Haimanti G. Malaviya is an industry-integrated academic and category leader with over two decades of experience across the fashion and lifestyle retail ecosystem. Currently an Associate Professor at Pearl Academy, she brings together manufacturing insight, design expertise, and retail intelligence in her academic practice. She began her career at Bombay Dyeing and went on to lead design roles at GM Fabrics and Faze 3 Ltd, collaborating with global retailers such as Macy’s, JCPenney, Walmart, Pottery Barn, and CHF. These experiences built strong expertise in textiles, global quality standards, costing, and end-to-end manufacturing. Her transition into organised retail included key buying and category leadership roles at Westside (Trent) and Shoppers Stop – Home Stop, where she led seasonal assortments, vendor strategy, margin optimisation, and analytics-driven inventory planning.
Before joining Pearl Academy full time, she served as a Guest Faculty at NIFT (Kolkata and Mumbai). Her teaching is grounded in real-world retail workflows, integrating buying frameworks, costing logic, negotiation strategies, and range planning through live briefs and sustained industry engagement.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics (Honours) and a Master’s degree from NIFT, specialising in Textiles, and is committed to developing industry-ready professionals with a holistic understanding of design, manufacturing, and retail.
