Dr. Sudev Dutta is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Fashion Technology at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. He obtained his Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. His areas of expertise include technical textile, garment technology, clothing comfort, fashion study, fabric design, apparel manufacturing, healthcare textiles, and knitted fabric structures.Dr. Payal Bansal is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Fashion Technology at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. She obtained her Ph.D. from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab. Her areas of expertise include quality control, garment construction, pattern making, fashion designing, and knitting technology. She is having 10 years of teaching and research experience up to now.Dr. Ashish Kapoor received his Ph.D. in fiber and polymer science where his research focused on ‘development of fiber-based sensors for e-textiles.’ He is currently working as Researcher at North Carolina State University, USA. His research is focused on development of fiber-based sensors for e-textiles.Prof. C.C. Reddy obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He joined J-Power Systems Corporation, Hitachi, Japan, a joint venture company of Hitachi Cables Ltd., and Sumitomo Electric Company and served as Senior R&D Engineer in its ultra-high voltage (UHV) research lab till 2011. He contributed to the design of the world's first nanocomposite HVDC power cable during this time (250 kV, between Hokkaido and Honshu). Currently, he is working as Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar since 2011) and is Dean of International Relations and Alumni Affairs. His research interests are in electric power cable technology, mechanism of conduction and breakdown in dielectrics, space charges in dielectrics, power equipment (transformers, machines, HVDC/AC cables and accessories), advances in high-voltage engineering, nano-composite dielectrics, power electronics, and signal processing in HV engineering.Dr. Prabhuraj D. Venkatraman is currently working at the Department of Apparel, Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests are in functional apparel and technical textiles. His other expertise includes clothing, fashion, product design and development, designing, creativity and innovation, creative thinking, design thinking, creativity, textile testing, and quality management.
