Team Showcase
May 8, 2025
Anuradha Singh is the Head of Lady Bamford Foundation and the Director of NilaHOUSE – an organisation that sits at the intersection of craft, design, sustainability and community empowerment. Anuradha’s nuanced understanding of the power of craft and heritage as an agent for social and economic development has been informed by her two decades of experience in the heritage and cultural development sectors. She was previously the Additional Director at the Jawahar Kala Kendra in […]
May 8, 2025
Ms. Meenakshi Singh trained at the National Institute of Design Ahmedabad in the area of Apparel and Textile Design. She has more than 30 years of experience in various areas of Craft and Design ranging from design education, outreach and training, product development, retail and others. She retired as Dean Academics from the Indian Institute of Crafts & Design Jaipur in 2023. Besides teaching at the premier institutes of the country like NID, NIFT, Pearl […]
May 7, 2025
Former Director, Weavers’ Service Centre, office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. Mr. Paul was born a weaver’s family in West Bengal. He studied Handloom Technology and Project Planning & Infrastructure Management and attended professional HRD Training programmes in IIT New Delhi &NIRD.He has taught in Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, then joined in Weavers’ Service Centre as Designer and retired in 2015 as Zonal Director after serving for […]
May 7, 2025
Sudhir Kasliwal is an accomplished Jeweler, photographer and collector. Born in Jaipur, he belongs to the sixth generation of Royal Jewelers. His love for photography began as a hobby and soon transformed into a consuming passion. Rajasthan’s spellbinding life, landscapes and heritage have been a deep and long lasting inspiration for him. Mr.Kasliwal’s photography has received international recognition and they have appeared regularly in leading journals all over the world.
May 7, 2025
Radhika Doshi Kathpalia practices as an Architect, Artist and Fashion Designer. She is a graduate of the School of Architecture, CEPT Ahmedabad and of the first batch of the Short-Term Fashion Design Course for designers conducted by FIT, New York at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. She is the founding partner of Mansar. A design laboratory for experimenting with architecture, urban design, fashion, photography and exhibition design. Mansar’s works have been published […]
May 6, 2025
Laila Tyabji is a craft designer, writer, and Chairperson of DASTKAR, the craft NGO she helped found. Laila has been working with grassroots artisans all over India for the past 45 years.Many of her most rewarding projects involve creating new livelihood avenues through craft for pastoral &marginalised rural communities – bonded labour in Bihar, displaced villages in Ranthambhore, tribals in Orissa and Karnataka, victims of insurgency in Kashmir. Laila studied art in Baroda & Japan, […]
May 6, 2025
Professor Jatin Bhatt, a 1977 graduate from NID, is an independent Design educator and practitioner with experience in design consultancy, entrepreneurship, and academic leadership. He has been founding Chair of Accessory Design Department NIFT and founding Dean of School of Design, Ambedkar University Delhi from where he superannuated in 2020 as Pro Vice Chancellor. He has designed consumer goods, machine tools, watches, packaging, engineering products and exhibitions. He has conceived and led initiatives in industry […]
March 26, 2025
Garima is a textile designer, researcher and an educator with a deep-rooted passion for Indian textiles, craft traditions and emerging technologies in design education. She holds a Bachelor’s in Design (B.Des) in Textile Design from NIFT Gandhinagar and a Master’s in Design (M.Des) in Textile Design from NID Ahmedabad. Currently, she is pursuing Ph.D. at Banasthali Vidyapith, focusing on the impact of AI in fashion education through the development of an instructional model. With over […]
December 6, 2024
Dharmendra Bana has over 13 years of experience in the development sector, specializing in research, documentation, and enterprise development. His expertise lies in crafting innovative solutions for grassroots organizations, farmers and artisans, addressing challenges such as climate change, sustainable development, and social entrepreneurship. He has collaborated with several esteemed organizations as a consultant, contributing to capacity building, impact assessment, and program implementation. His academic credentials include a Master’s degree in Social Work (2011) from the […]