The Industrial Design Center was started in 1969 at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay with a post-graduate diploma course in product design. By 1979, 76 students had successfully completed this course. In 1979, this course was converted into a postgraduate degree course. The students admitted were from an engineering and architecture background. In 1984, IDC entered graphic design with a two-year postgraduate degree course in visual communication. At present, IDC has very little information about its alumni because there is no proper way to interact with them. Presently, some of the alumni are in contact with IDC in two ways:

-Personally visiting IDC
-Through IDC news letter

Interaction between IDC and its alumni can help both in several ways:

-to get feedback on many important subjects.
-increased interaction with industries
-evaluating and revising the course work to meet the demands of the new environment.
-to make professionals known about IDC and its activities
-exchange of new trends and developments in design and its related fields
-to know the scope for a fresh designer as a freelancer