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Faculty

Faculty

Our Practitioners

At Raffles Design International, the knowledge imparted to the students by the faculty members meet international standards of education, ensuring that each individual who signs up for any of the courses offered by the Institute grasps the subject matter in the best manner, whether it be in the form of theoretical or practical application. Therefore, Raffles Design International ensures that each faculty member who signs up to be a part of the Institute brings their own experience to the classroom, bringing new perspectives to the world of design.

Dominik Raskin

Academic Lead
Program Director
Department : Interior Design & Product Design Academic Qualification : Master of Architecture from Sint-Lucas, Brussels. Certificate in Painting from Sint-Lucas, Brussels Professional Experience : Dominik Raskin (Belgium, 1980) graduated as an architect in 2003 and has since worked on various architectural, interior and product designs. He has been lecturing lecturing since 2009 in Asia. Dominik focuses on concept thinking, 3D modeling, usability and novel design approaches. His work has been published in multiple publications over the years. Nationality : Belgian

Kshipra Singh

Program Director

Department : Fashion Design & Fashion Marketing

Academic Qualification : Bachelors in Design in Knitwear design & Technology with Majors in Graphics – National Institute of Fashion Technology, India

Professional Experience : Kshipra debuted at the WILLS DEBUT 2015 with her capsule collection titled, “The Fourth Dimension in life” where she displayed extensive three dimensional surface work on vinyl with finesse. She has showcased her collection “ATISHYOKTI ” at the ASIAN DESIGNER WEEK – 2015 which was a fusion of modern drapes, vinyl and surface techniques. She was launched by the Asian designer week as the NEWGEN FASHION ENTREPRENEUR in 2016 for her collection “CABAL”, where she displayed her off beat modern play on surfacing along with graphics and artwork. In 2018 she showcased her collection “QUALIA”, with FASHION SCOUT held at London fashion week. Through her career she has worked with various brands such as Van Heusen- Aditya Birla Group , Yashraj films, Kazo etc.
She’s also a founder of Jadon Inda and her works were featured in British Vogue, Indian Vogue, and Voice of Fashion.
Parallelly, Kshipra also developed a love for education, which over the course of the last 5 years has led her to teaching positions at numerous institutions all throughout the nation.

Nationality : Indian

Interior Design

Siddhant Tikkoo
Always giving full focus to the task at hand, while having a very hands-on approach, Siddhant is most happy when de-constructing and re-assembling anything from complex built forms to computers and gadgets. Siddhant is also the co-founder of STaND , a detail-oriented studio that celebrates simplicity and functionality.
Siddhant Tikkoo
Interior Designer
Siddhant Tikkoo
Siddhant Tikkoo
Always giving full focus to the task at hand, while having a very hands-on approach, Siddhant is most happy when de-constructing and re-assembling anything from complex built forms to computers and gadgets. Siddhant is also the co-founder of STaND , a detail-oriented studio that celebrates simplicity and functionality.
Kriti Vij
Kriti Vij is an Interior Designer specialising in residential design. A graduate from Raffles Design Institute in Singapore, she launched her career as a freelance designer in Mumbai and New Delhi and has been practising for the last 10 plus years. Kriti has successfully completed 20 residence projects ranging from small apartments to farmhouses.
Kriti Vij
Interior Designer
Kriti Vij
Kriti Vij
Kriti Vij is an Interior Designer specialising in residential design. A graduate from Raffles Design Institute in Singapore, she launched her career as a freelance designer in Mumbai and New Delhi and has been practising for the last 10 plus years. Kriti has successfully completed 20 residence projects ranging from small apartments to farmhouses.
Swati Chandrashekhar
Swati is an Interior Solution Designer by profession, having varied experiences and exposure to unique, complicated, visually appealing and challenging designs. She creates designs and absorbs them into young Professional Designers to ensure that the future generation are able to visualize their ideas in a better perspective.
Swati Chandrashekhar
Interior Designer
Swati Chandrashekhar
Swati Chandrashekhar
Swati is an Interior Solution Designer by profession, having varied experiences and exposure to unique, complicated, visually appealing and challenging designs. She creates designs and absorbs them into young Professional Designers to ensure that the future generation are able to visualize their ideas in a better perspective.
Karn Singh
Karn Singh
Visual Communication Design

PRODUCT DESIGN

Kriti Vij
Kriti Vij is an Interior Designer specialising in residential design. A graduate from Raffles Design Institute in Singapore, she launched her career as a freelance designer in Mumbai and New Delhi and has been practising for the last 10 plus years. Kriti has successfully completed 20 residence projects ranging from small apartments to farmhouses.
Kriti Vij
Interior Designer
Kriti Vij
Kriti Vij
Kriti Vij is an Interior Designer specialising in residential design. A graduate from Raffles Design Institute in Singapore, she launched her career as a freelance designer in Mumbai and New Delhi and has been practising for the last 10 plus years. Kriti has successfully completed 20 residence projects ranging from small apartments to farmhouses.
Janak Chudasama
Janak has been a design professional for 9 years in the field of product design; He has studied and taught, practiced and preached, created strategies and plans of manufacturing prototype & proof of concept and delivered on them. Janak is an owner & creator of JNK FAKTORY - Design Studio, Innovation & Origination, a space where he practices Product | Industrial Design and currently provide his services to complete the projects on board and consult professionals and clients with his skills and efficiencies. As a Product designer Janak believes, the dissemination of the design insights has to be well portrayed, and he is responsible for establishing the process of teaching in a way that the learners can gain this knowledge, consume it and practice it.
Janak Chudasama
Product Design
Janak Chudasama
Janak Chudasama
Janak has been a design professional for 9 years in the field of product design; He has studied and taught, practiced and preached, created strategies and plans of manufacturing prototype & proof of concept and delivered on them. Janak is an owner & creator of JNK FAKTORY - Design Studio, Innovation & Origination, a space where he practices Product | Industrial Design and currently provide his services to complete the projects on board and consult professionals and clients with his skills and efficiencies. As a Product designer Janak believes, the dissemination of the design insights has to be well portrayed, and he is responsible for establishing the process of teaching in a way that the learners can gain this knowledge, consume it and practice it.
Kshitij Mahashabde
Kshitij Mahashabde is a Mumbai-based Architect, a published Photographer, Cartographer & Poet. His interests are centered on Visual Aesthetic, Maps & various other forms of spatial representations. He’s been actively working in the field of Cartography & map-making since 2018 & Photography since 2014. Kshitij is the Founder of “ād:venGeo” a product design firm focusing on creating products using cutting edge tools; like GIS & workflows like 3-D printing via additive manufacturing as well as rapid prototyping. In 2022, he designed & introduced India's first GIS module for an Architecture course. While his professional interests are in visual aesthetics, his passionate instincts take form in the medium of photography & poetry.
Kshitij Mahashabde
Product Design
Kshitij Mahashabde
Kshitij Mahashabde
Kshitij Mahashabde is a Mumbai-based Architect, a published Photographer, Cartographer & Poet. His interests are centered on Visual Aesthetic, Maps & various other forms of spatial representations. He’s been actively working in the field of Cartography & map-making since 2018 & Photography since 2014. Kshitij is the Founder of “ād:venGeo” a product design firm focusing on creating products using cutting edge tools; like GIS & workflows like 3-D printing via additive manufacturing as well as rapid prototyping. In 2022, he designed & introduced India's first GIS module for an Architecture course. While his professional interests are in visual aesthetics, his passionate instincts take form in the medium of photography & poetry.
Swati Chandrashekhar
Swati is an Interior Solution Designer by profession, having varied experiences and exposure to unique, complicated, visually appealing and challenging designs. She creates designs and absorbs them into young Professional Designers to ensure that the future generation are able to visualize their ideas in a better perspective.
Swati Chandrashekhar
Interior Designer
Swati Chandrashekhar
Swati Chandrashekhar
Swati is an Interior Solution Designer by profession, having varied experiences and exposure to unique, complicated, visually appealing and challenging designs. She creates designs and absorbs them into young Professional Designers to ensure that the future generation are able to visualize their ideas in a better perspective.
Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Prerna Mahajan
Fashion Design
Prerna Mahajan
Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Roopali Babhulkar
Roopali Pankaj is a multi-disciplinary industrial designer with illustrious experience of more than twenty years. Her work spans across diverse design fields ranging from FMCG to appliances design, interior design, exhibition design, user research and visual design. She is a passionate design educator for more than a decade & has been associated with various design schools pan India as visiting faculty. Design fundamentals and theories, representation techniques, design methodology are her areas of interest.
Roopali Babhulkar
Product Design
Roopali Babhulkar
Roopali Babhulkar
Roopali Pankaj is a multi-disciplinary industrial designer with illustrious experience of more than twenty years. Her work spans across diverse design fields ranging from FMCG to appliances design, interior design, exhibition design, user research and visual design. She is a passionate design educator for more than a decade & has been associated with various design schools pan India as visiting faculty. Design fundamentals and theories, representation techniques, design methodology are her areas of interest.

fashion Design

Karishma Gupta
Dedication for my work. Compassionate towards my students Passion to teach something new always. Always motivated to bring out productive output from my students. Pursuing my masters in fashion is a reflection of my interest and devotion towards the field of fashion education. As I deal with students from different educational backgrounds It is important to create a friendly atmosphere for my students which helps in better output. I update my knowledge and skills regularly to impart the recent advances in my subjects.
Karishma Gupta
Fashion Design
Karishma Gupta
Karishma Gupta
Dedication for my work. Compassionate towards my students Passion to teach something new always. Always motivated to bring out productive output from my students. Pursuing my masters in fashion is a reflection of my interest and devotion towards the field of fashion education. As I deal with students from different educational backgrounds It is important to create a friendly atmosphere for my students which helps in better output. I update my knowledge and skills regularly to impart the recent advances in my subjects.
Riddhi Tanna
Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years. She has been teaching Visual Communication, Graphic Designing, 3D Animation, Stop Motion. Riddhi is associated with Raffles from 2017. Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years.
Riddhi Tanna
Fashion Design
Riddhi Tanna
Riddhi Tanna
Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years. She has been teaching Visual Communication, Graphic Designing, 3D Animation, Stop Motion. Riddhi is associated with Raffles from 2017. Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years.
Karn Singh
Karn Singh
Visual Communication Design
Niteesh Vikram
A fashion design graduate from NIFT Delhi with an experience of over fifteen years as fashion designer. Has been bestowed "best menswear award", "The most innovative use of cotton Award", "Best Garment construction Award" during college and awarded "The most valuable employee of the year award" when he was working with Arvind brand. He has also worked with renowned designers like JJ Valaya, Anjana Bhargav, and also worked with prominent design teams of leading brands like bhaane.com, Allen Solly, Arvind Brands and Raymond-Park Avenue, The Souled Store. His passion is creation, and embracing the challenge of designing, any style/category required for the job. In the past has worked on both menswear and womenswear collections by inculcating design theories of concept to consumer, worked on various presentation techniques with use of illustrations both hand and digital, technical sketches etc.
Niteesh Vikram
Fashion Design
Niteesh Vikram
Niteesh Vikram
A fashion design graduate from NIFT Delhi with an experience of over fifteen years as fashion designer. Has been bestowed "best menswear award", "The most innovative use of cotton Award", "Best Garment construction Award" during college and awarded "The most valuable employee of the year award" when he was working with Arvind brand. He has also worked with renowned designers like JJ Valaya, Anjana Bhargav, and also worked with prominent design teams of leading brands like bhaane.com, Allen Solly, Arvind Brands and Raymond-Park Avenue, The Souled Store. His passion is creation, and embracing the challenge of designing, any style/category required for the job. In the past has worked on both menswear and womenswear collections by inculcating design theories of concept to consumer, worked on various presentation techniques with use of illustrations both hand and digital, technical sketches etc.

fashion Marketing & Management

Rasika Karekar
Rasika Karekar is a textile artist and a researcher. She has been teaching with various universities and colleges across India since 2013. Rasika is an author of the book ‘Fashion Ethics and Sustainability: Bringing change from Highstreet to Luxury’, 2014. She is founder of the brand Mruja, 2014, which focuses on bespoke handloom textiles and jewellery while centring on ethics and sustainability. Rasika has also guided handloom weavers in product designing under a project associated with Textile of India.
Rasika Karekar
Fashion Marketing & Design
Rasika Karekar
Rasika Karekar
Rasika Karekar is a textile artist and a researcher. She has been teaching with various universities and colleges across India since 2013. Rasika is an author of the book ‘Fashion Ethics and Sustainability: Bringing change from Highstreet to Luxury’, 2014. She is founder of the brand Mruja, 2014, which focuses on bespoke handloom textiles and jewellery while centring on ethics and sustainability. Rasika has also guided handloom weavers in product designing under a project associated with Textile of India.
Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Prerna Mahajan
Fashion Design
Prerna Mahajan
Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Deepshikha Garg
Deepshikha is a NIFT graduate, currently pursuing PhD. Apart from this she has degrees in BBA and MBA too. In a career spanning 20 years, she has over 10 years of teaching experience. She has a vast industry experience in buying and merchandising. She has gained holistic work experience in total supply chain while working in reputed export houses, buying agencies and retail industries. She is currently working as a buying and merchandising freelancer for various fashion companies.
Deepshikha Garg
Fashion Marketing & Design
Deepshikha Garg
Deepshikha Garg
Deepshikha is a NIFT graduate, currently pursuing PhD. Apart from this she has degrees in BBA and MBA too. In a career spanning 20 years, she has over 10 years of teaching experience. She has a vast industry experience in buying and merchandising. She has gained holistic work experience in total supply chain while working in reputed export houses, buying agencies and retail industries. She is currently working as a buying and merchandising freelancer for various fashion companies.
Suparna Chakraborty
Suparna is the Founder of Neo Neo Natives a sustainable kidswear brand, having its retail presence at First cry, Myntra, Amazon and Hopscotch. Associated with NIFT Mumbai as a Guest Faculty and Jury Member since 2017 , mentoring and teaching courses on Trend Forecast, Athleisure, Performance Sportswear, Entrepreneurship/Business Development and Design process, Brand positioning, Knitwear styling, SWOT analysis, and successful communication of viable ideas to create an interesting storytelling. She is also associated with VJTI mumbai, Textile department as jury member for Sustainable fashion.
Suparna Chakraborty
Fashion Marketing
Suparna Chakraborty
Suparna Chakraborty
Suparna is the Founder of Neo Neo Natives a sustainable kidswear brand, having its retail presence at First cry, Myntra, Amazon and Hopscotch. Associated with NIFT Mumbai as a Guest Faculty and Jury Member since 2017 , mentoring and teaching courses on Trend Forecast, Athleisure, Performance Sportswear, Entrepreneurship/Business Development and Design process, Brand positioning, Knitwear styling, SWOT analysis, and successful communication of viable ideas to create an interesting storytelling. She is also associated with VJTI mumbai, Textile department as jury member for Sustainable fashion.

Visual Communication & Design

Riddhi Tanna
Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years. She has been teaching Visual Communication, Graphic Designing, 3D Animation, Stop Motion. Riddhi is associated with Raffles from 2017. Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years.
Riddhi Tanna
Fashion Design
Riddhi Tanna
Riddhi Tanna
Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years. She has been teaching Visual Communication, Graphic Designing, 3D Animation, Stop Motion. Riddhi is associated with Raffles from 2017. Riddhi, who is passionate about both teaching and art, has been an instructor at numerous prestigious colleges in Mumbai for the past 15 years.
Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Prerna Mahajan
Fashion Design
Prerna Mahajan
Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Karn Singh
Karn Singh
Visual Communication Design

Digital Media Design

Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Prerna Mahajan
Fashion Design
Prerna Mahajan
Prerna Mahajan
With more than 12 years of industry experience and a passion for food and interiors, Prerna is an accomplished professional photographer. Her extensive knowledge of both conventional and digital photography has allowed her to work with clients across various industries, including food, hospitality, and retail. As an award-winning photographer, Prerna's expertise in texture, space, design, details, and color balance has made her a sought-after choice for clients like Hyatt, Vadilal, Mother Dairy and more.
Karn Singh
Karn Singh
Visual Communication Design
Saurav Rathi
Saurav Rathi is a versatile digital creator from Chhattisgarh, India, shaping narratives as a writer, director, cinematographer, and editor. His portfolio expands across genres like Fashion, Advertising, Documentary Filmmaking and more. With a keen eye for detail and a strategic mindset, he delivers impactful results across varied projects. From Mumbai's chaos to global collaborations, Saurav's journey is a testament to creativity and resilience. He pioneers innovative approaches to visual storytelling from Being an Ariel Pilot to being a Director/cinematographer Saurav has steered versatile projects heading different departments. Saurav excels in narratives that captivate and engage audiences worldwide. Join him on an unscripted journey in the realm of visual storytelling.
Saurav Rathi
Digital Media Design
Saurav Rathi
Saurav Rathi
Saurav Rathi is a versatile digital creator from Chhattisgarh, India, shaping narratives as a writer, director, cinematographer, and editor. His portfolio expands across genres like Fashion, Advertising, Documentary Filmmaking and more. With a keen eye for detail and a strategic mindset, he delivers impactful results across varied projects. From Mumbai's chaos to global collaborations, Saurav's journey is a testament to creativity and resilience. He pioneers innovative approaches to visual storytelling from Being an Ariel Pilot to being a Director/cinematographer Saurav has steered versatile projects heading different departments. Saurav excels in narratives that captivate and engage audiences worldwide. Join him on an unscripted journey in the realm of visual storytelling.