Design Education 2019 was conducted on March 15, 2019 at VMCC, IIT Bombay. Design education in its modern form was kindled in India with the establishment of NID in 1963. The Industrial Design Centre was set up in 1969 by the Government of India under the auspices of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Prof. V. N. Adarkar was the adviser for the first five years. Prof. Sudhakar Nadkarni took up the headship and was responsible for setting up the IDC. It began with an academic programme in industrial design. Aims and objectives put forth by the committee for the formation of the centre were: "The aim of the Industrial Design Centre is to prepare students to enter into new creative activities as professional industrial designers who, with experience and maturity, can reach the highest level of design practice, research, and development necessary for the industry.