Faculty
Ms. Lakshmi Surya
Assistant Professor
Alliance School of Design
Lakshmi Surya is a Fashion Designer with strong design and technical skill sets. Her optimistic and result driven nature helps in creating proven results. She has taught subjects like Pattern Making, Draping, Garment Construction, Sustainable Fashion Practices, Design Process, Advanced Surface Design techniques & Advanced Digital Illustration techniques at Pearl Academy, Unitedworld Institute of Design & GD Goenka University.
Lakshmi Surya is an award-winning alumnus from NIFT. She holds a Master’s degree in Design Research [M.Des] from NIFT, New Delhi 2018 and Bachelors in Fashion & Design [B.Des] from NIFT, Chennai 2007. She was the topper in both and holds All India Rank 1 during entrance exam for NIFT in the year 2016.
Lakshmi Surya’s current research interests are focused on the field of fashion and sustainability. With SDG 12 (Responsible consumption & production) as main focal point, Lakshmi Surya’s research work identifies issues, opportunities & threats involved in the fashion supply chain. She uses system thinking & design thinking approach in conducting her research work.
She is also empanelled as design consultant with DC Handicrafts, Ministry of textiles, Government of India.
Paper presentations
- ‘A Study on challenges faced while implementing responsible consumption & production in organic cotton apparels- using Marks&Spencers as case study’, First national conference on "Indian fashion retail- Opportunities & Threats”- NCIFR 2019, Department of Apparel & Fashion Design PSG College of Technology Coimbatore, (Varsha Gupta, 08-09, February 2019)
- ‘A comprehensive System Study on Indian Firecracker Industry and analysing sustainability gaps affecting the system ‘2nd international sustainability conference on achieving SDGs: Rising to the challenge, Penang, Malaysia, (Monica, R., Varsha Gupta, 30-31 July 2019)
- ‘A system thinking approach towards challenges faced while implementing responsible consumption & production in organic cotton apparels- using Marks&Spencers as case study’, National Conference on Fashion, Apparel & Textiles 2020, Amity University, Noida, (Varsha Gupta, April 2020)
Awards won
- Best Student designer 2007, NIFT Chennai.
- Best Design Collection 2007, NIFT Chennai.
- Ranked 1st in All India NIFT Entrance Exam for master’s programme 2015 - NIFT New Delhi
- Best Teacher Award 2023, UID NCR Campus, Gurgaon.
Online Webinar
- Consuming Values: A critical analysis of values and motivation behind sustainable fashion consumption and life satisfaction post Covid 19, [16 May 2020] as part of GD Goenka UP learn Academy webinar series.
Industry engagement
- NAVJYOTI INDIA FOUNDATION
Empowering village women through Training of pattern making & stitching of school uniforms, lunch bags & accessories at GD Goenka University Campus, Gurgaon, Haryana (2020) - NAVY CHILDRENS SCHOOL
Kids School Uniform designs for Navy Children School, funded by Navy Education Society & project implemented by GD Goenka University, Gurgaon, Haryana (2018-2019) - MARKS & SPENCERS India Pvt.Ltd
8 Week internship on Product Range designing for Spring18 Casual Men’s Wear, Bangalore, Karnataka (2017) - MARKS & SPENCER RELIANCE INDIA Pvt.Ltd
16 Week internship on A Study on challenges faced while implementing responsible consumption & production in organic cotton apparels- using Marks&Spencers as case study, Gurgaon, Haryana (2018) - CRAFT CLUSTER, KERALA
2 weeks intensive craft documentation on Kozhikode handloom cluster development Programme, Kozhikode, Kerala (2006) - TSUNAMI, AUROVILLE
3 days’ workshop in Upasana design studio- Auroville, in aid for the people affected by tsunami, Auroville (2006) - NATURAL DYES, AUROVILLE
2 days’ workshop at colors of nature- auroville, on printing and dyeing techniques with vegetable dyes, Auroville (2006) - KVIC, Chennai
Handicraft revival project on coconut shell handicraft products, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu (2006) - KG DENIMS, COIMBATORE
8 weeks summer internship at kg-denim, Coimbatore on denims, washes effects, jeans Manufacturing and finishes, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu (2007) - AGARAM FOUNDATION, CHENNAI
3 days design workshop for underprivileged kids @ Hosur, Karnataka (2009) - COSTUME DESIGN, TRIVANDRUM
8 weeks Research/ Design development of costumes for Indo-Japanese movie “NAIRSAN”, Directed by Mr. Albert Antoni casting Mohanlal as Nairsan
