Speaker Chaitanya Shrikant Gokhale

Chaitanya Gokhale is a calligrapher and design educator from India with a Doctorate in the emotional perception of Devanagari Calligraphy. Currently he serves as an Associate Professor of Visual Communication at Srishti Manipal Institute, Bangalore, India. With over 23 years of academia and industry experience, he has developed more than 20 experimental calligraphic styles/typefaces, blending traditional and contemporary methods. As an active practitioner, Chaitanya creates script-based artworks, and shares calligraphy tutorials with a global audience of over 105,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Chaitanya, an experienced mentor to undergraduate and postgraduate students, specializes in visual communication, branding, calligraphy, and typography. His inclusive teaching philosophy integrates traditional and digital practices to inspire cross-cultural storytelling. His research focuses on calligraphy, emotional perception, vernacular type design, and sustainable education, exploring how letterform variations influence emotional responses and mindfulness. By bridging traditional calligraphy with modern design, his work emphasizes visual communication’s role in cultural expression and social connection.

Chaitanya has served on the Doctoral Advisory Committee, Curriculum Design Committee, and Board of Studies at multiple universities. A frequent speaker and panelist, he continues to explore how calligraphy connects with mindfulness, and innovation, advancing the dialogue between tradition and contemporary design.