Prof. (Dr) Toolika Gupta

Dean – Product Design (Vishwakarma Skills University),
President – Alliance Francaise Jaipur,
Secretary – Textiles and Clothing Research Center

Prof. (Dr) Toolika Gupta, the Director of the Indian Institute of Crafts and design, Jaipur since 2017, is a researcher, designer, author, educator and an academic administrator. After completing her Post Graduation from Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, she began her career as a designer in 1996, joining academics at NIFT, New Delhi in 2005. To follow her research interests, she resigned from NIFT to pursue her PhD at the University of Glasgow, UK, (2012-2016), while being a PhD fellow with the Center for Textile Research, (CTR), Denmark. Back in India, along with likeminded people she formed the Textiles and Clothing Research Center (TCRC), Delhi in 2016. Her research interests include Fashion and textile history, revival of Indian handicrafts and culture, craft cluster initiatives, and craft business incubation. She is on the Board of Studies of many design institutes, Secretary of TCRC and Dean-Product Design of Vishwakarma Skills University Jaipur, Rajasthan. Since 2022 she is also the President of Alliance Francaise of Jaipur.