NIFT International Conference Mumbai, India 22nd-23rd January 2026

Committee members

Conference Chair

Prof. Noopur Anand (PhD)

Dean NIFT

 

Conference Chair

Prof. Rupa Agarwal (PhD)

NIFT Mumbai

 

Advisory Board

Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Mr. Armaan Ali, Executive Director, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP)

Dr. Shilpa Das, NID Ahmedabad, Principal Faculty, Interdisciplinary Design Studies Head

Dr. Sharmila Dua, Ex-Dean NIFT

Dr. Pammi Sinha, Professor of Fashion Management, University of Leeds, UK.

 

Executive committee

Prof. Sudha Dhingra, (PhD) NIFT Delhi 

Prof. Ajit Kumar Khare, (PhD), Director In-charge NIFT Mumbai

Prof. Shinju Mahajan, (PhD) NIFT Delhi

Prof. Varsha Gupta, (PhD) NIFT Delhi

Prof. Ruby Kashyap Sood, (PhD) NIFT Delhi

Prof. Patricia Sumod, (PhD) NIFT Mumbai

Dr. Dimple Bahl, NIFT Delhi

 

Campus Organising committee

Dr. Kundlata Mishra. NIFT Mumbai

Dr. Susmita Das. NIFT Mumbai

Mr. Nitin Salve. NIFT Mumbai

Dr. Nagma Sahi Ansari. NIFT Mumbai

 

Technical Program Committee

S. No.

Email Id

Name

Affiliation

Department

1

nithya.venkataraman@nift.ac.in

Dr Nithya Venkataraman

NIFT Bengaluru

Knitwear Design (KD)

2

mahesh.shaw@nift.ac.in

Mahesh Shaw

NIFT Gandhinagar

Textile Design

3

harish.banga@nift.ac.in

Dr Harish Kumar Banga

NIFT Kangra

Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories

4

vibhavari.kumar@nift.ac.in

Dr Vibhavari Kumar

NIFT Bengaluru

Fashion Communication

5

shakeel.iqbal@nift.ac.in

Dr. Shakeel Iqbal

NIFT Hyderabad

BFTech

6

nayantara.singh@nift.ac.in

Kumari Nayan Tara Singh

NIFT Bhopal

Fashion Design

7

chetram.meena@nift.ac.in

Dr Chet Ram Meena

NIFT Jodhpur

Textile Design (TD)

8

laxmi_singh@nift.ac.in

Dr Vijaylaxmi Singh

Nift Raebareli

Fashion Design

9

vishaka.agarwal@nift.ac.in

Dr. Vishaka Agarwal

NIFT Bhopal

Fashion Design

10

vidhusekhar.p@nift.ac.in

Dr Vidhu Sekhar P

NIFT Daman

MFM

11

prvndurai5@gmail.com

Praveen Nagarajan

NIFT Chennai

BFTech

12

shruti.gupta@nift.ac.in

Dr Shruti Gupta

NIFT Panchkula

Textile Design (TD)

13

kajabanthanavas.r@nift.ac.in

Dr R Kaja Bantha Navas

NIFT Gandhinagar

BFTech

14

babita.bhandari@nift.ac.in

Dr Babita Bhandari

NIFT Kangra

Textile Design (TD)

15

vishu.arora@nift.ac.in

Dr Vishu Arora

NIFT Panchkula

MDES

16

Richa.Sharma@nift.ac.in

Dr Richa Sharma

NIFT Bengaluru

Textile Design (TD)

17

kislaya.choudhary@nift.ac.in

Dr Kislaya Choudhary

NIFT Mumbai

Textile Design (TD)

18

indranil.saha@nift.ac.in

Dr Indranil Saha

NIFT Kolkata

MFM

19

shubhangi.yadav@nift.ac.in

Dr Shubhangi B Yadav

NIFT Gandhinagar

Textile Design (TD)

20

rahul.kushwaha@nift.ac.in

Dr Rahul Kushwaha

NIFT Daman

MFM

21

mkrishna.kumar@nift.ac.in

Dr M. Krishnakumar

NIFT Kannur

MFM

22

tmoasunep.jamir@nift.ac.in

Dr T. Moasunep Jamir

NIFT Shillong

 

23

amit.gupta@nift.ac.in

Amit Gupta

NIFT Kolkata

Knitwear Design (KD)

24

shipra.sharma@nift.ac.in

Dr Shipra Sharma

NIFT Panckula

BFTech

25

smriti.yadav@nift.ac.in

Dr Smriti Yadav

NIFT Varanasi

Fashion Design

26

akankshapareek@gmail.com

Dr Akanksha Pareek

NIFT Jodhpur

Textile Design (TD)

29

manish.sharma@nift.ac.in

Manish Sharma

NIFT Gandhinagar

Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories

27

prasanna.halbe@sid.edu.in

Prasanna Prakash Halbe

Symbiosis Institute of Design, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune, India.

Industrial Design

28

nitindrak@gmail.com

Nitin Arun Kulkarni

Avantika University

School of Design

30

sharmila.sinha@nshm.com

Dr Sharmila Sinha

NSHM Knowledge campus, Kolkata

School of Design

31

ritika.saxena@nift.ac.in

Dr Ritika Saxena

NIFT Panchkula

MDES

32

saurabh.chaturvedi@nift.ac.in

Dr Saurabh Chaturvedi

NIFT Mumbai

BFTech

33

varsha.gupta@nift.ac.in

Dr Varsha Gupta

NIFT Delhi

MDES

34

vbembroidery@gmail.com

Dr Vandana Bhandari

Former Dean, NIFT

Knitwear Design (KD)

35

mvasantha2008@gmail.com

Dr Vasantha

Former Dean, NIFT

Textile Design (TD)

36

sharmilajdua@gmail.com

Dr Sharmila Dua

Former Dean, NIFT

MDES