Chakradhar Saswade teaches theory and practice of Visual Semiotics and Design Fundamentals at NID. He guides students through Diploma, Electives and Classroom Projects as a faculty in Communication Design.

After four years of doctoral research in the fields of art and photography as a UGC-JRF scholar at M.S. University of Baroda, Chakradhar joined NID in 1999 under the Faculty Development Programme in Design Foundation Studies. He has co-ordinated various programmes at NID, including the Foundation Programme for the Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) and Software and User Interface Development (PGDPD). He has contributed in curriculum development activities and is a member in several committees. He has actively contributed in streamlining academic processes and making the system more robust.

Along with a number of core courses in design, he coordinates and collaborates with rural people for NID’s Environmental Perception course conducted in villages with the students of Foundation Programme every year since 2000–01.

Chakradhar has created identity designs for the Reserve Bank of India’s, DICGC, Mumbai and National Academy of Telecom Finance and Management, Hyderabad among others. He is a member of the textbook development committee for class XII book Towards New Age Graphic Design published by National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi and has written two chapters for it. His contributions to NID publications include the articles, Composing With Visual Devices for The Trellis and Environmental Perception: Core Perception to Fore for D/signed with Swasti Singh Ghai. He has been invited as jury member to the Moratuwa University, Colombo 2010 and had co-chaired a session in the DETM - International Design Education Conference that was held at NID in 2005.

Chakradhar is a visual artist and his work has been exhibited at various national exhibitions. He is presently working on the publication of teaching aids related to the courses he teaches at NID.