Dr Sanjay Shrivastava

Professor, Fashion Design (BDes)

Varanasi Campus

Dr Sanjay Shrivastava

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  • sanjay.shrivastava@nift.ac.in
  • Director Incharge
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Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava is a Professor of Fashion Design and Technology and specializes in the areas of Fashion and the technology that builds around it. He has been with NIFT for the last 30 years and has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a wide array of Design Studies, including Fashion & Textile Education, Visual Representation, Sustainable Fashion Ecosystems, Craft & Handloom Studies, Design Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and IPR.

He has more than 30 years of academic and administrative leadership experience in higher education. Presently, he is heading NIFT Varanasi as Campus Director.

He has been the former Director of NIFT Daman, Former Director, NIFT Patna (2012–2023), Former Director (I/C), NIFT Bhubaneswar (2017–2019), and Founder Faculty Member, NIFT Hyderabad. He has been the Chairperson for the Fashion Design Department.

He has been instrumental in positioning NIFT Patna, NIFT Bhubaneswar, NIFT Daman, and now NIFT Varanasi on the national and global academic landscape. He has spearheaded institutional growth, governance reforms, infrastructure expansion, and academic innovation across multiple campuses.

He has led strategic initiatives integrating traditional craft ecosystems with contemporary design education and emerging technologies. His areas of interest include sustainable fashion ecosystems, circular economy, craft clusters, and design-led rural development.