OMPRAKASH KUMAR NIRALA

240D, Nawada Housing Complex,

New Delhi,India
+91-9953638098
omprakashnirala8@gmail.com

WORK PROFILE: Retail Merchandiser & Designer __________________Experience: 5 yr. 8months

 Apparel design collection (Women’s wear & Men’s wear)
 Sample development like scarves, sari, kurti, shirting, woven design for women’s wear & men’s wear
 Costing of different product
 Development of prints, Embroidery & Adda work
 Sourcing of different fabric, trims & accessories
 Design in Corel-draw, Photoshop & Ned graphics, Arah weave
 Retail Merchandising, Vendor Managements. Visual Merchandising
 Empanelled with Ministry of Textile Gov. of India HH

Education: Bachelor of Design (Textile Design), NIFT, Kolkata 2007-2011

Skills:
 Sound knowledge of various textile software’s like Adobe Photoshop, Corel draw, Autotex, Ned-
Graphics for prints and jacquards.
 Surface ornamentation and embroidery design
 Economize Efficiency, Costing, Cost Effective Approach
 Woven design, Dobby & jacquard.
 Visual Merchandising & Marketing
 Production and Quality

Current Profile: Merchandiser at Jasper InfoTech Pvt. Ltd (Snapdeal.com)

(February 2015 to till now)
Co-ordination with vendor/Brands
Identify the vendor as per product requirements
Product photography, uploading the product
Identifying product quality at warehouse and vendor level
Preparing Purchase order RTV, RTO
Inventory management

Past Profile: Textile Designer cum Merchandiser at WEAVES OF INDIA , Kolkata.

(May, 2014 to January 2015)
 Develop Apparel collection
 Vendor sourcing
 Surface design for Apparel, Prints, Embroidery, Sequence & bead work.
 Developed Hand Bags collections.
 Developed Fabric Yardage sampling for apparel & home furnishings.
 Product handled like sari, kurti, scraf & Hand bags.

 Textile Designer, JHARCRAFT Silk & Cotton Apparel Manufacturing retail, Ranchi
Experience- 3 YEARS (May 2011 to April 2014)
 Freelance Designer, EKRU (Haute Couture) for Garment design sampling.

Projects undertaken at JHARCRAFT

 Manufacturing of Apparel & Home furnishings goods according to the season & color.
 Development of weave designs for Home Furnishing and Apparel.
  Sample development & costing of products like Women’s tunics, Men’s shirts, Sari, dress material,
scarf’s, Kurti, cushions quilts, placemats, coasters, Napkins etc.
 Sourcing different varieties of Apparels, Home Textile fabrics & Home décor accessories.
 Sourcing different varieties of handicrafts like bamboo goods, terracotta jewelries, Pottery etc.
 Developed different varieties of silk fabrication, linen & cotton blends.
 Worked with Award winning Artisan of Jharkhand in wood Carving, Sohrai art, Weaving, Dokra art etc.

Participated In Various National & International Fairs

 Heim-textile trade fair ,Frankfurt 2012 ( Home furnishings ,hard goods & accessories )
 Expo Mart 2013,India ( Developed a range of Handbags, Accessories & furnishings )
 Kuchai silk fair 2011,under Silk Mark Organization ,India
 Silk paradise ,Buyer & seller meet, India 2011 (Ethnic wear)

Craft Project -
 45 days craft documentation project in Shantiniketan, West Bengal for Tussar Silk weaving under
Government sponsored; and went through various methods and procedures being adopted by the
weavers who were untouched with the modern approach techniques
 Print Design project for both home furnishing and apparel section using the color forecast from
Promostyl for European market. Developed print designs for spring summer and fall winter2008.
 Graduation Project for Garment and accessories using extra warp and weft technique in Jharcraft,
Ranchi
 Project taken for designing stoles and scarves concepts for the weavers society of Phulia
Handloom,(WB)

Product Handled
 Sari - Dobby sari, Jacquard sari, Printed sari, embroidered sari (Silk and Cotton)
 Kurti – development of prints, texture, surface, embroidery
 Dupatta – prints, paintings, embroidery, tie-dye, weaving
 Men’s wear - Kurta, Shirting, scarfs, shawl, Lungi on silk and cotton through weaving
 Accessories – Jute bag, File holder, Dari, towel, carry bag, storage, tray on silk and cotton through
weave embroidery and surface.
 Home furnishing – Cushion cover, Bed sheet, curtain, Home Linen
 Visual merchandising – Jharcraft store ,Ranchi

Academic Specialization

Design – Woven Design advanced weaving, Surface Embellishment (Embroidery, Yarn Craft, Appliqué, Patch
work and Quilting). Print Design, Indian Traditional Textile (Tie & dye, blocks prints, Screen print, Discharge
print, and Batik), and Element of Design, pattern making, garment Construction, Color theory and
Photography.

Textile science – Textile fibers, dyeing of Cotton, Silk, Nylon, Polyester etc, various print techniques and
Different finishing style and methods.
Design Software- Corel Draw X3, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and Textile
Software: Auto Tex, Ned graphics.
Industry exposure –(i) 90 days internship in Weaver Society Phulia (Santipur West Bengal), Industrial
exposure for the department like weaving
(ii) 15 days internship in Bharat Vijay Mill at Kalol Gujarat, Industrial exposure for the
department like weaving, spinning. In this internship we were exposed to the various aspects of Coudrai,
Jacquard fabrics units and Fiber to Fabric and production to packaging.

Language known -English, Hindi, Bangla