You want to develop ideas that can change the world for the better.
We will help you make them real.
Post Graduation Diploma
Design Driven Entrepreneurship
11 months | Starting: August 31st
Ajeenkya University, Lohegaon Campus
Master of Design
Design Driven Entrepreneurship
2 years | Starting: August 31st
Ajeenkya University, Lohegaon Campus
Design Driven Entrepreneurship
Art & Science of building a
successful 21st-century startup.
14 weeks | Starting Sept 21st, 2019.
Digital Product & experience design
Design successful products and services that delight and ensure success to your customers.
9 weeks | Starting Sept 21st, 2019.
Growth Hacking
Experiment agile marketing strategy & analytics for Business Growth.
9 weeks
Custom Courses for teams
23 combination courses in the following:
Growth Hacking
Entrepreneurship
Emphathetic Research
Innovation
Personality and Team Development
Design
Internship and Placement Opportunity
You can have chance to work with
Industry/Partner
Associations
Faculty & Advisors
We have Faculty, Coaches & Advisors with 100+ years of experience in education, training, design & entrepreneurship. They will work with you to develop your capabilities and skillsets.
Dr Girish Prabhu
Girish is the Ex-Dean of Human Centered Innovation programs at Srishti Institute for Art, Design & technology. He is an expert in defining problems & opportunity framing, performing user research & designing for business.
Companies
Intel, HP, Eastman Kodak
Sudhindra V
Sudhindra is the Chief Design Officer at IBM IX India. At IfDE, he will guide the students to understand & implement principles of system & service design along with effective organisational management practices.
Companies
IBM, Sapient Nitro, Emirates Airline, HFI
Samir Chabukswar
Samir is the Founder of YUJ Designs, UX Design Studio & UX Veteran with 20+ years of experience. His expertise is in defining systems, design processes, man-machine interactions & user experience.
Companies
Yuj Designs, HFI, Persistant
Prasadd Bartakke
Prasadd is the Co-Founder and Chief of Design and Research at YUJ Designs. At IfDE, he will help the students validate ideas & process with rapid prototyping for better UX & product design.
Companies
YUJ, Persistent, HFI
Atul Saraf
Atul is the Founder of DesignFold Consulting. He brings in 20 years of experience in creating strategic UX and delightful IXD. Atul helps students envision and create next-generation digital products and interfaces for web and mobile.
Companies
Citigroup, American Express, Xerox, Hindustan Unilever
Sriram
Sriram currently works as a Design Director at IBM iX Bangalore Design Studio. He has been studying user behaviour and understanding user motivations with the goal of designing better experiences.
Companies
Samsung Electronics, Jana Bank, Idea, MetLife
Beena Prabhu
Beena is a UX research expert. Beena specializes in understanding human centred design methodology, tools & practices to identify people’s pain points & user centred analysis.
Companies
HP, Intel, Nokia, idea, Intuit, Siemens
Apala Chavan
Apala is President, HFI – Middle East Asia, Africa and Australia. Spearheading cross-cultural design, innovation and strategy at IfDE.
Companies
HP Labs, Adidas, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, NCR, Intel
Kanwal Rai
He was Vice President and Head of Wells Fargo Start-up Accelerator in India before turning into an adviser on Innovation, IP and Entrepreneurship. He is an author of a book featured at HBS Working Knowledge and alumnus of DCE & IIM C.
Companies
Infosys Technologies, Wipro Technologies, Aspect Development, Capgemini
Sangeeta Karmokar
Sangeeta is the Founder of Women Entrepreneurship Centre. She champions 18 years of education and research in New Zealand around design led entrepreneurship. Sangeeta’s expertise includes design thinking, digital innovation, entrepreneurial strategy, women entrepreneurship and working with the community.
Dr Nikhil Varude
Dr Nikhil is the lead strategist at Circadian Comm & Analytics. He specializes in implementing growth-oriented marketing techniques that steers startup growth.
Sabina Krishna
Director of HCD at Human Factors Research & Design. She is a strategic leader and HCD-UX specialist having played various roles as head of multi-million global projects across industries.
Sudhir Desai
Currently the co-chair for the UN Millenium Project (Southern and Western Region) and chairman for the Future of Work and Technology workshop. Sudhir is the founder of Living Enterprise, a firm that help’s clients identify, develop strategies and execute strategic growth initiatives.
Vivian Gomes
Currently, the Board member of UXQCC (Austria). He is a Google Developer Expert in UX. Spearheading culture change transformation through Design across the world. He is a certified trainer from LUMA Institute.
Sreekumar
Sreekumar is Gallup certified strength coach. He is an ardent believer in heart-centred servant leadership and studies organisations that are epitomes of excellence with an inspiring culture that make a positive impact in society.
Ajay Hiraskar
CEO of Success Alchemists, a firm which provides Mentoring & Scaling Up Coaching services to companies in USD 1 – 25 Mn revenue range. He has been associated with companies like DELL, IDEA Cellular, The Times of India & Reliance Infocomm for over 27 years.
Alok Nandi
Design director and innovation strategist at Architempo, Alok b. Nandi brings experiences in multiple media (film production, events org, exhibition design, interactive media publishing for Tintin’s publisher a.o.) as well as R&D combining tech and storytelling (AR, VR, MR). He is global president of IxDA, Interaction Design Association.
Stylianos Makridis
Stylianos is a serial entrepreneur in niche industries like alt. healthcare, international investments etc. He helps his students to understand the nitty-gritty of entrepreneurship.
The IfDE Advantage
PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING
IfDE’s courses blend deep theoretical
foundation and practical experience of solving real-world complex scenarios that will enrich your portfolio.
COACH-BY-THE-SIDE
Get coached and learn from real-life
experiences with C- level executives and industry experts from design, strategy, marketing and innovation.
ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
Get industry-trusted and verified certificate, get strength-based coaching to discover your passion that will help you make the right career and business choices. Get lifetime access to IfDE’s knowledge hub.
Why IfDE’s approach to education is different
IfDE’s holistic approach enables you to design solutions, teams, and organization.
What Industry Experts say about our course
“Businesses today need to be socially relevant and future-ready apart being profitable. IfDE with a welltailored curriculum empowers aspiring professionals and entrepreneurs with the right tools to nurture and develop an idea to create a future proof sustainable business.”
Dr Pramod Ravindra
Sudhir Desai
CEO – Living Enterprise Inc. | National Chair – Future of Work and Technology, The Millennium Project
IfDE has put together a curriculum, that’s not only truly wholesome but ties in what’s necessary for entrepreneurial success. In hindsight, it will look obvious, but IfDE approach is rooted in years of experience.
Dr Navyug Mahnot
CE0 – QAI
Convenient
The Learning Experience at IfDE
CONVENIENT
Support beyond graduation
Next-gen learning
Feedback by experts
Continuous assessment and feedback by expert faculty. Final jury includes experts from IfDE industry partners organization.
IfDE Community
Network and learn from passionate Designers and Entrepreneurs.
Accounts to IfDE’s alumni community for knowledge exchange and networking.
Access IfDE’s knowledge hub for curated content around design, growth hacking, and entrepreneurship.
Partners in Education
IfDE has partnered with leading universities and institutes in India to deliver a world-class academic knowledge.
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About Us
IfDE is an education platform designed for aspiring designers, marketeers, and entrepreneurs. Our courses are designed and facilitated by industry professionals to enable students and professionals to learn and practice critical mindsets, tools, methods and technical skills.
Our mission is to create 10,000+ responsible designers and entrepreneurs who can create both business and social impact.
