Jaya Misra is a Dress and Textile Conservator. Her research is focused on the history of dress, textiles, and their conservation, especially through techniques that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. Her work also looks at Indian dress and textiles, particularly the Sari, within the larger context of global dress and textile history.
She holds an M.A. in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice with a concentration in Conservation from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi, India. Prior to joining NIFT, she briefly pursued a History Honours degree at Delhi University.
From 2022 to 2023, she held the position of Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellow in the Department of Textile Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was previously a MuSe and Fall Semester intern in the Education department. She has had the opportunity to share her work at conferences and talks organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Costume Society of America and the Association of Dress Historians.
She holds an M.A. in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice with a concentration in Conservation from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi, India. Prior to joining NIFT, she briefly pursued a History Honours degree at Delhi University.
From 2022 to 2023, she held the position of Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellow in the Department of Textile Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was previously a MuSe and Fall Semester intern in the Education department. She has had the opportunity to share her work at conferences and talks organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Costume Society of America and the Association of Dress Historians.
