Shoba. Uppe is an associate professor at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Hyderabad, with over 23 years of academic experience in fashion and design education with 6 years of industrial experience. An NIFT graduate with a Master of Arts, she recently submitted her Ph.D. thesis. Her expertise spans garment construction, pattern development, design fundamentals, heritage couture, craft-based design, wearable art, bespoke menswear, and design collection.

Dr.M.Annaji Sarma is a Professor of Marketing , specializing in Fashion Marketing , Design Management , Merchandising, Retailing, Consumer Behavior, Branding, CRM, Luxury Brand Management ,Experiential Marketing, with 32 years of Experience in Handling Academic Administration , Research, Teaching, Examinations , Interviews and Selection: at NIFT, Consultancy and Projects. He was also
A)Ex. Chair person:-Board Of Studies-Design and Technology, Satavahana University, KarimNagar, Telangana

Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy is a Professor in the Fashion & Lifestyle Accessory Design (F&LA) Department at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Hyderabad. He has over 25 years of experience in design education and more than eight years of industry experience in research and development. His areas of expertise include product and accessory design, material exploration, packaging design, craft-based design, manufacturing processes, and design education. He holds a Ph.D. in Design Education and an M.E.

Mohammad Suhail is an Associate Professor with the Fashion Communication department at the Hyderabad Campus. He was with the Design Space Department at the Delhi Campus from 2009-2018. He has been teaching at public and private institutions across the country over the past two decades.

Dr. Rao is a Professor of Management Science & specializes in OB/HRM. He received his PhD from JNTUH. He teaches undergraduate, postgraduate & PhD courses and leads research in sustainable practices, OB/HRM. He joined NIFT in 2005 with 12 years of prior industry experience. He previously served as Head of FMS Department, Hyderabad from 2019 to 2022; CI&DL from 2011 to 2014; RIC from 2007 to 2013. 

Dr Itikyala Chakrapani is an Associate Professor of Fashion Management Studies who specialises in Entrepreneurship and Quantitative domains like Statistics, Business analytics, and Data Science. With around 29 years of combined industry, consultancy, and academic experience, he brings practical expertise to teaching the subjects in the Management, Design and Technology Programmes at both UG and PG levels.

He joined NIFT, Hyderabad, in 2005. He received his PhD in Management from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Professor at Department of Fashion Technology, National Institute of Fashion Technology Hyderabad, holds Ph.D degree in Textile Engineering (Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded) from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University,  Nanded (M.S). He did his Master’s in Textile Engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara (Gujarat)

Ms. Jasti Pooja is in the Fashion Design Department and specializes in Fashion, Design, History and Pattern Making subject areas. She currently holds the role of Centre Coordinator.

Ms. P. S. Srrisha is an Assistant Professor and Campus Coordinator in the Department of Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Hyderabad, where she is also an alumnus of the Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories program. She teaches undergraduate students and specializes in Design Fundamentals, Design Process, Design Projects & Prototyping for Fashion and Home Accessories, Craft-Based Design Projects, Visual Merchandising, and Fashion Marketing.