The Team
SOFT is a home of highly qualified and richly skilled faculties. Each one of them acts as a pillar and each one of these pillars have glorified the identity of SOFT as one of the renowned colleges of Fashion in India.
Dr. Yogesh Bokil
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – B.Design Fashion Design
PhD Area: Graphic Design (Fashion Illustration)
Expertise / Specialization: Computer Aided Design, Fashion Design, Digital Illustration, AI in Graphics, Digital Advertising, Social Media, Web Development
Dr. Sudhakar Jadhav
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – B. Design. Fashion Communication,
Area of PhD Research: Fashion Design – Computer Technology
Expertise / Specialization: Graphic Design and Animation, CAD-CAM, Visual Merchandising, Advertising, Publication design, Digital Marketing, Packaging
Mr. Umesh Dharmadhikari
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – B. Design Jewelry Design
Expertise / Specialization: Fashion and Fabric illustration, Fine Art and Material exploration.
Ms. Reema Chaugule
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – B.Design Textile Design
Expertise / Specialization: Fashion & Textile Design, CAD, Product Development
Ms. Madhura Joshi
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – B. Design Interdisciplinary Design
PhD Area: Pursuing
Expertise / Specialization: CAD Pattern Making, Construction, Draping, Pattern Grading, Fashion and Textiles Design.
Ms. Mallika Samant
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – M.Design
PhD Area: Pursuing
Expertise / Specialization: Design, Research, Forecasting, Community Crafts, Sustainable Design, Surface Exploration
Mr. Satyajit Joglekar
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – Digital Design (Pearsons)
Expertise / Specialization: Fashion Marketing, Fashion Advertising, Fashion Entrepreneurship
Ms. Anjali Chavan
Assistant Professor
Course Coordinator – Autonomous Program (Fashion Design & Merchandising)
Expertise / Specialization: Fashion Illustration, Design Fundamentals, Design Process, Indian Traditional Textiles, Pattern Making, Garment Construction
Ms. Smita Pattanaik
Assistant Professor
Head – Internship and Placement Cell
Expertise / Specialization: Marketing, Merchandising, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property Rights, Principles of Management
Ms. Varsha Pradeep Bandal
Assistant Professor
Sports Incharge
PhD Area: Pursuing
Expertise / Specialization: Sustainable Fashion, Pattern Making, Construction
Ms. Sneha Maktedar
Assistant Professor
PhD Area: Pursuing
Expertise / Specialization: Design Development, Craft Research
Ms. Snehal Ninale
Assistant Professor
PhD Area: Pursuing
Expertise / Specialization: Branding & Merchandising, Product development & Design, Craft & Sustainable Fashion, Surface ornamentation techniques.
Ms. Sanjana Khairmode
Assistant Professor
Expertise / Specialization: Trend Forecasting, Design Thinking, Design Development, Design Fundamentals, Human-Centered design
Mr. Onkar Deepak Kulkarni
Assistant Professor – Jewellery Manufacturing
Expertise / Specialization: Jewellery Manufacturing, Diamond & Colour Stone Grading, Rhino Software (Basic)
Mr. Shrikant Karampuri
Assistant Professor
PhD Area: Pursuing
Expertise / Specialization: Digital Illustration, Computer Aided Rendering
Mr. Rahul Ajankar
Assistant Professor
Expertise / Specialization: Pattern Making, Garment Construction
Ms. Surabhi Bhand
Assistant Professor
Expertise / Specialization: Fashion Communication, CAD, Fashion Management
Ms. Garima Raj
Assistant Professor
Expertise / Specialization: Traditional & Unconventional Textile & Material Exploration, Innovative Sustainable Product Development, Craft and Research
Mr. Sachin Suryawanshi
Assistant Professor
Expertise / Specialization: Textile Technology, Technical Textiles & Fabric Forecasting
Ms. Aishwarya Digambar Purandare
Assistant Professor
Expertise / Specialization: Buying & Merchandising
Ms. Nayana Siddhant Gharge
Assistant Professor
Expertise / Specialization: Fashion Design, Pattern Making, Garment Construction