February 1, 2011
Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar's paper entitled, "Technical Textiles: Opportunities" received
the best technical paper award in the 66th annual conference of the Textile Association
(India).
Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor in The Institute of Environmental and
Human Health, Texas Tech University, USA presented his invited paper at the annual
conference of the Textile Association (India) on January 29th. The association is
the largest in the field of textiles with over 22,000 members. This conference attracted
about 500 participants and was held in Bangalore, India.
Among all the talks, Ramkumar's paper was judged the best by a set of juries. The
award was presented to him at the valedictory ceremony of the event in the presence
of the President and the Vice-President of the association. Participants from India,
USA, China, Switzerland and Germany attended the two day conference.