UPIDR: On December 21, a senior official from the organization itself reported that the Uttar Pradesh Institute of Design and Research (UPIDR) University is expected to offer higher degree courses from 2022, while the bachelor degree courses shall commence from early 2021. 

Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh, the Uttar Pradesh State Minister of MSME and export promotion, during a kit distribution ceremony organized by UPIDR stated that it is going to be the first design University in the country.

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UPIDR University has received approval from AICTE to begin the session for bachelor’s degree courses. The University will be set up in Lucknow. 

The UPIDR Chairperson Kshipra Shukla stated during a press media interaction that they expect the University will be set-up and will start regulating by January-February 2022, and in the time being, they will commence the bachelor’s degree courses from February 2021. 

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UPIDR currently provides diploma courses for developing crafts entrepreneurship. During the kit distribution ceremony, Singh distributed chikankari, panja dari, leathercraft, and kamdani tool kits to artisans. 

Based on the recommendations of UPID, the Government of Uttar Pradesh constituted the Uttar Pradesh Institute of Design (UPID) in the year 2003 as an autonomous institute registered under the Indian Societies Act 1860 for the purpose of conducting suitable diploma/ certificate courses in Craft Design education.

The Institute was funded with an annual grant of Rs. 50 lac for two consecutive years by the U.P. Government and Rs. 87 Lac was received as the first installment of a grant from the Central Govt. The resources of the Central Design Center including building and craft museums have also been transferred to the Institute.

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