15 July 2026

International Fellowship Opens

6 places for the first cohort. Applications now open for the inaugural fellowship at Sri Aurobindo Kala Sangam.

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16 August 2026

Sri Aurobindo Kalasangam Inauguration

All are welcome.

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Fellowship

Six Fellowships

Spend a year in the spiritual ambience of Puducherry in complete freedom, discovering your own voice.

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Education

PG Program

Advanced design education rooted in India's creative depth and contemporary practice.

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Courses

Sugiura Courses

Modular courses on design principles, typography, and visual systems. Book your module today.

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About SAKS

A design institution for the post-AI moment — training not designers, but the educators who will shape them, rooted in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy of a living culture and Kohei Sugiura's design methodology.

The People Behind SAKS

An eminent board.
A founding circle of practitioners.

Shri Sudarshan Sahoo
Shri Sudarshan Sahoo
Sthapati · Padma Vibhushan
 K P Umapathy Acharya
K P Umapathy Acharya
Sthapati
 Bharatbala Ganapathy
Bharatbala Ganapathy
Film-maker
 M Jayachandran
M Jayachandran
Music Director
 Dr Madhu Khanna
Dr Madhu Khanna
Tantra Art Scholar
 Hari Sankaran
Hari Sankaran
Education Visionary
 Prof Kirti Trivedi
Prof Kirti Trivedi
Founding Director
 Muktha Hiremath
Muktha Hiremath
Communication Designer
 Sindhu Kulkarni
Sindhu Kulkarni
Co-founder & Principal, Tacit Design
 Sneha M L
Sneha M L
Co-founder, Dig Design Studio
 Radhika Tipnis
Radhika Tipnis
Publication Designer
 S K Mohanty
S K Mohanty
Font Designer & Calligrapher
 Harshvardhan Kadam
Harshvardhan Kadam
Environmental Artist
 Hanu Trivedi
Hanu Trivedi
Media & Event Planner
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