Prof. Vyas acquired a Masters in Industrial Design from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay and was awarded an ‘Honorary Master of Arts’ degree in 2010 from the
University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, United Kingdom.
With more than 36 years of professional and teaching experience in different spheres of
design, Prof. Vyas had been associated with NID for 30 years, first as a faculty member
and later on as the Director of the Institute (2009 - 2019).
Prof. Vyas has been at the helm of design affairs and his illustrious career has been
marked with several national and international milestones and accolades. His contribution
in the formation of India Design Council, 2009, was marked by Prof. Vyas being nominated
as its first Member Secretary by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of
India, a post he had retained until his retirement from NID in 2019. During his tenure as
Director, NID received the status of Institute of National Importance by the Act of
Parliament. He assisted the Government of India during the setting up four new NIDs
across the length and breadth of the country. Through India Design Council, he launched
India Design Mark in association with Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) on the
line of G-Mark.
He has been conferred with multiple awards in recognition for his contributions to design
education and promotion, to name a few, World Education Congress, 2015, awarded him for
his ‘Outstanding Contribution to Education’; he was awarded a ‘Lifetime Achievement
Award’ by Times Education Icons 2017 along with being a jury member for the special
awards screening panel at Good Design Award (G- Mark) by the Japan Institute of Design
Promotion, Japan consequently in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
In 2019, he has been awarded the honor of ‘Good Design Fellow’, by the Japan Institute of
Design Promotion (JDP), Tokyo.
Prof. Vyas was appointed as a ‘Distinguished Professor’ of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts,
China, at the Shanghai Global design Summit, 2019.