Faculty

One of the unique characteristics of the faculty at IAM is its diverse set of interests and proven professional backgrounds. The diversity of interests ensure that the students are exposed to a wide range of points of view about the environment in which they will live and work after completing their education at the Institute. The Vision and strategies of IAM owe much to the exceptional caliber of its faculty.

People who have acted as the building blocks and leadership of Premier Institutes like NID & NIFT are now the key leadership & faculty members at IAM.

There are 18+ faculty members supported by technical personnel and administrative staff in their educational, research and consultancy projects. They interact with industry and institutions in organizing seminars, conducting short term courses & workshops, consultancy and advisory programme. The faculty members have backgrounds in Fashion Design, Textile Design, Apparel Marketing and Merchandising, Retail and Supply Chain Management, Apparel Production and Information Technology. They have qualifications from Institutions such as FIT New York, NID,, NIFT etc.

Dr.Darlie Koshy, Director General, Institute of Apparel Management

Dr.Darlie Koshy is the Director General of Institute of Apparel Management & Apparel Training and Design Center Network under the aegis of AEPC. He is the CEO for all the Apparel Training & Design Centres across the country and the Institutes of Apparel Management in Gurgaon and Mumbai. Dr. Koshy is the author of three pioneering books including the “Indian Design Edge”, a much acclaimed recent publication. Dr. Koshy’s contribution to design education and promotion has been recognized by being named twice as one of “50 leaders reshaping Indian education” by Education World, The Human Development Magazine (Nov. 2007, Oct. 2008)). Dr. Koshy also received the Delhi IIT Alumni Award for contribution of National Development in 2008 apart from “Premio II Ponte 2008 Award” for contribution to the Design for Development and Quality of Life instituted by the Fondazione Europea Guido Venosta, Milan Italy.Dr Koshy has also been facilated with the Order of Star of Italian Solidarity. Before taking on his current position, Dr. Koshy was the Director of the National Institute of Design for two terms of office.

Mr. Somesh Singh, JD & Head, FD & Academic Programme

He is the Joint Director of Institute of Apparel Management. Graduate in Fashion Design from NIFT with Faculty Development Programme completed from NID, Ahmedabad with expertise in Design, Innovation, Research and New Product Development.

As a professional he has wide experience working with international companies, initiated collaborations with European Universities (Domus Academy, Bocconi University, Polytecnic di Milano and Instituto Eurepo di Design) as a part of "Indo-Italian task force".

He has been invited as guest delegate at “International Textile and Apparel Congress 2007”, Hong Kong, eminent speaker in “Indian Retail Summit”, “Indo-American Textile Summit”, KVIC, HEPC, FDDI, FID and many such national and international forums.

His list of innovations includes, PaunchProof™, Green Design for Retail, Fashion Clinic+, “I-Shop” (Intelligent Shops), High Altitude Clothing for defense, strategic design innovation in Police Uniforms. His various innovative ideas has been covered by leading international media including TIME Magazine, BBC, CNN, USA today, ZDF, Reuters, The Standard, Indian National Dailies and many more.

His being head of Apparel Design & Merchandising Department, NID has been awarded “Best Institute in Apparel Training” by Clothing Manufactures Association of India for last four years consecutively (2005-08). It has also been rated as No. 1 fashion Institute by Outlook Magazine 2007-08, and No. 2 by Hindustan Times, Mint Survey 2007-08.

He has been jury member to National and International fashion awards including "OUTLOOK" magazine’s “Best Indian designers”, "INDIA FASHION WEEK”, “BW-NID Design Excellence Awards” and many more.

Ms. Sharmila Katre, Professor

Post Graduate from the Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has a professional career in the fashion sector spanning 29 years, covering Marketing and Business Development, Product Development and Sourcing, and Management Systems and Organization Development. In industry roles she has worked with principals in Europe and Australia and a well known Indian Couture House. As a pedagogue she has had a deep and ongoing involvement with academics through postgraduate and undergraduate programmes as a senior faculty at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF). She was part of the founding faculty and start up team at PAF, and instrumental in the tie-up and certification of its 2 year Post graduate programme by the Nottingham Trent University. She has also conducted Executive Development programmes as well as Industry Workshops and seminars. She is an external Examiner for the Fashion Design and Knitwear Design programmes at a privately run Design College in Ludhiana.

Ms. Sonia Chowdhry, Professor

Graduate in the Apparel Marketing and Merchandising department (Class of 1990) of the National Institute of Fashion Technology.

After working in the industry for 5 years she joined as a Faculty member in the Marketing and Merchandising department at NIFT, New Delhi. She has received her pedagogic training in her chosen discipline at FIT New York. She has 14 years experience in teaching. She specializes in Fashion Marketing, Consumer Behavior in Fashion, Brands & Retail Management and Fragrance Knowledge.

Mr Snehasish Ray, Associate Professor

Graduate in Fashion Design from NIFT, New Delhi in the year 1991 has had his own brand label in domestic couture and prêt clothing fashion industry. He has been a visiting faculty to the department of Fashion Design, NIFT, New Delhi since his graduation. Apart from teaching at IAM he continues to be involved with his own design studio in Delhi, manufacturing high fashion apparel for the domestic market.

Ms. Rachna Imam, Associate Professor

Graduate in Fashion Design from NIFT, New Delhi. She has worked in the industry for 14 years .She has been a Designer with Intercraft and Louis Feraud. She is also retailing her brand in leading stores both in domestic and international market. Her area of Specialisation is History of Art and design, Fashion Styling, Fashion Illustration, Creative Fashion presentation and fashion forecasting.

Ms. Aradhika Mehta, Associate professor

Postgraduate of the AMM program of NIFT, Delhi. She has contributed significantly in diverse roles across the Marketing, Product Development, Merchandising and Retail Buying functions for some of the leading international apparel and retail brands of the country for 7 years. She has the distinction of working across the entire spectrum of product categories of clothing in her professional roles. Her area of expertise spans Product development, Category management and Retailing.

Mr. Nitin Gupta, Assistant Professor

PG Diploma in Garment Manufacturing Technology from NIFT. With nine years of Industry experience, his areas of specialization are Production planning & control, International Export Procedures & Logistics, Product & Business development.

Ms. Seema Kumar, Assistant Professor

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Drawing and Painting from Banasthali Vidyapith and Postgraduate in Knitwear Design & Technology from NIFT. With an Industry experience of almost 10 years working with international brands and buyers, her Areas of specialization are Merchandising, Product Development, Knitwear, Drawing and Fashion Illustration, Elements and Principles of Design.

Ms. Vijaya Sethi, Assistant Professor

Graduate in Fashion Design and Information Technology from NIFT and a Post Graduate from NID in Apparel Design and Merchandising. She has worked in the industry for five years and has specialized in Computer Aided design and fashion forecasting.

Ms. Rakhi Mital, Assistant Professor

PG Diploma in Textile Design and Development from NIFT. With 7 years of Industry work experience her core areas of specialization are Design & Product Development, Surface Techniques and CAD

Ms.Shalini Bansal, Assistant Professor

Post Graduate from NID in Textile Design. She has worked in the domestic retail industry for the last 4 years as a product designer and design consultant for well know luxury home furnishing brand. She brings with her depth of knowledge in the area of textiles and product design and development.

Ms. Anwita Singh, Faculty Trainee

Post Graduate Degree in Ecology & Environment, PGDBM – 2 years (Full Time) with work Experience of 8 years in industry and her area of specialization is Finance & International Business.

Ms. Ruchi Saxena, Faculty Trainee

Post graduate in Knitwear Design Technology from NIFT with industry experience of 7years. Her area of specialization is Merchandising and Knitted Fabrics.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh

Graduate from the Delhi University (DU), he also has a Diploma in Graphics. He has an experience of more than 9 years in the fashion industry and his areas of expertise are Computer Aided Design (CAD) etc. He is a Certified Instructor of the Tukacad Studio.

Mumbai Faculty

Rajesh Singh, Centre Head

Post Graduate in Garment Manufacturing Technology from NIFT & a Statistics honors, having major experience in various retail corporates with diversified business aspects of Lifestyle/Fashion product portfolio. With more than 11 yrs of professional experience with global exposure at various management level, proficient in business performance analysis, best business practices & effective communication.

Sona Vyas Raman, Assistant Professor

Graduate in Fashion Designing and Apparel Manufacturing Technology from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Mumbai. She has 16 Years of professional & academic experience. Her areas of Specialization are Retail Merchandising Management, Visual Merchandising and Export Merchandising.

Mr. Sunil Talekar, Associate Professor

Master of Science, University of Mumbai, Fashion & Textile graduate from Rachana Sansad, Textile Diploma from SASMIRA, Knitting Technology from SITRA-Tirpur/Shima Seiki-Japan/Stoll-Germany/Mayer & Cie-Germany. He has 15 Years of professional & academic experience. His areas of Specialization are Computer Aided design, fashion Illustration, Pattern Making etc.

Mr. Anup Kumar, Assistant Professor

Graduate in Fashion Design from NIIFT, Mohali. He has 4.5 Years Of professional experience worked with both domestic as well as international brand. His areas of Specialization are Computer Aided design, fashion trend forecasting and product / range development.

Bindu Rajesh - Assistant Professor

Post graduate in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing Management. She has 13 Years of professional experience in leading export houses like FFI, Ambattur Clothing Ltd handling various International brands. She has travelled extensively on buyer meetings and product presentations. Her last assignment from was with Triburg Consultants (P) ltd as Group leader for Ann Taylor. Her area of expertise is in Fashion Marketing and Export Merchandising.

Mr. Neeraj Paul – Assistant Professor

Post Graduate in MBA in Marketing (Fashion) and Personnel Management and MA (English Literature) along with Advance Diploma in Fashion Design Technology. He has also done his diplomas in Fashion Marketing & Merchandising and Costume Designing.

He is associated with fashion industry since last 14 years and has worked in all the capacities as designer to buyer and retailer. He has done research on fashion market in more than 15 countries. Presently apart from teaching at IAM he has also working as a Design Consultant for Italian brand which is soon launching it’s hi fashion women’s wear in South East Asian countries.

He has been taking guest lectures since last many years in various Management and Fashion Schools.