Director General​

He is also in overall charge of NITRA’s academic wing NITRA Technical Campus (NTC). He is also chairman of Textile Division, Bureau of Indian Standard i.e. BIS (New Delhi) and Chairman, Technical Committee for Textile Industry, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). Dr. Arindam Basu, a renowned scientist and professional in the field of textile research, hails from a very respectable family from Kolkata the cultural capital of India and a city enriched with great other significance in the history of India. Dr. Basu flashed the sparkle of genius in academics and secured first class in both B.Sc. Tech.(Text.) and M. Text. from prestigious Universities of Calcutta and Bombay, respectively. To further illuminate his outstanding academic record, in the year 1991, he completed Ph.D. in Textile Engineering from the University of Leeds – the globally iconic university based in U.K.

Dr. Arindam Basu wears many hats and presents a diversified portfolio of experience in the fields of research, academics and industry as well. Dr. Basu worked as Director, Central Silk Technological Research Institute, Central Silk Board, Bangalore, Director, South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore, Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management, Coimbatore, and had been the Deputy Manager of Jaya Shree Textiles in West Bengal, which is a Aditya Birla Group Company. At the early stage of his career, his stint with Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), Mumbai and Post Doctoral Research at Dept. of Textile and Apparel Management, N.C.State University, USA is also worth mentioning.

Through the illustrious career spanning over 40 years now, Dr. Basu has co-authored 25 technical books, published more then 170 technical articles in world’s most renowned referred journals, and presented about 50 papers in premier techno-conferences and seminars. He had applied and granted many patents regarding machinery and instrument development. Dr. Arindam Basu is the recipient of many awards including National Scholarship for Studies Abroad, awarded by the Ministry of HRD, GoI, and Century Textiles Best Technical Book in Textiles Award for the year 2002 for authoring the book “Textile Testing- Fibre, Yarn and Fabric”. He is a recognized guide for M.S., M. Phil., Ph.D., and associated as external examiner and visiting lecturer with many premier universities in the country. In addition to that, Dr. Basu is also an active member of different national and international trade, and professional bodies He has more than 10 patents to his credit. He has been felicitated as “Eminent Engineer” for his contribution to the profession of Textile Engineering by the Institute of Engineers (India) .