Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was established in 2011.

to pursue excellence in teaching, research and industry interaction in the area of Design.

The two-year M.Des programme is the flagship program of the centre.

The centre is perhaps the only place in India pursuing an active research programme in Design spanning the broad areas of Design Theory and Methodology, Human Factors in Design, PLM and, Vehicle Design, Simulation and Testing.