Welcome to Design Degree Show (DDS’15), an annual event where graduating students of the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at IIT Bombay showcase their work and leading design enthusiasts meet, interact and celebrate design.

13th June 2015, Saturday
DAY 1
9:00am to 10:30am | Spot Registrations On the spot registrations for the panel discussions and seminars to be held from 14th to 17th. Get an opportunity to attend and participate in discussions about design & innovation between the most illustrious brains of the country, on days 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th June by registering on the first day. |
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10:30am | Exhibition Inauguration Exhibition of IDC’s graduating batch’s design projects is opened for visitors. |
11:00am to 12:00am | Keynote Speech Keynote speech will be given by Ms. Amita Sharma IAS |
12:00am to 1:0am | Inauguration of ‘Y not Games?’ Website Exploring online and offline game design solutions for ‘Gamification of Education’ under the guidance of Prof. Athavankar, ‘Y not Games?’ is an initiative by IDC, IIT B along with RSK (Rajya Shiksha Kendra) for government schools of Madhya Pradesh on ‘The Gamification of Education’. |
1:00pm to 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:00pm to 7:30pm | Premier show of Student Live action Short Films Sit back and enjoy live action short films made by the budding film-makers and colourful imaginary worlds woven by the animators of IDC. Some authentic narratives from far-off places, some dramatic tales arising from everyday lives of people, all of them are guaranteed to take you on a joyride of emotions and experiences. |
7:30pm onwards | Alumni Meet Calling all IDC alumnus to come and relive their unforgettable IDC days in an evening of celebration and nostalgia. |

14th June 2015, Sunday
DAY 2
9:00am to 9:30am | Spot Registrations On the spot registrations for the seminars & panel discussions to be held on the same day (pre-lunch and post-lunch sessions) at VMCC |
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9:30am | Exhibition begins Exhibition of IDC’s graduating batch’s design projects is opened for visitors. |
10:00am to 1:00pm | Talks – Skill and Design Education S Balaram, Sadanand Menon, Sudhir Sharma and Tapan Chakravarty put their thoughts forward and talk about ‘Skills and Design Education’ expounding the skills required for future societies and the importance of design education. |
1:00pm to 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:30pm to 4:00pm | Panel Discussion – Skill and Design Education Watch S Balaram, Sadanand Menon, Sudhir Sharma and Tapan Chakravarty engage in a panel discussion on the theme of ‘Skills and Design Education’ while exploring the role of design education beyond the conventional definition of product and communication designers. |
15th June 2015, Monday
DAY 3
9:00am to 9:30am | Spot Registrations On the spot registrations for the seminars & panel discussions to be held on the same day (pre-lunch and post-lunch sessions) at VMCC. |
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9:30am | Exhibition begins Exhibition of IDC’s graduating batch’s design projects is opened for visitors. |
10:00am to 1:00pm | Talks – Mapping the 21st century imagination Sudhakar Nadkarni, K B Jinan, Deepankar Bhattacharya, Deepak John Mathew and Sudhir Bhatia talk on the theme of ‘Mapping the 21st century imagination’ and put forth their views and experiences on the subject. |
1:00pm to 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:30pm to 4:00pm | Panel Discussion – Mapping the 21st century imagination Sudhakar Nadkarni, A G Rao, K B Jinan, Deepankar Bhattacharya, Deepak John Mathew and Sudhir Bhatia exchange views and discuss on the theme ‘Mapping the 21st century imagination’ exploring the changing nature of design thinking and how imagination in the 21st century is evolving. |

16th June 2015, Tuesday
DAY 4
9:00am to 9:30am | Spot Registrations On the spot registrations for the seminars & panel discussions to be held on the same day (pre-lunch and post-lunch sessions) at VMCC. |
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9:30am | Exhibition begins Exhibition of IDC’s graduating batch’s design projects is opened for visitors. |
10:00am to 1:00pm | Design: Now and Next – Talks on the six clusters by Speakers Series of discourses where invited experts and practitioners in the respective cluster-fields talk about their work and their take on projects done by the Batch of 2015. Talks by Sudarshan Khanna (Access and Transportation), Vijayam Ravi (Learning and Communication), Bidyabijay Bhaumik (Access and Transportation) |
1:00pm to 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:30pm to 4:00pm | Design: Now and Next – Talks on the six clusters by Speakers Series of discourses where invited experts and practitioners in the respective cluster-fields talk about their work and their take on projects done by the Batch of 2015. Talks by Santosh Kshirsagar (Art, Craft and Culture) |
17th June 2015, Wednesday
DAY 5
9:00am to 9:30am | Spot Registrations On the spot registrations for the seminars & panel discussions to be held on the same day (pre-lunch and post-lunch sessions) at VMCC. |
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9:30am | Exhibition begins Exhibition of IDC’s graduating batch’s design projects is opened for visitors. |
10:00am to 1:00pm | Design: Now and Next – Talks on the six clusters by Speakers Series of discourses where invited experts and practitioners in the respective cluster-fields talk about their work and their take on projects done by the Batch of 2015. Talks by U A Athavankar (Working and Living in India), George Paul (Working and Living in India), Dr. Hemant Bhansali (Health and Well Being) |
1:00pm to 2:00pm | Lunch |
2:30pm to 4:00pm | Design: Now and Next – Talks on the six clusters by Speakers Series of discourses where invited experts and practitioners in the respective cluster-fields talk about their work and their take on projects done by the Batch of 2015. Talks by Subramanya Shastry (Society and Analyis), Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle (Society and Analysis) |