May 26-27, 2016,

Dr. Darlie Koshy, Director General & CEO, ATDC & IAM, is a Doctorate from IIT Delhi in Management and an MBA from CUSAT, Dr. Koshy has also been trained at FIT New York in Fashion Marketing & Merchandising. Dr. Darlie Koshy’s was named twice as one of the 50 Educational leaders shaping India’s Higher education by ‘Education World’ (2006 & 2008).

As the Founding Chairperson of Fashion Management studies at NIFT, New Delhi after a successful stint as a manager in handloom sector, Dr. Koshy built strong industry interface and thought leadership for National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi from 1988, until 2000,

ATDC Vocational Training Institutes and ATDC Centre, headed by Dr. Darlie Koshy in last 5 years have trained nearly 2,00,000 candidates. Dr. Darlie Koshy has shaped a ‘Step-Ladder’ Eco-system for Vocational Skill & Competency training in Fashion – Apparel sector through ‘ATDC-SMART’’& Institute of Apparel Management (IAM).