He is the Associate Professor of National Institute of Fashion Technology (www.nift.ac.in)and an alumni of NIFT (M. Des) who holds 4 awards including best academic performance, best design collection & most creative collection of the year. He also holds the diploma in fine arts(graphic design and photography). Kaustav, is the Youth trend Analyst who's researching on Indian youth trend and ethnography for more than a decade, heads a research & direction team of young Indians. He regularly conducts workshop and presents papers on Indian youth trend, fashion forecasts, consumer analysis. His association with Ted Polhemus (www.tedpolhemus.com), youth anthropologist and subculture analyst, has helped him to derive a valued theory about the differentiations as well as unique characteristics of Indian youth from their global peers. He, a certified Six Sigma Green Belt Holder, has established the THEORY OF ADOPTED DIFFERENTIATION which defines the root of Indian youth segmentation. He was there: in colorsindia conference'09 as guest speaker and in the Mobileyouth salon'10 as guest panel of speakers (http://www.mobileyouth.org/post/young-ideas-mumbai-review/)