Dr Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade — Co-Founder
DESIGN EDUCATOR | DESIGN ENTERPRENEUR |RESEARCHER | AUTHOR | Deep experience in Design academics, international collaborations and building institutions. She offer strategic leadership for multidisciplinary design innovation and research . Educational consultant , with experience over two decades of setting up premier design schools across India and international partners . Curriculum development, team building and industry liason. She offer research mentoring , collaborative research projects with her diverse research experience in the area of Semiotics of fashion, Indian fashion system. Slow fashion side of sustainable fashion , varied applied research for design projects. Author of the SCOPUS Indexed Book "INDIAN SARI -SARTORIA AND SEMIOTICS, PUBLISHED by Routledge, UK. She offers services as editorial member and keynote speakers , having presented papers at international conferences and published research in refereed journals. Her doctoral research with the Title "A Semiotic study of the Indian Sari" has garnered lot of interest in the academic community as well as the Industry. She curates immersive experience to bring more insights on the non verbal communication through the sari as well as its significance the contemporary fashion scenario and changing narratives. She offers services as Doctoral supervisor and heads DRC of reputed universities. Professionally she offers expertise in developing successful growth strategies by training both learners and team members through curriculum development and skill building. Highly enterprising professional committed to excellence in the field of higher design education with student experience at the core.
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Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 19 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Higher Education Administration
- Design Management
- Sustainable Design
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Qualitative Research
- Faculty Management
Career Highlights
- Pioneered premier design schools across India.
- Authored a SCOPUS indexed book on Indian fashion.
- Expert in sustainable fashion and design education.
Work Experience
Chitkara Design School
DEAN -Fashion Design (3 yrs 8 mos)
Ajeenkya D Y Patil University
Professor (2 yrs 6 mos)
Vaibbhavi P
Co-founder and principal designer at slow fashion label Vaibbhavi p (7 yrs 8 mos)
Pearl Academy
Course Leader, Associate Professor (4 yrs 1 mo)
MIT Institute of Design, Pune, INDIA
Founder HOD & Associate Professor , Fashion Design (2 yrs 5 mos)
Symbiosis Institute of design ( SID) Pune
The Founder HOD- Fashion Design and Fashion Communication & Associate professor ( 2006 - 2011) (5 yrs 6 mos)
Symbiosis Institute of Design
HOD Fashion Design And Fashion Communication (5 yrs 6 mos)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Masters in Clothing and Textiles at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Bachelors In Textiles & Clothing at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Passed SSC & HSC at Rosary High School Baroda
