NIFTBengaluru
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Theme: Dear Society

This event occurred on
March 13, 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka
India

“Dear Society” is an attempt to bridge the gap between oneself and their surroundings. ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Do I fit in?’ are two thoughts that every young adult must have mulled over. As creatives, there is also a constant struggle between the “need to do something” and the pressure of not living up to the expectations of the society. The idea is to help the audience resonate with each other through the stories shared, and to walk together on the journey of coming in touch with one's own identity. The stage intends to redefine contours by eliminating stigmas, defying norms and bringing out conversations on inclusivity and acceptance.
To extend the same inclusivity into the field of design, the event also provides a space to share unconventional and innovative ideas from modest origins. The goal is to weave together self-discovery and inspiration to ultimately work towards the collective benefit of the society.

National institute of fashion technology, Bengaluru
Hsr layout
Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560102
India
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Speakers

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Alina Alam

social activist
Alina Alam is the founder and CEO of Mitti Cafe, an inclusive platform with the aim of training and providing a livelihood for adults with physical, intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. With a strong belief that compassion & courage are the two weapons that could eradicate most problems that our world faces, today Alina and her team have served over 6 million meals over last few years through their 17 cafes. Her dedication towards creating awareness about the abilities of their team of warriors with disabilities, has earned her recognition from Forbes 30 under 30, United Nations Intercultural Innovation Award,COVID Warrior Award : Deutche Bank ,Times of India, The Commonwealth Youth and various other organisations. "

Ganesh Subramanian

Founder & CEO @Stylumia
Ganesh Subramanian is the Founder & CEO @Stylumia, a deep technology venture solving real-world problems in fashion and lifestyle businesses using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence. Stylumia is present in the USA, Europe, UK, Australia & New Zealand, Middle East, Brazil and India. An experienced retail professional, Ganesh has had long stints in Supply Chain and P&L leadership roles with Global and Indian leading fashion and general merchandise retailers. He was earlier the Chief Operating Officer of India’s largest fashion e-tailer Myntra taking the business from USD 20 M to USD 1 Billion. During his stint at Myntra, he built the world's first AI-driven fashion brand which is a global case study now. He loves solving real-world problems using Technology. Ganesh is a thought leader in the industry globally and shares his points of view on a weekly basis with global reach.

Indu Antony

transdisciplinary artist
Indu Antony is a transdisciplinary artist based out of Bangalore and Kerala, India. She is known to explore tonalities of inward discussions which later on bursts out into the communal spaces. Her work primarily revolves around the notion of spaces and their intangible character in relation to the gendered body as a site of representation by understanding feministic stands which gives way to performances and installations. Her recent works use a lot of her hair as a metaphor for memory. She recently started her own self publishing initiative called Mazhi Books under which she has published her first book - Why can’t bras have buttons? which was the runners up for Al Kazi photo book of the year (2020) and one of the Photobook of the year (2021) at Fast Forward.Her second book ‘Directory of the outsiders’ won the Experimental Co-operative Art Grant(2020).Her project Cecilia’ed received the Public Art Grant by FICA in 2019. She won the Toto funds Award for photography for the year 2011.

Priyanka Ella Lorena Lama

Conceptual Indian Fashion Designer
Priyanka Ella Lorena Lama is a conceptual Indian fashion designer championing zero waste techniques. At 23, she debuted in Lakme Fashion Week's coveted Gen Next Platform and went on to win the International Fashion Showcase Country Award at London Fashion Week as part of the Indian Team. As a young artist breaking boundaries in Fashion, her work has been supported by OPPO and Nexa. She also featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 Special Mentions. Through her lenses, one can explore possibilities otherwise overlooked by the naked eye.

Rashmi Closepet

Business Woman
Rashmi Closepet was instrumental in bringing the culture of scrapbooking and cardmaking to India by launching one of the biggest arts and crafts stores - Itsy Bitsy. She is a homeopathy doctor, whose passion for design helped create employment opportunities for hundreds of women from rural areas. As the CEO and MD of Itsy Bitsy, she handles the retail business and is partnered by Harish Closepet, her husband. Together they aim for a sustainable way to spread the arts and crafts culture in the country.

Upendra Prasad Singh

Secretary, Union ministry of textiles, India
Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary to Government of India is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur from where he went on to take his M.Tech as well. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch borne on Odisha cadre. Mr Singh has served many roles with both Central and State Governments in the fields of finance, steel, transport, etc. His involvement in policy making, planning and management of water resources and conservation has been laudable. Mr Singh calls himself a son of the soil, with a keen ear for music, Hindi poetry and sher o shayari. He is a community enabler, working actively in improving collective living, bringing aesthetic to public places and adding quality to its members lives through activities of sports and other cultural events.

Organizing team

Apurva
Giri Sunder

Bengaluru, India
Organizer

Anupa
Singh

Bangalore, India
Co-organizer
  • Chandan Kavlekar
    Operations
  • Jainam Jain
    Partnerships/Sponsorship
  • Kavya Pagala
    Operations
  • Nandini Ramnath
    Marketing/Communications
  • Navya Joshi
    Marketing/Communications
  • PRANJAL MITTAL
    Post production
  • Rajrupa Biswas
    Curation
  • Srujan Unavane
    Marketing/Communications
  • Tanvi Anand
    Partnerships/Sponsorship
  • Veda Rote
    Production