Dr. Sibichan K Mathew is Professor of Fashion Management Studies and Head of Research Unit at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi, India. Post-completion of doctoral degree and Master degrees in Economics and Business Administration, he pursued Fashion Management from the School of Fashion Management and Design, Amsterdam and customized training in retail research at the Centre for Retail Research, Zoetermeer, Netherlands and CESCOM, Milan, Italy. He has handled various academic and administrative responsibilities at NIFT including serving as Chairperson of the Department of Fashion Management Studies, Head of Industry and Alumni Affairs, Head Academic Affairs and Director-in-charge of NIFT Kangra Campus. He has been selected by the International Relations Committee of International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), USA for receiving the Janet Else Visiting Scholar/Practitioner Award for the year 2021. This award is in recognition of his leadership from the Indian side of a 3 year India-US collaborative research project funded by USIEF involving multi-educational institutes based in USA and NIFT. At present he is leading the administration of a R&D project sponsored by the Ministry of textiles for developing an indigenous AI/ML enabled fashion forecasting system.