Shradha Kochhar
Shradha Kochhar (b. Delhi, India) is a textile artist, designer and educator based in New York. Best known for her home spun and hand knitted ‘khadi’ sculptures using indigenous cotton strains to India and the US, her work is at the intersection of sustainability, regenerative craft and racial equity through textiles. Focusing on generating a physical archive of personal and collective south asian narratives linked to women’s work and invisible labor, the work unravels the words ‘cotton’, ‘cloth’, ‘colonialism’ and community’.
Over the years, Kochhar has worked as a consultant for brands like Tory Burch, Collina Strada, Marshall Columbia, ASHISH amongst others and teaches both as a part time faculty as well as guest faculty at Polimoda, Florence, Central Saint Martins, London, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York and Parsons School of Design, New York.
Kochhar received her MFA in Textiles from Parsons School of Design, New York. She has been an artist in residence at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and is a Dorothy Waxman Textile Excellence Prize and Van Lier Fellowship Finalist. She has been awarded the John L. Tishman Environment and Design Award for Excellence and has been featured in Paper Magazine, Architectural Digest, Vogue, Crafts Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar and others.
She is the founder and creative director of Imli Dana, an independent textile studio with a focus towards generational textile techniques and celebrating the labor associated with it. Kochhar is also the co-founder of LOTA – A turnkey solution towards a sustainable and scalable system to recycle pre-consumer textile waste efficiently by using 3D digital technology in supply chains and retail experiences. It is also behind India’s first CGI model.
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, South Orange, NJ Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Education Leadership, Management and Policy, May 2017
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, South Orange, NJ Master of Arts in Education, Educational Administration and Supervision, December 1995
- STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE AT NEW PALTZ, New Paltz, NY Bachelor of Arts, Organizational Communication, Cum Laude, May 1994
- INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY CERTIFICATION, Certified Diversity Executive (CDE)®, February 2023
- INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION, Associate Coaching Certification, August 2022
- ACADEMY OF CREATIVE COACHING, Executive Coaching Certification, December 2021
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Certificate, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace, May 2021
- SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SHRM-SCP, Senior Certified Professional, December 2020
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Certificate, Diversity and Inclusion in Human Resources, September 2020
- INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY, LLC, Qualified IDI Admin Certification, November 2019
- Pertuz, S. B. (2014). Latinx/a/os in Higher Education; Exploring Identity, Pathways, and Success (Ed.). Exploring Latinx/a/o Identity, Cultural Values, and Success in Higher Education (pp. 71-89). Washington, D.C.: NASPA.
- Blog: Five Ways to Manage the College Search and Stress During COVID-19, April 2020
- Contributing Author to Published Resources
- PowHER Redefined: Women of Color Reimagining the World of Work, (Contributing Author), October 2021
- Proud and Thriving Report and Framework: Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ High School, College, and University Students, (Project Lead), October 2021
- American Council on Education: Mental Health, Higher Education and COVID-19: Strategies for Leaders to Support Campus Well-Being. (Contributing Author), August 2020
Selected Podcasts and Features:
- Coming Back Better Podcast, Anti-Racism: What Comes Next? March 2023
- The Pivot Podcast, Exploring Inclusive Cultures with Dr. Sofia B. Pertuz and Therese O’Higgins, December 2022
- Real Talk with Gen Z Podcast, How Race Affects our Mental Health, July 2022
- Mary Christie Institute Quadcast, Episode 34: Inclusive Excellence with DEI Expert, Dr. Sofia B. Pertuz, March 2022
- Yes Collective Podcast, How to Talk to Your Kids About Race and Ethnicity, July 2021
- Student Affairs Now Podcast, Proud & Thriving: Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Students, December 2021
- Inside Higher Education, LGBTQ+ Students Face Sizable Mental Health Disparities, October 26, 2021
- Inside Higher Education, Supporting Mental Well=Being for Students of Color, June 17, 2021
- Forward 40 (4tea) Podcast, Started from “the Bottom” Now We’re…Still Rising, July 2019
- Moderated webinar: “Managing Stress During Distance Learning: How Faculty Can Support Their Students.”
- Moderated webinar: “Parenting During the Pandemic: Challenges, Strategies, and Tips Empowering Families of Teens.”
- NASPA SA Speaks Presentation: Nevertheless, She Persisted, March 2018
- The Future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Racial Equity in Corporate America, Northwestern University, 2023.
- The Renaissance Leader: A New Era of You, NJ American Council of Education Women of Color Symposium, 2022
- Supporting the WHOLE Student, Delgado Community College Faculty Convocation, 2022
- Actionable Strategies to Support the WHOLE Transfer Student, NY Transfer & Articulation Association, 2022
- Profile of Today’s College Student with an Equity Lens, Mary Christie Institute, President’s Convening, 2022
- Supporting the Wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ College Students, Los Angeles Chancellor’s Council, 2022
- Latinx/Hispanic History, Language, and Labels, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, 2021
- Allyship in Action, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 2021
- Cultural Humility in Communications, Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, 2021
- Moving from Intentions to Actions in Governance: Developing Organizational Readiness for the EDI Action Toolkit Implementation, American Public Health Association (APHA), 2020
- A Matter of Perspective: Understanding and Recovering from Bias-Motivated Interactions, DIAL Global, 2020
- Conversations about Race: The Latinx Experience, Bloomberg, LLP, 2020
- Confronting Colorism and Anti-Blackness in Latinx Communities, ACPA Latinx Network Symposium, 2020
- Humor and Grace: Essential Tools for Community and Self-Care, Rutgers University Keynote, 2020
- Social Justice, Equity & Diversity: Culturally Responsive Support for Students (delivered in Spanish), NASPA Latin America and Caribbean Annual Conference in Monterrey, Mexico, 2019
- Leadership Development in a Global Context (delivered in Spanish), NASPA Latin America Conference, Santiago, Chile, 2018.
- Implicit Bias, Continuing Learning Education presented to Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, 2017
- Critical Incident Management: Partnering with Families. NASPA Conference, 2017.
