New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Circular Design Challenge (CDC), an initiative to promote sustainability in the fashion industry, received around 220 applications from more than 15 countries in its 2026 edition, making it the largest since its launch in 2018, Hemant Sharma, President, Polyester Segment, Reliance Industries Limited, said.

Speaking on the sidelines of the eighth edition of the Circular Design Challenge, organised as part of the India-France Year of Innovation 2026, Sharma said the initiative had evolved from a local event into a global platform for young entrepreneurs working on sustainable fashion solutions.

"The purpose of CDC was to provide a kind of platform to the young entrepreneurs to improve sustainability in the fashio...