Confederation of Indian Industry has espousing the cause of design for last 20 years. Its advocacy and efforts has led to several initiatives being taken to promote use of design in the Indian industry. Continuing its work, CII National Committee on Design has always felt the need of offering continuing education programs to the industry people about design and programs for design professionals.

We are pleased to inform you that CII has launched a four-month, pg program “Innovation by Design” aimed at improving the competitiveness of Indian industry by means of strategic design interventions. The program has been designed to enable engineers, managers and designers and to learn new-age skills to lead value creation processes within organisations through innovation by design and design thinking. We believe that this is the vital present-day skill required to improve the competitiveness in general and benefit your company in particular.

the program

A Program based on a unique model of innovation that adapts to strategic and operational business needs with a customer focused outlook

International faculty from world renowned institutions

Offered in a format that allows you to learn while being able to maintain work, family and social life

Sponsoring companies will see a return through more motivated employees and the innovation project chosen by the company

Learn powerful techniques through in-depth learning, hands-on exploration and discussion with your fellow practitioners

Program Outcomes

Better understand the innovation process

Foster an environment that encourages innovative thinking

Develop your ability to commercialize intellectual property

Our program's outcome is a shared investment between organizations willing to develop talented people and individuals willing to boost their career.

Better understand the innovation process

Program Benefits

The program is beneficial for both – Individuals as well as Corporate. Thanks to the combination of project and learning modules you and your company will benefit directly: You will develop new products, services and business models, and create value for your company or your own start-up within the program

You will develop new products, services and business models, and create value for your company or your own start-up within the program. The program is a combination of theory and strategy contained in a design thinking context.

An in-program project designed to affect organizational change, an innovation challenge driven by real-world issues that are of vital interest to the corporate

Residing at the intersection of business and innovation, we leverage the experience of the faculty and the talent of the student body to develop solutions for the corporate

A Multidisciplinary teams study corporate-proposed innovation challenges from many perspectives, including cultural factors, business design, market potential, & technical feasibility

Program Modules

This accelerated 6 months executive program is built around 04 modules. Delivered in a studio fashion the modules mirror the unique innovation framework from Design Thinking to Designing a Solution.

Design Thinking Process for Leaders & Third wave Innovation

User Centred Design and Research and Ideation Techniques.

Strategize & Leverage AI in Experience & Sustainable Future Design.

Collaborative Problem solving & Storytelling

Learn from the Masters

The faculty comprises of people who are

From world renowned institutions across geographies bringing in a truly global perspective and practices to the classroom

From industry for their extensive, current experience, industry knowledge and ability to share and teach their acumen in an accelerated format

Learning Management System

Access our World class "Learning Management System" powered by CII GEKO. GEKO is a one of its kind knowledge and capacity building platform that has been created specifically by the Industry, to keep the Indian workforce at par with the best in the world. It offers unique, industry-specific, learning and training sessions designed by CII Centres of Excellences and also aggregates the best generalist courses from different industry experts.

Geko platform will facilitate :

Access to course material uploaded by faculties and assignments

Access to session recording

Offline discussions with faculty and other participants enrolled for the module via group chat

Session will be hosted on Zoom/ Webex platform integrated with Geko.

International Masters

Fee Structure

Kindly refer the brochure for Fee Structure