“Sustainable Bio-mimicked Functional Textiles and Clothing” by Dr Manas Kumar Sarkar
“An overview of cotton and polyester, and their blended waste textile valorisation to value-added products: A circular economy approach–research trends, opportunities and challenges”
Dr Manas Kumar Sarkar was presented on “Sustainable Bio-mimicked Functional Textiles and Clothing” as a keynote speaker in the International e-Conference on Sustainable Growth in Textile (SGT-2021) organized by UP Textile Technology Institute (formerly GCTI) Kanpur, India, on 21 August 2021. The 3-day conference aims to promote quality research and real impact in an atmosphere of true national cooperation among scientists, researchers, academicians, engineers and industrialists by bringing together the renowned personalities to discuss the latest developments and innovations in the field of textile and academic sustainability at one common platform. Topics covered:
- Sustainable traditional textile and fashion
- Eco-friendly fancy yarns, fabrics and composites
- Eco friendly advancements in knitting, weaving, nonwoven and carpet manufacturing process
- Eco friendly advancement in conventional and non-conventional spinning
- Sustainable textile chemical processing
- Sustainable textile fibres
- Sustainable development of textile industries and academics
- Green dyes and chemicals, herbal dyes, bio processing and waste water treatment
- Recycling and reusing of textile products
About the UP Textile Technology Institute Kanpur
UP Textile Technology Institute (UPTTI), Kanpur is century old pioneer institute of northern India in the field of textiles. It offers technical education in various disciplines of textiles at the level of B. Tech, M. Tech & Ph.D. It is an autonomous statutory organization, functioning under administrative control of state government of UP. The Institute has implemented academic autonomy from 2016. Formerly [known as GCTI, the institution has a very good liaison with many industrial and research organizations.
Recently, Dr Sarkar also contributed as joint first author in a review paper on “An overview of cotton and polyester, and their blended waste textile valorisation to value-added products: A circular economy approach–research trends, opportunities and challenges”, which is published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. Besides, he received an internal funding of $125,000 from PolyU for a strategic plan initiative to enhance the student learning experience through the use of interactive pedagogies.
