Celebrating IIAD Faculty Achievements: 2024 Highlights

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• Prof. Usha Nehru Patel (Director-Academics)
• Richa Sood (Assistant Professor, Fashion Design)
• Shipra Kukreja (Associate Professor, Fashion Design)
• Anshoo Rajvanshi (Associate Professor, Foundation In Design)
• Oshin Vipra Sagar (Lecturer, Communication Design)
• Prof. Snehanshu Mukherjee (Course Leader, Interior Architecture & Design )

The 2024-25 academic session at IIAD has been marked by remarkable achievements from our distinguished faculty. This article highlights their recent accolades, including prestigious awards, innovative course developments and dynamic exhibitions. Their groundbreaking research and industry recognition underscore their global impact and dedication to advancing knowledge and creativity. These accomplishments reflect IIAD's mission to foster intellectual growth and innovation in fashion and design.

Below, we present some of the most noteworthy contributions by our exceptional faculty and thought leadership, this year.

Prof. Usha Nehru Patel (Director-Academics)

Shares her Insights on Weaves of India Collaboration And CrossCulture Influences with Yojana Development Journal at the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (May Edition, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India).

Richa Sood (Assistant Professor, Fashion Design)

- Hosted an online lecture series with Jennifer Whitty and Angela Jansen, organised by Humboldt University, Berlin. The talks and discussions in the series were based on the title "Cultures of Regeneration" (May 2024).

- Conducted an online open forum with Prof. Saumya Pande, Sachin Sachar, and Anas Sheikh on "Conversations on Decoloniality and Fashion: Designing Goods and Crafting Community," hosted by the Research Collective for Decolonial Fashion (March 2024).

- Conducted an online symposium titled "Untangling Design Purpose (UDP)" with Jennifer Whitty and Angela Jansen on "Meeting in Difference: Reflecting on Responsibility when Exchanging Across the Colonial Difference" (April 2024).

Shipra Kukreja (Associate Professor, Fashion Design)

- Presented a paper titled "Problem-Solving Approach in Fashion Design Education: A Case Study of Student Project Fostering Inclusivity in Fashion" at Cumulus, Budapest (May 2024).

- Poster Presentation at IFFTI, South Korea: Navigating Change: Shifting Identities in Fashion from Brand-Centric Capitalism to a Post-Pandemic Consumer Focus

Anshoo Rajvanshi (Associate Professor, Foundation In Design)

- Presented a paper with Hitendra Singh Rathore, titled ‘Cultivating Empathy Among Students for Improved Employability in Industry 5.0’ at Industry 5.0: Transition Towards Sustainability, curated by Ashoka Business School (May 2024)

- Published a paper with Hitendra Singh Rathore, titled "Digital Competence to Bridge Transactional Distance in Distance Education" in the International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR), Volume 6, Issue 2 (March-April 2024).

Oshin Vipra Sagar (Lecturer, Communication Design)

- Reviewed Father Camille Bulke’s ‘The Rama Story: Origins and Growth’, translated into English from Hindi by Pradip Bhattacharya and published by Sahitya Akademi in IGNCA’s bi-annual journal of the arts, ‘Kalakalpa’; with Avinash Kumar as the second author (February 2023)

Prof. Snehanshu Mukherjee (Course Leader, Interior Architecture & Design )

- Panellist for a talk on ways of Renewing Designs with Communities, Another Way of Building at India International Centre’s Talking Architecture 13.