The India Design Mark process begins from July 16, 2019 and continues till the final announcements of India Design Mark on February 27, 2020. The important dates vis-à-vis the India Design Mark process are given below. Please note that under no circumstances any of these dates will be relaxed or compromised.
| December 02, 2019 | Applications Re-open |
| February 07, 2020 | Applications close |
| February 07, 2020 | Final Submission of Application |
| February 07, 2020 | Last date for payment of Stage 1 evaluation fees |
| February 07 - February 27, 2020 | 1'st Stage Jury Evaluation of Entries |
| February 28, 2020 | Results notification of 1st stage evaluation |
| March 13, 2020 | Last date for receiving physical entry for stage 2 evaluation |
| March 13, 2020 | Last date for payment of Stage 2 evaluation fees |
| March 25, 2020 | Date for receiving products at the exhibition venue, in case of large sized products |
| March 26 and 27, 2020 | 2nd Stage Jury Evaluation of Entries |
| March 28 - 29, 2020 | India Design Mark Exhibition open to the public |
| April 01, 2020 - March 31, 2021 | Period for using India Design Mark logo free of charge |