Free webinar for parents · Grades 5 to 12 · Online
Careers AI can't replace start with how your child thinks.
A free 45-minute session for parents on design thinking: the skill of finding real problems, understanding people and testing ideas. What it is, why schools and employers now ask for it, and how your child can build it from Grade 5 onwards.
In the session
Three questions every parent is asking.
Question 1
What will still matter when AI can do the homework?
Why problem-finding, empathy and testing ideas are the skills employers and universities now look for.
Question 2
What is design thinking, really?
The five steps, explained with real student projects from schools and from DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad.
Question 3
How can my child start?
Simple things to try at home, what to ask your child's school, and the programmes open to students.
What students do with us
From a classroom lab to a week at IIT Hyderabad.
In school
HCD Lab at School
A design thinking lab inside the school, run by trained teachers and supported by DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad.
HCD Lab at SchoolGrades 9–12
Residential immersion
A residential week of design thinking, entrepreneurship and innovation at DIC Hub, IIT Hyderabad, ending in a live jury.
Residential immersionGrades 5–12
Design thinking course books
A workbook series by Dr Deepak John Mathew, Jacinta Bell and Mathew Sebastian.
The course booksWho is speaking
Mathew Sebastian.
Founding Board Member of The Institute of Human-Centred Design and Fellow at the Design Innovation Centre, IIT Hyderabad. An NID-trained designer who worked at Nokia, Panasonic and Emirates, and who teaches design thinking at NID, NIFT and IIT.
Questions parents ask
Before you register.
- Is it really free?Yes. The webinar is free and there is no obligation to join any programme.
- Is it for my child or for me?It is for parents. Students are welcome to listen in with you.
- When is it?We share the date and joining link with everyone who registers their interest.
- Can my child's school host a session?Yes. Write to us and we will arrange one for all its parents.
Parents