Introduction:
The Pre-PhD Symposium and Post-PhD Consortium was a two-day workshop aimed at two groups of people - prospective PhD candidates and Design Doctorates. The latter consisted of designers from India who had done a PhD within the past ten years or were about to complete their PhD soon. The former consisted of designers, engineers, architects, or artists across India who might be interested in doing a Design PhD in the future. The design research community is small in India, and most people are not aware of what happens in a Design PhD. The event was aimed at providing guidance to the people interested in design research and helping them develop a concrete PhD proposal. The event also brought together the Design PhDs from India who discussed the possible options one could take after having done a PhD.