Department of Design (DoD) proposes to set up a Design Innovation Centre, which will create an ecosystem of innovation by collaborating with different disciplines. These disciplines will include other departments at IIT Guwahati, other universities/schools, industry and other governmental and non-governmental organisations. DoD will focus on the northeastern region of the country, and the emphasis will be on sustainable development of the region through design-centred innovations in sectors like agriculture, health, sanitation, urbanisation, tourism, education, etc. Special emphasis will be laid on incubating innovative ideas into commercialisable ventures through incubation support programmes.