Team Showcase
October 6, 2025
Prof. Rena Mehta has completed her Ph.D. in the field of Apparel & Textiles from IIS University, Jaipur. She has completed her M.Sc. from M.S. University Vadodara. She has teaching experience of 16 years in academics and research with several International & National Research Publications in the field of Fashion, Apparel & Textiles. She has served IIS University Jaipur for more than ten years and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal for two years in […]
October 6, 2025
Prof. Bessie Cecil, an alumna of Chennai College of Arts and Crafts and a Ph.D. graduate in Textile Design from the University of Madras, is a distinguished expert in Indian textiles. With over 20 years of experience, she has been the recipient of prestigious fellowships, including the Nehru UK Visiting Fellowship, Fulbright Doctoral Fellowship, National Heritage Board Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, and the Charles Wallace Fellowship. Her research spans a wide spectrum, from reviving extinct crafts […]
October 6, 2025
Prof. Dr. Toolika Gupta is Director of the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD), she is a researcher and educator in the fields of crafts and design. She holds a Ph.D. in History of Arts (Dress and Textiles) from the University of Glasgow, UK, and an M.Sc. in Textiles and Clothing from Lady Irwin College, New Delhi. Her academic journey also includes a Ph.D. fellowship with the Textile Research Center, Copenhagen, and a specialized […]
October 6, 2025
JAYMIN is a filmmaker based out of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He primarily works for the Gujarati film industry. He learned filmmaking at the National Institute at Design, Ahmedabad, which grants him a unique ability to see filmmaking as a design process. He helms multiple departments while working on a film, according to him, it brings a synergy between various processes that results in a unified, seamless film.
October 6, 2025
LOKESH GHAI is a researcher and design educator working with traditional craft practices and communities. Lokesh received research awards from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Indian Foundation for the Arts in Bengaluru. As an associate curator and artist, he presented the India Street exhibition in Scotland, a runner-up for the Most Sustainable Design Practice award. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University on a prestigious fellowship by the […]
October 6, 2025
Prof. Banhi Jha graduated summa cum laude in Fashion Design from Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. She has conducted research on the global fashion retail sector under a UNDP grant, and holds a PhD in Education. She has over three decades of teaching experience at National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi where she served as Dean Academics, Chair of the Fashion Design department, the first Head – Publication and Editor-in-chief of the NIFT Journal […]
October 6, 2025
MJ Levy The dynamic artistry of M.J. Levy Dickson is inspired by the beauty she experiences every day. She is an artist and educator who has created an extensive body of work spanning oil paints, acrylics, watercolor, charcoal, pencil, pen and ink, glass, and repurposed materials. M.J.’s abstract interpretation of nature in her work allows the viewer to see the world in an entirely different way. Her creativity is the art of the possible, the […]
October 6, 2025
ISABELLE MOULIN is a consultant in contemporary valorization of textile heritage. Her initial training in Haute-Couture consolidated with Lolita Lempicka and Lanvin has gradually turned towards research and museography: An approach that closely combines heritage and contemporary expressions which has now been deployed through exhibitions, editions of books and limited series, educational programs along the Silk Road. All these achievements have earned her the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in […]
October 6, 2025
Dr Francesco Mazzarella is a design researcher, educator, and activist, striving to plant seeds of hope and change, especially working with marginalized communities. He is Reader in Design for Social Change at London College of Fashion, UAL. His work at Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) aims at exploring ways in which design activism can be used to create counter-narratives towards sustainability, in and through fashion. Francesco’s research spans the fields of design activism, textile craftsmanship, […]