Prof. Shreya Singh has been working as a Professor and Fashion Designer at Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. She has done Graduation from the Footwear Design and Development Institute of Jodhpur and teaches courses like Fashion Forecasting, Fashion Orientation, Digital Design, Computer Graphics and History of Art and Design to students. She has 3+ years of experience in a luxury brand environment. She started her career in 2019 as a In-house Stylist Alter Ego where she styled models for fashion and award shows, brand shoots and different conceptual shoots and also worked with Rubal Shekhawat for various in house fashion shoots, and then she worked as an Associate Designer and Senior Designer in other reputed institutions.

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Being a Faculty of the Fashion Designing Department, what are your responsibilities towards the students?

"I am responsible to educate, guide and transform students into amazing designers"

Being the Professor, the horizon of my responsibilities is very vast and my prime responsibility is to educate students, transform them into amazing designers and guide them for their future as per their personas and caliber. Because I believe each student is unique in their own way and they should be cherished for the same.

How do you establish healthy relations with the students of your college?

"By being a regular communicator and a good friend for them so that they can share their issues with me freely"

I firmly believe that good vibes and a positive attitude can make your relationship stronger with everyone, be it your friends, students or even colleagues. Because vibes place an important role in any workplace and the happier you will feel, the more positive your work environment will be. Therefore, I regularly interact with my students in order to know them better and make them comfortable enough so that they can discuss and share their issues and queries without any hesitation.

How do you bring in a practical and industry oriented approach towards subjects?

"By utilizing my past experience and knowledge of fashion designing"

Before joining the education sector and becoming a Professor, I have worked for 3 years in the Fashion Industry where I was responsible for styling models and celebrities for different fashion shoots and events. Along with this, I was involved in designing garments for various brands dealing with Couture. So, the knowledge I have gained during those 3 years, I try to use the same while educating students here in the institute. Apart from this, I take students for different kinds of educational tours and visits so that they can witness the whole procedure physically.

Which best practices are offered by your department to students to help them gain necessary skills?

"Professional visits and experts lectures are conducted by us under each course"

Our department offers various opportunities to students in order to enhance their skills and guest lectures are conducted in collaboration with industry experts to help students know how things work at the front and backend and how people and processes work together in the industries to achieve shared goals. In addition to this, industrial visits are also organized by us to supplement their knowledge and help them know the procedures at ground level.

How do you strategize and update the curriculum to make it befitting for the students?

"We thoroughly analyze industrial needs and students expectations while designing and updating it"

We do rigorous analysis and research about the latest developments, requirements, trends and expectations of both the industrial and educational world and also carefully consider students interests while designing and updating the curriculum of our college, and students' interests matters here so much because they are the one whom we will be teaching at the end through our courses. And as and when required, suggestions are taken from industry people and Academicians so that old and undemanding courses could be discarded and new value added courses could be included in the curriculum.

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How does your department prepare students for placement?

"By regularly organizing mock interviews and personality development sessions"

For the purpose of preparing students for the placement and corporate world, different kinds of personality development classes and mock interviews are arranged by us from time to time. And during these sessions, students are taught about tips and tricks they need to use to clear the actual interview and also to make them more confident so that they don't freak out during actual recruitment drives. 

Which extracurricular activities are organized by your college to enhance the skills of students?

"Fun activities, sports events and skill development programs are regularly conducted by us"

We firmly believe that only theoretical knowledge will not be enough for students as per this dynamic world, and everyone needs to have specific skills in order to grow in their career and life. Hence, a wide variety of events, sports events and fun activities are regularly organized by us to enhance their communication skills and make the whole learning process more engaging.

When you joined the college, what was your vision for it and how are you trying to achieve the same?

"My aim was to restructure the educational practices of our college and provide best industrial exposure to students"

In this dynamic world also, Colleges have been following the traditional teaching methods and encouraging students to score good marks instead of learning actual skills. This might sound a bit debatable, but this is not false at all because the prime aim of institutions is to teach students so that they can score more marks in exams and they rarely focus on developing students skills in accordance with educational and industrial needs.

And being a Professor, I believe that marks are important but institutions should educate students in such a way so that students can grow on both personal and professional fronts, become mentally, ethically, emotionally and technically. Hence, my objective when I joined this amazing college was to balance the theoretical concepts with practical learning while educating students and organizing industry interaction sessions so that when they graduate from our institute, they can easily adapt in the cut-throat competitive world.

How does your college enhance Faculty skills and prepare them in accordance with the industry standards?

"Faculties are upskilled through seminars and customized training programs"

For the purpose of upgrading faculty skills and knowledge with changing time and technologies, a wide variety of seminars and training programmes are held by us in collaboration with industry experts and Academicians. 

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What approaches do you bring in apart from curriculum to teach the students?

"I regularly connect with them as a friend and faculty and also motivate them to continuously improve their skills"

For the purpose of educating students beyond hard-coded curriculum and books, I regularly interact with my students not as a faculty but as their friends so that they feel safe and comfortable around me and can share their thoughts and fears with me without any hesitation. And this interaction helps me a lot in improving my teaching methodologies, work on their personalities and also help me to make them ready for the outside competitive world. In addition to this, I regularly encourage them to work on their weaknesses and improve their communication skills.

What do you see as your college’s greatest strengths and how it can be enhanced?

"Our accreditations, highly educated faculties, staff and students are main pillars of our strength"

Our college offers NBA accredited courses to students and we have been officially recognised by the reputed National Assessment and Accreditation Council with an A Grade. So I firmly believe these are the main factors which make us strong and resilient. Also, our highly qualified faculty members, their sincere efforts to educate students, our staff members and students are main pillars of our college so definitely they add to our strength. Apart from this, we aspire to provide quality technical education to young minds and ambitious students and transform them into socio-conscious professionals. 

Any precious advice which you would like to give to the students for a prosperous career ahead?

"Follow your passion and never give up on your dreams and goals"

I would advise them to follow their passion irrespective of how difficult the field is or which field that is. Because, if you are really passionate about your goals and you don't give up, no matter how hard the journey is you will succeed for sure. Therefore, keep upgrading your skills, make a better version of yourself and live a healthy, dedicated and disciplined life.