Ruby Kashyap Sood is a professor in the Textile Design department at National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. She has nearly two decades of teaching experience. A masters in Textiles and Clothing from Delhi University, she has done extensive research on traditional Indian textiles and costumes. Ruby has also co-authored a book titled ‘Celebrating Dreams – Weddings in India’, a text book on traditional Indian textiles for CBSE. Her doctoral thesis titled ‘A Study on the Metamorphosis of the Indian ‘Choli’, Blouse and the Development of a Readymade Sari Blouse’ is an extensive body of work on the Indian blouse. She has presented and published research papers at prestigious international conferences and journals.