Dr. Sumi Haldar
Assistant Professor of Fashion Designing
Email:
sumi.haldar@vvwusurat.ac.in
Phone:
+91 9687031091
Area
Primary Area: Clothing and Textiles
Education
Ph. D (Clothing and Textiles), Department of Clothing and Textiles, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, 2024
M.Sc (Clothing and Textiles),Faculty Level Gold Medalist, Department of Clothing and Textiles, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat 2019
B.Sc (Textiles and Clothing), University topper in all semester exams, Department of Textiles and Clothing, S.M. Patel College of Home Science , Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat 2017
Diploma Engineering in Computer aided costume and dress making, Branch topper, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 2015
Teaching
Textile testing and analysis
Textile dyeing and printing
Fabric manufacturing
Traditional Textiles
Pattern making
Research methodology
Fashion Illustration
Consumer and textiles
Image Styling
Flat Sketching
Design Fundamentals
Research Area
Exploration and experimentation of novel minor cellulosic fibers in Textiles
Knitting Technology
Design Development in Weaving
Spinning of novel fibers
Exploration of newer natural dyes
Development of nonwoven structures
Technical Textiles – Medical Textiles
Optical illusion in fashion designing
Industrial engineering in textile industry
Smart Textiles
Artificial intelligence in Textiles
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor : Department of Fashion Designing, School of Vocational Studies, Vanita Vishram Women’s University, Surat, June 2025 – Present.
Teaching Assistant Department of Clothing , Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda , September 2020
Teaching Assistant, Department of Textile and Apparel Design, Institute of Fashion Technology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, August 2024
Industrial Experience
“Assistant Engineer” in Department of Total Quality Management in Welspun India Limited , Anjar, June, 2020
Awards & Honors
Young Scientist award” (Appreciation) in 35th Biennial conference of Home Science association (HSAI ), College of Post graduate studies in Agricultural Sciences Central Agriculture University, ICAR – Tura Meghalaya, 2024.
“Best Research Scholar award” at 3rd International Conference on Global Initiatives in Agricultural, forestry and Applied Sciences, GIAFAS, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 2021.
“Best women maker award” in Maker Fest 2021 contest conducted by Yuvalay Electronics Lab and , Yuvalay Charitable Trust in collaboration with Vadodara Innovation Council for the innovation exhibit titled “Utilization of Aquatic Plant Waste for developing organic fabric”
“Special Recognition award” in “Environment Category” in Maker Fest 2022 contest conducted by Yuvalay Electronics Lab and , Yuvalay Charitable Trust in collaboration with Vadodara Innovation Council for the innovation exhibit “Economy from Hygrowaste – A way towards women empowerment”.
“Best oral Paper presentation award” for the research paper – Envisaging a path towards Viksit Bharat 2047: Utilization of Lotus petiole waste for developing Sustainable Textiles presented in International conference conducted by IIS Jaipur, 2024.
Secured 1st prize for “Best oral paper presentation award” for the research paper – “ Job Opportunities at the different stages of fabric manufacturing from the extraction of Lotus petiole” at 2nd International Conference on Social work and Law Building Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for a More Sustainable and Resilient Society, Gujarat National Law University, (GNLU ) collaboration with GUJCOST, 2022.
Secured 1st prize for “Best oral paper presentation award” at 3rd International Conference on Global Initiatives in Agricultural, Forestry and Applied Sciences (GIAFAS) for the research paper – “Innovative Biofibers and Bio fuels from Aquatic waste” at Shri Guru Ram Rai University , Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 2021.
Secured 1st prize in best poster presentation in 3rd young research symposium on emerging trends in textile, fiber and polymer research for the poster titled – “An Experimental study of Lotus fibers for its use in textiles”, Department of fiber engineering and textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi, 2019.
Secured 3rd Position for best paper presentation at National Conference on Preserving the handicrafts heritage of India ICSSR sponsored conference conducted by Symbiosis institute of Design, Pune for the research paper – Imparting skill for developing Lotus yarn : Spinning the dreams of Viksit Bharat 2047, 2024.
Secured 1st prize for “Best oral paper presentation award” at 4th International Conference on Agriculture, Forestry , Environment and Food Security (Theme – Climate change and its impact ) – 2022 conducted by Institute of Forestry , Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal for the research paper – “Design and fabrication of apparatus for Lotus fiber extraction – A way to quality and productivity”
Secured 1st prize for “Best oral paper presentation award” at 5th International conference on 6th International Conference “Cutting-Edge Solutions in Science-Agriculture, Technology, Engineering and Humanities” (CSATEH-2024), Department of Geography, D.S.B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital-263 001, Uttarakhand, India for the research paper Jalsutra – “ The Ecofriendly Knitted fabric”.
Secured 1st Prize for Best oral paper presentation award” at International conference – CESFA’25, Circular Economy and Sustainability in Fashion and Apparel , VIT Chennai for the research paper – Development and analysis of open end yarns from Lotus fibers for textile applications under the theme sustainable fibers, 2025.
Start up grant received from SSIP incubation center,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda for the project “Lotus petiole -Exploration of hygrowaste for textile applications “ Year 2023-2024. Grant of 1,25,000 Rs.
Minor Research project grant received from “Gargi”– Scheme for developing high quality research, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University for the project “Women empowerment through spinning of Lotus petiole waste – Textile hidden in the water “ Year – 2021-2022.
Patent and copyright
“An Apparatus for fiber extraction from Lotus petiole” Patent id : IN201921032058 : status – Granted.
“Preparation of antibacterial absorbent core material from Lotus petiole waste” Patent id : PTIN/0023886 status – Applied.
“Lotus Knitted structure” Copyright ID number: CR2324001
