AT A GLANCE
Geetanjali Yogesh Sachdev, PhD
Area of Practice:
OVERVIEW
Geetanjali Sachdev is an art and design pedagogue based in Bangalore, India. She has been involved in framing pedagogical frameworks for art and design curricula for the past twenty-six years at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India (now Srishti Manipal). She leads Pedagogy with the Botanical, a research initiative involving teaching and learning with plants. She is completing her PhD in Art & Design from Manipal University, in pedagogical approaches for plant study through art and design.
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate in Art & Design, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India (Research area is Pedagogy for the study of Plants in Art and Design in India) (Thesis submitted in July 2023) Certification in Effective Online Tutoring, University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education, 2010 Master of Arts Degree in Education: International Schools (Distinction), Oxford Brookes University, Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford, UK, 2008 Bachelor of Science Degree in Graphic Communications Management with a Minor in Visual Communication, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 1992
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022- 2024
Dean, Studio Head for Plant Studio- Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology
Responsibilities include studio development for pedagogical approaches for plant study through art and design
1996-2022
Worked in different capacity at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology (Dean of Post-Graduate Programs, Dean of School of Continuing, Open and Professional Education, Dean of the Advanced Diploma Programs, Coordinator of Foundation Studies & Core Skills Program)
2016- 2019
Partner- The Smiling Tree
Involved in designing and retailing paper products within India and internationally.
2010-2013
External Examiner, Nottingham Trent University at Pearl Academy, Delhi
Worked with the Pearl Academy faculty to ensure that the academic standards of Nottingham Trent University’s BA (Hons) Degree Programme in Communication Design were both assured and enhanced.
1992- 2016
Sole Proprietor- Papyrus Designs, and The Smiling Tree
Designed and retailed stationery and paper products within India and internationally.
INTEREST AREAS
Plants, paper, art, design, pedagogy,
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
Art and design pedagogue, currently focussed on plants
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
I am part of the Plant Studio at SMI where I focus on initiatives for developing plant pedagogies through art and design.
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
My professional and creative practice are the same.
