About Godrej Design Lab

Godrej Design Lab, an initiative of Godrej & Boyce, is a platform to talk about design, how it impacts our life and how it can make it better.

Launched in 2014 by Navroze Godrej, today Godrej Design Lab continues with the intention of making life brighter and better through the power of well-designed objects, spaces, and systems. Our efforts are focused on engaging the community through though-provoking events, supporting upcoming talents and showcasing how design innovation can create better products and systems.

Godrej & Boyce has been part and parcel of life in India for more than 125 years, making homes safer, bringing together communities, creating gainful employment opportunities and shaping a sustainable world.

We’re always looking at new and interesting ways to make an impact, if you have any ideas you’d like to share with us, please reach out on the contacts below.

Fellowship Program

We have helping dozens of up-and-coming creatives undertake projects to explore their ideas and to make change.

The Godrej Design Lab Fellowship aims to give up-and-coming design talent in India a platform to showcase their voice, vision, and skill to a wider audience.

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Conscious Collective 2023

At Conscious Collective, an initiative by Godrej Design Lab, we seek to bring together professionals from the industry to celebrate this conscious future. Our objective is to bring together like- minded professionals who will re-imagine a more sustainable future and act as ambassadors to explore possibilities of a world that is much healthier and greener for us and for our future generations.

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Our team

Godrej Design Lab is a part of the Brand & Strategic Insights Group which works across Godrej & Boyce’s devisions to drive excellence in marketing, communication, consumer insights, and to drive our purpose to pioneer progress for generations.

Design Lab Team

Henry Skupniewicz

Strategy at Godrej Design Lab: Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Henry has extensive experience working within the design community across India including teaching at and founding the FabLab at CEPT University in Ahmedabad. Henry studied Computational Design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ashita Misquitta

Communicaitons at Godrej Design Lab: Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Ashita is a brand strategist and communications specialist. She is passionate about story-telling and bringing alive narratives that excite and inspire.

Tojo Jacob

Special Projects at Godrej Design Lab: Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Tojo is a value driven design strategist, creating seamless new customer centric experiences through products, spaces, identities & interventions, working across a wide variety of industries – supply chain, logistics, FMCD, industrial products & architecture.

Executive Team

Nyrika Holkar

Executive Director: Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Nyrika Holkar is an Indian businessperson, philanthropist, and a fourth-generation member of the Godrej family. As brand custodian she is instrumental in shaping the impact of Godrej & Boyce towards our mission to “Pioneer progress for generations”.

Mehernosh Pithawalla

SVP & Head of Brand and Strategic Insights: Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

As head of Brand & Strategic Insights at Godrej & Boyce Mehernosh focuses on shaping the voice of Godrej & Boyce to reflect our engineering innovations, leadership in sustainable practices and rich heritage.

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