{"id":823,"date":"2026-03-13T12:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=823"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:14:31","slug":"indias-best-design-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIA&#8217;S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d4c8dc0c-cf7f-4714-ba8b-07311ff62b5b\">\ud83d\udccc About the Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-cd615910-d856-420b-b84a-d8a62faff50d\">Now in its 11th year, India&#8217;s Best Design Awards (IBDA) continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design. Over the past decade, IBDA has built a strong legacy of recognising exceptional designers, studios, and emerging talent who create meaningful solutions for an ever evolving world. More than an accolade for creativity, the awards honour ideas that shape the future addressing real societal needs and delivering lasting impact. Open to both professionals and students, IBDA champions inclusivity and diversity, strengthening India&#8217;s design ecosystem with every edition. Founded in 2015, IBDA set a benchmark of excellence across product design, communication design, digital design, spatial design, and more. Winning projects become benchmarks and case studies, offering valuable insights for others to learn from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-9ccb9712-dd69-465a-b49f-5a9a6309b9ff\">\u2139\ufe0f Event Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-8f244f26-7f04-4fa1-b545-2ca411f68f72\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Category:<\/strong> Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open to design professionals and studios including independent and in house teams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Projects must be less than two years old from the date of the awards, or if unreleased, must be on track to implementation within the next two years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Team Size:<\/strong> Individual or team submissions accepted. You can enter as a solo designer, studio, in-house department, or student group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mode:<\/strong> Online submission with an in-person Awards Ceremony and The DesignIndia Show.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Selection Process:<\/strong> Entries are evaluated by a jury panel, Choice of Track, Purpose, Effectiveness, and Impact. Winners are announced between July and August following the jury process, and celebrated at the Gala Awards Show after The DesignIndia Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c3554d55-f3c6-4c7b-bf3c-44b0ab813f00\">\ud83d\udcc5 Important Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-15d98f5b-376f-412a-bbe6-3a0b121b7c13\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Early Bird Entry Period:<\/strong>16 February to 22 March 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Late Entry Deadline:<\/strong> 30 April 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Winners Announced<\/strong>: July to August 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-576349a6-8f4e-4dff-8b90-622b4f9fc83e\">\ud83c\udfc6 Prize &amp; Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning projects are featured as case studies, and winners are celebrated at the Gala Awards Show which includes panel discussions and expert talks from global design veterans. Additionally, IBDA also presents the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) Awards, which recognise a rare league of practitioners whose work reflects sustained excellence, influence, and a lasting legacy of design leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0e4e4a0f-2304-497c-b578-3b065ca95f36\">\ud83d\udcde Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-f69b62bc-6867-445f-ba2a-c7025764ac08\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>General Queries:<\/strong> ibda@design-india.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official Website:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsvp.withgoogle.com\/events\/the-big-code-2026\/home\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ibda.design-india.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ibda.design-india.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc About the Event Now in its 11th year, India&#8217;s Best Design Awards (IBDA) continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design. Over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contests"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>INDIA&#039;S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026 - Internshala Competitions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"India&#039;s Best Design Awards continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"INDIA&#039;S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026 - Internshala Competitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"India&#039;s Best Design Awards continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Internshala Competitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-13T06:59:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T06:14:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anushka Singh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anushka Singh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anushka Singh\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/person\/bd82abac65ad0558d60976c06b7e443d\"},\"headline\":\"INDIA&#8217;S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-13T06:59:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T06:14:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/\"},\"wordCount\":342,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Contests\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/\",\"name\":\"INDIA'S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026 - Internshala Competitions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-13T06:59:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T06:14:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"India's Best Design Awards continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png\",\"width\":1408,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"IBDA26\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Contests\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/contests\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"INDIA&#8217;S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/\",\"name\":\"Internshala Competitions\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Internshala Competitions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25104732\/LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25104732\/LOGO.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"Internshala Competitions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/person\/bd82abac65ad0558d60976c06b7e443d\",\"name\":\"Anushka Singh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ac58bc1f6aad433fe400269d543cf34e05284a1bb0d4e184e3614e978acc45c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ac58bc1f6aad433fe400269d543cf34e05284a1bb0d4e184e3614e978acc45c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anushka Singh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/author\/anushka-singh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"INDIA'S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026 - Internshala Competitions","description":"India's Best Design Awards continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"INDIA'S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026 - Internshala Competitions","og_description":"India's Best Design Awards continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design.","og_url":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/","og_site_name":"Internshala Competitions","article_published_time":"2026-03-13T06:59:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-18T06:14:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1408,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Anushka Singh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anushka Singh","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Anushka Singh","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/person\/bd82abac65ad0558d60976c06b7e443d"},"headline":"INDIA&#8217;S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026","datePublished":"2026-03-13T06:59:17+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-18T06:14:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/"},"wordCount":342,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png","articleSection":["Contests"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/","name":"INDIA'S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026 - Internshala Competitions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png","datePublished":"2026-03-13T06:59:17+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-18T06:14:31+00:00","description":"India's Best Design Awards continues to stand as a definitive platform celebrating excellence, innovation, and purpose in Indian design.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/13122831\/IBDA26.png","width":1408,"height":768,"caption":"IBDA26"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/indias-best-design-awards-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Contests","item":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/contests\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"INDIA&#8217;S BEST DESIGN AWARDS 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#website","url":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/","name":"Internshala Competitions","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#organization","name":"Internshala Competitions","url":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25104732\/LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/internshala-competitions.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25104732\/LOGO.png","width":300,"height":80,"caption":"Internshala Competitions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/person\/bd82abac65ad0558d60976c06b7e443d","name":"Anushka Singh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ac58bc1f6aad433fe400269d543cf34e05284a1bb0d4e184e3614e978acc45c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ac58bc1f6aad433fe400269d543cf34e05284a1bb0d4e184e3614e978acc45c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anushka Singh"},"url":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/author\/anushka-singh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions\/998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}