Biography

Dr. (Prof) Darlie Koshy is a visionary educationist and transformatory thought leader in areas of design, management, fashion, retailing and skill development. Over the last 6 years, Dr. Darlie Koshy has been heading as DG&CEO, ATDC(with 176 Centres pan-India) & IAM under the aegis of AEPC while shaping a new skillscape and ‘Skill Pyramid’ from ‘SMART’ at skill levels 1 to 4 and thereafter ATDC Vocational Institutes (65 in no.) for Skill Levels 5 to 7 and further levels at the Institute of Apparel Management playing a proactive role behind the success of ISDS of MOT, GOI by setting up on Pan-India basis directly run 176 ATDC-SMART Centres and training over 1,50,500, candidates in just about 3 years(thus contributing over 55% of MOT’s overall training target) and emerging as the ‘largest skill provider for the Apparel Sector’. Dr. Darlie Koshy is also actively involved in providing leadership in the skills eco-system as the Chairman, Mentor Council (Textiles & Apparel Sector) of DGE&T (Ministry of Labour & Employment).

Past Directors of NID

In acknowledgment of his stellar contribution to the growth and development of NIFT, in the year 2000 Koshy was appointed director of NID (estb:1961), by common consensus the pioneer and most respected product and graphics design institute in India. Comprising four major faculties industrial, communication, textiles and apparel and exhibition design – despite its modest aggregate enrollment of 650 students and 60 faculty, ID has created over 50 brand identities for Indian industry including SBI, Hindustan Lever, Indian Airlines, among others and played a major role in impacting the importance of design upon Indian industry.

Dr. (Prof) Darlie Koshy is a visionary educationist and transformatory thought leader in areas of design, management, fashion, retailing and skill development. Over the last 6 years, Dr. Darlie Koshy has been heading as DG&CEO, ATDC(with 176 Centres pan-India) & IAM under the aegis of AEPC while shaping a new skillscape and ‘Skill Pyramid’ from ‘SMART’ at skill levels 1 to 4 and thereafter ATDC Vocational Institutes (65 in no.) for Skill Levels 5 to 7 and further levels at the Institute of Apparel Management playing a proactive role behind the success of ISDS of MOT, GOI by setting up on Pan-India basis directly run 176 ATDC-SMART Centres and training over 1,50,500, candidates in just about 3 years(thus contributing over 55% of MOT’s overall training target) and emerging as the ‘largest skill provider for the Apparel Sector’. Dr. Darlie Koshy is also actively involved in providing leadership in the skills eco-system as the Chairman, Mentor Council (Textiles & Apparel Sector) of DGE&T (Ministry of Labour & Employment).

Details of the Awards bestowed in the past:

• Honored with OGTCs’ Path Breaker Award (2014)
• Received the Delhi IIT Alumni Award for contribution to National Development (2008)
• Conferred with the “Star of Italian Solidarity” one of the highest civilian awards of the Government of Italy (2009) conferred by His Excellency the President of Italy.
• “Premio II Ponte 2008: award (2008), by the “Fondazione Europea Guido Venosta” for contribution to design for development and quality of life.
• Felicitated with the B M Das Memorial Citation in 2006 by CLRI, Chennai for contribution “to the generation and development of knowledge as an applied researcher”
• Contribution to design & management education and promotion recognized by being named twice as one of “50 leaders reshaping Indian education” by Education World, The Human Development Magazine (Nov. 2006 and 2008)

Under Leadership of Dr. Darlie Koshy both IAM & ATDC have received the following accolades:

ATDC:

• 2011: ATDC awarded UK-India Skill Forum Award
• 2014: ATDC awarded ASSOCHAM Award for Best Vocational Training Institute
• 2015: ATDC awarded ASSOCHAM Award for Best Institute- Innovation

IAM:

• 2013 & 2014: IAM for two consecutive years has been awarded “National Education Leadership Award” by the Media Group ABP News & Dainik Bhaskar.
• IAM has also been listed amongst the top Public Design Institutes by ‘Career 360 Magazine’ and also placed amongst the top fashion Institutes by “Education World” Magazine.