Scientific Program
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Day 0 — Pre-Conference: Tuesday, 13th October 2026 |
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| 17:00 | Governing Council Meeting The Fiber Society Governing Council Meeting (closed to general delegates) · Venue: Board Room, R&I Park |
| 18:00 | Early Registration Opens Badge and delegate kit collection for early arrivals. |
Day 1: Wednesday, 14th October 2026 |
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| MORNING: PLENARY
TALK Venue: Auditorium, R&I Park |
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| 08:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
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| 09:30 – 10:00 | PLENARY: Jintu Fan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Title: Smart Textiles and Wearable Technology for Performance, Health, and Sustainability: From Material Innovations to Advanced Evaluation |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE / TEA BREAK |
| MORNING: KEYNOTE /
PARALLEL SESSIONS 10:30 – 12:20 | Sessions in Hall GA2 & Hall GB4 run in parallel |
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| HALL GA2 — FUNCTIONAL FIBERS AND TEXTILES | |
| Session Chair: Frédéric Heim | ENSISA | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | KEYNOTE: Archana Samanta, IIT Delhi Title: Waste-derived Functional Fibers and Materials for Advanced Applications |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Hitesh Jariwala, The
Man-Made Textiles Research Association Title: Development and Characterization of Bamboo Charcoal-embedded PET Filament Yarn: From Melt-spun POY to Conductive DTY |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Sourav Banerjee, IIT
Delhi Title: Development and Performance Optimization of a Lightweight Extreme Heat Protective Suit: Balancing Thermal Protection and Thermophysiological Comfort |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Kumaresan Subramani, IIT Delhi Title: Scalable Fabrication of Janus Nonwovens with Dual Asymmetry for Efficient Directional Moisture Regulation |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Sujaan Satish Kaushik, IIT Delhi Title: Robust Biopolymer-derived Multifunctional Aerogel Blankets for Personal Thermal Management in Cold Climates |
| HALL GB4 — SUSTAINABILITY AND RECYCLING OF FIBERS I | |
| Session Chair: Xiangwu Zhang | North Carolina State University | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | KEYNOTE: Maria Persson, University of Borås Title: From Bread Waste to Knitted Textiles: Engineering Fungal-derived Filaments for Textile Manufacturing |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Dylan Hegh, Deakin
University Title: Translational and Circular Textile-based Research at the Future Fibres Facility, Deakin University |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Sangavi Thirumurthy, IIT Delhi Title: Investigation of Pretreatment and Process Parameters on the Mechanical Recycling of p-Aramid Fabric |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Gurumurthy Ramaiah, Federal Technical and Vocational Institute Title: Sustainable Fiber Recycling: Transforming Chicken Feather Waste into Non-woven Thermal Insulation Composites |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Aditya Bhandari, IIT
Delhi Title: Engineering of Recycled Polyester into Thermoregulatory Filaments Through Melt-blending of Phase Change Material |
| 12:20 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| AFTERNOON: PARALLEL
SESSIONS 14:00 – 15:00 |
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| HALL GA2 — NANO- AND MICROFIBER TECHNOLOGY I | |
| Session Chair: Archana Samanta | IIT Delhi | |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Harun Venkatesan, IIT Delhi Title: Chemical Recycling of Aramid Fibres |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Advitiya Kumar, IIT
Delhi Title: Harmonizing Porosity and Hydrophobicity: A Sustainable Cellulose-IPN Scaffold for High-capacity, Oil-Water Separation |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Pranay Ahuja, IIT
Delhi Title: Rapid Substrate-free, Microwave-assisted, Hydrothermal Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires: Influence of Growth Parameters on Morphology and Aspect Ratio |
| HALL GB4 — SUSTAINABILITY AND RECYCLING OF FIBERS II | |
| Session Chair: Maria Persson | University of Borås | |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Gyanesh Jha, IIT
Delhi Title: Carbon Footprint Assessment of Indian Handloom Production |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Md. Abdullah Al Faruque, Deakin University Title: From Textile Waste to Value-Scalable Wool-Cotton for Circular Manufacturing |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Blesson Tom Mathew, IIT Delhi Title: Upcycling Textile Waste into Thermoregulatory Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| AFTERNOON: PARALLEL
SESSIONS 15:30 – 16:50 |
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| HALL GA2 — TEXTILE PROCESSING | |
| Session Chair: Wazed Ali | IIT Delhi | |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Vijay Kumar, University of Borås Title: Mapping Agricultural Bio-residue Processing Pathways for Textile Fiber Production |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | Bhabatosh Biswas, The Man-Made Textiles Research Association Title: Processing and Characterization of Castor Oil-derived Biodegradable Nylon Filament Yarn: From Melt spun POY to DTY |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Vishwajeet, IIT
Delhi Title: From Fibre to Fabric: Development of Himalayan Nettle/Polyester Blended Woven Fabrics |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Pankaj Gandhi, The
Man-Made Textiles Research Association Title: Development and Characterization of Poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) POY and DTY Through Melt Spinning and Draw Texturing |
| HALL GB4 — FIBER & TEXTILE CHARACTERIZATION | |
| Session Chair: Harun Venkatesan | IIT Delhi | |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Md. Jawad Amin, IIT
Delhi Title: Effect of Weave Structure and PBO/Meta-Aramid Content on Thermal Protection and Comfort of Fire-protective Fabrics |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | Sudhanshu Maurya, IIT Delhi Title: Development of Multidirectional Thermal Protective Performance Testing Instrument for Testing Thermal Protective Performance |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Md. Azharul Islam, IIT Delhi Title: Exploring Slash-resistant Performance of Woven Fabrics: An Underexplored Area in Protective Textiles |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Akshat Tamboli, IIT
Delhi Title: Influence of Loop-Level Stitch Topology on the Progressive Failure and Impact Resistance of VARTAM- |
| EVENING | |
| 17:00 | Research and Innovation Park / Department Tour |
| 18:00 | Bhangra Folk Dance and Music / Dhaba Under the Stars Venue: Courtyard, Ground Floor, R&I Park, IIT Delhi Campus Bhangra is a lively and energetic traditional folk dance that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, originally performed by Punjabi farmers to celebrate a good wheat harvest during the Baisakhi festival. Dancers move with high-energy jumps, kicks, and shoulder bounces to the loud, rhythmic beats of a double-headed drum called a dhol. Beyond the dance itself, Bhangra is a joyful celebration of culture, community, and togetherness — a colourful highlight of the evening. |
Day 2: Thursday, 15th October 2026 |
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| MORNING: PLENARY TALK | |
| 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | PLENARY: Sandip Patil, E-Spin Nanotech Pvt. Ltd. Title: Nanofiber Science and Engineering: From Laboratory Innovation to Industrial Translation |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE / TEA BREAK |
| MORNING: KEYNOTE /
PARALLEL SESSIONS 10:30 – 12:20 | Sessions in Hall GA2 & Hall GB4 run in parallel |
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| HALL GA2 — NANO- AND MICROFIBER TECHNOLOGY II | |
| Session Chair: Rangam Rajkhowa | Deakin University | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | KEYNOTE: Xiangwu Zhang, North Carolina State University Title: Evolution of Functional Nanofibrous Architectures: Overcoming Challenges in Liquid and All-Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Gopal Singh, IIT
Delhi Title: Low-energy, Atmospheric Pressure, Plasma-assisted In Situ Graft Polymerisation of Vinyl-based Monomer on PET Fabrics for a Durable Moisture Regulation |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Sagnik Ghosh, IIT
Delhi Title: Development of Hierarchical Porous 3D-printed Tissue Engineering Scaffolds |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Ritika Panwar, IIT
Delhi Title: Oil-Water Separation Studies of Waste Filler/PLA-coated Cotton Nonwoven Fabrics |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Reena Yadav, IIT
Delhi Title: Functionalized MWCNT-integrated Aramid Fibres: A Supercritical CO2-assisted Approach |
| HALL GB4 — SMART TEXTILES AND WEARABLES | |
| Session Chair: Jintu Fan | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | KEYNOTE: Sandeep Kumar Maurya, Maharishi Kashyap Government Polytechnic Title: Electrothermal Characterization of Conductive Yarn-integrated Weft Knitted Fabric for Wearable Applications |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Akhilesh Sharma, IIT
Delhi Title: Flexible and Washable Piezoelectric Pressure Sensors Based on Biodegradable Riboflavin-Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Composite Nanowebs for Monitering of Biomedical Motions |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Mayuri Srivastava, IIT Delhi Title: Interfacial Polarization Engineering in Nanocomposite Films for Poling-free Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Srishti Bajpai, IIT
Delhi Title: Bimodal Porous Architecture via Solution-blown PVDF Nanofibers for Enhanced Piezoelectric Performance |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Sachidananda Mohapatra, IIT Delhi Title: Cotton Fabric-derived α-Fe/VN Functionalized Carbon Cloth as a Multifunctional Current Collector for Catholyte-based High-performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries |
| 12:20 – 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| AFTERNOON: PARALLEL
SESSIONS 14:00 – 15:40 |
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| HALL GA2 — TECHNICAL TEXTILE APPLICATION | |
| Session Chair: Sumit Sinha Ray | IIT Delhi | |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Aditi Patil, IIT
Delhi Title: Textile-based Surgical Simulation Model of the Colon in Children |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Siddhi Rao, IIT
Delhi Title: Acoustic Beyond Bulk Materials: High-performance Knitted Screens and Their AI Prediction Model |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Sneha Saha, IIT
Delhi Title: Reimagining Sustainable Packaging: Circular, Biodegradable PBAT Composites Reinforced with Renewable Biomass |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Chirantan Shee, IIT
Delhi Title: On the Mechanical Energy Harvesting Performance of Zinc Oxide-coated, Needle-punched Nonwoven |
| HALL GB4 — FIBER & TEXTILE CHARACTERIZATION | |
| Session Chair: Apurba Das | IIT Delhi | |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Shubham Singh, Ecosynx Innovation Private Limited Panipat Title: Recycling of High-performance Textile Waste and Its Applications |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Ramratan Guru, Mody
University of Science and Technology Title: Nonwoven Sheets from CTL Fibre: Development and Applications |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Poongodi Bhupathy, Kumaraguru Institutions Title: Ponndai Reborn: Reviving an Ancient Kongu Weaving Design for Future Generations |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Anupam Chowdhury, IIT Delhi Title: Shape-programmable Piezoelectric Polymer Composites: From Films to Functional Fibres for Multimodal Sensing |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Mandira Mondal, IIT
Delhi Title: A Sustainable Approach to Integrate Bio-based Quercetin into Cotton Structures for Durable Multifunctional Performance |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| POSTER
PRESENTATION 16:00 – 17:00 | Venue: Ground Floor, R&I Park, IIT Delhi Campus | Session Chair: Frédéric Heim |
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| P-1 | Dikshita Chowdhury Title: Characterization of 3D Printed Thigh Prototypes Fabricated Using Various Materials |
| P-2 | Younghwan Bae Title: Effects of Recycled HDPE Content on the Structure and Properties of rHDPE Composites |
| P-3 | Sunhee Lee Title: Analysis of Extrusion Quality of Conveyor FDM 3D Printers Under Different Conditions |
| P-4 | Yujin Lee Title: Functional Stability of Sophorae Fructus/PVA Nanofibrous Wound Dressing |
| P-5 | Donghwi Kim Title: Fabrication and Characterization of SS/CNT Composite Electrodes |
| P-6 | Seunghun Baek Title: Characteristics of Fe3O4/Papain Composites and Their Performance in Silk |
| P-7 | Imjoo Jung Title: Design and Optimization of Auxetic Structures for Shoe Midsole Application |
| P-8 | Debasree Paul Title: Valorization of Textile Waste Through Recycled Fiber-reinforced Epoxy Composites |
| P-9 | Vanshika Handuja Title: Engineering Cotton-derived Carbon Textiles for Binder-free Electrochemical Applications |
| P-10 | Siddhi Rao Title: Modeling Multilayered Nonwoven Acoustics as an Equivalent Homogeneous Fluid Using Metaheuristics |
| P-11 | Md. Zayedul Hasan Title: Moisture Management Behaviour of Filament-Twisted Core-Sheath Yarn-based Cut-Protective Fabric |
| P-12 | Sangavi Thirumurthy Title: Mechanical Recycling of Aramid Fabric Waste: A Route Towards Fibre Reusability |
| P-13 | Akshat Tamboli Title: Aramid Fibre Waste for Cementitious Composite Application |
| P-14 | Gyanesh Kumar Jha Title: Quantifying the Low-carbon Footprint of Artisanal Handloom Supply Chains |
| P-15 | Shashwata Mainak Title: High-performance Polymer Processing |
| Poster presenters will exhibit / demonstrate / share their research with session attendees in informative exchanges | 16:00 – 17:00 | |
| EVENING | |
| 17:00 | Transfer to Banquet Venue Hotel Eros – Singh Sahib Restaurant, Nehru Place |
| 18:00 | Reception |
| 18:30 | Banquet Conference Awards Ceremony |
Day 3: Friday, 16th October 2026 |
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| OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS | |
| 07:00 – 17:00 |
Akshardham Temple Tour — Delhi Complimentary
Optional, Same Day Full-day excursion to Akshardham Temple. Panipat Recycling Cluster Visit — IIT Delhi to
Panipat
Optional, Same Day Visit to the Textile Recycling Cluster at Panipat. Covering recycling technologies, fibre/yarn recovery, and sustainable product development, with lunch and round-trip transport from IIT Delhi included. |
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