Akash Das is a design thinker, lifestyle, consumer & trend researcher and fashion educator with seven years of experience in the fashion apparel, retail, academics & design industry. An alumnus of NIFT, Delhi (he) has worked in the apparel design & development industry for brands like Esprit, Abercrombie & Fitch, Armani Exchange, Roberto Cavalli, Nordstrom, Monsoon UK, Diesel, Marks & Spencer, J.Crew and H&M, consulted & collaborated for retail & visual merchandising ideations, and provided design solutions for fashion products involving Slow Fashion methods instrumental in reducing human-induced climate change. He has worked closely with the fashion education industry where his focus is to generate a unique blend of global & regional perspectives in fashion creation.