Profile & Biography
Mr. Gupta holds a B.Sc. degree with a specialization in Chemistry and Mathematics, along with a Company Secretary (Foundation) qualification from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India as well as Pursuing MBA in order to upgrade himself. As an alumnus of FDDI’s SFT 1999 batch, He is a Footwear Technologist with Approximately 27 years of extensive experience across academia and industry. He has provided consultancy services to various organizations, including Vision India and the DDU-GKY Project, OEF (Ministry of Defence, GoI). His professional journey includes roles such as Quality Controller at Mirza International Ltd., Footwear Technologist in the National Leather Development Programme (an UNDP-assisted, Programme), and Quality Inspector for Simon Corporation Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. He also held significant academic and managerial positions, including Dean/HOD at IISTEM and Senior Faculty /Centre In-Charge at FDDI, where he joined in 2008 to work as bridge between industries and academia. His contributions include leading various training programmes under Government schemes such as PSDP (GoI), NSKFDC (GoI), UPSDM (Govt. of UP), and MAPCET (Govt. of MP), in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Gujarat. He has served as Project Manager for the Support to Artisan Project under (DIPP GoI) in Rajasthan and Academic In-Charge at FDDI Fursatganj. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Studies for Leather & Footwear Technology at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) as well as external examiner at AMU, and shortlisted for the Regional Director role at CLE (Ministry of Commerce, GoI). He also has contributed to the academic community by publishing research papers in reputed national and international journals. Presently he has been serving as the Centre In-Charge at FDDI Guna Since December 24, 2021 to teach modern technique of footwear manufacturing to student as well as tie up with the industries for consultancy, placements of students.
