Faculty

Archana Surana

Archana Surana is the Founder & Directorof the ARCH College of Design & Business.Her experience over the last 23 years inthe delivery of design education hasensured that ARCH imparts specializedand industrially relevant education. Sheestablished ARCH in the year 2000.

A widely travelled and noted speaker, she represents theinstitution at various International & National forums likeInternational Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes(IFFTI), Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and World DesignOrganisation (WDO) & CUMULUS.

She sits on the board of various National and Internationalindustrial and philantrophic organizations. She is a CharterMember and EC Member of TiE, Rajasthan. An Invitee Memberof the State Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII), Rajasthan for 10 years. She is the Member of the NationalGoverning Board of the FICCI Ladies Organization, FLO for last 2years. She is part of the core team of the SAARC Chamber WomenEntrepreneur Council (SCWEC), 2016 and as an active Rotarianshe has served at various district levels positions since 2005.A US State Department Alumni and Fortune Mentee, she is VitalVoices Inaugural Lead Fellow & Founder of Women MentorsForum Jaipur. She has organized the Vital Voices, GlobalMentoring Walk consecutively for 8 years. Recent addition for thewalk is New Delhi & Udaipur besides Jaipur as the Flag Bearer

She presented a Project proposal at the "Fashion Colloquia " in2013 at the London College of Fashion (LCF) at London under theauspices of IFFTI. She was a key note speaker at the Universityof Antwerp, Belgium for the "Non Western Fashion Conference"in 2016. She was invited on a panel of "Global Conversation inCultural Managment & Policy" at Brussels -Belgium during the25th ENCATC Congress in October 2017.

She is a Post Graduate with a Professional Diploma course inFashion Design from South Delhi Polytechnic for Women, NewDelhi. Apart from a Professional course in Contour Fashionfrom De Montfort University in the UK, she has also completedspecialized courses in Fashion Merchandising & Pattern Makingfrom the ATDC as well as a Computer Aided Fashion Illustrationcourse from the NIFT, New Delhi. She has learned chronic healingand practices Vipasana Meditation. Her hobby is playing GolfA learner and an explorer of new concepts and ideologies shehas attended various National and International Workshops. Theyinclude the Executive Program on Growth & Entrepreneurshipat the Indian School of Business (ISB); the CHANCE workshopby GIZ on Strategic Planning and Financial Management ofBusinesswomen's Associations; the workshop on "Design forPersuasion: Creating Dynamic, Multi-Sensory Experiences forCustomer Delight" at the NID, Ahmedabad.

She is the proprietor of ARCH Apparel Exports and has donebusiness with Switzerland and America. She has re-started theapparel business in the Apparel Park at Jaipur, furnishing for thedomestic and International market.

She received the Yuva Icon Award in 2010 from Former PresidentDr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam and has also received the prestigious IndiraGandhi Priyadarshini Award for her exemplary achievements inthe field of education.

Benoy Thoompunkal

After reading Economics at St.Stephens College, Delhi, he went on to specialise in Furniture Design from the Faculty of Industrial Design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
As a practicing Design Consultant and academician for over 32 years, he has worked in the multifarious fields of design, ranging from Heritage Conservation & Product Design to Interiors, Space & Structure, Lighting, Exhibitions & Display, Clock Design and Photography, among other things; providing his expertise towards conceptualization and execution of various national and international projects.
A founding member and former CEO of the Stone Craft Foundation, a Government of Rajasthan initiative to encourage the use of stone as a building material, he has worked closely with the Government, over the years, providing design and policy consultancy on various heritage conservation projects ranging from forts to museums. As the Director- Academics at the ARCH Academy of Design his role extends as a Mentor, equally engaged in the various academic & strategic procedures of the institution as well as in the exploration of collaborations for institutional linkages and the establishment of Partnerships, both national and international, with industry and other academic entities, keeping research and innovation as important constituents at the centre of such endeavours.

Rajesh Kumar

Shovit Dasgupta

Nagendra Kumar Gupta

Nagendra Kumar Gupta has done Graduation in B.Sc in Fashion Technology he is an alumnus of the ARCH College of Design & Business , Jaipur. With an overall industrial and academic experience of 7 years, he has worked as a Creative Designer with Bhootsavar Nitin Bal Chauhan, the designer with the label for passion, worked as Fashion & Apparel Designer well established Domestic export house ,retail brand Trent Ltd. Private label Zudio, Rana's legacy ethnic wear brand in Jaipur and executed lectures as a senior faculty in IIFT, Jabalpur. He has also worked in the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Uniform Design project at Arch. His areas of interest and expertise include Draping, Garment Construction, Finishing Techniques, Creative Pattern Making & Construction, Surface Embellishments/Ornamentation, Costume Designing, Material Exploration and Research Design.

Saloni Agarwal

Saloni Agarwal graduated from NIFT, Shillong in the year 2008-12. She worked with the fashion industry for more than 5 years and specialises in women's wear and denims. She is passionate about crafts and sustainable textiles & lifestyle industry.

Basant Sharma

Ar. Rajeev Singh

Charu Thukral

Nishi Jajoo

A graduate from SNDT University, Mumbai she has an experience of 20 years in Interior Design & Project Management. Currently leading a reputable firm Design Elements for Interior Designing and Architectural Development. Her expertise like in Technical & Execution on Interior Projects. 

Pankaj Pareek

6 year of rich experience in teaching, Certified faculty in AutoCad, Specialised in 3ds Max, photoshop,Vray, Designed many projects with government, semi  government organizations and farms,  Worked  with  many  interior and Architectural Colleges as Guest Faculty. 

Yashpal Dagur

Academics with well-established jewellery firms like Jewels Emporium, Jewels Saga, Harrison’s, Vikas Gems, Pyramid Jewels etc. for both international and domestic market. For the past 13 years, he has been associated with ARCH Academy of Design.
His area of expertise lies in training in the use of Graphic software that includes Auto-CAD, Reach Fashion Studio, Reach CAD, JCAD, Jewel CAD, 3Design, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustration, Front Page, etc.

Priyanka Baweja

Priyanka Baweja has completed Jewellery Design and Fabrication course from JPDC Jaipur and IIGJ Mumbai and has 21 years of experience in academics and industry. Along with Gem and Jewellery Education, she holds Diploma in Advanced Computer Arts from National Multimedia Resource Centre, Pune, Masters in Anthropology, PGHCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education) from Nottingham Trent University, Online Hybrid, and Blended Education from Laureate International Universities and at present pursuing her Ph.D on “Traditional Indian jewellery craft” from Dept. of Anthropology, Rajasthan University. She is a Certified Trainer for Product Development Manager and Jewellery Retailing by GJSCI and was a team member in ABHUSHAN Craft Exchange Program Workshop by the World Craft Council and Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India for reviving traditional Indian jewellery crafts. She has been part of the jury for several national and international level jewellery design competitions and has also presented papers in International Conference. She is also a member of International Sociological Association (ISA RC13) and one of the editors of the recently published book “Positive Sociology of Leisure – Contemporary Perspectives”, Palgrave McMillan. She contributed a chapter on “Doodling: A positive creative leisure practice”. Her area of interest is finding interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities for design and creating a space where design, anthropology, and sociology meets with an objective to make a difference in people’s lives through design education.   

Komal Khandelwal

Yash Purohit

Yash has learned professional courses in Jewellery designing, CAD, Graphic & Digital designing. He has an expertise in designing and manufacturing of jewellery and gemstones. He has his own brand Silwear International which is specialized in producing fine jewellery in precious metals with natural gemstones. He is also associated with design stores like Ogaan, Evoluzione, Ensemble.

V.Rajshekhran

V.Rajshekhran is a Diploma holder and has completed Associate Member of Institution of Engineers Course in Mechanical Engineering. He has an experience of around 45 years in Tool design and Engineering. He started his career in 1970 and has worked with companies like Asian Press Tools and Moulds Pvt. Ltd., Jay Bearing Ltd., Genus Overseas Electronics Limited and a few others.

Anil Kumar Bose

Dr. Jitendra Sharma

Yunus Khimani

Manjeet Rathore

Manjeet Rathore is an Alumnus of Rajasthan University and has done Animation from MAAC academy.
He has experience of more than 2 years in animation and video editing. He’s aim is to achieve a good position and recognition in the film industry.

Amitanshu Shrivastava

Sampat Jhorar

An Architect and a Landscape Designer by qualification. Alumnus of CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He has a total experience of 12 years in the field of Landscape Architecture and 6 years in academics. With a strong inclination towards mountain landscapes, he did regional level research on The Plateau of Cherrapunjee and still continues to research on the fragile Landscape of lower Himalayan regions. His fields of strength are Visualization, idea/design expression techniques, critical thinking and organic/sustainable approach to respect nature.

Dr. Manish Jain

Manish Jain is an alumnus of the University of Rajasthan with a PhD in Commerce & a PG Diploma in Cost and Works Accountancy (DCWA), He is presently the Principal and Professor in A.B.S.T.Department at ARCH Research College for Higher Education. He received an MBA in Financeand Marketing from Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu. He has expertise in Accounts & Finance subjects and has 21 years of teaching experience.
He has authored 17 books for UG and PG students of different universities; published numerous papers in Indian and International Journals.
He has also participated in more than 30 National and International Conferences and Seminars and received Best paper awards including the latest for his paper titled – ‘New dimension of e-business in Indian banking’ at the 14th international conference organised by Research Development Association and Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Dr.Manish is associated with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), & the Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota.

Sharad Garg

Sharad Garg holds a PhD, M.Com (Bus. Adm.), MBA (Marketing),PGDIBO, UGC NET.
He is a Lifetime member of the Indian Commerce Association and had been providing services as a corporate trainer for organisations like Genpact, IGNOU, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, IMT, Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, JIMS and MSME, Govt. of India etc. He is also an approved research guide in the subject area of Marketing Management.
With more than 15 years of work experience, Dr. Garg has been credited with the publication of numerous books, research papers, newspaper articles and book reviews.
He has been given the ‘Best paper’ award at an International Conference, out of the seven research papers that he has presented at national and international levels.

Bhuwan Bhatnagar

Bhuwan Bhatnagar, is an alumnus of the Government Polytechnic College, Ajmer with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, BCA,ADCA, MCA, DIM, PGDIM, PGDFM & MBA in Finance. He has served as an external examiner & contributed to developing examination papers at various universities dealing with Computer & Management.
With 16 years of experience in teaching computer & management subjects, he uses his expertise in developing software for in-house needs.