Alaknanda Datta Manikoth studied at NID (National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad) and has over 18 years of experience in pure play design, advertising , branding, retail and publishing. 

She has worked for advertising companies like FCB Ulka, Crest and Triton, handling clients like, UB,Godrej, Eureka Forbes, Nike, Madura, Sasken, Netscaler, among a host of others. She has also designed for international stores such as Saks and Bendells.

She currently heads design at Altius