A good designer should be a good artist, a good technocrat, a logical thinker, a practical person who can correlate technology with innovativeness at reasonable cost. A designer should deliver the goods to the society in most economical way and in certain time frame. Design education across the world reflects a diverse spectrum of economic, regional and social dynamics.  Several great traditions in design education continue to reflect regional aspirations while at the same time striving to make them a part of the modern world. 
Design today is breaking regional barriers and crossing continents in search of new sensibilities, alternative methodologies and collaborative opportunities. Rapid advancement in the field of Information technology has led to the emergence of the knowledge economy as the new powerhouse.  In this context design education should address the new and emerging so cio-cultural and economic aspects.
The new world order now influences a country's relative position in economic development. One of the drivers behind this relative differentiation among countries is the design-oriented creative edge that a nation adopts to create global competitiveness and distinctive strategies. On the backdrop of the today's knowledge economy, there is a growing appreciation of the value adding and even intangible role, design can play in harmonious economic growth, up gradation of quality of life and in developing uniqueness and differentiation. Design is a critical value addition that will pitchfork the country to use its culture and tradition as yesterday's innovations to create new value chain for the future.  There are increasing demands on design to play a key role in the domains that were traditionally considered to be the forte of technology and management.
Design creates a bridge between Human Development, Technology and Industry of a country. The emergence of design can bring in global competitiveness, good business to Indian industries, creating profits, expands the exports volume multifold, understanding and creating quality of life products for the national and global customer, create and generate a culture of innovation.