India - ‘home’ to sustainability and the world capital of NGO’s – welcomes those who admire, live, breathe and practice sustainability through green principles of design. The event 'in a planet of our own' is being held at Mumbai, India in November 2009 (re-scheduled), and is hosted by the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), which is a post-graduate design school at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai. The event is being organised in partnership with DesigninIndia.net This international event is aimed at creating design awareness on sustainability and simultaneously offers a platform for interaction for the design community. The events are centered around the interests of students, educationists and practicing professional designers. The event has been designed to be lively, interactive and thought provoking and will provide great opportunity to converse with grandmasters of design, interact with thought leaders and listen to visions by outstanding speakers. The event is expected to throw light on the role of design in an interconnected global world within the context of sustainability. The major events during the design week are: 1. International Design Conference on Sustainability (requires registration) 2. Design Workshop on Sustainability for Students 3. National Meet on Sustainable Design Education 4. Design Carnival: Exhibition - Vision of sustainability from six continents 5. Design Carnival: Public Installations based on Sustainability