About Payal
Personal Profile
Alumni of NID with over fourteen years of experience in the functional areas of:
- Apparel, Costume & Accessory – Design, Production for Entertainment, Retail Industry
- Retail outlet set up for International chain of furnishing stores
- Visiting Faculty for Design Fashion Institutes
- Consultancy for Functional Wear
Academic Profile
- 2001’ Postgraduate diploma in Apparel Design, National Institute Of Design, Ahemedabad
- 1997’ B.Sc. Hon. (Home) in clothing and textiles , MS University, Baroda
Vocational Training
Diploma project for apparel design course NID
Duration: Eight months
Project: Saraswatichandra, a historical television serial by director Ketan Mehta telecast on Tara Gujarati channel Research, costume and character design and documentation
Industrial training
Apparel Design course at NID
Duration: Eight weeks
Training at Texport Garments, Mumbai
Research & development, merchandising and production
Special Projects and Research Work
- Millennium Show at London sponsored by Marks & Spencer UK and Mafatlal Group. A women’s semiformal western wear collection for Spring/Summer 2000
- Craft documentation for the Jodhpur royal family, The Rathodes. Research and documentation of 300 years of royal costumes
- Systems design project for Ahemedabad Fire Brigade; Specialized uniform design for fire fighters and fire brigade employees
- Tenali Rama, a short film by NID students. Costumes and production design.
Workshops
- Natural dyes workshop with various resist dyeing techniques
- Film appreciation workshop
- Workshop on kite design
