Sabyasachi Mukherjee, the young designer from Kolkata is setting new standards for the Indian fashion scenario. A graduate from NIFT (Kolkata) and a winner of three major awards (1999), he has four retail outlets, one each in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Sabyasachi Mukherjee is of the opinion that clothes should be an expansion of one’s intellect. His forever inspirations have been gypsies, deserts, prostitutes, antique textiles and cultural custom of Kolkata, his homeland. [...]
‘Indian Master of Fabric and Fantasy’, Rohit Bal is the most renowned fashion designer in India and also in abroad. His clientele list is full of big and famous names from the worlds of media, films, corporate and fashion. In abroad the picture is almost same. Uma Thurman, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Pamela Anderson and Anna Kournikova are his regular customers. Rohit Bal considers fashion designing to be a form of art, and the artist [...]
Ritu Kumar is one of the country’s leading fashion designers who has a major contribution in the revival of traditional Indian craft and design. Ritu Kumar along with some like-minded designers attempted to blend the best of East and West. Ritu Kumar took the initiative to present India’s rich heritage to the whole world in a way that would be beneficial to both the Indian craftsmen and the modern customers worldwide. Ritu Kumar has pioneered [...]
Protima Bedi or Protima Gauri was born in 1949 in Haryana to a trader father and a Bengali mother. She was one of the well-known models of 1960s. During her modeling days she met Kabir Bedi. They got married in 1969 and had two children Pooja and Siddhartha. A chance visit to Bhulabhai Memorial Institute changed her life forever. She was so impressed after watching the Odissi dance performance that she decided to learn Odissi [...]
As a child Dr.Naresh Trehan lived at Connaught Place in a three-room apartment. Trehan’s parents were well known doctors in Pakistan but the Partition made them refugees in New Delhi. Since childhood he was keen on learning new things. He did his MBBS from KG Medical College, Lucknow (1968). He met his wife Madhu who is a journalist at the age of 16. Trehan is happily married with two daughters. He started practicing heart surgery [...]
Meghna Reddy is a former ‘Channel V’ veejay and a gorgeous Indian model. Meghna has been in the show-biz and entertainment industry for a while now, and has carved quite a niche for herself in the glamour world. Meghna Reddy was born into a traditional South Indian family whose traits she still carries in her. She is the second child of the three Reddy siblings. Her sisters Sameera and Sushma are both famous actresses and [...]
One instantly remembers the name of Manish Malhotra when the subject of fashion designing surfaces. His name is identical with style in Bollywood films. Manish Malhotra is not only a master in costume designing but also in creating a new ‘look’ for the characters. Even as a kid he had a passion for fashion. He had also done some small modeling assignment when he studied in the Elphinstone College in Mumbai. He made his foray [...]
JJ Valaya is sometimes referred to as the Monarch of Indian fashion. He rules the fashion world with his splendid collection of hand embroidered fabric that has captured the global market. JJ Valaya was born in 1967 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Right from his childhood, he nurtured a fascination towards Arts and later he specialized in the sphere of Fine Arts. JJ Valaya joined the National Institute of Fashion Technology. JJ Valaya was the first designer [...]
Yukta Mookhey came into the spotlight when she won the Miss World title in 1999. This 5 feet 11 inches tall belle won the Miss World title among ninety- four ravishing beauties. The second runner up in this international beauty pageant was Miss Sonia Raciti of South Africa and first runner up was Martina Thorogood of Venezuela. Born to Mr.Inderlal and Mrs.Aruna in 1977, her father Mr.Inderlal is Ragz Clothing Company’s Managing Director while her [...]
Dr.Venugopal, the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was born on July 6, 1942. He is a leading heart surgeon of India and is known for his research in stem cells. He carried out India’s first heart transplant on August 3, 1994. Venugopal has trained hundreds of students in open heart surgery in his career. He joined AIIMS in 1959 as an undergraduate. He got the title of best undergraduate and received [...]
