Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
LNGG
References
Hobbies and Interests
Websites
Accomplishments
OTHER INFORMATION
Other Projects Undertaken
INTERNSHIPS
Timeline
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Asheesh Saini

Delhi

Summary

Bringing over 23 years of interdisciplinary experience in media, communication, and fashion. Core strengths include screenwriting, camera work, film editing, production design, blocking, storyboarding, documentary and fashion filmmaking, and film appreciation. Experienced in developing curriculum and pedagogy for undergraduate and postgraduate design education. Strong foundation in engineering and design with a keen eye for visual storytelling.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Professor

Pearl Academy
07.2014 - Current
  • Subjects taught include Filmmaking, Media, Communication Design, Fashion Media, Cultural Studies (Screenwriting, cinematography, editing, directing, production design, sound design, blocking, storyboarding, and documentary filmmaking, fashion films, and film appreciation, semiotics, cultural Studies). Development of curriculum and pedagogical practices for the Fashion Communication for Bachelor of Design and Master of Design. Course leader for Under-graduate Post-Graduate Diploma program in Fashion Communication

Director, Writer and Cinematographer

Director, Writer and Cinematographer for documentaries on travel & culture
09.2013 - 06.2014
  • Trailer/Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJx6Rc4SCQs
  • The pre-production work involved script development, research and shoot for travel documentary on Kinnaur & Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh

Guest Faculty

Faculty at Institute of Apparel Management
06.2013 - 06.2014
  • Guest faculty for students of B.A (Fashion Communication) and M.Sc (Fashion Retail Management); subjects include Fashion Advertising, Interactive Space for Fashion and Consumer Behaviour

Creative Director and Associate Director

Creative Director and Associate Director for a feature film (Mera Haule Dost)
05.2012 - 09.2013
  • Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9aWKF-M3U, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Wmv3JeUA0
  • The pre-production & production work involved design of costumes, production design, casting, writing, development of props and training of actors. The post production work includes editing, design of sound & score, colour correction, construction of trailers and marketing of the film. The film was released in across India on 7th June 2013 under PVR Director’s Rare Banner.

Communication Designer

Companies/Brands/Clients worked for as Communication Designer
07.2000 - 03.2012
  • Company Overview: Bharti-Walmart, Numero Uno, Dockers, Aokang, Indian Rail Museum, DCM Benetton, Faculty of Management Studies (University of Delhi), Asian Heritage Foundation, SS Engineers, Chinar Forge, SAK CRS Healthcare, Greenleaf IT Consulting, Academy of Fashion Studies, DFU group of publications, Pramida Posanpalli Productions
  • Works: Designing communication solutions (Advertising, Copy-writing, Packaging Design, Corporate Identity, Visual Merchandising, Photography, Graphic Design, Audio-visual presentation

Director, Writer and Cinematographer

Director, Writer and Cinematographer for documentaries on travel & culture
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Trailer/Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40bHLD9GHc
  • The pre-production work involved script development, research and shoot for travel documentary on Middle & Eastern Arunachal Pradesh

Creative Director, Costume Designer, Actor

Creative Director, Costume Designer, Actor for a feature Film (Turjya)
01.2003 - 01.2004
  • Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7qghH38O7o
  • This is a 90-minute feature film on digital format. The principle shoot, covered a period of 45 days, was located in Sikkim, Nilgiris, Hyderabad, Delhi and Jaisalmer.

Photographer/Researcher

Self-employeed
07.2002 - 12.2002
  • The work involved preliminary research and documentation on ‘Toda’ tribe residing in the Nilgiris district of state of Tamil Nadu. The research is still going on and a proposal is to be made to film a documentary

Designer

‘Archana Kochaar’ design studio & boutique
10.2002 - 11.2002
  • Designer for advertisement and brand support

Head of Design & Merchandise

KG Denim
07.1998 - 05.2000
  • Organized and led ‘Design & Merchandise’ initiatives aimed at positioning the brand as a market leader by creating sustained awareness through strategic design and merchandising. Key achievements include establishing a specialized design studio, formulating domestic and export strategies, supporting brand and retail development (including the launch of ‘Trevi’), conducting market and trend research, and developing export portfolios for Europe, the U.S., and Gulf markets.

Sales Representative

Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
04.1994 - 07.1994
  • Sales Representative for ‘The Times of India’, newspaper.

Education

MA - Journalism & Electronic Media

Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi
08.2025

Master of Arts - Fashion & Textiles

Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham
11.2017

Bachelors - Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology
New Delhi
01.2012

PG Diploma - Fashion Communication

National Institute of Fashion Technology
New Delhi
01.2002

Graduate Diploma - Fashion Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology
Gandhinagar
05.1998

Diploma - Civil Engineering

Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic
New Delhi
08.1995

All India Senior School Certificate Examination -

Air Force Bal Bharti School
New Delhi
07.1992

All India School Certificate Examination -

Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2
Amritsar
07.1990

Skills

  • Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Microsoft Office
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Certification

  • Online certificate course in ‘Virtual Teacher’, University of California, Irvine, 2020
  • Shikhar Management Training, Peal Academy, 2017
  • Laureate Certificate in Online, Hybrid and Blended Education, 2015
  • E-course Editing for film & Video conducted by CEC-UGC, 2011

LNGG

Languages known: English, Hindi, Punjabi

References

Will be provided on request

Hobbies and Interests

Trekking, Travelling, Photography, Reading, Motor-cycling, Camping, Music, Cinema

Accomplishments

  • Cinema and Memory: Film as a Tool for Collective Memory, Dissertation for Masters of Arts in Journalism and Electronic Media, 2025
  • Co-authored Fashioning the Future: Fostering critical voices and identities in Contemporary Fashion Education Sub-theme: Pedagogies, IFFTI Conference, 2025
  • Co-authored a research Chapter, "Soft Power, Cinema, and Democratic Discourse," in an open access journal of repute, International Journal of Politics and Media (DOI:10.26524/ijpm.3.12), on 7 January 2025.
  • Adapting Design Education to Technological Advancements and Posthumanism Paradigms: Exploring the Clash between Tradition And Innovation Authors, 2024
  • Theoretical Framework For AI Based Fashion Trend Forecasting Systems For Wild Card Events: An Exploratory Study, Dissertation for Masters of Arts in Fashion & Textile, Nottingham Trent University, 2017
  • Feasibility of Undertaking Design Process & Methods for Design of Fashion & Lifestyle, Dissertation for B.Design at National Institute of Fashion Technology, 2012

OTHER INFORMATION

  • Date of Birth: 27th May, 1975
  • Nationality: Indian

Other Projects Undertaken

· Photo-shoot for the placement brochure Department of ‘Apparel Merchandising & Marketing Management’, National Institute of Fashion Technology.

· Styled display units for International Wool Syndicate for the ‘International Textiles fair’ 2002, New Delhi.

· Fashion-shoot for designer collection from ‘Umesh Vashist’

· Fashion-styling with designer Aki Narula.

· Forecast project (Home Furnishings) – Spring/Summer 2002

· Set Design for a play called ‘Virasat’ with Dr. Nissar Allana at ‘Dramatic Art & Design Academy’.

· Short Film for NIFT promotion covering the department of ‘Fashion Communication’ and 4 ½ minute film ‘Views on War’ on Afghanistan.

· Portfolio Display of Graduating students, Exhibition Design & Visual Communication, Pearl Academy

INTERNSHIPS

· 2001: Grey Worldwide, Mumbai, worked for accounts like ‘Sony Max’, ‘Kotak Mahindra’, ‘Saffola’, ‘Easybuymusic’.

· 1997: Mona Design, New Delhi, Worked on accounts like ‘Ishwar’ and ‘Carrefour’

Timeline

Professor

Pearl Academy
07.2014 - Current

Director, Writer and Cinematographer

Director, Writer and Cinematographer for documentaries on travel & culture
09.2013 - 06.2014

Guest Faculty

Faculty at Institute of Apparel Management
06.2013 - 06.2014

Creative Director and Associate Director

Creative Director and Associate Director for a feature film (Mera Haule Dost)
05.2012 - 09.2013

Director, Writer and Cinematographer

Director, Writer and Cinematographer for documentaries on travel & culture
01.2010 - 01.2011

Creative Director, Costume Designer, Actor

Creative Director, Costume Designer, Actor for a feature Film (Turjya)
01.2003 - 01.2004

Designer

‘Archana Kochaar’ design studio & boutique
10.2002 - 11.2002

Photographer/Researcher

Self-employeed
07.2002 - 12.2002

Communication Designer

Companies/Brands/Clients worked for as Communication Designer
07.2000 - 03.2012

Head of Design & Merchandise

KG Denim
07.1998 - 05.2000

Sales Representative

Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
04.1994 - 07.1994

MA - Journalism & Electronic Media

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Master of Arts - Fashion & Textiles

Nottingham Trent University

Bachelors - Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology

PG Diploma - Fashion Communication

National Institute of Fashion Technology

Graduate Diploma - Fashion Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology

Diploma - Civil Engineering

Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic

All India Senior School Certificate Examination -

Air Force Bal Bharti School

All India School Certificate Examination -

Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2
Asheesh Saini