Dr. Vinayak Yashraj is an Associate Professor with Department of F&LA. He joined NIFT in 2010 at NIFT Patna and has held the position of Campus Academic Coordinator. Previous to this he has actively contributed in the profile of Coordinator International & Domestic Linkages and Campus Coordinator, Department of F&LA. He has taken multiple subjects including Visual Merchandising, Fashion Forecasting, Design Process, History of Design and Fashion and guided/taught students with Range Design Project, Design Detailing Project to name a few. Alongside his teaching responsibilities Dr. Vinayak continues to pursue research in the area of fashion & films, retail design and forecasting. He has also coordinated and guided design students at NIFT Patna for their Graduation Projects, Internships and other industry-centric classroom projects.

Dr. Vinayak Yashraj has worked in the Luxury Fashion and Garment Retail industry preceding to his Career in NIFT Patna. An alumnus of 1999 Batch of Accessory Design from NIFT Delhi he has done his further studies from IED, Milan in Fashion Marketing. He has been awarded with a Doctorate Degree from IIT Patna from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences with a thesis research on a topic cantered on Fashion and Films. Specialises in Fashion Forecasting, Design Process, Fashion & Films and has publications in these areas in reputed International and National Journals.