Dr. K. Arul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Knitwear Design and serves as the Link-Campus Academic Coordinator at NIFT, Chennai. He specializes in Fashion Illustration, Design Process, Stylized Illustration, Virtual Prototyping & Product Design and Fashion Portfolio Development. He joined NIFT in 2005 and has over 20 years of academic experience. He also served as the Centre Coordinator for the Knitwear Design Department for six years.