Advances in Silk Science and Technology

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.

• Part I Processing and properties of silk from silkworms and spider silk1 Advances in understanding the properties of silk2 Advances in understanding the properties of spider silk3 Advances in the spinning, weaving and knitting of silk4 Advances in the dyeing and printing of silk5 Advances in the finishing of silk fabrics6 Enzyme applications in silk processing 7 Advanced testing of silk fibres, yarns and fabricsPart II Applications of silk from silkworms and spider silk8 Silk as a reinforcement in polymer matrix composites9 Processing of silk biomaterials10 Structure and properties of spider and silkworm silk for tissue scaffolds11 Silk as a suture material12 The use of spider silk as a biomaterial 13 Developments in the use of silk byproducts and silk waste