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Vandana Bhandari
Vandana Bhandari is a distinguished teacher and academic. She is a specialist in the subjects of Indian textiles, Indian costume, draping, fashion forecasting and product development and craft studies. She has received a Master’s degree from the M. S. University, Vadodara; she then carried out an in-depth study on ‘Woman’s costume in the Thar Desert’ for her doctoral work. Extensively published in journals and magazines, Dr Bhandari has authored and compiled books on fashion and textiles. Her works include Celebrating Dreams: Weddings in India (1998), Textiles and Crafts of India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur (1998), the NIFT Millennium Document titled Evolving Trends in Fashion and Costume, Textiles and Jewellery of India – Traditions in Rajasthan.