Rupesh Vyas

Rupesh Vyas is professor of practice of visual communication design (information design) at Aalto University. He leads the new (starting fall 2016) information design major at the Department of Media. Previously Vyas was senior faculty at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, responsible for developing information and interaction design education, among other tasks. Vyas has two decades of experience as an educator, researcher and design practitioner. He has contributed significantly to a variety of major projects with national importance in India, including the 2011 census, rollout of the Multipurpose National Identity Card, and national level visual standards for Drivers’s Licence. He is the World Regional Representative of International Institute of Information Design (IIID) in India.