Archana Surana is the Founder & Director of the ARCH College of Design & Business. Her experience over the last 23 years in the delivery of design education has ensured that ARCH imparts specialized and industrially relevant education. She established ARCH in the year 2000. Benoy Thoompunkal After reading Economics at St.Stephens College, Delhi, he went on to specialise in Furniture Design from the Faculty of Industrial Design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. As a practicing Design Consultant and academician for over 32 years, he has worked in the multifarious fields of design, ranging from Heritage Conservation & Product Design to Interiors, Space & Structure, Lighting, Exhibitions & Display, Clock Design and Photography, among other things; providing his expertise towards conceptualization and execution of various national and international projects. Dr.Neena Jaju Pingaley is an Educator, Researcher & Design Practitioner with a Ph.D. in Lighting Design from The M.S. University of Baroda, where she spent two decades as a Professor in Interior Design and Family & Community Resource Management. She holds an Advanced Educators Certification in Sustainable Lighting from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. She is also a Life Member of the Indian Society of Lighting Engineers.Her work predominantly has been in areas of Education, Design & Social Research and Environmental Lighting. She has led development of Curriculum & Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Frameworks of Design Program at UG & PG levels at various Universities. She has guided numerous Researches in diverse areas such as Spatial Design, Lighting, Elderly Spaces, Entrepreneurship, Stress Management & Consumer Behavior. Richa Lakwal is an alumna of the National Institute of Fashion Technology. With an overall industrial and academic experience of 10 years, she has worked as a Fashion & Apparel Designer with well established export houses, retail brands and Multi-National Companies. She has also worked with Khadi Gram Udhyog, Jaipur and successfully spearheaded the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Uniform Design project at Arch. She has authored and presented a research paper titled ‘Dyeing to Sustain: Encouraging Eco Conscious Lifestyle & Social Responsibility’, at the International Conference on Fashion, Retail and Management held at the NIFT, Hyderabad which is published in the book ‘Reflections- 2014 - Contemporary Issues and Trends in Fashion, Retail & Management (ISBN:978- 81-7800-297-2)'.Her areas of interest and expertise include Draping, Garment Construction, Finishing Techniques, Styling, Surface Ornamentation, Costume Designing, Material Exploration and Research Design. Alpi Jain Holds a B.Arch Degree from Mumbai University and M.Arch Degree in Industrial Design from the School of planning and Architecture, New Delhi. She has a comprehensive work experience of over 13 years; including her stint with firms like Indistore, ANA Design, Timbergrain, and International companies like Haworth India Pvt. Ltd. etc. Her projects include working with ITDP (The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy) for Designing Tricycle for Mahaveer Viklaang Samiti; as a Design Consultant for KVIC to prepare course material (Pottery) for Rural Craftsmen; and as a project manager for building flagship stores for International Brands like Christian Dior, Salvatore Ferragamo, & Armani in New Delhi and Mumbai. She has been engaged in academia for over 4 years.
Arch Academy of Design
Plot No. 9, Govind Marg, Malviya Nagar Institutional Area, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur
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2000
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