Initiated by DesignIndia Magazine in 2015, India’s Best Design Awards (IBDA) is India’s most respected design award, setting the benchmark for excellence across various categories such as product design, communication design, digital design, spatial design, and more. IBDA honours designs that serve the needs of an evolving society and provides a platform for designers to network, collaborate, and exchange ideas with their peers.

IBDA is open to design professionals, studios (independent & in-house) and students of Indian nationality. Minors and individuals who have no or only limited legal capacity are not eligible to participate.

A project will be eligible for India’s Best Design Awards if it is under two years old. If the project has not been released in the market yet, it should be on track to implementation within the next two years.

IBDA is a recognised symbol of accomplishment that spotlights good design and highlights the winners in a competitive design landscape. Here are some more reasons for competing in IBDA:

1. Present Your Work: Doing great design today is not enough. Make efforts to present your work, its context and values, visually as well as verbally.
2. Get expert opinion: Your design deserves to be seen by others beyond its direct audience. It is important that your work is seen and recognised by others globally.
3. Impress clients: India’s Best Design Awards is an invaluable endorsement of your work. Clients always trust and want to work with award-winning designers who follow global ethical practices.
4. Stand out: Winning India’s Best Design Award is a great way to stand out in a competitive design market. Get noticed and get your competition talking about you.
5. Set the benchmark: Set the benchmark for others to follow. Your project deserves to be a case study for others to refer to and learn. Your studio will attract good clients and designers, bringing global recognition to Indian design.

Yes, there is a one-time entry fee which will be used to defray the expenses of administrative and production processes involved in awarding the winners of IBDA.

You can enter IBDA as an individual designer, an independent studio or an in-house studio. To enter for IBDA awards:

1. Choose your track
   • Design Project
   • Independent Studio
   • In-house Studio
2. Prepare your entry and compile it into a PDF file
3. Login/Register for IBDA 2023
4. Follow the submission process
5. Proceed to payment
6. Get payment receipt (You will receive it on your registered email id)

The design entries for India’s Best Design Awards are judged for their:

1. Strong Conceptualisation: Projects must be well-articulated with solid foundations.
2. Choice of Track: Projects must have a unique value proposition and disruptive potential that stands out in the market.
3. Purpose: Projects must be compatible with the current market and add utility to their industry.
4. Effectiveness: Projects should be engaging and compelling and clearly communicate their intent to customers.
5. Impact: Projects should be commercially viable and sensitive to their long-term impact on society.

The winners of IBDA 2023 will be announced tentatively in August after the jury process. All the winners will be honoured at India’s Best Design Awards ceremony that follows The DesignIndian Show. The event includes panel discussions and expert talks from design veterans worldwide, followed by the Gala Awards Show.

Please try submitting your entry again. A high traffic volume on the website may be causing the issue. If you still cannot upload the entry file, you can email it to us at ibda@design-india.com

Yes, you can pay for your entry now and submit your entry later. For Design Projects, and Independent Studios, you must submit the project within a week of making the payment.

We support multiple payment options to accept entries for IBDA 2023:

• Credit Card
• Debit Card
• Net banking
• Bank Transfer by NEFT/RTGS (Send us an email at ibda@design-india.com to avail of this mode of payment. We will share our bank details with you.)
  Please note that payment should credit to our bank account before the entries close.

Please retry the payment after ensuring the information entered is accurate, including all account details, billing addresses, and passwords. If your payment still fails, you can use the Bank Transfer payment option.

If the payment is debited from your account after a payment failure, it will be credited back within 7-10 days. If it doesn’t, please check with your bank.

GST, Goods & Services Tax, is a single tax on the supply of goods and services levied on every value addition. It is added to a product/service’s sale price. GST is borne/paid by the ultimate product or service consumer. If your order is fulfilled on or after 1st July 2017, GST will be applicable to your entry. GST replaces all other taxes like Excise, VAT, Entry tax, etc.

Yes, you will receive the payment receipt via email after successful payment. After a few days, you will get a GST invoice on your registered email id.

Yes, you will get the input credit of the GST you have paid. It will only be available if you have submitted the correct GST number. Please double-check while submitting the GST number.

No. You cannot cancel an entry once payment has been made.

Yes, you can modify the billing address/GST number of your entry within 24 hours of the submission by emailing ibda@design-india.com and notifying us about the change.