The National Film Award for Best Sound Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India.
It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
At the 70th National Film Awards, both Best Audiography and Best On-location Sound Recordist were clubbed to a single category as Best Sound Design.
Since then, only the sound designer is eligible for the award.
[1] Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize.