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.
