Dr. Arindam Basu, a Ph.D. from University of Leeds, England, has a long experience of leading national level research institutes and researcher for many years. He worked as Director General of Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA), Ghaziabad, Director of Central silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI), Bangalore and Director of South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore over 23 years. He was Chairman of Textile division council of Bureau of Indian Standard, and chairman of Bureau of Energy Efficiency Textile Industries division. He is presently the co-founder of a company named Nattex Sols Private Limited.
He has published around 25 books, including 3 published by the Textile Institute, U.K. He has published around 175 research papers in International and National Journals of repute, including Textile Research Journal, Journal of the Textile Institute, Melliand Textilberichte, Journal of Industrial Textile, Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research, etc. He has twelve patents to his credit as an inventor.
He is a Chartered engineer and honorary Fellow of Textile Association of India and Society of Applied Biotechnology and Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India). He has been recognized as Eminent Engineer by the Institution of Engineers for his life time contribution in research in the area of Textile Engineering.
His two books received best technical books of the years, awarded by the Textile Association, India and received two times Gold medals from the Institution of Engineers for his research papers, published in their journals.
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Biotechnology in Textile Fibre Preparation
The textile industry is one of the most important industries in India as it provides employment to a large number of people directly and indirectly and forms a good part of the GDP of India. On the other hand, the textile and apparel industry are blamed for its role in environmental damages caused by its processes. This environmental damage starts from the production of fibres to the chemical processing of final products. Also, the products cause damage to the environment when they are disposed of after usage.