For brands chasing cultural relevance and creative agility, Pearl Academy Mumbai’s Portfolio 2025 offered a talent pool ready to plug into India’s fast-evolving design and marketing landscape.
Hosted at Pearl’s Mumbai campus, the annual graduate showcase drew hiring teams from Reliance Brands, TJX, Snapdeal, J.J. Valaya, and Meres Benisant, among others. The result? Fourteen on-the-spot offers, two international placements with Dubai’s Apparel Group, and a placement season that’s already drawing interest from names like Sabyasachi Calcutta LLP, Asian Paints, and Ethos.
What stood out this year was the commercial savvy of the student work. Collections fused AI, sustainability, and culturally rooted storytelling — aligning well with the creative needs of brands navigating consumer shifts, particularly in Gen Z and Tier 2+ markets.
In a move that signals the broader integration of design into business decision-making, Pearl Academy also announced an academic partnership with EY India to offer Data Science and Business Analytics training to its management students. With modules in Power BI and Tableau, the program aims to equip students with skills to interpret market data and consumer behavior — a growing need in brand marketing.
Aditi Srivastava, President, Pearl Academy, remarked: “Creativity is not just the ability to make—it is the courage to reveal, the instinct to question, and the will to transform. Each idea born in the classroom finds its voice in Portfolio, where imagination takes its first professional breath. This showcase is more than a graduation—it’s a declaration of possibility. To our graduating class: the world awaits your vision, your values, and your courage to shape what comes next.”
The event concluded with a fashion show and interactive installations, but its larger message was clear: In a marketing world that demands both meaning and metrics, Pearl Academy is positioning its students at the intersection of creativity and commerce.