a new design innovation centre in delhi university is all set to facilitate innovations at the ug level aaditi isaac reports delhi university du has got an approval from mhrd to establish a design innovation centre dic which will be set up at the cluster innovation centre cic du this centre will facilitate innovations at the undergraduate level the du centre will innovate and initially have labs in electronics digital fabrication and modeling and stimulation these labs will primarily be at the cic and other distributive centres later cic plans to have a rapid prototype lab as well the labs will focus on developing computeraided design graphic image development and concept generation in areas such as advertising urban infrastructure electronics and mass communication the projects carried out in these labs will be available to students in the form of electives says madan m chaturvedi director cic du as per the proposal of national innovation council four such design innovation centres will be set up in iitdelhi iitbombay iitguwahati and iisc bangalore these centres will work on the basis of the hub and spoke model this centre will bring together the society academics and industry to look for viable options that can make an impact on the society the focus of the centre at du would be on helping students to come up with innovative projects prototype models which can be marketed successfully or can be used in the industry informs chaturvedi the dic will have a major thrust on innovation in education the courses running at cic btech in innovation with mathematics it meta college conceptbased course btech in humanities and meta university conceptbased course master of mathematics education have an innovative curriculum there is a need for curricula at the undergraduate level to be regularly updated and have social relevance teachers and students must work on reallife problems and look for a way to make an impact on the life of the people setting up the dic is a way to encourage undergraduate research and also look for reallife solutions says chaturvedi as of now students who have enrolled for the courses at cic will have access to dic at du we are also hoping that students from du colleges can be part of this centre he concludes