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Stitch perfect Lakshita marks 24 years with style soul and sweet discounts
MUMBAI: A capsule a cause and a closet full of thanks. Lakshita, the homegrown fashion brand known for dressing India’s multitasking women in breezy silhouettes and bold statements, has hit a stylish milestone 24 years of empowering design. To celebrate its journey, Lakshita is dropping a limited-edition 24-piece capsule collection that’s less catwalk and more soul talk. Each piece threads together one of six defining values from the brand’s new manifesto: the Power to Move, Express, Own, Rise, Choose, and the Power of Comfort.
Commenting on Lakshita completing 24 years Lakshita co-founder and managing director Sachin Kharbanda said, “Lakshita was built on the belief that when you understand a woman’s life, you design differently, and our in-house manufacturing is the backbone of this intent. It gives us the power to listen closely, respond swiftly, and deliver consistently. For 24 years, we’ve crafted pieces inspired by the confidence and stories of women who move through life with grace and grit. These 24 pieces are a tribute to them. And as we enter our next chapter, we do so with the same promise: fashion that feels deeply personal, rigorously made, and unapologetically purposeful.”
From airy day-to-night co-ords to prints that speak louder than words, the collection captures the essence of women who juggle roles, chase dreams and still pause to tie their dupatta just right. These aren’t just garments, they’re love letters to confidence in motion.
And because no birthday’s complete without gifts, the brand is rolling out some generous ones for its loyal tribe. In stores, shoppers get up to 30 per cent off plus an additional 24 per cent, while the website serves a jaw-dropping 40 per cent off plus 24 per cent extra. Consider it a fashion-forward thank you note written in stitching and signed with style.
More than just a collection, this 24th anniversary drop is a statement: that when fashion listens to women, it doesn’t just clothe them, it champions them. Available later this month across Lakshita stores nationwide and on their official website, the collection invites customers to shop not just as buyers, but as co-authors in a story still being stitched.
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
