CII Design Excellence Award 2023

A team lead by Rajesh Gogu, Head of Exterior & Advance Design, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
and an “alumnus of the Department of Design and Manufacturing (erstwhile Centre for
Product Design and Manufacturing), Indian Institute of Science, MDes programme (2001
batch)” wins the CII Design Excellence Award 2023 under the “Mobility Category” during
the 23rd India Design Summit 2023, New Delhi, India
(https://ciidesign.in/index.php/ciidesign/eligiblity_categories#about_awards).
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industryled and industry-managed organization. Founded in 1895, India’s premier business
association has over 9100 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including
SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 300,000 enterprises from around
288 national and regional sectoral industry bodies. (https://www.cii.in/)
The CII is keen to encourage design as a tool for business competitiveness and
innovation through its National Committee on Design (https://ciidesign.in/). CIIDesign is
an initiative of CII, for promoting & leveraging design towards sustainable economic
growth among Indian organizations. Among the major initiatives of CII Design is the “CII
Design Excellence Awards”(established in 2011) that acknowledge and celebrate Indian
design and innovation. They strive to create new paradigms of design in India while
promoting the unique amalgamation of traditional with contemporary design. CII Design
Excellence Awards is endorsed by the India Design Council
(https://indiadesigncouncil.org/) and is supported by Design Intelligence Award
(https://en.di-award.org/) and World Design Organization (https://wdo.org/). CII India
Design Summit is a flagship event of CII organized for the past 20 years. The summit is a
platform to create an enduring partnership between design and organizations leading to
innovation and increased economic competitiveness.