Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University. His research focuses on developing value-added materials using nonwoven and nanotechnology. He supervises the Nonwoven and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, TTU. He currently holds two US patents and two US pending applications.

He is the editor of a comprehensive magazine on technical textiles: Nonwoven and Technical Textiles. He is the editorial board chairman of Nonwoven and Technical Textiles Journal. He serves in the editorial boards of three international peer-reviewed journals. He is the Co-chairman of The Association of Nonwoven Industry’s India committee. He has successfully organized four international conferences on advances in fibrous materials. To date, he has graduated 13 MS and PhD students at Texas Tech University. His research on nonwoven decontamination wipe has resulted in technology transfer and will be commercialized very soon.

Publications/ Books/ Papers
He has many articles on his credit.

Articles Contributed

	Three Legs for the Indian Textile Industry to Run
	A month can make such a difference! Oscar night is finally over and the India centric Slumdog Millionaire has won 8 Oscars, which is a feat that has put really India in the center of Hollywood and in fact the world. When the author wrote the February column, Slumdog Millionaire had 10 nominations and in this intervening month this India centric film was talk of the world which eventually

	Opportunities in Technical Textiles    New!
	The fourth edition of 'Texcellence '09', a conference focused on textile and allied sector was hosted in Ahmedabad between November 13th -14th at the premises of the Ahmedabad Management Association

	Immediate Need for Nontraditional Textile Sector for Sustained Growth in Manufacturing
	February 2007 has been a good month for India in the global stage. India has flexed its muscle in the manufacturing sector with the taking over of Corus by Tata Steel...

	India Rising in the Nonwoven & Technical Textiles Stage
	India is now recognized as an important textile and manufacturing powerhouse. What is its standing in nonwoven and technical textiles? Recently, India has generated great interest among the two leading nonwoven trade association: INDA-USA and EDANA. More particularly, the US based Association of the...

	It is an exciting time for the Indian textile industry
	Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar delivered his speech at the INDA-India inaugural workshop on nonwovens on January 4, 2007 at Textiles Committee Auditorium, Mumbai. Fibre2fashion.com quotes his complete Speech here.