Israel India | Business Guide | 2017

089 Research & Non-Research Academies > Higher Education > I srael is one of themost productive countries in terms of quality and quantity of academic research. It is ranked among the top 20 countries by number of publications and among the world's top 10 countries according to the index of average citations per publication.In the last decade Israel also has an impressive number of Nobel Prize winners.The impact of research excellence can be seen in the extraordinary development of technology based IP (a technology company created by a Hebrew University Professor was acquired by Intel for $15 billion). Israel’s non-research academies educate professionals in various fields - from music and art to sciences. Richard Florida has identified the high value of the Creative Class, and placed it as an important component for creating social and economic vitality. Creative industries in Israel - advertising,film, broadcasting,online content,mobile content, music, art, fashion, jewelry, architecture and design - rely on a network of academic institutions and contribute 4% to GDP. Israel's oldest academic institution and one of the leaders in the Art and Design field is the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design,Jerusalem, having over 2000 students at undergraduate and graduate level. Bezalel has exchange programs with over 150 universities around the world, and Erasmus agreements with over twenty European partners. Prof.Elad Persov is a DesignManager and Founder of the Design Management Program at Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem What Higher Education in Israel has to offer students from India? Higher education in Israel also offers high-quality non-research academies Prof. Elad Persov Case Study of Educational Collaboration Joint Interdisciplinary and International Annual Workshop Series on Sustainable Design Prof. Roshni Udyavar Yehuda With a view to exploring the pedagogical implications of a multicultural and interdisciplinary approach to sustainable design, Rachana Sansad’s Institute of Environmental Architecture,Mumbai,and Bezalel Academy of Art & Design,Jerusalem, convened a joint interdisciplinary,international workshop titled ‘Small is Beautiful – a study of design as if people mattered’. Students and faculty from architecture,industrial design,visual communications and interior design came together over seven days in August 2016 to simultaneously explore sustainable design intervention process in spaces within dense urban communities. They addressed issues related to sustainability:current trends of increasing housing size, different opportunities of resource, space and infrastructure sharing, design for low-income families, cultural and behavioral driven design, etc., which leads to the saving of resources and the reduction of pollution.The focus of the workshop was to develop a humanistic, interdisciplinary approach to sustainable design of habitats - celebrating multicultural academic learning and creation. The conference was inaugurated by Mr. David Akov, Consul General of Israel in Mumbai,the Vice Chairman of Rachana Sansad,Prof.P.P.Amberkar andTrustee,Rachana Sansad,Mr.Uday Chande over an online medium simultaneously in India and Israel. Prof. Roshni Udyavar Yehuda is Head, Rachana Sansad Institute of Environmental Architecture, Mumbai A group of Israeli and Indian students from different design disciplines present sustainable design solutions for selected case studies at Rachana Sansad's Institute of Environmental Architecture, Mumbai (From L to R) Prof. Elad Persov, Prof. Ruti Kantor, Prof. Roshni Yehuda and Pooja Dawalkar at the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design building in Jerusalem