Ms Aarti Solanki is an Associate Professor with the Department of Fashion Technology. She has a total of 23 years of professional and academic experience. She also worked with the World Food Programme as a Food Aid Monitor officer in the Kutch region. She has been involved in projects of NIFT in the area of operator training. Her areas of interest are Garment Construction, Product Development, Protective Clothing, Apparel Quality Management and Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industry. She is pursuing her PhD in the Protective Clothing industry at NIFT.