Ritesh Panda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fashion Design at NIFT Bhubaneswar, with over a decade of teaching experience in visual arts, art history, aesthetics, and philosophy. He holds B.V.A. and M.V.A. degrees in Art History and Aesthetics from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, and has previously taught at MSU Baroda, Maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaekwad Institute of Design, Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, and Lovely Professional University.