Faculty Profile - Fashion Technology

Name of the Department : Fashion Technology

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Name	Dr.D. Raja
Designation	Professor & HoD
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	10.11.2008
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	PhD
Qualification with Class / Grade	AMIE	M.Tech, (I Class with Distinction)	Textile Technology (Highly Commended)
Total Experience in Years	Teaching - 21 Years 4 Months	Industry - 4 Years	Research - 11 Years
Papers Published in Journals	National - 08	International - 37
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 05	International - 15
PhD Guide? Give field and University	Field - Sweat absorbency, traverse wicking and device development, smart textiles	University - Anna University, Chennai (Supervisor Ref.No: 2350098)
PhDs / Projects Guided	PhDs - 4 Completed, 9 Under Guidance	Projects at Masters Level - Nil
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	5 Patents Granted, 8 Filed
Professional Memberships	Life Member of ISTE – LM 95682 Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) – A/540594-8 Life Member of Textile Association of India(TAI)
Consultancy Activities	Development of a Differently Abled Sewing Machine for the Tamil Nadu Government Under the Valthukattuvom Scheme Sewing operator training for rural women, sponsored by JSW, Salem Dress Designing training program for women, sponsored by Steel Plant, Salem Special Embroidery training program to women, sponsored by Canara Bank, Salem
Awards	Exceptional contribution as judge for FIBRE Wearable Tech Hackathon, Canada PALs IIT Madras - Innowah Coordinator AICTE Lilavati Award 2021 (Women Entrepreneurship) AICTE CII award three times for the year 2018, 2019 and 2020 PRECITEX Award winner for best outgoing student Guided student project received III prize in Techknow14 AIMO award organized by Anna University in 2014 Received Staff award for producing 100% results Received Staff award for publishing article in reputed international journals with impact factor Received Staff award for R and D work
Grants fetched	Received Rs. 2.5 crore under the National Technical Textiles Mission, Ministry of Textiles, for the program 'Enabling Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles' Received Rs. 1.23 Crores from DST as R and D grant for Women's Technology Park project Received Rs. 30 Lakhs from DST as Research and Infrastructure development (FIST) Received Rs. 18 Lakhs for the Modernization of Textile Testing Laboratory Received Rs. 18 Lakhs from SIDBI funds under the Swavalamban Challenge Fund for the project Development of Durable Panels by Recycling Used Clothes from Households and Cut Wastes from Garment Industry Received Rs 12.47 Lakhs under Research Program Scheme for the project Voices of Tradition: Exploring the Social Dynamics of Handloom Weaving Communities in Tamil Nadu Received Rs. 14.23 lakhs from DST as R and D grant for Instrument development Received Rs 1 Lakhs for Institution of Engineers (India) from R and D grant in aid scheme Received Rs 1.3 Lakhs for Institution of Engineers (India) from R and D grant in aid scheme Received Rs 3 Lakhs from AICTE for Sponsored Two-Week STTP Received Rs 6.1 Lakhs from AICTE for Sponsored Two-Week SDP Received Rs 2.3 Lakhs from AICTE for Sponsored Two-Week FDP (As Joint Coordinator) Received Rs 6.6 Lakhs for AICTE for Sponsored Two-Week FDP (As Joint Coordinator)
Interaction with Professional Institutions	Served as Graduate Project Jury for NIFT Kannur. Served as BOS member for Vignan University, Hyderabad. Served as BOS member, Textile Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. Served as BOS member, Textile Technology, Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem. Research article reviewer in the following international peer-reviewed journals (The Journal of the Textile Institute, Textile Research Journal, Journal of Industrial Textile, IJFTR and Journal of Institution of Engineers etc.) Question paper setter - PSG, KCT, KSR and BIT. DC Member for Anna University Affiliated colleges. PhD Examiner for various universities. Doing research collaboration with Torrento University, Canada.

Name	Dr. M. Ramesh Kumar
Designation	Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	01.06.2012
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	PhD
Qualification with Class / Grade	BTech (I Class)	M.Tech(I class with Distinction)	Textile Technology
Total Experience in Years	Teaching - 20 Years	Industry - 12 Years	Research - 10 Years
Papers Published in Journals	National – 14	International - 33
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 14	International - 20
PhD Guide? Give field and University	Field - Technology	University - Anna University Chennai
PhDs / Projects Guided	PhDs - 8 Completed, 4 (Pursuing)	Projects at Masters Level - 6
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	Book Chapter Published: 3 Patent filed: 6 Patent Granted: 1
Professional Memberships	Life Member - Indian Society of Technical Education Life Member - Textile Association (India) Life Member - Institute of Engineers (India) Life Member - Indian Desalination Association (InDA)
Consultancy Activities	Nil
Awards	Nil
Grants fetched	Principal Investigator for the Sponsored Research Project, DST/TDT/DDP-68/2021 (Technology Development Transfer), Fund received Rs. 23,16,640 (Duration 2 years). Principal Investigator for the sponsored Research Projects, IEI R&D Grant in AID Scheme, Amount received Rs. 1.50 lakhs (2 years).
Interaction with Professional Institutions	Question paper setter - KCT, KSRCT, KCG and BIT. DC Member of Anna University Affiliated Colleges.

Name	Dr.S. Priyalatha
Designation	Associate Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	06.07.2006
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	PhD
Qualification with Class / Grade	AMIE (class not awarded)	M.Tech (I class)	Yes
Total Experience in Years	Teaching - 14 Years 11 Months	Industry - 04 Years 07 Months	Research - Nil
Papers Published in Journals	National - 12	International - 11
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 03	International - 17
PhD Guide? Give field and University	Field - Nil	University - Nil
PhDs / Projects Guided	PhDs - Nil	Projects at Masters Level - Nil
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	Book - Chapter 11 titled "IoT Applications in Apparel and Fashion Business" in the book titled "IoT Applications in Textile and Apparel Industry" by Woodhead Publishing India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi on January 9, 2024. The ISBN of the book is 978 8196 7918 89. IPR - A durable Mosquito Repellent Coating - patent no: 404024 dated 22.8.2022
Professional Memberships	IEI - AM135848-3, ISTE - LM-141317
Consultancy Activities	Nil
Awards	Recipient of Lilavathi award, 2021 awarded by AICTE, New Delhi for Women Innovator. Recipient of Lilavathi award, 2020 awarded by AICTE, New Delhi for Women Sanitation and Hygiene.
Grants fetched	Recipient of project grant worth Rs.1,28,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Twenty Eight Thousand only) under The Institution of Engineers (India) R&D Grant-in-aid Scheme for Ph.D scholars for the year 2016 "Design, Development and Optimisation of a Moisture Management Simulator to Quantify Moisture Transfer in Active Sportswear under various Deformations using Thermal Image Processing".
Interaction with Professional Institutions	Nil

Name	Dr.K. Mani
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	06.06.2008
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	PhD
Qualification with Class / Grade	BTech (I Class)	M.Tech(I Class)	Pursuing
Total Experience in Years	Teaching - 16 Years	Industry - 4 Years	Research - 3 Years
Papers Published in Journals	National – 20	International - 03
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 02	International - 03
PhD Guide? Give field and University	Field - Nil	University -Nil
PhDs / Projects Guided	PhDs - Nil	Projects at Masters Level - Nil
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	Patent Granted - 2, Patent Filed - 7
Professional Memberships	IEI
Consultancy Activities	Skill development programme - Smart Garment Operator
Awards	PALS INNOVAH WINNER MANTHAN AWARD TECHKNOW14 AIMO AWARD
Grants fetched	Modification of Industrial Grade sewing machine to make it user-friendly for differently able persons - DST - Device Development. Sewing machine for differently abled woman - DST - Women Technology Park. Enabling Academic Institute in Technical Textiles, from National Technical Textiles Mission, Ministry of Textiles.
Interaction with Professional Institutions	Lecture on FUTURE TRENDS OF SMART TEXTILES AND ITS APPLICATION to KSR College of Engineering. Lecture on CHEMICAL PROCESSING OF TEXTILES to Vivekananda College of Arts and Science.

Name	Dr.T.Vidya
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	16.03.2015
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	PhD
Qualification with Class / Grade	BTech(I Class)	M.Tech (I class)	Pursuing
Total Experience in Years	Teaching - 8 Years	Industry - Nil	Research - Nil
Papers Published in Journals	National – Nil	International - Nil
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 01	International - 01
PhD Guide? Give field and University	Field - Nil	University -Nil
PhDs / Projects Guided	PhDs - Nil	Projects at Masters Level - Nil
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	Nil
Professional Memberships	Nil
Consultancy Activities	Nil
Awards	Best Outgoing student Award in UG Won prizes in Paper presentations and other technical events in Inter College Students Symposium
Grants fetched	Nil
Interaction with Professional Institutions	Nil

Name	Dr.S.M. Udaya Krithika
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	01.06.2015
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	PhD
Qualification with Class / Grade	B.Tech (I Class with Distinction)	M.Tech (I class)	Technology
Total Experience in Years	Teaching – 10 Years	Industry - Nil	Research - Nil
Papers Published in Journals	National – 20	International - 10
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 02	International - 03
PhD Guide? Give field and University	Field - Nil	University -Nil
PhDs / Projects Guided	PhDs - Nil	Projects at Masters Level - Nil
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	Book - 1 ; Patent Filed - 5
Professional Memberships	IEI MEMBER
Consultancy Activities	Nil
Awards	PALS INNOVAH WINNER AWARD, MANTHAN AWARD
Grants fetched	TNSCST
Interaction with Professional Institutions	INVITED GUEST LECTURER TO VARIOUS PREMIUM INSTITUTES

Name	Mr. C. Rajesh Kumar
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	27.05.2009
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	PhD
Qualification with Class / Grade	BTech (I Class with Distinction )	M.Tech (I Class)	Pursuing
Total Experience in Years	Teaching – 5 Years 4 Months	Industry – Nil	Research – Nil
Papers Published in Journals	National – Nil	International – 03
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 02	International - 01
PhD Guide? Give field and University	Field - Nil	University - Nil
PhDs / Projects Guided	PhDs - Nil	Projects at Masters Level - Nil
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	Book chapter published on "Health and Hygiene Care Textiles" in the book Textile Materials for Good Health and Wellbeing SDGs and Textiles, Springer, Singapore. Patent filed on "A Novel Synchronized Chamber Machine for Manufacturing Sanitary Napkins." Patent filed on "Conductive Electrode Integrated Moisture Monitoring System for Reusable Diapers."
Professional Memberships	Nil
Consultancy Activities	Nil
Awards	Received best achievement staff award for 100% in Sona Staff awards
Grants fetched	Rs. 14.6 Lakhs grants received from Ministry of MSME, New Delhi for the project Study and Design development of cost-effective semi-automatic sanitary napkin machine on July 2023.
Interaction with Professional Institutions	Delivered a guest lecture session on "Career Opportunities in Apparel and Fashion Industries" to students at the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Fulia, West Bengal, on 06.09.2024. Delivered a one-day guest lecture and training session as a resource person on "Computer Aided Textile Design" to final-year Diploma Textile Technology students at the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHT), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Salem, Tamil Nadu, on 16.02.2022. Delivered a two-day guest lecture and training session as a resource person on "Computer Aided Textile and Garment Design" to final-year B.Tech Textile Technology students at the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHT), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Salem, Tamil Nadu, from 16.12.2021 to 17.12.2021. Delivered a half-day guest lecture in a short-term faculty development course as a resource person on "Medical Textile Production cum Process Technology and Management," organized by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management, Ministry of Textiles, Coimbatore, for various faculties and professionals from institutes and industries on 19.09.2021.

Name	M Rashma
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	02.11.2020
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	Ph. D
Qualification with Class / Grade	AMIE (I Class)	M.Tech	Pursuing
Total Experience in Years	Teaching – 09 Years 01 Month Non-Teaching – 05 Years 09 Months	Industry – NIL	Research - 04 Years 05 Months
Papers Published in Journals	National – 02	International - 03
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 04	International - 06
Ph.D Guide? Give field and University	NIL	NIL
Ph.Ds / Projects Guided	NIL	NIL
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	NIL
Professional Memberships	IEI, ISTE
Consultancy Activities	NIL
Awards	1st runner up in Sanitation and Hygiene, AICTE's Lilavati Award 2020 - Award presented on 11th April 2021.
Grants fetched	MSME 3.0 Project title "Dyeing of textile material using coconut flower bud extract - A sustainable approach" Fund received Ra.15 Lakhs.
Interaction with Professional Institutions	NIL

Name	M R Karthikeyan
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	Fashion Technology
Date of Joining the Institution	03.09.2021
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG	PG	Ph. D
Qualification with Class / Grade	B.Tech (I Class with distinction)	M.Tech (I class)	Pursuing
Total Experience in Years	Teaching – 18 Years	Industry – 1 Year	Research
Papers Published in Journals	National – 02	International - 15
Papers Presented in Conferences	National - 04	International - 03
Ph.D Guide? Give field and University	NIL	NIL
Ph.Ds / Projects Guided	NIL	NIL
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	NIL
Professional Memberships	MISTE
Consultancy Activities	NIL
Awards	NIL
Grants fetched	NIL
Interaction with Professional Institutions	NIL

Name	Ms. V. Gayathri
Designation	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department	FASHION TECHNOLOGY
Date of Joining the Institution	20-06-2024
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG – B.Tech	PG – M.Tech	Ph. D - NIL
Qualification with Class / Grade	First Class	First Class with Distinction	NIL
Total Experience in Years	Teaching – 07 Months	Industry – NIL	Research - NIL
Papers Published in Journals	National – 0	International – 1
Papers Presented in Conferences	National – 1	International – 0
Ph.D Guide? Give field and University	NIl
Ph.Ds / Projects Guided	NIL
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	NIL
Professional Memberships	NIL
Consultancy Activities	NIL
Awards	NIL
Grants fetched	NIL
Interaction with Professional Institutions	NIL

Name	Tathagata Das
Designation	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department	FASHION TECHNOLOGY
Date of Joining the Institution	15-07-2024
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG – B.Tech	PG – M.Tech	Ph. D - Textile Technology
Qualification with Class / Grade	First Class	First Class	Pursuing
Total Experience in Years	Teaching – 07 Months	Industry – NIL	Research - 04 yrs
Papers Published in Journals	National – NIL	International – 05
Papers Presented in Conferences	National – 03	International – 05
Ph.D Guide? Give field and University	NIl
Ph.Ds / Projects Guided	NIL
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	NIL
Professional Memberships	NIL
Consultancy Activities	NIL
Awards	Research Excellence Travel Award (RETA) from Industrial Research & Development Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. December 2023. Research Scholar Travel Award (RSTA) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. May 2022. Best oral presenter award in National Conference on Future India: Science & Technology, Organized by ISCA, Bengaluru Chapter, Oxford College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India, 10th-11th October 2018.
Grants fetched	NIL
Interaction with Professional Institutions	NIL

Name	G.T. Pavithra Shen
Designation	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department	FASHION TECHNOLOGY
Date of Joining the Institution	05-02-2025
Qualification with Class / Grade	UG – B.Tech	PG – M.Tech	Ph. D - Textile Technology
Qualification with Class / Grade	First Class	First Class	Pursuing
Total Experience in Years	Research(JRF) - 1 Year 9 months Teaching - 8 Months	Industry – 05 Months	Research - 1 Year 1 Month
Papers Published in Journals	National – Nil	International – 03
Papers Presented in Conferences	National – NIl	International – 01
Ph.D Guide? Give field and University	NIl
Ph.Ds / Projects Guided	Guided a student projects titled Designing an inclusive unisex apparel collection, emphasizing versatility and innovation Engineering a high-twist woven fabric, enhancing durability, texture, and functional properties for various applications
Books Published / IPRs/ Patents	Development of window screen using recycled denim apparel. Indian Patent Application No. 202241044177. Filed August 2, 2022 An auxiliary digital device for Rapier type looms. Indian Patent Application No. 202341048179. Filed June 17, 2023.
Professional Memberships	NIL
Consultancy Activities	NIL
Awards	NIL
Grants fetched	NIL
Interaction with Professional Institutions	NIL