect of Planz Unlimited – Architects and a member of COA. A graduate from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), he has been practicing independently from past 18 years – giving him a strong insight into various aspects of project conceptualisation, design development and detailing. He won the Ultratech Award for Best Architect in residential design for two consecutive years.

The theme of the event was “Practical Approach to Interior Design in Academics”, where Kamath presented some of his best projects and the challenges behind each with a twist of academics in it. “The talk provided the students with an in-depth understanding on materials, construction management and project execution. A question-answer session was conducted at the end of the talk which gave the students a further clarity on finer details of design” a press release by the school stated.

The Talk was followed by the presentation of AK Group by Dr. Prashanth M.A. (Director of AK Group), who gave a detailed information on the plethora of products offered by the company to architects and interior designers. The presentation was followed by another question-answer session on the request of the students to know more about the details of their new products and those yet to be launched. The event was also joined by Naushad A.K., director of the AK Group of Companies.

The AK Group conducted the ‘Carpentry Workshop’ for the students of IDS in the afternoon where the carpenters performed a live demonstration of the construction of panel and flush doors. This was followed by the students constructing similar doors in groups, under the aid and supervision of the carpenters. The students found the workshop to be a “never-before-experience packed with fun, learning and practical experience.”

The event concluded with Kamath, Dr. Prashanth and Naushad A.K. being awarded the certificate of appreciation by Chairman – Ar. Mohammed Nissar, Director – Dr. Nafeesa Shirin and Principal – Ar. Ramnath Nayak of Indian Design School.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the CBI and ED on former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s pleas seeking bail in the corruption and money laundering cases lodged in relation to the alleged excise policy scam.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sisodia’s pleas challenging a trial court’s April 30 order by which his bail petitions were dismissed.

The high court listed the matter for further hearing on May 8.

Sisodia, in an interim application, urged the court to continue the trial court’s order allowing him to meet his ailing wife once a week in custody, during pendency of his pleas.

As the counsel for the ED submitted that the probe agency has no objection if the trial court order is continued, Justice Sharma allowed the request.

The trial court had dismissed Sisodia's bail pleas in the corruption and money-laundering cases lodged by the CBI and ED respectively in connection with alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy for 2021-22.