Renault is set to launch its first Renault Design Academy in Chennai. The academy will commence on April 3, 2017 and will operate out of a new facility equipped for developing new vehicles. The design academy project in India is organized by Renault Design and developed under the lead of Patrick Lecharpy, VP, Advanced Design and Head of Renault Design India Studios, Luciano Bove, Design Academy Head of Program and Advanced Design Manager,Alain Lonay, New Design Director Mumbai & Chennai studios and Philippe Ponceau, General Manager, Chennai Studio.As part of the programme, six months training in car design will be offered to select six design graduates, post which they will get a professional internship certificate and the best two candidates will receive a permanent designer job offer from the company.
A total of 400 entries were received from various parts of the world including Italy, USA, Russia, India, Brazil, Argentina, Poland, France, Germany, UK, Iran, Korea, Japan and China. The judging panel comprising of Patrick Lecharpy, Luciano Bove, Alain Lonay and Philippe Ponceau selected the six candidates on the basis of their creativity and skills level.
- Rohit Dhiman, India (IAAD Design University in Torino Italy)
- Smitesh Chavanke, India (ISD RUBIKA Design school Pune)
- Nikhil Sorte, India (ISD RUBIKA Design school Pune India)
- Yimeng Li, China (CCS Detroit Design school USA)
- Alireza Salehi, Iran (IAAD Design University in Torino Italy)
- Gautam Muthuswamy, India (ISD RUBIKA Design school Pune)
During the six months internship program, these candidates will be working on a project given to them, under the eye of a team of 12 Renault designers (from France and India) including the Program Director, Patrick Lecharpy and Design Manager, Luciano Bove. The candidates will have projects progress meetings and a final presentation to top management. The training modules that will be provided to the candidates include Exterior & Interior design, C&T & Trends, Digital Modelling, Manual Modelling, French automobile Design, Design Management.
Speaking on the occasion, Patrick Lecharpy VP Advanced Design, Head of Renault Design India studios, said, “India remains one of the important markets for Groupe Renault. The start of the New Design Academy is a testimony of our strong customer centric approach and long-term vision to strategically developing the skill-set of its workforce. With the Design Academy, we decided to make an extra step to train young talents, select the best and put them together in one of our foreign Design Studio. We will give a project to develop for which they will get the chance they were waiting for to unleash their creative abilities & skills.”