UPDATED: June 26, 2021 14:24 IST
Vandana Narang at one of the Delhi campus studios; Photo by Rajwant Rawat
1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi
1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi
Guru Speak | Prof. Vandana Narang
Campus director, NIFT, New Delhi The first lockdown, in late March 2020, took everyone by surprise. None of us could believe that it was possible to shut down everything and sit back. It took a week for reality to set in, after which we started to look for a way forward. However, after that, it didn’t take long for NIFT to work out a pedagogy for online classes. We used multiple online teaching platforms to train faculty members and then gave them a choice so that they could select the most comfortable medium to start classes. Initially, there was hesitancy regarding the feasibility of practical classes being conducted online. We were hoping things would return to normal soon. Later, the senior faculty members
BIHAR: Priyanka Kumari, 36, is neither a graduate in information technology nor has she received any formal education in digital education. She is a panchayat teacher in a government-run middle school of Sitamarhi in Bihar. She has mentored hundreds of woman teachers in rural government schools in the district in ‘digital empowerment’.
Besides being B.Ed, Priyanka holds masters in history and education. She joined the Malhatola Middle school at Parihar in Sitamarhi as a panchayat teacher in 2007. She persisted with her passion for discovering the digital space even after marriage. She trained herself in the basics and realised that the practical applications were a must for several women like her to become empowered in many ways.
Shape Shifters Photographed by Amit Mali. Styling by Shweta Navandar. Art direction by Mallika Chandra. Hair and make-up by Kiran Denzongpa at Feat. Artists. Models: Roshan Poulose, at Inega Management, and Giaa Singh Arora. Fashion assistant: Sarah Rajkotwala
Sculptural shoulder pads, textiles that resemble gills, amorphous metal jewellery and snaking hair extensions offer a dramatic re-imagining of the human silhouette
Rooted in an amalgamation of design and art, the technique of prosthetics and special effects, make-up occupies a niche yet imperative space in cinema; it creates what doesn’t yet exist or builds upon a subject’s features and appendages. We take a broader view of this concept and the experience of having external forms and materials attached to our bodies – the added weight, the restriction or facilitation of movement, the perception of texture – and correlate it to the world of fashion. In the face of a new way of living and being,