Dr Pavol Sahadevan is an Assistant Professor of Fashion Management Studies at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kannur, where she teaches design and management courses to postgraduate and undergraduate students. With over twelve years of combined teaching and industry experience, she specialises in sustainable entrepreneurship, fashion sustainability, and consumer behaviour, bringing a practitioner's perspective drawn from her earlier merchandising roles with brands such as Avery Dennison, where she worked with clients including Mothercare, Walmart, and Disney.