GENERAL:
| Full Name | Mahendra Patel (Mahendrakumar Chaturbhai Patel) |
| Birth Day | 21 February 1943 |
| Birth Place | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Wife | Smita Patel |
| Children | Dr. Amit Patel (Eye Surgeon, Shail Eye Hospital, Ahmedabad); Sumit Patel (Director, Leaf Design, Mumbai) |
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
| 1960-64 | B. A. Fine Arts (Painting), 1st class, M. S. University, Baroda |
| 1964-67 | Post Graduate Diploma (Typography), National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad |
| 1970-71 | Type design apprenticeship, Atilier Frutiger, Paris, France |
| 1967-68 | Advance Graphic Design, School of Design, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1986 | Type design and typography education in Europe, A study tour, UNDP fellowship |
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES:
| 1988 | Typography and Map Design courses, Rhode Island School of Design, USA |
| 1992 | Letter Design, Logo Design and Type Design courses, Canterbury University, New Zealand |
| 1993 | Typography Projects, Nova Scotia College of Arts & Design, Canada |
| 1994 | A Educational Review of Visual Communication Programme & 2-week workshop on Signage Design, Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 1988-95 | Composition course in Foundation Programme, NID, Ahmedabad |
| 1995-97 | Visual Communication course, MICA, Ahmedabad |
| 1968-03 | Typography, Letter Design; Design Project and Diploma Project guide, NID, Ahmedabad |
| 2002-03 | Letter Design Workshop, Dept. of Design, IIT, Gowhati |
| 1995-04 | Letter Design and Typography, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda |
| 1995-04 | External Examiner, BA & MA (Applied Arts), Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda |
| 2002-05 | Letter Design & Typography, Indian Institute of Craft Design, Jaipur |
| 2006-08 | Letter Design & Typography, D J Academy of Design, Coimbatur |
| 1996-09 | External examiner, Design Department, University of Nairobi, Kenya |
| 2002-09 | Letter Design, Typography and Map Design, Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Mumbai |
| 2005-09 | Composition, Letter Design & Typography, NID-PG, Gandhinagar |
| 2005-09 | External Examiner for Communication Design, Pearl Academy, New Delhi |
| 2007-present | Letter Design & Typography, at Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune |
| 2007-present | Letter Design & Typography, at MIT Institute of Design, Pune |
PROJECT EXPERIENCES:
| 1969 | Type Design in Devanagari, Mono Type Corporation, England |
| 1972 | Tourist Map of Ahmedabad, Tourist Dept., Gujarat Government |
| 1972 | “Textiles of India” Exhibition, Theme Pavilion, Asia‘72, New Delhi |
| 1974 | Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Ahmedabad Textiles Industries Association, Ahmedabad |
| 1974 | “World History of Textiles” a Publication, ATIRA, Ahmedabad |
| 1976 | Letter Design in Devanagari, Bengali and Tamil for signage, International Airport Authority of India |
| 1977 | Guide Map of Gujarat, Gujarat Government |
| 1977 | Agri-Expo’77, History section, Theme Pavilion, Government of India, New Delhi |
| 1978 | Stamp Designs, “Agriculture and Rural Development” Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India |
| 1979 | “Udyam” Exhibition-Theme Pavilion, India International Trade Fair, New Delhi |
| 1981 | AMTS Bus Route Map in English and Gujarati, Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service |
| 1981 | Type Design in Gujarati, Gujarati Type Foundry, Bombay |
| 1981 | Type Design in Kannada, Deccan Herald, Bangalore, Karnataka |
| 1982 | Tourist Map of Ahmedabad in English and Gujarati, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat |
| 1982 | Skeleton Map of Ahmedabad (A4 Size), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
| 1982 | Industrial Glimpses of India, a Reference Map, Prime Minister’s office, New Delhi |
| 1982 | Type Design in Malayalam, Malayalam Manorama, Kottayam, Kerala |
| 1983 | Tourist Map of Goa, Tourist Department, Goa |
| 1983 | Irrigation Map of Gujarat, Government of Gujarat |
| 1985 | Cultural Map of India, Festival of India, USA |
| 1989 | Logo Type Design in 14 Indian languages, State Bank of India, Bombay |
| 1992 | “Continuity & change” Exhibition/Gallery Design, Nehru Science Centre, Bombay |
| 1994 | Festival Information Folders, West Zone Cultural Center, Udaipur |
| 1995 | Information Map designs (18) of Kuchchh, Gujarat Ecology Commission, Baroda |
| 1997 | City Signage System, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
| 2000 | Map & Signage Design System in 5-languages, Tirumala & Tirupati Devasthanam |
| 2001 | Campus Signage Design, NID, Ahmedabad |
| 2003 | Map & Signage Design System for Hyderabad City, AP Tourism, Hyderabad |
| 2004 | Matching Font Design Development, NID, Ahmedabad |
| 2003-present | Design Consultant, Leaf Design, Mumbai |
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
| 1974-78 | Joint Chairman, Practice Board |
| 1974-78 | Member, Internal Management Board |
| 1978-84 | Chairman, Visual Communication Faculty |
| 1978-88 | Member, Policy and Planning Board |
| 1978-85 | Member, Staff Evaluation Committee |
| 1978-98 | Member, Professional Education Programme, Admission Interview Jury |
| 1980-82 | Member, Governing Council |
| 1983-84 | Acting Chairman, Professional Education Programme |
| 1984-88 | Chairman, Professional Education Programme |
| 1989-90 | Coordinator, Animation and Coordinator, Printing |
| 1989-93 | Member, Core Committee |
| 1995-99 | Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee |
| 1991-97 | Chairman, Communication Design Faculty |
| 1994-96 | Coordinator, 1 Year Apprenticeship Programme in Typography |
| 2003-04 | Design Consultant, Design Service & Research Projects |
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES/SEMINARS:
| 1973 | “All India Master Printers” conference, Bombay |
| 1974 | ATYPI seminar on Letter Design Education, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1975 | ICOGRADA Conference, Canada |
| 1978 | All India Master Printers and Type Founders Association conference, Chandigarh |
| 1980 | ‘ComputerAided Typography’ seminar, New Delhi |
| 1980 | Letter Design and Typography of Indian script, CALTIS ‘83’, Pune |
| 1980 | Cartography and Map Design Exhibition, Survey of India Seminar, Ahmedabad |
| 1985 | Seminar in Indian Symbology, IDC, Bombay |
| 1985 | Type Design for Computer, Seminar by Raba Contel, Delhi |
| 1990 | “Type Design and Typography” Slide Presentation, Lalit Kala Academy, Gujarat State |
| 1991 | Book Typography, a Slide Presentation, National Book Trust, New Delhi |
| 1991 | Book Design Workshop, NCERT, New Delhi |
| 1992 | Letter form and text Composition, a slide talk, World Book fair, TFAI, New Delhi |
| 1992 | Retrospective Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad |
| 1993 | “Type Design & Typographic Education” Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) & AIGA, Atlanta, USA |
| 1994 | “Designer and his Client”, A presentation, UGC National Seminar, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda |
| 2001 | A Workshop on Magazine Design, Malayalam Manorama, Kottayam |
| 2006 | A Workshop on Letter Design, Ray & Keshavan, Bangalore |
| 2008 | Type Design Development of Indian Scripts, RK Joshi Memorial Talk, IDC, IIt, Mumbai |
| 2008 | Type Design Development of Indian Scripts, LS Wakankar Memorial Talk, JJ College of Printing, Mumbai |
| 2009 | Letter Design Education, A Presentation, Typography-Day 2009, MIT Institute of Design, Pune |
| 2010 | Letter Design to Logotype Identity, A Presentation, Typography-Day 2010, JJ Institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai |
COMMENDATIONS & AWARDS:
| 1974 | Award for Best Design & Printing of Tourist Map Ahmedabad, by DAVP, New Delhi |
| 1996 | Best Design Teacher Award by NID Alumni Association, Ahmedabad |
| 2007 | Commended as Grand Master of Design, as one of the finest teachers, by InDesAs at Icograda conference at IDC, IIT, Mumbai |
| 2009 | Commended as Faculty of Excellence, Design Fundamentals 2009, SID, Pune |
| 2010 | Honoured with Guenberg Award for 2010, For “Type Design Development of Indian Scripts and Map & Signage Design Systems for Several Cities”, by International Gutenberg Society, Mainz, Germany |
PUBLISHED MATERIAL:
| 1978 | “Letter form development of Indian script” An Information folder |
| 1983 | “Letters for Tomorrow”, an article in CALTIS ‘83 Publication |
| 1986 | “Typefaces for India” an Article in “Baseline Eight, An International Typographic Magazine |
| 1988 | “Map Design Projects at NID”, an article in Designfolio-8, Dec. Issue, NID |
| 1989 | “Mahendra Patel”, Design in India issue, Feb. Issue, Journal, Korea |
| 2009 | Scripts of the Indian cultures, Indo-European scripts, Indian scripts, Working on the new Devanagri & A liner Tamil type - “Adrian Frutiger Typefaces – The Complete Works”, by Swiss Foundation Type and Typography |
