Meet the Team at Fashion Institute

The Team

Meet The Team

Dean

Dr. Gulbash Duggal

Dr. Gulbash Duggal joined International College of Fashion in May 2009, following more than 25 years in the design industry and senior leadership as well as faculty roles in some of the leading Design Schools of the country. Dr. Duggal has taught design, creative thinking, entrepreneurship, trend analysis and interdisciplinary learning at all levels from first year through graduate studies. She holds a PhD in Design Education, an MBA in Marketing, an MBA in Human Resource and a BSc. in
Design. She has published, numerous peer reviewed articles, and other writing. Dr. Duggal has been awarded as OMost Influential Women In AcademicsO and the Education Excellence Award for Excellence In Education Leadership Prof. Duggal is a strong education professional with a rich experience in research and management.

MANAGING DIRECTOR B.SC.(HONS.), PGDBA (IIM AHMEDABAD)

Mr. Vinod Kaul

Mr. Vinod Kaul is a seasoned professional with over thirty years of experience in the retail, fashion and publishing industries in senior positions. He obtained his graduate honours degree (BSc.) from St. StephenOs College, Delhi and Post Graduation (PGDBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, specializing in marketing. He has worked in Canada with Canadian fashion retailers. In India, he has worked in senior capacities with brands like Tata Exports Ltd.,
Bata India Ltd., DCM-Benetton India Pvt.Ltd. (Executive Director), Birla VXL Ltd. (V r Marketing) and Raymond Ltd. (Director-Retail). He headed the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) as Executive Director from 2002-2004. In 2004, Mr Kaul launched his start-up e- publishing venture, News Vision which now has six publications in retail, fashion and luxury. In 2008 he launched India's first
comprehensive retail database called Data Live. In Feb 2009, he was appointed Director once again at the Fashion Design Council of India. Mr Kaul is on the Board of a number of Companies and Institutions

Academic Mentor - Retail and Fashion Merchandising

Mr. Narendra Teotia

An MBA degree holder in Apparel merchandising, and work experience in the Garment Export Industry, Mr. Teotia is an expert in Apparel costing, Industrial engineering and Apparel Quality control. His passion for teaching takes him places as a guest faculty in some of the leading design schools in the country.

Design Faculty - Fabric and Textile Innovation

Ms. Bharti Mishra

Ms. Bharti has a hands-on experience of over 23 years in the textile business; her experience entails being a consultant Designer with SATYA PAUL, a guide to the senior students for their Research and Design development projects, worked on Design projects with A-Tex in Karoor for weaving and other projects for the Govt. of Orrisa Handicrafts to promote Saura painting & developed textile accessories besides running her own entrepreneurial venture.

Senior Instructor - Garment Technology and Design

Ms. Sunita Chauhan

Having an experience of about 20 years in the field of Pattern Making and Garment Manufacturing Technology. I have great desire and interest towards teaching and have already devoted my past 20 years on the teaching students in Fashion Designing, Worked With Different Prestigious Colleges As A Sr. Faculty In Pattern Making & Draping, Indian Traditional Embroidery, Garment Construction. Have organized a number of internal and external fashion shows and education trips for the institute and encouraged students in active participations to enhance their Fashion designing skills. Guided students and enhanced their skills in Fashion Designing and Garment Manufacturing.

Digital Office Solutions Specialist

Dr. Gaurav Chopra

Honorary Doctorate in Accounts & Operations, Mr. Gaurav Chopra has a vast experience in the industry both as a professional as well as an educationalist. Being proficient in Microsoft Office typically means you are able to use MS Word to edit text documents, create templates, and automate the creation of tables of content. Mr. Chopra redies the creative minds to be proficient in Excel, which trains the students to run and create functions, pivot tables, and charts and make slideshows in PowerPoint making sure that every student is ready for the real world on graduating from ICF

QA & QC Specialist - Garment Industry

Ms. Himani Aggarwal.

An apparel educator in the field of Factory Planning, Lean Application, Export management, Order Planning, Quality control completed graduation from NIFT, Hyderabad as Gold Medalist, with industrial experience of 2+ years as Accessor in Ministry of Textiles and 3+ experience as delivering classroom training across Delhi NCR.

Creative Design Trainer

Mr. Richard Gomes

Richard GomesOgrew up in the capital, New Delhi, where he completed his schooling at the prestigious Don Bosco School, Alaknanda before moving on to join the National Institute of Fashion Technology Delhi. He earned his Bachelor in Leather Design in the year 2016 where he was the recipient of the Best Graduations Project. After graduation, he became assistant to designer Samant Chauhan where he was solely in charge of the design development for his seasonal collection . With an Industrial experience of 6 at present, he teaches at NIFT Delhi. As an independent artist and illustrator Richard has exhibited at India Art Fair 2022 in collaboration with the designer Aneeth Arora for Pero. His works revolve around personal narratives and travel journeys where he draws inspiration from his observations. Gomes tends to work with mixed media as well as digital mediums.