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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gira_SarabhaiGira Sarabhai - Wikipedia

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   Gira Sarabhai (11 December 1923 – 15 July 2021) was an Indian architect, designer, and a design pedagogue. She was born into the Sarabhai family and was the youngest of eight siblings. She is known for contributing to several industrial and educational projects in Gujarat.

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3. www.nytimes.com › asia › gira-sarabhai-deadGira Sarabhai, Designer Who Helped Shape Modern India, Dies ...

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   Sep 23, 2021 · Gira Sarabhai, an architect, designer, curator and historian who helped establish some of the most important design institutions in postcolonial India, giving her a hand in shaping...

4. indianexpress.com › article › citiesArchitect, designer, NID founder: A ‘private person’ who ...

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   Jul 15, 2021 · Gira Sarabhai, architect, designer, founder of the National Institute of Design (NID) and creator of the Calico Museum of Textiles, died in Ahmedabad Thursday afternoon. She was 97 and died of age-related illness.

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5. www.thehindu.com › news › nationalGira Sarabhai, co-founder of NID, passes away at 98

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   Jul 15, 2021 · Gira Sarabhai, co-founder of the renowned National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad and a pioneer of design education in India, passed away in Ahmedabad on Thursday. She played a crucial...

   • Location: Kasturi Building, Anna Salai, 859-860, Mount Road, Chennai, 600002, Tamil Nadu

6. www.globalindian.com › story › influencersGira Sarabhai Indian architect | Designer | Global Indian

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   Jul 16, 2021 · Gira Sarabhai (1923-2021): The force de majeure behind the prestigious National Institute of Design. Written by: Global Indian. (July 16, 2021; 5.30 pm) It is one of the most coveted design schools in the country.

7. www.stirworld.com › think-opinions-gira-sarabhaiGira Sarabhai and her contribution to the creation of an ...

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   Jul 29, 2021 · With Gira Sarabhai's demise at age 98, an era has ended for the National Institute of Design (NID), India, losing not only its sole surviving founding parent (Gautam Sarabhai having passed away in 1995), but also a person of many parts: visionary, architect, institution builder, reverent curator of art, crafts and culture, and fierce custodian ...

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   Who was Gira Sarabhai?

   • Of the eight Sarabhai siblings, Gira Sarabhai was the last survivor, and is described by nephew and well-known environment educator Kartikeya Sarabhai as a “very private person”. Gira Sarabhai, architect, designer, founder of the National Institute of Design (NID) and creator of the Calico Museum of Textiles, died in Ahmedabad Thursday afternoon.

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   How did Gira Sarabhai contribute to design education?

   • Gira Sarabhai’s contributions to design education in the country are significant. Not only did she and Gautam found the prestigious NID, they also worked on the soul of the institution – they appointed the first faculty members from diverse fields and inculcated high standards in budding designers.

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   Is Gira Ben an architect?

   • Despite not having any formal education in architecture, Gira ben’s contribution to modernist architectural projects in Ahmedabad and Bombay by way of iconoclastic public buildings is widely acknowledged. However, she shrugged off the label of an architect and preferred calling herself a designer.

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   Who is Suhrid Sarabhai?

   • Her death was confirmed by her nephew Suhrid Sarabhai. As a young woman, Ms. Sarabhai was friends with a who’s who of the world’s top modernist designers and architects — Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, B.V. Doshi, Buckminster Fuller, Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi and Alexander Calder.

   Gira Sarabhai, Designer Who Helped Shape Modern India, Dies at 97

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   Why did Sarabhai come back to India?

   • Ms. Sarabhai returned to a newly independent India in the late 1940s and found that the country needed designers who could bridge the traditional with modernity. She plunged into numerous projects, designing modernist residential buildings and collecting Indian textiles.

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   Why should you donate to giraben?

   • Your contributions can help us provide in-depth reporting on social, political, and economic issues that affect our daily lives. Though Gira means power of speech in Gujarati, Giraben let her work do the speaking – as institution builder, collector, and caretaker of objects, buildings, histories, legacies, and human values for future generations.

   Gira Sarabhai (1923-2021): A Deliberate Life - The Wire

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9. thewire.in › culture › gira-sarabhai-1923-2021-aGira Sarabhai (1923-2021): A Deliberate Life - The Wire

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   Though Gira means power of speech in Gujarati, Giraben let her work do the speaking – as institution builder, collector, and caretaker of objects, buildings, histories, legacies, and human ...