Illustration for a children’s book, published by Wisdom Tree Publications (2009)
A tale of tails
Coffee table book in collaboration with ADARG-Aurobindo University fellowship, DD architects Thrissur and traders’ cooperatives of Kuthampully ( Dec 2025)
In collaboration with Design History Society and Bloomsbury Publishers (Dec 2025)
Kheta-The stitched quilts of Shershabadis-name of the forthcoming book-in upcoming section
Illustration for a children’s book, published by Wisdom Tree Publications (2009)
Online conference, Global Fashion Assembly (2024)
Stitching stories-Kheta in the classroom
A closer examination of the linkage between craft and fashion suggests a paradox. For all the perceived dependency of crafts on the business of fashion to ensure its sustenance, fashion is apparently the least suited medium to do justice to crafts. Fashion fragments time while crafts inherently continues human expression defined by time, material and skill in a sustainable ecosystem. The reality is that modern fashion is as confused as its consumer……..
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Weaving Identities: The reshaping of masculinity
among migrant textile weavers in Kuthampully
Saumya Pande is a textile researcher, designer, and educator committed to preserving India’s indigenous craft traditions. Her practice blends visual art, fashion, and storytelling — creating work that is deeply rooted, yet boldly experimental.
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Classrooms and cohorts in courtyards and beyond
Paper presentation at Responsible Fashion Series, Uzbekistan (2023)
Paper presentation at Textile & Masculinity Online Conference, Design History Society (2024)
Courtyard as classrooms: Empowering learners through design research in rural India
Chapter in book titled ‘Decentering fashion on the silk roads’
The river and the revered: Tracing the impermanence of the land, the people and the embroidered
Paper presentation at Cumulus Roma (ISBN 978-952-64-9004-5) (2021)
Between active and experiential learning
Digital Multilogue, The American University of Paris (AUP) (2021)
Virtual world tour, Coventry University, UK, India chapter (2021)
Migration and embroidered expression of Shershabadis
Webinar by Textile and Clothing Research Centre (TCRC) in association with National Museum, New Delhi (2021)
Crafting the Indian fashionscape: The age of the enabler
Paper presentation at International Conference at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi (2018)
Harnessing the power of research, design & technology to scale up social impact
Paper presentation at INSIGHT Conference, NID Ahmedabad (2018)
The anonymous descendants of Sher Shah Suri
Paper presentation at ‘Together to Get There’ Cumulus International Conference Paris (ISBN 978-2-9565440-0-5) (2018)
Embroidered textile - Kheta as a cultural identity
Presentation at ‘The embroidery symposium’ hosted by Textile and Clothing Research Centre, New Delhi (2018)
Presentation at ‘The embroidery symposium’ hosted by Textile and Clothing Research Centre, New Delhi (2018)
Engagement of students with artisans in classroom for innovation-challenges and opportunities
Paper presentation at IFFTII conference, Jaipur, India (2012)
Aesthetics of movement in Odissi-salient interpretations
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Kuthampully: the weaving village of Devang weavers in Kerala
Chapter in Textile and masculinity book
The hair scare
