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Priya Khatri is a Communication Designer who uses design to transcend beyond socio-cultural borders to improve our quality of life. She graduated with a MFA in Communication Design from Virginia Commonwealth University, USA and BFA in Advertising from Mumbai University, India. With 7 years of experience, she has worked as a designer in 3 different countries across 3 different continents.

Priya has worked as a senior researcher with the Visual Communication department at FABRICA, the Benetton Group's communication research center in Treviso, Italy. Her work has been published in many magazines and has been showcased in galleries across America, Europe and Asia. Priya strives to enhance the role of social responsibility in the field of Communication Design and tries to find a balance between the natural and man-made environments. Her research work brings together the elements of surprise and discomfort. It's application in design aims at creating awareness about critical issues of human and environmental survival through photographs, digital imaging, graphics, type, illustration, video, writing, product design, and toys.

Priya is currently working as a freelance designer in Minneapolis, USA.