Abstract
This paper presents a methodical collaborative effort of a team of industrial designers, architects, ergonomists and access consultant from prestigious academic institutions and proactive NGOs in India, who made a joint attempt to reformulate ‘Five Universal Design India Principles (UDIP)’ with strong Indian idiom, to design inclusive products, environments and systems in Indian context. Dedicated to its one-third of the total world’s disabled population, second largest elderly population, and contradictions of large poor population living in second fastest growing economy, these five Universal Design India Principles intend to build consensus on contextual definition and principles of practice to address the needs of its diverse population.
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