The foundation of the ARCH Academy of Design (www.archedu.org) was laid down in the year 2000 by the Arch Educational Society in Jaipur, with the objective to impart industrially relevant and specialized education and training in the field of design.
ARCH is affiliated with the University of Rajasthan for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. ARCH is an authorized study centre of the Punjab Technical University for degrees in Jewelry Design, Fashion Technology, Textile Design and Interior Design.
We, at ARCH, believe, that to be responsible contributors to society, we must have a larger understanding of, and respect for, human potential and dignity. Therefore, in an important extension to the predictable dissemination of professional and technical knowledge, ARCH seeks to instill collaborative skills in its students, through an interactive learning process incorporating the contextual values and contents of local knowledge systems.
And in the process, ARCH aims to create design professionals and entrepreneurs with the sensitivity, the sensibility and the ability to eventually contribute in a fully aware and insightful manner, to societal needs.
We believe that, this, the designer’s way of thinking, will play an important role in influencing the attitudes of leaders, policy makers and opinion makers not just in design related fields but in all walks of life.
Most importantly, we recognize that this thinking entails the training and sensitizing of individuals and groups, to genuinely perceive available opportunities for improvement, and through the application of cohesive thought processes, act upon the possibilities that emerge, and take the process through to satisfactory culmination in the form of original and comprehensive outcomes; and effectively make coherent and meaningful contributions to the quality of life and environment in general.
This is the basis of our teaching philosophy at the Arch Academy of Design.
All the programs of study available here at ARCH are built on this foundation. A harmoniously and lucidly internalized design process or ‘approach’, equips anybody with the requisite think skill sets to solve any problem and the sub problems within.
We do offer skills upgradation programs for artisans and the underprivileged under the HRD Scheme of the Development Commissioner Handicrafts (DCH), Ministry of Textiles (Govt. of India) in Fashion Accessories. We have also conducted many such programs with other government agencies as RUDA, RMOL and DST et al. To promote entrepreneurial and business leadership qualities among youth, ARCH conducts several skill based entrepreneurship development programs sponsored by several central government and state government institutions, along with professional organizations with NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network), TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), FICCI FLO (FICCI Ladies Organization), et al.
Under the Prime Minister Initiative for International Education (PMIE2) of the British Council, faculty and students exchange programs have also been undertaken between ARCH and Doncaster College, UK. Under the Twinning Program between ARCH Academy of Design, India and Textila Gymnasiet, Sweden, there have been constant interactions between the students of the two countries.