About Me

Mr. RC Dalal

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF JD INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY

Mr. R.C. Dalal serves as the Executive Director of JD Institute of Fashion Technology, which is an education division of JD Image Promotions Ltd. Having been established in 1988, JD Institute of Fashion Technology is today recognized as one of the pioneer and the major design institute in India.

With the aim of taking fashion to another level, Mr. R.C. Dalal along with his father Mr. ChandrakantDalal, President of the institute, made JD Institute's foray into the Mumbai market, in the year 1988, which was and is touted as Fashion city of India. As a matter of fact, he was the first one to enter the Mumbai market, and most successfully.

It was a humble entrepreneurial venture with one center in Mumbai in the year 1988. Mr. R.C. Dalal's dedication and zeal led to the expansion of JD Institute of Fashion Technology to about 35 plus centers spanning across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Visakhapatnam, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur, Varanasi, Pathankot, Jammu and Meerut.

Branching off into two- tier cities was a conscious decision keeping in mind the potential that the market had. Knowing that tier 2 cities have less infrastructure and more potential, Mr. Dalal entered the cities with the motive of producing some great innovative minds for the competitive industry and generating employment for the students and people who could never have got a better chance to render their talent and creativity.

Mr. Dalal has always had a progressive outlook and has always taken a keen interest in promoting the art, craft and culture of India. Under his vision, JD Institute was a part of the Bollywood Festival Norway as the Fashion Partner to the event. He was also awarded at the event for his contribution to Indian cinema for giving some of the renowned designers like Rocky S, Shane and Falguni, Reza and Jaswinder Gardner to name a few to Indian cinema.

He has cultivated a symbiotic relationship with the National and International design fraternity. This provides young jediiians an optimum exposure to the real world of design by taking assignments with choicest of brands, participating in selected shows, exhibitions and competitions, while pursuing their education.

London being seen as the design hub and a big player in the global market, JD Institute under the directorship of Mr. Dalal, made its presence by setting up a centre there.
Accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education as a Short Course Provider, it is the first time an Indian Design institute has its own campus in London. The Institute added another feather in its achievement when JD collaborated with Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, 2011 as their Institutional partners.

JD under Mr. Dalal's supervision has been organizing exhibitions, fashion shows and other likewise fruitful events, to provide students an opportunity to showcase their designs and receive an exposure to design world. He has been an integral part of the makeover process of Hauz Khas village as an up market place for the connoisseur of art & culture. He has also been awarded with Bhikhuram Jainaward for Recognition of Promoting Art in 2011.

Mr. Dalal has been appointed as the superintendent of examination & board of studies in art & design at Kuvempu University, Karnataka.
He is an honorary spokesperson at CWEI, speaking about women entrepreneurship, small scale industries, and artists below poverty line all over India.
His humanitarian concern is channelized through various CSR Activities like Senior citizen's Day, Spastic society, VegetarianSociety of India etc.

New departments such as Interior Design, Visual Merchandising and Fashion Photography have been added to the institute. Even with 30 centers all over India, Mr. Dalal is still a teacher by heart and never leaves an opportunity to be with new talents and to encourage them to create and innovate.

He is an alma mater to more than 30,000 design professionals who are either employed by select organizations worldwide, or are entrepreneurs.