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Mr. Kunal Singha

Assistant Professor, Textile Design (BDes)

Kolkata Campus

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Mr. Kunal Singha

kunal.singha@nift.ac.in
Campus Coordinator (CC)

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Kunal Singha currently is an Assistant Professor and CC-TD at Department of Textile Design at NIFT, Kolkata. Earlier he joined NIFT-Patna in 2016 and also served as Centre Coordinator in TD Dept., NIFT-Patna from 2017-2020. Earlier he worked as Assistant Professor in Department of Textile Engineering, PIET, Kurukshetra University. At NIFT he teaches Subjects-Fibre to Fabric, Textile Processing, Natural dyes, Technical Textile, Advanced techlogy in textiles-AI, Sustainability, Introduction to Home & Apparel Fashion, Supply Chain, Entrepreneurship Management and published over 110 Papers in national/international journals/books chapter/conferences and edited/coauthored 11 books in Wiley, Elsevier, AAP, Springer, Textile Institute-CRC-Woodhead and Lambert Pub.

Selected Paper/Journal article/Book chapter publication
1. Bhattacharjee, Maumita, Miot, Sylvie, Gorecka, Agata, Singha, Kunal, Loparic, Marko, Dickinson, Sally, Das, Anup, Bhavesh, Neel Sarovar, Ray, Alok R, Martin, Ivan (2012) 'Oriented lamellar silk fibrous scaffolds to drive cartilage matrix orientation: towards annulus fibrosus tissue engineering', Acta biomaterialia, 8(9), pp. 3313-3325.
2. Pandit, Pintu, Singha, Kunal, Maity, Subhankar, Ahmed, Shakeel (2022) 'Textile dyes and pigments: a green chemistry approach', .
3. Maity, Subhankar, Singha, Kunal, Pandit, Pintu (2022) 'Nanoscouring, Nanobleaching, Nanosoftening, and Nanosurface', Fundamentals of Nano-Textile Science, pp. 51.
4. Maity, S, Singha, K, Singha, M (2013) 'Boron Fibre, Chem Tex International, Germany. 41(9), pp. 66-67.
5. Agrawal, Anjali, Rastogi, Deepali, Singha, Kunal (2025) 'A Perspective on Biomimicry in Medical', Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Technical Textiles and Nonwovens: ICTN 2023, 12-14 Dec, Delhi, India, pp. 21.
6. Agrawal, Anjali, Rastogi, Deepali, Singha, Kunal (2023) 'A Perspective on Biomimicry in Medical Textiles', International Conference on Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, pp. 21-33.
7. Singha, Kunal, Agrawal, Anjali (2026) 'Biotechnological and nanobiotechnological approaches in dyeing and printing treatment of textile effluents', Nanotechnology in Textile Dyeing and Printing, pp. 303-337.

Conference publications
1. Kunal Singha published a conference paper on An Overview of Water Footprint in Textile Sector, 3rd International Conference: "Intertwining Sustainability with Mission Life: Fashion, Entrepreneurship & Cultural Integration in Harmony-2024 at NIFT Ghandhinagar in March 2024.
2. Kunal Singha published a conference paper on Applications of Economical and Ecological Biotechnological Textile printing, 3rd International Conference: "Intertwining Sustainability with Mission Life: Fashion, Entrepreneurship & Cultural Integration in Harmony-2024 at NIFT Ghandhinagar in March 2024.
3. Kunal Singha published a conference paper on Applications of Pressure Sensors in Smart Textiles, STET - 2024 (Smart Textiles and Emerging Technologies - 2024), TexMat Research (Textiles and Materials Research).
4. Kunal Singha, Assistant Professor, have jointly presented a research paper on Properties enhancing for cotton materials by nano zinc oxide ?and titanium oxide treatment at Amity School of Architecture and Planning (ASAP) and Amity School of Fashion Technology (ASFT), Amity University Chhattisgarh, to be held online on 12th – 13th June 2025.
5. Kunal Singha have Presented and selected for the best oral paper position a research paper on Salt free reactive dyeing on textile by mixture of nano calcium chloride and magnesium chloride at ConferenceFora on 2nd Feb, 2026 at Grand Excelsior Hotel Deira, DUBAI.

Book Publications
1. Maity, S., Rana, S., Pandit, P. and Singha, K. (eds.) (2021) Advanced Knitting Technology. Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier), The Textile Institute Book Series. ISBN: 9780323855341 (Print); 9780323855358 (eBook)
2. Maity, S., Singha, K. and Pandit, P. (eds.) (2023) Functional and Technical Textiles. 1st edn. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier. (The Textile Institute Book Series). ISBN 978-0-323-91593-9 (Print); 978-0-323-91594-6 (eBook).
3. Pandit, P., Singha, K., Maity, S. and Ahmed, S. (eds.) (2022) Textile Dyes and Pigments: A Green Chemistry Approach. 1st edn. Hoboken, NJ: Scrivener Publishing LLC, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119904915 (Hardcover); 9781119905332 (Online)
4. Pandit, P., Ahmed, S., Singha, K. and Shrivastava, S. (eds.) (2020) Recycling from Waste in Fashion and Textiles: A Sustainable and Circular Economic Approach. 1st edn. Hoboken, NJ: Scrivener Publishing LLC, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119620495 (Hardcover); 9781119620532 (Online).
5. Selective Crucial Aspects Analysis in Textiles, Book published by Kunal Singha & Anjali Agrawal, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, May 2025, ISBN 6208431980, Germany.
6. Selective Crucial Aspects Analysis in Textiles, Book published by Kunal Singha & Anjali Agrawal, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, May 2025, ISBN 6208431980, Germany.
7. Understanding Water Footprints in the Textile and Fashion Sector, Ed. Kunal Singha, Anjali Agrawal, August 2026, Apple Academic Publication, NY, USA, Taylor & Francis.
8. The Carbon Footprint in the Textile and Fashion Industry, Ed. Kunal Singha, Anjali Agrawal, August 2026, Apple Academic Publication, NY, USA, Taylor & Francis.
9. Technical and Sustainability Aspects of Natural Dyes, Anjali Agrawal, Kunal Singha, December 2026, Apple Academic Publication, NY, USA, Taylor & Francis.
10. Advances in Technical Textile Applications with Sensors, Ed. Kunal Singha, Anjali Agrawal, December 2026, Apple Academic Publication, NY, USA, Taylor & Francis.

Working Book series
1. Systematic literature overview on sustainability enhanced smart electronic textiles, Ed. Kunal Singha, Anjali Agrawal, December 2026, Apple Academic Publication, NY, USA, Taylor & Francis.

1. Kunal Singha have been recognized in the SciRank Global 2025 Registry among the World's Top 5% Scientists (Verified) based on bibliometric analysis of my research contributions.
2. Won World Top 20% Scientists-by AD Scientific Index 2025
3. Min. of HRD, GOI fellowship, 2009-2011 by qualifying GATE exam.
4. Min. of Education fellowship, 2005-2009
5. won Hackathon Design-UPTTI Kanpur, 2020,
6. won Silver medal in Innovation in Textiles-international conference-2007, GCETTS.
7. He is a life-time member of TAI, DSA, ORSI, IIPE, IEI, IIE India.
8. He received honorary lifetime Fellow position from IIE-GOI, IIPE-GOI India, Young Achievers Award, Academic Excellence Award-2020 from InSc, India.
9. Serving as reviewer/invited reviewer in American V-king publisher, Textile Research Journal (Taylor & Francis), Dyes & Pigment, Carbohydrate Polymers (Elsevier) and Coloration Technology (Wiley) journal.
10. Kunal Singha have Presented and selected for the best oral paper position a research paper on Salt free reactive dyeing on textile by mixture of nano calcium chloride and magnesium chloride at ConferenceFora on 2nd Feb, 2026 at Grand Excelsior Hotel Deira, DUBAI.

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