Product Design (Assistant Faculty)

Product Design (Assistant Faculty) : Product Design (Assistant Faculty)

Professional Experience : He has taught as a visiting faculty for Product design and Transportation design in various design institutes across the country including NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, GLSID Ahmedabad, The Design Village Noida, Nirma Institute of Design Ahmedabad and Parul University Baroda prior to joining KSD as a permanent faculty. Before starting his journey as a design educator, he has worked with Foley Design and Tata Motors.

Skills and Expertise : Kishen has a keen interest in teaching courses related to Elements of Design, Analytical Drawing, Space, Form, Structure, Representation Techniques and Model Making which are important to build a solid foundation for any budding designer. He also teaches advanced courses like Simple Product Design, Technically Complex Products,Nature and Form, Systems Design, Packaging Design etc for the senior semesters.

Nupur is a Fashion Designer who hails from the city of Lucknow, the city which is the home to the crafts of Chikankari and Zardozi. She has a design practice named "Mrida" based in Ahmedabad and Lucknow. She has worked with some esteemed design firms in India including "Marks and Spencer".

Besides being a designer, she is an avid craftsperson who loves doing crochet and making amigurumi dolls in her spare time. She currently heads the School of Fashion and Costume Design at Khyati School of Design.

Visual Communication, Head of the Department

Educational Qualifications : Devesh Waghela has a Bachelor's in Communication Design from NIFT, Kangra and a Master's in Mass Communication & Journalism from Amity University, Noida.

Professional Experience : Devesh has taught as a full-time faculty member for foundation design and visual communication design at several universities, including MSU, MRID, and Indus University. This experience has given him a solid understanding of the fundamentals of design and how to teach them effectively to students. He has also taught at coaching institutes like INIFD and Skyblue Design, indicating that he has experience teaching students of different skill levels and backgrounds.

Skills and Expertise : Devesh seems to have a diverse range of interests in the field of design and visual communication. His interest in teaching courses related to Elements of Design, Pace, Form, Structure, Graphic Designing, Advertising, Branding, Packaging Design, Photography, Interaction Design (UI/UX), Color Psychology, Publication Design, Visual Ergonomics, Infographics, Character Design, Visual Merchandising, Storyboarding, and Cinematography shows a comprehensive understanding of the different aspects of visual communication.

Visual Communication (Assistant Faculty)

Educational Qualifications : Abhilasha has a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.

Professional Experience: Abhilasha has worked as a Graphic Designer on projects for CIS India, Nalli Silks and Jairangam theater festival before joining KSD as a permanent faculty. She has also conducted Hand Lettering workshops for Art for Charity and taken Digital Publishing courses for MAJMC Manipal University, Jaipur.

Skills and Expertise : Abhilasha has a keen interest in teaching courses in Typography, Publication Design, Packaging and Print Production. She also teaches courses like Basics of Graphic Design, Elements of Design, Space form and structure, Drawing and Illustration as well as Color and form.

Under Graduated in Soft Material Application (Accessories, fashion & Textile Design) from Indian Institute of Crafts and Design, Jaipur.

Founder of Sustain Craft.

Having four years of experience in Corporate, NGOs, Academic and industries.

Having six years of experience as a freelance in graphic design.

Vikas is a textile designer by education and profession. He has worked with corporate brands such as Rays of sun Jaipur & Al Paper and NGOs such as Rangsutra Craft. He is keenly interested in vegan leather as a material and has created a wide range of products under his own craft brand by the name 'Sustain Craft'. His interests lie primarily with sustainable materials for a cleaner and greener future.

Fashion & Costume Design (Assistant Faculty)

Educational Qualifications : Viraj Dutt has a Bachelor's in Fashion & Costume Design Design from UID, Ahmedabad.

Professional Experience : She has taught as a teaching faculty at KSD for the past Five years. Before starting her journey as a design educator, she has worked with Arvind Mills Santej ,Raymond Adani as a Designer.

Skills and Expertise :Viraj has a keen interest in teaching courses related to Nature, Human Figure and Analytical Drawing, Form and Model Making which are important to establish a sound foundation for any aspiring designer. She also teaches advanced courses in creating Patterns, Garment Construction, and Fashion Illustration across senior semesters.Her strengths include extensive knowledge of Surface Development, Embroidery and Fabric Dying.

Interior and Furniture Design (HOD)

Educational Qualifications : Ratna is an Architect, graduated from School of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

Professional Experience : Shaped and enriched by a variety of professional roles in projects of scales such as Architecture, Urban design, Interior design, Colour Consultant with Asian Paints, Research associate, teaching creative thinking had culminated organically to take up academics as a passion. The academic journey started with teaching various design courses at the interior design department for UG and PG at UID, then final year architecture studio and history at SAL school of architecture, final year architecture studio as well as electives at NIRMA college of architecture. Ratna has been associated for the past 5 years with faculty of design as well as faculty of architecture at CEPT University, Ahmedabad teaching design studios at L2,L3 and L4 levels. Ratna has been associated with Khyati School of Design since a year as a HOD, re-shaping the interior design curriculum as well as teaching core subjects.

Skills and Expertise : Ratna enjoys the shaping of a concept and a narrative that articulates a design problem. Her journey as an academician has tested the methodology of creative thinking, visual articulation through various mediums and tectonic articulation through methods of model and montage making. She has a keen interest in teaching History, Architectural theory as well as Form and Structure. She has guided diverse theses for interior design as well as architecture domains. She has been involved in teaching Basic Design, History and Theory, Environmental Design, Furniture Design, Interior-Architecture and Urban Design.

Fashion Designer

Fashion designer Deepak kumar is highly skilled professional alumni of NIFT Gandhinagar and UID Ahmedabad He was awarded best creative and innovative design by NIFT in 2014 . He has eight years of experience in teaching design.He has worked with different universities as well as industries and self made brands .He educates technical subjects and design process at Khyati school of design and his practice green signal design studio respectively. He has worked extensively on silhouettes and different fashion designers with big names.

Prof. Amishi Vadgama is a full-time Associate Professor, and HOD of the Textile Design Dept at the Khyati School of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. She is a Textile Designer, Researcher and an Academician by profession and continues to teach in the discipline of Textile Design and Foundation Programme related courses. She also is pursuing her PhD from the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, India on the subject of “Bridging the tacit knowledge of artisans to Design Pedagogy”. Her journey in textiles dates back to the year 2009 while pursuing her Master's Degree at NID and the communication with artisans began ever since she set foot on field visits to different parts of India and continues till date. Her experience constitutes Textile Industry, craft sector setup as well as research-based work for the past 10 years.

Textile Design (HOD)

Educational Qualifications : Rhoda Breeni Khakhlari has pursued her Bachelors in Textile Design from National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.

Professional Experience : As a Design Professional she has explored various forms of Textile and Fashion design by working with reputed brands and design houses like Bandhej, Love Birds and Raw Mango. She has been a Program officer for Textile Design at Antaran (Kamrup Cluster, Assam) run by the Tata Trusts, where she helped in setting up and running a Weaver Training Center. After gaining experience and skill from her work as a Textile Design Professional, she is currently working on her own brand ‘Rhoda’ and also working as a faculty at Khyati School of Design (KSD), Ahmedabad. She has also been actively involved in design education by teaching as a visiting faculty at NID Vijayawada, prior to joining KSD.

Skills and Expertise : Her strengths include extensive knowledge of Weaving Techniques, Crochet, Knitting, Surface Development, Embroidery, Analog and Digital Prints.

Product Design (Assistant Faculty)

Educational Qualifications : Bhavay Singh has a Integrated Master's in Product Design from GLS Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

Professional Experience : He has taught as a teaching faculty at KSD for the past one and a half years. Before starting his journey as a design educator, he has worked with Studio ABD Bangalore, IIT Guwahati and Design Doctor Ahmedabad. He also works as a freelance design consultant.

Skills and Expertise : Bhavay has a keen interest in teaching courses related to Product Design such as Display & Control, Simple Product Design, CMF-G, CAD modeling and rendering, UX-UI, System Design etc across the semesters. He also conducts Portfolio development sessions in various departments including Product Design, Lifestyle & Accessory Design, Fashion Design etc for internship opportunities.

Lifestyle Accessory Design ( HOD)

Educational Qualifications : Resheph Christian has a bachelor’s in Fashion & Lifestyle Accessory Design from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bhopal

Professional Experience : Resheph Christian started his Design education journey with UID back in 2015, post that he had been part of various design institutions as a guest faculty for Lifestyle accessories dept and Product Dept. In the beginning of 2018 Resheph Christian Co-founded KEPH Design studio, which focuses on the Lighting, Furniture, Home Accessories. His brand has been featured across various national & International publications like Architectural digest, Elle decor, Good Homes along with numerous others for their work in the fields of Furniture, Lighting, Stationery, etc.
In 2021 he joined as an HOD for the Product design Department at Khyati school of design and currently he is heading the Lifestyle accessories department.

Skills and Expertise : Resheph Christian Specializes as a Ceramic Designer, along with ceramics as his expertise he also has worked with multiple materials in his own practice and projects. Since past 7 years in his Design Education Experience he has focused more on experimenting with various styles of design process and focusing on the emotive experience generated through form in Design.

Lifestyle Accessory Design (Assistant Faculty)

Educational Qualifications : Shikha Menon has a Bachelor's in Lifestyle Accessory Design from UID, Ahmedabad.

Professional Experience : She has taught as a teaching faculty at KSD for the past two years. Before starting her journey as a design educator, she has worked with Atelier Homes- Pune, Lorange Design And Retail Private Limited and Finecure Pharmaceuticals as a Senior Designer.

Skills and Expertise : Shikha has a keen interest in teaching courses related to Nature, Human Figure and Analytical Drawing, Form and Model Making which are important to establish a sound foundation for any aspiring designer. She also teaches advanced courses in creating functional and aesthetically pleasing accessories such as bags, jewellery, and other lifestyle products across senior semesters. She has experience in researching and analyzing market trends and is skilled in developing design concepts, CMF and a strong understanding of the materials and manufacturing techniques.

Product Design (Head of Department)

Educational Qualifications : Keyuri Bhargava has a bachelor’s degree in Fashion & Lifestyle Accessory Design from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bhopal.

Professional Experience : Along with teaching at KSD, Keyuri is also the Co-founder of KEPH Design studio. An Ahmedabad based multi-disciplinary Product and Lifestyle design studio. Her brand has been featured across various national & International publications like Architectural digest, Elle decor, Good Homes along with numerous others for their work in the fields of Furniture, Lighting, Stationery, etc. Before starting her independent practice in the year 2018, she was associated with Unitedworld institute of Design, Gandhinagar as an Assistant faculty and has been exposing herself to various platforms of teaching like Unolona Academy, Ahmedabad to communicate the nuances of design education to aspirants of all ages. She holds industry exposure from initiating her design career, working with reputed companies like Baggit India and Wills Lifestyle, ITC in the past.

Skills and Expertise : Keyuri holds her niche in building a strong foundation in analytical thinking courses such as System Design, Ergonomics & Anthropometric study, Interaction design. Along with this, she deeply enjoys teaching courses that work on developing an understanding of User study like User centered design, Simple Product design, Techno-Aesthetic detailing. She holds her diverse expertise across departments, taking courses in Fashion and Trend forecasting along with skill-based modules such Handbags & Footwear design & development, and also Furniture & Lighting design practiced through the past years in her own practice.

Interior & Furniture Design

Educational Qualifications : Harshad Mane is a Set Designer and Interior Designer,He has pursued Masters in Design, from United Institute of Design - Interior Design – (GLS UNIVERSITY, Ahmedabad Gujarat.)

Professional Experience : Harshad has a strong foundation in technical theatre and films, He was involved directly with professionals in the industry,and then with academics.His experience from past 10 years which adds up overall personal and professional projects for Hindi/ English/ Marathi / Gujarati Theatre - Set design for various plays and Restaurant design work- Amicoroum – was published in Ahmedabad Times 2017, Worked with Firms like- DDA- Ahmedabad, Square Feet Design Studio- Mumbai, Green Square Architects- Mumbai.

Skills and Expertise : Harshad has a keen interest in teaching courses related to Technical Drawings of Interior Design, Basic Sketching, Cad aided software and 3D represenatation techniques with help of available softwares. He focuses more on how detailed construction can be achieved with materials.