Founder, Kabir Yatra
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Where Design Meets Excellence
The DesignIndia Show 2025
The DesignIndia Show (TDS) is a stage for visionaries and a lens into the future of design-led innovation. Since its inception in 2016, TDS has brought together leading minds from business, design, and education, sparking conversations that shape industries and influence culture.
Hosted by IndiDesign, TDS is where storytelling meets strategy, and where design is celebrated as the silent force behind the transformation of brands, systems, experiences, and societies.
TDS continues to grow as a thriving community of thinkers and doers who believe in the power of design to drive meaningful change.
The DesignIndia Show (TDS) is a stage for visionaries and a lens into the future of design-led innovation. Since its inception in 2016, TDS has brought together leading minds from business, design, and education, sparking conversations that shape industries and influence culture.
Hosted by IndiDesign, TDS is where storytelling meets strategy, and where design is celebrated as the silent force behind the transformation of brands, systems, experiences, and societies.
TDS continues to grow as a thriving community of thinkers and doers who believe in the power of design to drive meaningful change.
Where Design Meets Excellence
The DesignIndia Show 2025
Design doesn’t just shape objects, it shapes outcomes, outlooks, and entire systems. This year, The DesignIndia Show explores Empower, a call to recognise design as a force that gives voice, confidence, and direction to people, ideas, and futures.
In a world facing rapid change, designers are stepping into new roles as innovators, educators, community builders, and leaders. Empower is our lens to spotlight how design can:
- Drive business innovation
- Evolve education for the next generation
- Build inclusive communities
- Strengthen the role of the designer in shaping what’s next
This isn’t just about what design can do. It’s about what it must do.
Join the conversation. Lead the change. Empower through design.
Design doesn’t just shape objects, it shapes outcomes, outlooks, and entire systems. This year, The DesignIndia Show explores Empower, a call to recognise design as a force that gives voice, confidence, and direction to people, ideas, and futures.
In a world facing rapid change, designers are stepping into new roles as innovators, educators, community builders, and leaders. Empower is our lens to spotlight how design can:
- Drive business innovation
- Evolve education for the next generation
- Build inclusive communities
- Strengthen the role of the designer in shaping what’s next
This isn’t just about what design can do. It’s about what it must do.
Join the conversation. Lead the change. Empower through design.
Design doesn’t just shape objects, it shapes outcomes, outlooks, and entire systems. This year, The DesignIndia Show explores Empower, a call to recognise design as a force that gives voice, confidence, and direction to people, ideas, and futures.
In a world facing rapid change, designers are stepping into new roles as innovators, educators, community builders, and leaders. Empower is our lens to spotlight how design can:
- Drive business innovation
- Evolve education for the next generation
- Build inclusive communities
- Strengthen the role of the designer in shaping what’s next
100
Years
1200
+Distinguished Speakers
4950
+Winners
28000
+ Attendees
CTO, Symbionic
Niranjan Kumar
Co-founder, Studio Lotus
Ankur Choksi
Co-Founder, Codesign
Rajesh Dahiya
President and CEO of On2Cook India Pvt. Ltd.
Sanandan Sudhir
Costume Designer, Creative Director, Entreprenuer
Payal Saluja
Founder & CEO, Kyoorius Group
Rajesh Kejriwal
Co-founder, Fish Do It Consultants and of Kyoorius
Kay Khoo
Designer | Filmmaker
Oni Sen
Co-founder, Menstrupedia
Tuhin Paul
Curator & Director, DesignUp Co-Founder & CMO, Catenate
Shiva Viswanathan
Chairman, Task Force for Music & Arts
Theja Meru
Founder, Chennai Design Festival
Rizvi Manzavalli
Creative Consultant, Screenwriter, Film Director, Keynote Speaker
Sonal Dabral
SVP Design (Styling), Ashok Leyland
Sathiyaseelan G
Principal Faculty, Graphic Design at NID Ahmedabad
Tarun Deep Girdher
Founder, IndiDesign and DesignIndia
Sudhir Sharma
Principal Faculty, Graphic Design at NID Ahmedabad
Tarun Deep Girdher
Founder, IndiDesign and DesignIndia
Sudhir Sharma
Founder, Kabir Yatra
Gopal Singh Chouhan
CTO, Symbionic
Niranjan Kumar
Co-founder, Studio Lotus
Ankur Choksi
Co-Founder, Codesign
Rajesh Dahiya
Costume Designer, Creative Director, Entreprenuer
Payal Saluja
President and CEO of On2Cook India Pvt. Ltd.
Sanandan Sudhir
Founder & CEO, Kyoorius Group
Rajesh Kejriwal
Co-founder, Fish Do It Consultants and of Kyoorius
Kay Khoo
Designer | Filmmaker
Oni Sen
Co-founder, Menstrupedia
Tuhin Paul
Curator & Director, DesignUp Co-Founder & CMO, Catenate
Shiva Viswanathan
Chairman, Task Force for Music & Arts
Theja Meru
Founder, Chennai Design Festival
Rizvi Manzavalli
Creative Consultant, Screenwriter, Film Director, Keynote Speaker
Sonal Dabral
SVP Design (Styling), Ashok Leyland
Sathiyaseelan G
Principal Faculty, Graphic Design at NID Ahmedabad
Tarun Deep Girdher
Founder, IndiDesign and DesignIndia
Sudhir Sharma
Programme
The DesignIndia Show 2025 is bringing together trailblazers from design, business, and education to explore how design empowers individuals, inspires action, and ignites change. This year’s event will spotlight the transformative role of design as a medium to uplift communities, challenge conventions, and shape better futures. Expect a day of meaningful dialogues, immersive conversations, and powerful perspectives, all centred around the theme of ‘Empower.’
Timing: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Sold Out
₹20,000/-*
The DesignIndia Show Pass
Includes:
- One-Day Conference Pass
- Entry to India’s Best Design Awards
- Lunch, Dinner, and Refreshments

Full House
₹25,000/-*
The DesignIndia Show Pass
Includes:
- One-Day Conference Pass
- Entry to India’s Best Design Awards
- Lunch, Dinner, and Refreshments
It’s a
full house at
The DesignIndia Show 2025
The DesignIndia Show 2024
Limited Seats
Available!
31
aug
2024
aug
2024
The Ritz-Carlton
Pune, India
Pune, India
23rd August 2025
The Ritz-Carlton, Pune
Tomorrow
Welcome to The DesignIndia Show, an event that brings together influential leaders from Design, Business and Education fields for a day of engaging conversations and thought-provoking discussions on the future of design.
Established in 2015, it is a reputed platform for innovation, inspiration, and networking for designers in India.
Welcome to The DesignIndia Show, an event that brings together influential leaders from Design, Business and Education fields for a day of engaging conversations and thought-provoking discussions on the future of design.
Established in 2015, it is a reputed platform for innovation, inspiration, and networking for designers in India.
Welcome to The DesignIndia Show, an event that brings together influential leaders from Design, Business and Education fields for a day of engaging conversations and thought-provoking discussions on the future of design.
Established in 2015, it is a reputed platform for innovation, inspiration, and networking for designers in India.
Moments from TDS 2025
"Humain" explores the integration of AI into design, envisioning a future where AI empowers humanity.
practices, unexpected failures, & predict the future of design.
This year, we scrutinized the advent of AI within India’s design industry and its impact on the future. We examined its role in tackling complex challenges through human-centric solutions that enriched user experiences.
Relive The DesignIndia Show 2024 through our Gallery!
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