Brief Profile:

Dr. Darlie Koshy is the Director General and the CEO for the Apparel Training & Design Centres in the country (55 centres, visit www.atdcindia.co.in) and the 2 campuses of the premier Institutes of Apparel Management (visit www.iamindia.in) in Gurgaon and Mumbai under the aegis of AEPC sponsored by the Ministry of Textiles.

A PhD from IIT Delhi and rank holder in MBA, Dr. Darlie O Koshy headed NID as Director and member of the Governing Council from 5th June 2000 to end of October 2008 for 2 terms of office. During his tenure, he has been involved in a major transformation of NID. Dr. Koshy spearheaded the promotion of “Designed in India, Made for the World” through a series of pioneering efforts. Apart from serving three terms on the Executive Board Member of the World Design Body – ICSID headquartered in Montreal, Canada, it was Dr. Koshy’s initiative which resulted the first National Design Policy approved by the Government of India in February 2007. Dr. Koshy also conceived and set up NID’s R&D Campus in Bangalore and a PG Campus for specialised PG Programmes at Gandhi Nagar apart from setting up India’s first Design Business Incubator in collaboration with the Ministry of Science & Technology.

Dr. Koshy is the author of three pioneering books on International Marketing and Design Management, 2 monographs and has made over 200 presentations, in India and overseas. Dr. Koshy's recent book “Indian Design Edge: Strategies for Success in the Creative Economy” published (2008) by M/s. Roli Books, has received enthusiastic response and critical acclaim. (visit www.darliekoshy.com)

Dr. Koshy's contribution to design & management education and promotion has been recognized by being named twice as one of “50 leaders reshaping Indian education” by Education World, The Human Development Magazine (Nov. 2006 and 2008) and has also been felicitated with the B M Das Memorial Citation in 2006 by CLRI, Chennai for his contribution “to the generation and development of knowledge as an applied researcher”. Dr. Koshy also received the Delhi IIT Alumni Award for contribution of National Development in 2008 apart from the acclaimed “Premio II Ponte 2008 Award” for contribution to the Design for Development and Quality of Life instituted by the Fondazione Europea Guido Venosta, Milan Italy. Dr. Darlie Koshy was also conferred with the “Star of Italian Solidarity” one of the highest civilian awards of the Government of Italy by His Excellency Ambassador of Italy in March 2009. He was also invited by the Design Singapore as an International Advisory Panel member to devise strategies for urban health clusters during November, 2009.