Yashwant Misale is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Fashion Management Studies. He holds a degree in Textile Engineering and a Master of Management Studies (MMS) in Marketing from Mumbai University, and has qualified the UGC-NET and SET examinations.
With over 17 years of academic and industry experience, he was previously associated with Symbiosis, Pune, as faculty before joining NIFT Mumbai as an Assistant Professor in 2014. He has held additional institutional responsibilities as Centre Coordinator of the Fashion Management Studies department (2017–2020) and as CE Coordinator for E-Commerce for Fashion Business Programme.
His areas of specialization include Marketing, Entrepreneurship, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media Marketing, and Human Resource Management. His research interests span Neuromarketing applications in Fashion Retail and the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on how emerging technologies drive business creation and growth among fashion and retail startups.