Our Programs
EduConnect
Learn from industry experts and a never-before range of skills-based courses
Grow your understanding of design and innovation to businesses (d2b) and business to designers (b2d) by enrolling for CDI's EduConnect courses promoting entrepreneurship and design thinking. Learn from experts and come up with solutions for current business and service challenges.
EduConnect will also run exchange programmes across cultures and geographies to bring exposure to Indian designers and innovators.
IndustryConnect
Incubate your innovations, find funding, develop and implement a business strategy
IndustryConnect will function as a knowledge sharing platform, promoting interaction among the various disciplines and businesses to engage in cross learning. It will promote interdisciplinary collaborations to come up with solutions for current business or service challenges. It will also promote and improve the quality of design and design education throughout India by establishing an accreditation body for design institutes, design firms and designers.
Policy Connect
A voice for the design industry
PolicyConnect will operate as a chamber of commerce and industry, creating partnerships between designers, innovators and businesses. It will connect designers, innovators and start-up entrepreneurs to venture capitalists and other funding options.
It will be positioned as the voice for the design and innovation industry to the Government to promote the ease of doing business – for instance, in assisting foreign designers, innovators, design and innovation companies in setting up operations in India.
ShowConnect
Showcase your skills and portfolio
ShowConnect will operate both as an online and offline portfolio for designers and innovators to showcase and promote their work.
It will be marketed to end-users and businesses as a one-stop-shop for all their design and innovation needs. The aim of this platform is to enable Indian designers, innovators and companies to have a presence in the global market. and give the global clientele a single-window access to the Indian market.