Name of the Organisation : India Design Council Government of India (indiadesignmark.in)
Type of Announcement : India Design Mark 2014

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India Design Mark 2014 :
India Design Mark symbolizes product excellence in form, function, quality, safety, sustainability and innovation and communicates that the product is usable, durable, aesthetically appealing & socially responsible.India Design Mark is a design standard not a contest.

Eligibility :
An application can be made by the representative of manufacturer or by the brand owner company or by the designer / design company
Irrespective of the applicant, the India Design Mark will be granted in the name of brand owner company with design credit to the designer / design company.
An applicant may submit any number of entries in any category.
For each product, a separate application and payment must be submitted.
In case of product family where either many product elements form one single product offering or where the product has the same basic design attributes, but with minor feature changes one application would suffice.

Eligibility Criteria :
The product entry should satisfy any two of the three requirements i.e. Made in India, Designed in India or Sold in India
The entry should be mass-produced using an industrial process and should be in the market at the time of application
The entry should be a complete product
The entry should be an end product having been introduced in the market as a new product during the period of January 01, 2011 and June 29, 2013.

Ineligible Entries :
Entries in the prototyping stage
Entries which are under litigation for violation of patent, trademarks, design mark or any of the intellectual property related provisions
Entries that are copies of other products available in Indian or foreign markets

Schedule :
June 29, 2013 Applications open
October 12, 2013 Applications close
October 12, 2013 Final Submission of Application
October 12, 2013 Last date for payment of India Design Mark application fees
November 01 - November 30, 20123 1'st Stage Jury Evaluation of Entries
December 16, 2012 Results notification of 1st stage evaluation
January 31, 2014 Last date for receiving physical entry for stage 2 evaluation
January 31, 2014 Last date of payment for 2'nd stage jury evaluation fees and exhibition fees
February 05, 2014 Date for receiving products at the exhibition venue, in case of large sized products
February 06 and 07, 2014 2nd Stage Jury Evaluation of Entries
February 08 and 09, 2014 India Design Mark Exhibition open to the public
February 28, 2014 Announcement of India Design Marks Granted on India Design Mark website
March 01, 2014 - February 28, 2015 Period for using India Design Mark logo free of charge

Application Process :
1 CREATE AN ACCOUNT ON INDIA DESIGN MARK WEBSITE :
Register an online account
This account once created will remain valid for future India Design Mark entries
On registration, a confirmation mail will be sent on the registered email id
Your account will become operational only after clicking the given link in the confirmation mail
Now you will have a login id and password and you are ready for submitting your entry
You can use the same account for submitting multiple entries
You can now access your online account throughout the application process using your login id and password
All important announcements, messages, instructions will be released from time to time on the India Design Mark website accessible under your login account

2 COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FORM :
Now that you hold an account, you can start filling the application form
A blank application format is available on the India Design Mark website for your referral
Please keep all the information ready as per the blank application format before you start filling-in the application form
Be sure to review categories and sub-categories and choose the most appropriate for your entry.
It is essential to mention the right category / sub-category as categories of entry is an important evaluation basis, Please
consult with the India Design Mark secretariat if there is any doubt about the category of entry.

3 UPLOAD ENTRY IMAGES :
You need to upload 6 different images of your entry.
Please remember that the first stage process of qualification of entries will be done online and the jury members will be making crucial decision based on uploaded images. So ensure that the uploaded images show the product and its unique features distinctively
The image orientation must be horizontal (landscape format)
The image file format has to be JPG
Perspective should be used to highlight the scale of the product and add dynamism.
Avoid flat frontal views
The images should be evenly lit, bright and clear
Flash lighting, which illuminates the product unevenly, should not be used.
All the important facets of the products should be visible
Preferably the photograph should be a cutout of the product, which appears on a white background.
Use shadows or reflection to add dimension and sense of space to an image.
Full bleed images should be used only if it is necessary to show the environment / surroundings or context of the product. If such a requirement arises use a background, which is uncluttered and minimal.
Do not use dark / unclear images.
Do not use close crops of images where scale is not clear.
The photo should be in 300 dpi resolution
The size of the photo should not be smaller than 10 inches by 10 inches
The photo preferably should be in square proportion.

4 FINAL SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION :
You must make the final submission on or before the prescribed last date
Before making final submission you can edit your application and change uploaded images, any number of times
Once the final submission is made, you would not be allowed to change anything in your application
So before the final submission, confirm all the information entered by you in the application form
All applications must be confirmed by the last date of submission. To do so, confirm all previously entered information and submit your entry by clicking “Apply”
Please note that your application can be cancelled at any time prior to the application last date

5 PAYMENT FOR STAGE 1 ASSESSMENT :
Final submission of the application will generate an invoice for payment of application fees
You need to make the payment towards application fees
Without payment of application fees, your application will not be considered.
The last date for making the payment is also the last date of submitting the application.
The payment once made is not refundable under any circumstances
Payment could be made through following modes