In-charge, School of Communication A topper from Delhi University in the Arts and a gold medalist from Pune University in IT Systems Management, Aparna Gwande has held various positions of strategic importance in varied disciplines. A Textiles graduate, she was the Head designer at Vichitra Sarees for nearly a decade. She has been associated with the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India as a designer for development of the Handloom sector. Later making her foray into graphics, she worked extensively with prominent publishing houses such as Orient Paperbacks and UBSPD and has more than 50 Book covers of eminent authors to her credit. Before joining WUD she was the creative director at an IT MNC. She is also the author and designer of a series of books on Indian Textile designs.She is passionate about achieving excellence in every task she undertakes and believes in team spirit rather than working in isolation. Besides being committed to art and design, she is an avid gardener and loves to play badminton.

A Ph.D in visual communication from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT); Preeti has a M.Phil & MVA in Applied Art from Dr. B.R. Ambedekar University Agra, and BFA in Applied Arts from the Rajasthan School of Art Jaipur. She has been a visiting research fellow at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, School of Design. She has 10 years teaching experience in renowned universities and institutes of India among are Amity University, Apeejay college of Fine Arts, District Institute of Education & Training.

A Masters in Design (Communication Design) from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and B.Sc. Mass Communication. from Punjab Technical University, Nagesh has worked with advertising agencies and undertaken branding Projects in Delhi and Chandigarh. He has worked as consultant Product Graphics Designer for TI Cycles of India and was until recently working with Decathlon India as a Communication Designer. He has been Awarded for Kathi Roll (Packaging Design - Student group project) from The National Awards for Excellence in Packaging, INDIASTAR 2015 organized by INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING, Mumbai. The experience has given him an edge to approach a problem logically in a methodical manner. Interested in user experience design, information design, branding, packaging, research and photojournalism.

Aditi Dutta is an alumnus of the Faculty of Fine Arts Maharaja Sayyajirao University of Baroda, with masters in visualization and Bachelors in BFA – Applied Art from Amity University, Noida. She is a passionate, highly enthusiastic graphic designer and visualizer. She has worked with advertising and design companies like Soho Square – Ogilvy, Gurgaon and Treefrogs Design Communications. She has worked for major brands likes Luminous, Honda, Milo, Adani, Lava, PVR, Times Card etc. Her research interests are in the fields of Advertising, Brand identity, Illustration, Typography, Packaging, Campaign Planning, and Concept Building.

Akshay Raghuvanshi is technophile and a hardcore gamer, who realized his only passion is art and creating games early in life. He got his BFA in Animation from Amity University Noida and his MFA in Game Development form Academy of Art University USA. He was the topper of the Academy of Art University and was awarded with a Valedictorian honor for his excellent performance. Having more than 7 years of experience in the Games industry he has worked with a lot of international clients starting from Indie Game studios all the way up to AAA Studios. He is still working as a Senior Environment artist with a Seattle based studio called Novaby and at the same time also teaches students how to develop 3D Art, Shader tech for games, Digital Materials, Game Engines for both animation and games industry. When he is not glued to his work and computers, he likes to play badminton go out for cycling and play his guitar.