Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is working for SGS Hong Kong for its Global Sustainability Services as Eco-design Consultant after his doctoral research study from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong for the past 2.5 years. He finished his PhD dissertation entitled, “Eco-functional assessment of grocery shopping bags” with 14 scientific peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, 2 patents and 11 conference publications based on his dissertation to his credit. In total, he has authored more than 75 journal publications and numerous conference publications, over 10 books and 2 books of chapters. He serves various peer-reviewed journals in environmental and textile sciences as an editor/editorial board member and also as a reviewer. He is the editor-in-chief of Springer’s Textiles and Clothing Sustainability Journal. He is the series editor of two book series for Springer namely – Textile Science and Clothing Technology and Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes.

• Natural plant fibers: production, processing, properties and their sustainability parameters.- Natural Dyes: Sources, Chemistry, Application and Sustainability Issues.- Sustainable dyeing with synthetic dyes.- Biosynthetic fibres: production, processing, properties and their sustainability parameters.- Developments of Textiles and Apparels using Recycled and Reclaimed Fibres.- Environment Friendly Textile Processing using Plasma and UV Treatment.- Sustainable Textile Wet Processing- Applications of Enzymes.- Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers and Their Implications on Sustainability.- Application of bio-technology in the processing of textile fabrics.- Jute-Based Sustainable Agro textiles, their Properties and Case Studies.

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