Abhijit Pal

B .Sc.-Tech – Textile Technology, M. S. (By Research), F.I.E., F.I.V.

Director- Academics

38 Years

Textile Manufacturing, Process Control, Product Development, Project Preparation, Project Valuation, Research & Development, Skill Development & Academic Activities

a. Government Sponsored Projects
- Industrial potential of milkweed fibre
- Development of NYCO fabric for paramilitary and military combat uniforms
- Developing shield of corn fabrics for enhancing the protection from flame
- Development of indigenous instrument for prevention and separation of contaminants from Indian cotton
- Design and development of indigenous low cost rotor for rotor spinning
- Development of a ginning machine with improved technology to ensure high quality ginning
- Development of bi-component yarn for terry towel fabrics
- Development of industrial fabrics for specific end uses

b. In-house projects
- Development of technical yarn for thermal insulating fabric
- An Integrated Study on Cost Conservation in Textile Mills.
- Influence of Nature & Concentration of Antistatic Spin Finish on processing of Synthetic Fibres.
- Development of fabric suitable for high altitude region
- A study on alternative to cots-wool blends

c. Industry Sponsored Projects
- Study of IGS on revolving flat card

• - “Managing excellence through value driven HRD systems”, resume of papers, 39th Joint Technological Conference, held at IIT Delhi in 1998.
  
• - “Development of speciality DREF yarn for high quality technical textiles”, resume of papers, 41st Joint Technological Conference, held at BTRA, Mumbai in Feb’ 2000.
  
• - “An introduction to IT applications in textile industry”, proceedings of seminar on “Concepts and application of ERP for textile industry” held at India International Centre, New Delhi in Nov’ 2000.
  
• - “Development of speciality DREF yarn for high quality technical textiles”, proceedings of seminar on ‘Technical Textiles’ held at India International Centre, New Delhi in Jan’ 2001.
  
• - “An approach towards separation of contaminants from Indian kapas through indigenously developed instrument”, resume of papers, 43rd Joint Technological Conference, held at IIT Delhi in March 2002.
  
• - Indian cotton: present status, bottlenecks and remedies, Indian Textile Journal, July 2003
  
• - “Milk weed blended fabric: A novel approach”, resume of papers, 46th Joint Technological Conference, held at ATIRA, Ahmedabad in 2005.
  
• - “Development of technical yarn for thermal insulation fabric”, resume of papers, 48th Joint Technological Conference held at SITRA Coimbatore in April 2007.
  
• - “A study on alternative to cotswool blends”, resume of papers, 49th Joint Technological Conference, held at BTRA, Mumbai in Feb’ 2008.

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• - “Maintenance manual on card”, published by NITRA in 1997 under financial assistance from Directorate of Hindi, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
  
• - “Maintenance manual on comber, draw frame and speed frame”, published by NITRA in 1997 under financial assistance from Directorate of Hindi, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
  
• - “Maintenance Manual on Ring Frame”, published by NITRA in 1997 under financial assistance from Directorate of Hindi, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
  
• - “Prashishkon ka Prashikshan”, published by NITRA in 1999 under financial assistance from Directorate of Hindi, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

Handled about four hundred consultancy projects including overseas assignments

Organized and attended many workshops, seminars, conferences etc.

Member of Academic Council and Board of Governor of Nitra Technical Campus.