National Design Centre (NDC) (Erstwhile NCDPD) has been set up with an objective to fill up the gap in the areas of Design and Product Development by Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. The other objectives of the centre is to build and create design oriented excellence in the handicraft sector and other synergy sectors such as Jute, Silk, Carpet, Handlooms and other employment generation sectors to withstand global competitiveness.

Besides providing design & product development services, the activities of NDC have also been diversified into different areas such as Skill/ Capacity Development, creating Infrastructure support at clusters such as setting up of Common Facility Services, Resource Center, Design Center, Design Bank, Supply Chain Management, Market linkages by organizing thematic exhibitions, setting up Marketing Outlets etc.

NDC is equipped with professional designers who work to provide complete array of services for customized design / product development.