Research Activities

Research Activities

• Fibers from agro – waste – banana, sisal, maize shank, bhendi stalk
• Designing garments for the physically challenged individuals
• Protective clothing for pesticide applicatiors
• Development of new vegetable dyes
• Value addition to agri by products
• Value addition to silk waste
• Developing clothing for sports wear – kabbadi players
• Development of various blended fabrics & their assessment
• Computer aided designing
• Low cost stain guard soap
• Software for characterization of woven apparel fabrics
• Development of smart clothing for children and pregnant women
• Development of health care textiles using plant sources & nano technology
• Advances in UV finished non wovens for draperies and clothing for agricultural workers
• Natural fiber composites for agro textiles

On Going Projects

• NAIP  Project – Value chain in Natural Dyes
• Eco-friendly finishing of textiles

Sl. No.	Project title	Investigators	Funding agency	Period / duration	Budget Rs.  in lakhs
1	Value Addition to Natural Dyes	Dr.A. Sarada Devi Dean, Faculty of  Home science	ICAR– NAIP	08-06-2008 To 30.06.13	343.9
2	Developing organic antimicrobial finishes on cotton textiles	PI:Dr.Anitha	RKVY	2012-13	2.90
3	Natural plant sources for health care textiles	PI:Dr.Anitha	RKVY	2012-13	3.35

Projects completed so far:

• Value addition to banana fiber
• Value addition to sisal and maize fiber
• Value addition to bhendi fiber
• Developing health care textiles with eco – friendly anti microbial finish from plant kingdom.