Build the Future Skills the world of work is asking for

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report finds that nearly 40% of the core skills we rely on today will change by 2030 — and that the capabilities rising fastest in value are the human ones: analytical and creative thinking, resilience and adaptability, leadership, and the curiosity to keep learning. Design Thinking is one of the most direct ways to build them. Over the week you will practise:

• Creative and analytical problem-solving — reframing messy, real-world challenges and turning them into tested solutions.
• Customer- and user-centricity — the empathy-first mindset at the heart of every product and service that lasts.
• Resilience and coaching under uncertainty — leading a team through ambiguity when there is no textbook answer.
• Intercultural competence, communication and active listening — the collaboration skills that make you effective on any international team.

And you will not just learn about these skills — you will leave as a trained Junior Design Thinking Coach who has already applied the method in practice, with a real result to show for it.

Do it in the market of tomorrow

India is now the world’s most populous country and its fastest-growing major economy — expanding at around 6–7% a year and on track to become the world’s third-largest economy by the early 2030s. Powering that growth is a strikingly young workforce: a median age under 30, with roughly two-thirds of the population under 35, driving a booming ecosystem across tech, agritech, fintech and social innovation. Mangalore sits right inside it, as one of coastal Karnataka’s fastest-growing hubs.

Spending a week solving real challenges alongside young Indian innovators — not just visiting — gives you first-hand fluency in one of the defining markets of the century, and an international network that keeps opening doors long after Pitch Day.

And the cherry on top

• Fresh perspectives on problem-solving and an international network that boosts your resourcefulness at work and opens the door to future collaborations.
• You help build lasting local capacity: Impact Week enables our local partners to apply Design Thinking themselves and run their own Impact Weeks — so your week creates impact that stays on the ground long after you leave.

Guided by Design Thinking, teams develop and prototype ideas aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Each team works within one of four focus areas:

• Software as a Service — cloud platforms that widen access to essential digital services.
• Hardware — physical devices and smart products that solve real-world needs.
• IT Software — applications and tools that improve systems and everyday life.
• Agrotech — technology for sustainable farming, food security and rural livelihoods.

Because MITE enables its students to keep developing their ideas after the event, the strongest concepts can grow into ventures within the institute’s incubator.