Biography
Nirbhay Rana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design at IILM University, Gurugram, with over 17 years of academic and research experience in design, sustainability, and cultural knowledge systems. His research focuses on sustainable fashion, circular economy, and ESG, with a particular emphasis on ethnographic and community-based studies of artisan networks, traditional knowledge systems, and cultural sustainability. He also explores the integration of indigenous practices into contemporary design education, as well as intersections between AI in marketing, business ethics, and alternative fashion systems.
He is the author of Threaded Harmony: A Sustainable Approach to Fashion (Emerald) and serves as Regional Editor (Asia) for Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases (Bloomsbury Publishing). He is also a member of multiple editorial and reviewer boards, including the Journal of Sustainable Marketing (Luminous Insights, Scopus), International Journal of Sustainable Development Research, Sustainable Futures (Elsevier), Journal of Business Ethics (Springer, FT50), Springer Nature, and the Journal of Comprehensive Business Administration Research (Bon View Publishing).