Mr. Ravi Joshi

Assistant Professor, Fashion Design (BDes)

Gandhinagar Campus

Mr. Ravi Joshi

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Ravi Joshi has taught fashion design pedagogy, costume history, illustration, and design for two decades. Trained in fashion design at NIFT Gandhinagar from 1999 to 2003, he brings extensive academic experience to an interdisciplinary practice rooted in art-making, clothing histories, regional craft traditions, and contemporary design processes. His teaching encourages students to become independent creators of ideas and to engage critically with fashion, material culture, and consumption.

His research and professional work focus on the craft and visual cultures of Saurashtra and Gujarat, including pastoral nomadic communities, tribal dance costumes, and hand-crafted textiles. He has contributed to costume research and prototyping for indigenous dance forms, priestly costumes for the Somnath Temple Trust, craft diversification projects across western and central India, and design pedagogy initiatives with national institutions. His paper “Men in White: Pastoral Nomad Communities’ Costumes in Rural Saurashtra” reflects this sustained engagement with clothing, community, and identity.

Alongside teaching and research, Joshi maintains an active visual art practice shaped by photographic processes, regional soils, and natural pigments. His exhibitions, awards, and museum inclusion reflect an ongoing dialogue between pedagogy, craft, memory, and contemporary art.