This was the sixth edition of the newsletter in January-March 1985. This edition starts with the poem "A Hymn to the Symbol", written by Prof. K. Munshi. A seminar was organised on the campus entitled "The Seminar on Indian Symbology and the Science Behind Them". Indian Symbology practise and theory discussed Semiotics as a discipline is relevant to almost all branches of humanistic enquiry. It is a systematic study of signs and symbols used by human beings. As such , it raises fundamental questions about the nature of human experience and human communication because these are possible only through the medium of signs. IDC in the Visual Communication Programme has incorporated the study of the semantic aspects of design to complement the syntactic and pragmatic aspects of design which have been a part of their design education. The designer's study of semiotics would aid him in developing a more analytical attitude and critical response, realising the relationship between theoretical framework and practical design activity, and developing new methodologies. In the news section they have included Expo-ID, a 3 day course on Exposure to Industrial Design (Expo-ID) was conducted at IDC, and Courses on Computer Graphics, New Potter’s Wheel, Dr. R. H. Harding, Ravi Poovaiah, K. Munshi, Shri. Prashant Agarwal, M.Des (VC) student, was awarded a prize of Rs. 2500/-by the Maharashtra State Art Awards for his poster design on Family Planning.