Godrej Design Lab
Conscious Innovators
This new recognition platform celebrates India's most promising design graduates — and the ideas that could change how we live.
Every year, design students across the country pour months of research, experimentation, and craft into a single thesis or capstone project. It's the fullest expression of everything they've learned, yet it rarely gets seen beyond campus.
Rather than rewarding one-off wins, we wanted to create a platform that recognises new talent who will shape the industry next.
The time to celebrate the future of design is now.
This is the opportunity for design, engineering, and innovation-led institutes to put their strongest graduating projects in front of the people who matter — with real feedback, astute mentorship, and critical industry visibility.
What makes this
Platform Unique
Helping talent shine
Built to support the move into industry
Since its inception, Godrej Design Lab has steadfastly focused on strengthening the Indian design ecosystem by highlighting talent destined to change and shape the industry. We believe it was now time to shine a deserving light on the best rising talent in India transitioning from university into industry.
This award – our way of bringing the most promising design graduates into a visible, curated forum for recognition, feedback, and industry exposure.
For this award, schools drive applications.
Empowering schools to advocate for their students
We believe that schools and their faculty are best positioned to identify great work and great talent, encompassing and balancing a whole host of factors that might not fit fully within a student-led application.
For our submission process, we ask for institutes across India to submit their best graduation projects.
Are you a student? Ask your faculty to participate!
Applications for
2026 is open!
We are happy to invite architecture, design, and urbanism schools from across India to submit their top graduation projects for the 2026 Godrej Design Lab Conscious Innovators.
For this year's curation, we're particularly interested in projects that prevent waste, extend the life of materials, and turn overlooked resources into meaningful solutions.
Past
Recipients
2025
Yashika Raher
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Brick Waste Jali: From Rubble to Resilience
Construction debris transformed into modular jaali blocks through a low-energy, unfired process.
Anjala Shamla Shajahan
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
AUTOmorphosis
Automobile glass reworked into translucent architectural tiles, extending the life of a material often considered waste.
2024
Aditi Shinde & Nishtha Luhadia
National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh
‘Luminous Lore’ reimagined the Andhra shadow puppetry lamp using SCOBY leather, blending tradition with biomaterial innovation.
Ishita Mahajan, Krrish Gupta, & Priyanshi Gupta
The Design Village, Noida
‘Beneath the Surface’ offered a powerful commentary on the decline of mangroves, highlighting the urgent need for ecological preservation.