Mookesh Patel is professor Emeritus at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA, former Dean at the Indian School of Design and Innovation - ISDI, Mumbai, India. He serves as an Academic Advisory Board member at Riidl Academy, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai.

He received his MFA in graphic design from the Rhode Island University. He holds a diploma in digital communication from the National Institute of Design and a BS from Ahmedabad Science College, Gujarat University, India. 

As a Principal Director at Chanchal, Scottsdale, he practices information and experience design. His clients include Arizona State Land Development, Phoenix Art Museum,  Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority of Malcolm Grear Designers, and the Government of India for a major traveling exhibition, My Land, My People. 

He is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Scholar Grant, United Nations Development Program Grant, and other awards. 

Professor Patel's research focuses on design education, online learning, information design, semiotics, visual interpretation, data visualization, exhibition/experience design and typography.  

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