The India Design Mark process begins from June 29, 2017 and continues till the final announcements of India Design Mark on February 28, 2018. 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.
| June 29, 2017 | Applications open |
| December 01, 2017 | Applications close |
| December 01, 2017 | Final Submission of Application |
| December 01, 2017 | Last date for payment of Stage 1 evaluation fees |
| December 04 – December 29, 2017 | 1'st Stage Jury Evaluation of Entries |
| January 09, 2018 | Results notification of 1st stage evaluation |
| February 02, 2018 | Last date for payment of Stage 2 evaluation fees |
| February 16, 2018 | Last date for receiving physical entry for stage 2 evaluation |
| February 28, 2018 | Date for receiving products at the exhibition venue, in case of large sized products |
| March 01 & 02, 2018 | 2nd Stage Jury Evaluation of Entries |
| March 03 & 04, 2018 | India Design Mark Exhibition open to the public |
| March 01, 2018 – February 28, 2019 | Period for using India Design Mark logo free of charge |