Product Design

Design ethnography, design research, Ergonomics, Design Process, Strength of Materials, History of Design, Green Design, sustainable design and System Design. Of the many product designs courses in India
Design for industry: Explores creative opportunities for partnerships with small, medium and large scale industries across India to develop core competencies in design and manufacturing for a globalized presence. Projects focus on products and services for consumer needs, manufacturing and economic impact.
Design for quality of life: Explores unique social and cultural responses to existing and emerging technologies as reflected in the creation and adoption of everyday objects of life. Projects focus on design and development of products and services that improve the quality of living in home, office and public environments.
Design for healthcare: Explores a growing movement among designers to design cost-effective healthcare solutions for people who have no / limited access to institutionalized healthcare. Projects leverage the power of design thinking to find unique ways to address the basic challenges of health, survival and progress faced by underserved populations in the Indian context.
Design for social impact: Explores the role of design-led solutions at the national level to the infrastructural challenges of a rapidly growing Indian economy. Projects look at developing scalable solutions to problems of urban mobility, sustenance and social equity that are people-centric and embrace sustainable values.
Design for sustainability: Explores the power of design to influence an ecologically responsible approach to development of products, systems and environments. Designers evolve new systems of development which improve the quality of life and the human experience, while simultaneously restoring the environment, rebuilding the community and creating a sense of oneness with the natural world.
Design led futures: Explores global trends, challenges and opportunities to shape the future. Projects focus on the enormous challenges that India will face in the coming decades in terms of population, health, mobility, sanitation, energy and ecology. Today's technologies are used as a basis to project the future, and concepts generate frameworks to evolve and guide society and behavior in the future
Discipline lead explores global trends, challenges and opportunities to shape the future.

Having a degree of M.Des opens up a plethora of opportunities for you to chose from. Various specializations are available for this course such as Accessory design, Architecture, Ceramic design, Fashion design, Game design, Graphic design, Industrial design, Interior design, Leather design, Jewellery and Metal Smithing, Knitwear design, Multimedia design and Textile design. Candidates having M.Des in Product Design degree can work as designers in automobile and mechanical engineering companies. Companies like Eureka Forbes, Volkswagen, Hero cycles, SIDBI, BMW, FICCL give huge salary packages for the designer post. Other jobs available in these companies for the candidates having M.Des degree are given below.
Computer-Aided Industrial Design (CAD) engineer
Graphics engineer
Computer Aided Design (CAD) engineer
Students of Product Design can also seek employment in sectors such as consumer appliances, transport, retail and packaging. The average salary of a product designer starts from 4-8 Lacs per annum.