Our People

The Srishti Manipal Community

The Srishti Manipal community consists of a diverse set of artists, designers, practitioners and educators from around the world, many of whom are acknowledged leaders in their respective fields.

Our faculty is experienced in industry, highly regarded by academia and many of them are practicing professionals. In order to meet the growing needs of our students and contemporary and dynamic curriculum, we invite professionals with specific expertise from overseas. At any point in time, Srishti invites and hosts experts and professionals as visitors, artists-in-residence and teaching faculty. This gives them an opportunity to get a better picture of our current activities and educational programs.

Srishti Manipal encourages its faculty to participate in many learning opportunities such as exchange programs, conferences and exhibitions. Constant interaction with real life industry based projects help better understanding of the dynamics of the market as well as keeps them in tab with the changing requirements of the students.

Leadership at Srishti Manipal Institute (SMI)

Dr. Geetha Narayanan

FOUNDER & Distinguished Professor

An evangelist for learning and an activist for change in educational milieus across the world Geetha has worked for over 4 decades in the overlapping fields of education, arts and culture, design and technology.

In the last four decades Geetha has moved from founding institutions that support and enable change to working both creatively and constructively in generating capacities for change within teachers, artists and other creative practitioners.

Geetha was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Oxford Brookes University in recognition of her contribution to teacher development in 2011. She has accepted a Director’s Fellowhip at the Media Lab of the Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology USA and is currently holding the position of the UNESCO Chair for Culture Habitat and Sustainable Development as well. Geetha has also been invited to be a visiting faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Future of Learning Summer School. Geetha serves and has served on many national and international boards.

Dr. Arindam Das

DIRECTOR, SMI

Dr. Arindam Das has over 34 years of rich experience in academics and has handled various leadership positions. He has previously held senior management positions with Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF) and with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) as the Director of the Delhi, Gandhinagar and Shillong campuses.

Dr. Das’s research interests are in the areas of professional training and development; teaching & learning experiences; curriculum development & implementation; assessment systems & processes; and soft skills development in the domains of design and design management.

Dr. Das holds a Masters in Fashion Management & Ph.D. on ‘A Framework for Assessment of Creativity: A Case Research on Fashion Design at NIFT’ from NIFT Delhi.

Dr. Das has independently managed curriculum development as per QAA (UK) Standards successfully validated by Nottingham Trent University (UK). Dr. Das was also a Member of Special Committee of Professional Experts to select the permanent State Emblem/ Logo for the State of Meghalaya; and Member of Project Approval Board (for Design Innovation Centre), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

At SMI MAHE Bengaluru, Dr. Das leads a talented team of staff and students who have won very prestigious national and international awards; coordinates the unique World Design Protopolis WDP Project; and has established two Centres of Excellence. Dr. Das has been a key figure in designation mapping at SMI, the launch of the practice-based PhD, and working closely with leading institutions in India and abroad. He has also represented SMI at the World Design Organisation (WDO) and Cumulus events at Tokyo and Budapest respectively, and is a Member, Board of Studies, MSAP Manipal and the CII National Committee on Design.

Srishti Manipal Organogram

Meet the SMI Community

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