Jaipur's primary design college, Arch Academy of design receives a prestigious membership from 'CUMULUS' ,the international association of universities and colleges of art, design and media. The REDO biannual Cumulus 2017 conference was a 4 day event held in Kolding, Denmark.
Cumulus is a global association, formed to serve Art and Design education and research. It is a forum for partnership and transfer of knowledge and best practices. It currently consists of 257 members from 54 countries. Cumulus Secretariat is located in Helsinki, Finland. Initiated with an aim to build and maintain a dynamic and flexible academic forum that would bring together top-level educational institutions from all parts of the world, Cumulus offers wider international context for discussion and developments in education and research of art, design and media. Arch has recently obtained full membership of CUMULUS. This will help in opening up more opportunities for our students as well as providing them greater international exposure. It will also enable (our) children or students to participate in research, scholarship and competitions etc being conducted by this organization.
Along with this Arch academy of design has also tied up with the leading design colleges of Paris, École Duperré,College of Art, Design and Fashion and École Boulle for summer internship and semester internship which will provide global level platform to broaden their perspectives and enhance skills.
Other members of the association include well known international universities like the University of Antwerp, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Aalto University, National Institute of Design, India, IIT-Mumbai, Istituto Marangoni School of Design.
Archana Surana, Founder and Director of ARCH College of Design & Business, has been re-elected as Board Member of the Cumulus Association Executive Board for the 2025–2028 term. She previously served as the Vice President from 2022 to 2025.
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