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Aditi ParekhFounder and CEO, Fashion Edit India
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Ahmed Fouad
Game Director & CEO, Rumbling Games Studio
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Akanksha Rohra
Fashion & Brand stylist
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Amit Sharma
Animation Director, M2 Animation
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Anita Bhardwaj
Assistant Director International Admissions, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
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Anu Kalhan
Assistant Regional Director, Full Sail University, USA
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Arpan Shah
Founder, Modo Design
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Ashima Sood
Founder, The UX Guys
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Ayush Chauhan
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Quicksand
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Balaji Pattabhiraman
Engineering Leader, Ad Tech, Google
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Bhakti Dudhara
Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer, Aubergine Solutions
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Bryan Hiveley
Lead Faculty of Visual Arts, Miami International University of Art & Design, USA
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Cameron Wilson
Associate Dean International, University of Dundee, UK
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Ciara Healy Musson
Programme Director, Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Institute of Technology Carlow
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Danial Wan Azhar
Assistant Director of Admission, Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) (Pune and Bengaluru)
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Dean Riley
Head of Education, Expo City Dubai
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Deepanshu Gupta
Product Manager, Acoustics, Saint-Gobain Group
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Deepika Govind
Designer & Founder – Brand Deepika Govind, India
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Deirdre Doherty
Faculty Director of Design, Griffith College, Ireland
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Dhayan Kumar
Co-Founder, Chief Designer F1 Studioz
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Dhisti Desai
Founder & Design Director, Pineapple Design
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Dhun Patel
CEO, Therefore Design
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Dr. Maria Papadaki
Managing Director, BUiD Dubai Center for Risk and Innovation
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Dr. Paddy Tobin
Head – School of Design & Creative Arts, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
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Dr. Piram Prakasam
Executive Director, Office of International Education, Ferris State University, USA
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Fernando Pereira
CEO, xtend3D
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Gaurav Monga
Author, Educator & Creative Thinker
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Hari Saravanabhavan
Vice President – Global Analytics, Concentrix + Webhelp
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Harsh Gupta
Founder & Creative Designer, Harsh Harsh
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Hashem Zainy
Founder, Zaini Media
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Jason Hunt
Course Leader – Music Business, BIMM Institute, UK
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Jay Peters
Chair & Professor of Design Management SCAD
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Kallol Roy
Sr. Director & Regional Head – UXD SL, Asia Virtusa
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Karl Tlais
Founder & Strategic Advisor, iAdvisory
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Kartik Sankar
Founder – KICKASS DESIGN and FarFromCommon.com
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Kavitha Kalyan
Director of Design, BFSI Interactive, TCS
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Keval Shanker Shreyas
Technical Artist, Ink Games, USA
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Khushali Chawda
Principal Interior Designer, ACKM Studio
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Khushnam Mirza
Associate Director of Admissions, Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), (Mumbai)
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Kriti Tula
Founder, DOODLAGE
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Kushal Karwa
Assistant Director of Admissions, Savannah College of Art and Design
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Leon Christian
Head of Creative Operations Feature, Mikros Animation
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M Farhan Kalim
Founder & CEO, Sorise EdTech
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Milan SadariyaFounder & CEO, Gamecrio Studios
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Mithun Darji
Creative Director, Inventindia Innovations Pvt. Ltd
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Nathalie Habib
Nathalie Habib, Co-Owner & Executive Produce, Blink Studios
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Nidhi Lall
Senior Vice President, Publicis Business
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Nikita Shah
Technical Designer, Gensler
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Ninad Chhaya
Senior VP, Reliance Games
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Nirmal Diwadkar
CEO & Head of Institute, Colors Art Institute
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Nishant Jain
Co-Founder, Nitrous
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Oli Wilson
Associate Dean Research Massey University
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Pallavi Bhatnagar
Assistant Director of Admissions, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), USA
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Paul Bruski
Department Chair – Graphic Design, Iowa State University, USA
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Pratish Mepani
Founder , Starting Monday Design and Branding Co.
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Priya Hajela
Author, Ladies’ Tailor
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Priyanshi Singhal
Creative Director, StrategySoda
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Prof. Sooshin Choi
Chair of Industrial Design Savannah College of Art & Design
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Radhika Bhuptani
Founder & CEO, The Open Slate
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Raj Jhaveri
Architect & Founder, Design Logic, Ahmedabad
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Ranbeer Hora
Founder & Managing Director, GodSpeed Games
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Richa Maheshwari
CEO & Founder, Richa Maheshwari Films & Photography
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Ritu Chowdhary
India Head, Ubisoft
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Rucha Agnihotri
Principal Urban Designer, Jacobs
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Sameer Chengapa
Game Designer, Zombiefox Studios, Hyderabad
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Samer Asfour
CEO, Nested VFX
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Sania Lakhani
Founder & Creative Head, 8338 Studios
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Sanju S.
Founder & CEO ThisUx
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Sarah Titford
Assistant Director of International Admissions, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA
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Satyen Adhikari
Creative Director, DDB Dubai
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Srinivas Chilakalapudi
Chief Operating Officer Green Gold Animation
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Tara Yadav
Brand Strategist and Account Manager, Longform
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Tina Sutradhar
Designer & Co-Founder at Miuniku
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Tithi Goel
Founder, Mareeci
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Tonnit Thomas
Founder, Tonnit Design
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Tony Jan
Associate Professor, Torrens University
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Vigyan Verma
Founder, The Bottom Line
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Vinayak Bhandare
Experience Design Leader, Wow Labz
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VK Samhith
Founder & CEO, BornMonkie Studio, Hyderabad
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Wendy Dsouza
Sr. Vice President – India & South Asia, Education in Ireland
INDIA’S BIGGEST ART & DESIGN FOCUSED HIGHER EDUCATION EVENT
Global Art & Design Education Expo
The Global Art & Design Education Expo is the biggest Art, Design and Technology focused education fair.
Since its inception in 2020, we have conducted 21 physical and 3 virtual events in the art and design space. The expo is our most popular event and aims to add value to students looking to plan their careers in this field.
In 2025, we successfully concluded the Spring edition of the expo in Dubai.
Upcoming schedule:
Spring 2025 (India): Mar 19, Lucknow | Mar 20, Hyderabad | Mar 22, Chennai | Mar 23, Bangalore
Fall 2025 (India): Aug 22, Pune | Aug 23, Mumbai | Aug 24, Delhi | Aug 26, Jaipur
Zista Events also organizes focused events in these subject areas – Hospitality Management & Culinary Arts, and STEM.
EVENT TIMELINE
11 institutes participated
2 breakout sessions
1 panel discussion
525+ cities and town from where students participated
860+ schools/institutes from where students participated
13 institutes participated
5 countries represented
4 breakout sessions
400+ cities and town from where students participated
1040+ schools/institutes from where students participated
