Mr. Vinod Bhatia is an Assistant Professor with Department of Design Space. He teaches undergraduate and post graduate courses in the areas of Visual and Design Cultures, Design Paradigms, Design Innovation and Design Fundamentals. With more than 17 years of experience as a Design Educator, his research interest includes working in the area of Co-creating with artisans in the Crafts sector and researching Design History. At present he is involved in a sponsored project on developing a training module for the Phulkari embroidery artisans. He joined the NIFT in 2021 and has served as Campus Coordinator (CC) for Foundation Program from 2023 to 2026.