
Freeman Lau
Founder, KL&K Creative Strategics, Hong Kong

Umang Hutheesing
President, Hutheesing Design Company

Dilip Chhabria
Automotive Designer

Adil Jal Darukhanawala
Founder & Chief Editor, Fast Bikes India

Sirish Chandran
Founder & Publisher, Project GTO

Pradyumna Vyas
President-Elect, World Design Organisation

Sonal Dabral
Award-winning | Creative Consultant | Screenwriter | Film Director

Sanjeev Prashar
Professor at IIM Raipur

Kelley Cheng
Founder/Creative Director of The Press Room & Studio SML, Singapore

Lolita Dutta
Dean, World University of design, WUD

Mandar Shrikant Joshi
Angel Investor | Independent Director | Fund Manager | Media Producer | Theatre Actor

Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder & Director, Founding Fuel Publishing Pvt. Ltd.

Harsha Paruchuri
Director at Pragati Offset Pvt. Limited

Deepak John Mathew
Professor at IIT Hyderabad

Bhaskar Bhatt
Dean, School of Design UPES Dehradun

Dr Sudhir Mehta
Chairman and Managing Director, Pinnacle Industries Ltd

Dr. Ranjana Dani
Senior Faculty, MIT-ID, Pune

Dr. Tridha Gajjar
Senior Faculty, NID, Ahmedabad

Dr. Sanjeevani Ayachit
Director, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune

Payal Saluja
Costume Designer

Mahendra Patel
Mentor Professor at DY Patil International University

Gopal Meena
Vice President, Chitkara Design School

Dhimant Panchal
Senior Faculty, MIT Institute of Design

Ankush Anand
Professor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra

B K Chakravarthy
Founding Dean, School of Design Innovation, Mahindra University

Dr. Ashok Mondal
Director of NID

Dhiraj Kumar
Director – Academics, Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)

Kieu Pham Huyen
Founder at Haki Craft

Sangita Shroff
Director & Dean, Institute of Design, Nirma University

Nandita Abraham
Founding Dean, BITS Design School Mumbai

Sreekumar GV
IDC, IIT Mumbai

Manish Bhardwaj
Technical Advisor at DRDO, Ministry of Defence (MOD)

Avik Chattopadhyay
Brand Strategy, Marketing & Automotive Product Planning Expert

Anil Saini
Senior Industrial Designer

Mikko Koria
Professor of Design Innovation at Loughborough University, London

Munmun Jha
Professor at IIT Kanpur

Tarun Deep Girdher
Principal Faculty, Graphic Design at NID Ahmedabad

Vijai Singh Katiyar
Principal Designer, NID, Ahmedabad

Cagri Cankaya
Co-founder, Bravo Works

Ezgi Ezdar
Founder, Design Mesh Innovation Lab

Sudhir Sharma
Founder, IndiDesign and DesignIndia
Judging Process
India’s Best Design Awards follows a thorough and transparent judging process that evaluates each entry based on creativity, originality, functionality, sustainability, and overall design excellence. It follows a set flow to maintain consistency and fairness.
Submission Review
Designers submit their entries with detailed information about their projects, including images, descriptions, and sometimes videos.
Pre-screening
Entries are pre-screened to ensure they meet eligibility criteria and adhere to the submission guidelines.
Judging Panel
The entries are then passed on to a distinguished judging panel of design experts, educators, and industry professionals.
Evaluation Criteria
The judging panel evaluates each entry based on predetermined criteria such as creativity, originality, functionality, sustainability, and overall design excellence.
Final Selection
Winners are selected in each category, with those demonstrating exceptional qualities that align with the award’s objectives.
Announcement
Once the judging process is complete, the winners are officially announced.
IBDA is a non-competitive award, meaning every entry is evaluated on its merit. Multiple winners may be selected in each category.