Manish Tripathi is a Delhi-based fashion designer, social entrepreneur, philanthropist, and TED speaker known for creating fashion with purpose. An alumnus of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), he is widely recognised for blending Indian heritage textiles with modern silhouettes to tell powerful stories of tradition, spirituality, sustainability, and social impact. He is best known for designing the ceremonial outfits of Ram Lalla at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, Ayodhya, and for conceptualising the official mission badge for India’s ISRO-NASA Axiom-1 space mission. As the founder of aantarDESI, Manish uses design as a tool for cultural preservation, artisan empowerment, and community upliftment… redefining fashion as a force for innovation, identity, and purpose.