Design Thinking and Innovation
Why colleges run this
Feeds your Incubation Centre and IIC, and produces documented innovation activity your IQAC can file.
Course outcomes
CO1
Construct an empathy map and a point-of-view problem statement from a real user interview
K4CO2
Apply structured ideation to generate and rank candidate solutions
K3CO3
Build a low-fidelity prototype and revise it from user-test feedback
K3CO4
Deliver a problem-solution pitch and defend it under questioning
K3CO5
Evaluate a peer team's prototype against its own problem statement
K5Modules tap a module for its theory & lab
Hours shown are the recommended 2-day format — module time scales to the duration you pick.
01Empathy and problem framing4 h
Theory
Empathy mapping, interviews, point-of-view statements, how-might-we questions
Lab
Interview a real user and build the empathy map
Output
Empathy map + framed problem
02Ideation4 h
Theory
Divergent thinking, quantity before quality, selection criteria
Lab
Structured ideation sprints on the framed problem
Output
Ranked idea board
03Rapid prototyping4 h
Theory
Paper and clickable prototypes, testing with users, iterating
Lab
Build and test a prototype twice in one afternoon
Output
Tested prototype v2
04The pitch4 h
Theory
Problem-solution narrative, demo, handling questions
Lab
Pitch to a panel with structured feedback
Output
Delivered pitch + feedback sheet
Every participant receives
Certificate of completion Course material LMS access Interview question bank Mock interview & viva practice Optional nasscom NSQF assessment