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Overview

Are You Ready To Design For Impact? – Join the Design Impact Movement!

The Design Impact Movement, an initiative by Titan, is here to revolutionise the way we solve real-world challenges. It’s all about using your creative skills to tackle pressing issues like climate change, poverty, and accessible healthcare. This movement is a mission to inspire and empower the next generation of architects and designers to think beyond buildings—toward bold ideas and hands-on projects that promote innovation and social responsibility. With mentorship opportunities and a focus on turning socially driven design ideas into impactful enterprises, this initiative aims to build a launchpad for purpose-driven design talent. If you’re passionate to make a difference through design — Join the movement and submit your ideas!

Eligibility

  • Open to students and young professionals, graduates and non-graduates from architecture, design, and allied fields.
  • Individual or Team participation allowed 
  • Open to all individuals across India below 30 Years of age.

BE PART OF THE LIVE MENTORSHIPS AND WORKSHOPS!

1.Design Thinking 

2.Prototyping 

3.Showcasing 

This is an opportunity to nurture socially relevant, scalable, and sustainable design talent. The initiative fosters a strong foundation for socially conscious design entrepreneurship

Launch: 07 May 2025

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Key Program Highlights

1. FOUNDATION:

Register and submit your impactful ideas!

2. BRICK-BY-BRICK:  

A) Online Workshops: 

There are so many young innovators with impactful ideas, lacking the support to execute them. This workshop series equips participants with the tools to refine, prototype, and elevate their ideas from Concept to Enterprise.

Session 1 & 2 – The Big Picture & Idea Validation:

  • Understand what it means to identify an issue and create a solution for it.
  • Learn the fundamentals of design thinking—an area rarely explored in design schools.
  • Discover how to test the viability of your idea and ensure it’s ready for the real world.

Sessions 3, 4 & 5 – Mentor Speak: Guidance from Industry Experts:

  • Leading mentors will help you bridge the gap between concept and execution. 
  • Get insider knowledge on prototyping, scaling, and refining your ideas.
  • Engage in interactive small-group discussions where you receive personalised feedback on your project.
B) Live Mentorship Workshops at Partner Hubs:

Workshop on ‘Proof of Concept and Prototyping.’ One-on-one mentoring for research, ideation, and prototyping at select cities.

Final Submission – Submit the prototypes developed during the live workshops as final outcomes.

3. SHOWCASE:

Evaluation and Shortlisting: A jury panel will assess projects based on innovation, feasibility, and impact, selecting the top participants from the DI Movement platform.

Top projects stand a chance to be invited to join the prestigious NEST program for further incubation and support.

STAND A CHANCE TO BE PART OF THE PRESTIGIOUS NEST PROGRAM!

Titan and IIMCIP have launched – National Entrepreneurship Program for Social Transformation – NEST, an incubation program aimed to empower the next generation of architects and designers to drive meaningful social transformation. The program gives teams access to incubation support, mentorship and seed fund . From fledgling concepts to mature, scalable solutions, this program equips you with the tools, guidance, and collaborative learning environment needed to grow as a purpose-driven design entrepreneur. 

By joining this journey of mentorship, your project will reach the necessary level of readiness to be evaluated for the NEST incubation program.

Program Stages

Enrolment

Foundation: Registration + Google Form +  Idea Submission + Orientation Webinar.

Workshops & Mentorships

Brick-by-Brick: Online Sessions + Partner Hub Workshops

Submission & Showcase

Showcase: Prototype Stage, Evaluation and Shortlisting.

Process

Register

Register yourself on the website (Click the button in the slider)

Fill the form

After receiving the confirmation email, please fill out the form

Upload the proposal

Upload a detailed report of a maximum of 4 A4 pages.

Ensure your proposal includes

Idea

A clearly stated idea and aim

Process

A well-fleshed-out process

Timeline

A crisp and detailed Timeline

Impact

Mention a clear stated impact with beneficiary

The Selection Process

  • Initial proposals/Ideas to be selected for Live Mentorships.
  • Mentor feedback & idea development during live workshops.
  • Final Evaluation and shortlisting– based on originality, feasibility, social impact.

Rules & Requisites

  • Format to be followed for proposal submission– (Add format details)
  • Follow timelines & Schedules.
  • All submissions must be original. Plagiarism will lead to disqualification.
  • Proposals will be evaluated based on relevance, originality, feasibility, and clarity.

Attachments

Brief

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