Ashwini Deshpande on the jury of National Awards for Excellence in Print

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National Awards for Excellence in Print (NAEP) is the only National event organized by the All India Federation of Master printers and is supported by the Government of India. Elephant co-founder Ashwini Deshpande was invited to be on the jury panel as an expert on design & creativity. The Poona Press Owners Association hosted the jury for two days of rigorous judging process at Pune. 

More about the awards & Federation: 

http://www.aifmp.com/?page_id=935/

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The Economic Times invites Ashwini Deshpande to share her “Expert View”

When India’s leading business newspaper invites Elephant Co-founder Ashwini Deshpande to share her views on design, she writes; “ Design has to be purposeful and must lead to better living & better business” 
To read the full story, check

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETM%2F2013%2F05%2F25&PageLabel=9&ForceGif=true&EntityId=Ar00900&ViewMode=HTML/
 

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Leading media portal exchnge4media interviews Elephant Co-founder Ashwini Deshpande on commencement of 25th year of design practice

e4m: What will the key area of focus of Elephant Design in the next five years??
Ashwini: It is a very interesting time for us as the world is looking at India for frugal design principles and Elephant has demonstrated how to get more for less for more in more way than one; be it product innovation, building an enhanced retail experience or creating new benchmarks in out-of-box through user-friendly packaging design.
The key focus will be to unlock the potential of our experience in India and apply it in places and situations where years of abundance have become a curse in recessionary times.
We already have good presence in Singapore since the last two years and we are looking at very interesting challenges across South East Asia. We will soon have presence in Europe, where our understanding and experience in emerging markets gives us a unique advantage.

Read the interview on:

http://www.exchange4media.com/news/story.aspx?news_id=50904/

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How far did Elephant go in 2015

Elephant directors Ashish& Ashwini Deshpande were invited to deliver a keynote at Puebla Mexico at the 2nd International Congress DI-Integra in March 2015. 
Ashwini Deshpande was invited to be part of the esteemed Design Lions jury at the Cannes Lions Festival of creativity in France in June 2015. This was followed by another invitation to join the jury panel of Design for Asia Awards at Hong Kong n July 2016. 
Ashish was invited to deliver a talk at the International Design Congress 2015 that took place in Gwangju, S Korea in October 2015. At the same conference, Ashwini was invited to conduct a workshop.
 

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