Hello everyone, I'm a Somali Pal, a designer currently pursuing a Masters in Design (M.Des) from NIFT Gandhinagar. I completed my first summer internship with ZARA (Inditex) in Retail Operations and Visual Merchandising, and my second internship with Impulse International, where I worked on benchmarking and forecasting their newly launched in-house brand AQUATAN. In addition, I designed the upcoming collection for AQUATAN.
I have an undergraduate degree in fashion design (B.Des) from INIFD Kolkata and have over eight years of experience in the fashion industry as a designer. During this time, I have led several brand lineups and showcased my designs in various fashion shows such as Kolkata Fashion Expo and Surat Dreams. I am skilled in a variety of surface design techniques such as block prints, screen prints, digital prints, hand prints, hand embroidery, and computer machine embroidery.
For my specialization in M.Des, I have chosen Strategic Design Management, with a focus on brand communication, trend research and forecasting, design innovation, system thinking, and design thinking.
