New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- With top international design labels implementing digital technology faster than ever before, it appears the evolution of the fashion industry has already started. Design education, however, is still at the bottom of the canyon and moving horizontally instead of vertically.

The traditional models that have not yet fully adopted the digital revolution are the ones that prevail in design schools. The task that we need to tackle is to design a curriculum that, on the one hand, is progressive and, on the other, combines the skills of the past with the power of artificial intelligence (AI).

Design institutions globally require rethinking their pedagogical tactics for students to be ready for an industry that changes as ...