Dr Arindam Basu , Director General of the Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA), Ghaziabad is a BTech in textile technology from Calcutta University and MText from Bombay University. He completed his PhD degree from the University of Leeds in textile engineering during the year 1991. He is presently a Chairman of the Textile Division, Bureau of Indian Standards and a Chairman of the Textile Industry, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India. He has more than 35 years of experience in industry and research. He has been working as a Director of various institutes since 2002. From June 2002 to January 2011, he was the Director of South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) and from January 2011 to March 2014, he was the Director of Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI), Central Silk Board and joined NITRA as a Director General during March 2014 (to present.) He has taken a lead role in the development of various machineries and instruments and has 10 patents on his credit. Many of these developments are used by the industry. He has published more than 150 articles in international and national journals and presented papers in more than 40 seminars.