New Delhi
IIT
Delhi alumnus Manish Singhal has endowed the ‘Manish Singhal Chair’ to promote
excellence and leadership in teaching and research in the Department of Textile
and Fibre Engineering with an emphasis on Smart Textiles.
Manish
Singhal (B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, 1994 batch) is the Managing Director
of KG Petrochem Ltd., a Jaipur based company having interests in textiles,
garments, artificial leathers, and polymer. KG Petrochem is a leading
manufacturer of cotton terry towels, made-ups such as bathrobe, pillow, cushion
cover and quilts, which it markets both domestically and internationally. KG
Petrochem’s technical textiles division manufacture PU based high-quality
artificial leather for the automotive, footwear and clothing industries.
Prof
R.S. Rengasamy, Head of the Department, Textile and Fibre Engineering, IIT
Delhi while speaking of the Chair said that the establishment of ‘Manish
Singhal Chair’ will facilitate wider and deeper interactions between the
industry, faculty and students and promote ‘Smart Textiles’ in the country.
Smart
Textiles refer to specialized textile materials that have built-in
functionality to serve a special purpose over and above the usual functions of
apparel. It is an emerging area that is taking applications of textiles to new
territories of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT),
medicine, defence, space, and manufacturing. It aims at adding electronic
functionality in textiles.
IIT Delhi continues to draw a
significant and growing interest by its alumni on contributing towards research
advancement at the Institute, in technological and social fields like
Artificial Intelligence, Public Policy, Decision Sciences, Data Analytics etc.
Source: EducationDiary.com
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