Rashmita Bardalai

Rashmita is an educator, researcher and designer with a diverse background in the fashion and textiles industry both in Australia and internationally. With a unique blend of industry experience and academic insight, she is currently an Assistant Program Manager for the Bachelor of Fashion Enterprise and a Lecturer in Digital Applications, Industry Partnered Project and coordinates and teaches into the Global Expoerience study tour. 

Her teaching focuses on equipping students with creative digital skills—ranging from software fluency to immersive design approaches—empowering them to navigate and shape the evolving fashion landscape. She works with diverse industry partners to bring real world projects into the classroom. She has coordinated and led students at study tours to Indonesia.

Her research sits at the intersection of material innovation and emotional design, exploring conscious material choices, emotional durability, and design for wellbeing. Passionate about inclusive and sustainable practices, Rashmita advocates for design processes that are mindful of both people and the planet. She is particularly intrigued by the potential of AI in material haptics, where digital and physical touchpoints merge to create meaningful product experiences. Her work bridges product development, research and pedagogy making her a dynamic contributor to the future of fashion and design education.