India Design Mark

Only those entries which qualify at the first stage of India Design Mark are considered during the second stage
There is separate payment for the second stage of jury assessment and for exhibition space required to display the entry.
For second stage evaluation of entries, the applicant is required to send in the physical product by the prescribed date.
The evaluation takes place by a specially appointed jury for stage 2 as per the evaluation criteria prescribed for this stage
At this stage the evaluation happens vis-a-vis the physical product submitted for assessment as well as the application information submitted for stage 1 assessment.
At this stage, each of the entry is evaluated by a group of minimum three jury members acting in tandem and the evaluation decision is reached at through consensus
The entire jury panel discusses the evaluation decisions of each of the group commonly and an overall consensus is reached.
The jury chairman will act as an arbitrator wherever consensus cannot be reached
The jury's decision is final
After the assessment is over, those entries, which are adjudged to have received the India Design Mark, are exhibited in a public exhibition on subsequent days.