Design thinking has gained massive prominence in recent years and being heralded as most promising problem solving approach that not only enhances cognitive capacities and skills but also has empathy and collaborations as its crucial comer stones. With the NEP 2020 also signifying its importance, there is a need to chart out a map of how design thinking needs to be adopted as both a philosophy and a process in teaching learning environments. This paper attempts to examine the researches done in the area of design thinking to answer key research questions like - Does design thinking actually paint a promising future for our education systems? Should education systems be overly excited towards adopting design thinking? The researches revel that design thinking has tremendous potential to foster and enhance skill development, cognitive capacitates as well as collaborations. However there may be certain challenges stemming from curricular demands to time constraints and resource management amongst few others that need resolution.