Design Futures India

OpenAI seems to have understood two truths about India — that the future of AI adoption begins here, and that Indians love a good freebie.

First written in 1876 by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vande Mataram has travelled across a century and a half of India’s political, cultural, and emotional life.

Lucknow has launched the Lucknow Darshan electric doubledecker bus service, designed as a city tour that connects heritage sites while foregrounding safety, accessibility, and clean mobility.

Every January, Delhi briefly feels like a shared city again.

In five weeks, a six-legged insect has become one of the most reproduced symbols in Indian visual culture.

12 June 2026, India marked one year since Air India Flight AI171 crashed seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 260 people.

On 11 June 2026, Pine Labs launched the Pine Labs Payment Protocol (P3P), a system that allows AI agents to complete UPI payments without the user authenticating each transaction.

On 12 June 2026, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released the draft Telecommunications (Television, Radio and Associated Services) Rules, 2026.

On 13 June 2026, a research paper presented at the Design Research Society Conference in Edinburgh argued that India’s folk musicians about how folk artists are recognised, credited and compensated.

On June 14, Jharkhand’s Bhagaiya silk, Kuchai silk, Munda jewellery, and bamboo craft products have received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.