Prof.(Dr) Toolika Gupta is the Director of Indian Institute of Crafts and Design, Jaipur since April 2017. After completing her Master’s degree in Textiles and Clothing from Delhi University (Lady Irwin College) in 1996, she worked as a designer, consultant and academician in India and abroad. She started her career as a designer in 1996 and travelled extensively in India, USA and Europe. She taught at NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) as an Associate Prof. for a few years, after which she did a short course from the University of Oxford, UK in ‘Archaeological textiles’ and then PhD from the University of Glasgow, in the UK. During her PhD, she was associated with the Centre for Textile Research, Denmark, as a PhD fellow from 2012-2015. She is also one of the founding members and Chairperson of TCRC (Textiles and Clothing Research Centre), India. Her interests include history and science of textiles and fashion. Her aim is to promote Indian handicrafts. At IICD she has been leading the projects to train women in handcrafting skills for economic empowerment. She has spearheaded the work of Craft incubation at IICD along with IIM Udaipur. She has also written books, book chapters and articles. Her views and research as well as some articles can be read at https://glasgow.academia.edu/ToolikaGupta. Other hats that she wears are - President of the Alliance Francaise of Jaipur. Dean - Product Design at the Vishvakarma Skills University, Jaipur.