National Design Centre

About us

National Design Centre (NDC) (Erstwhile NCDPD) has been set up with an objective to fill up the gap in the areas of Design and Product Development by Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. The other objectives of the centre is to build and create design oriented excellence in the handicraft sector and other synergy sectors such as Jute, Silk, Carpet, Handlooms and other employment generation sectors to withstand global competitiveness.

Besides providing design & product development services, the activities of NDC have also been diversified into different areas such as Skill/ Capacity Development, creating Infrastructure support at clusters such as setting up of Common Facility Services, Resource Center, Design Center, Design Bank, Supply Chain Management, Market linkages by organizing thematic exhibitions, setting up Marketing Outlets etc.

NDC is equipped with professional designers who work to provide complete array of services for customized design / product development.

Area of Involvement

Product design & development

Design research & dissemination

Design promotion

Image building and branding

Product standards and product excellence

Exhibitions design, showroom and store development and visual merchandisin

Industry linkages, tie-ups and networking

Vendors compliance

Package design

Graphic design

Technology upgradation

Design, market and technical trends information

Design research and library / resource centre

Design training, mentoring, apprenticeship and career opportunities