Name : K. Sangamithirai

Designation : Assistant Professor

Department: Department of Textiles and Clothing

School: School of Home Science


Contact: sangamithirai_tc@avinuty.ac.in

Ph: 8015772673

Qualification

M.Sc., M.Phil.

Experience

15 Years

Specialization

· Natural Dyeing · Textile Wet Processing

· Apparel Designing · Weaving

· Apparel Merchandising · Sewing Technology

Funded Projects


  • Natural Dyes for Printing on Cotton and Silk : In House Project funded by Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for women, Coimbatore , 4.12.17 to 30.4.18

Publications·

Journal Publications (06)

  1. Evaluating the Colour fastness of Thespesia Populnea, Asian Journal of Multi dimensional Research, ISSN: 2278 - 4853 Vol 7, Issue 2, February 2018 , Spl 2, Pp 373-378.

  2. Assessing the Effect of Natural Mordant for Printing on Cotton, International Journal of Applied Social Science, Volume 6 (2), February 2019,Pp253-257

  3. Colour Fastness of Peltophorum pterocarpum Flowers on Cotton and Banana Fabrics, Asian Journal of Multi dimensional Research, ISSN: 2278-4853. Vol 8, Spl Issue 3, March 2019.

  4. Eco friendly printing on cotton with natural Mordants , The Journal of Research ANGRAU, ISSN: 0970-0226 Vol.XLVI No.(2), April-June 2019, pp.54-59

  5. Assessing the effect of natural dye for printing on silk, – Man Made Textiles in India, Vol. XLVI I No. 8, August 2020, pp 270-272

  6. Banana fibre – A potential source of sustainable textiles, Journal of Applied Horticulture, 2020, 22(2), 133-136. ISSN: 0972-1045


Conference Publications (03)

  1. Effect of Natural Dye on Jute – cotton Blended fabric in National conference on “ Eco-Textiles and Green Consumerism 2016 organised by the Department of Textiles and Clothing , Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for women, Coimbatore from 9 to 10th , March 2016


2. Indian Handicrafts-The visible Demonstrationn of culture in International conference on Global Women Entrepreneurship with Fashionable Handicrafts, at Vivekananda college of Arts and science for women, Tiruchengodu, on 9 – 10 February 2011.


3. Natural processing of jute cotton blended fabric “ in National conference on Wonders in Fashion World, at Vivekananda college of Arts and science for women, Tiruchengodu, on 24.7.09


Paper Presentations

International

·1. “ Natural Dyeing for Ecofriendly Textiles” in International Conference on Waste Water Management ( ICWW-2017) during 17th to 19th August 2017, at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, supported by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, in collaboration with Technical University of Liberec and TEL AVIV University.Awarded the Best paper

  1. “ Natural dyeing of jute cotton blended fabric “ in International conference at on Advances in Textiles, Machinery, non-wovens and Technical Textiles ATNT 09 at Bannariamman Institute of Technology and organised by Texas Tech University,U.S.A. , 7 – 9 , December , 2009.

National / Regional

· 3. Evaluating the Colourfastness of Thespesia Popuinea” in DST Curie sponsored National Conference on Home Science Towards Young India New India, organized by Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for women, Coimbatore on 16th & 17th , March 2018

· 4. “Eco friendly Dyeing of silk” in UGC sponsored National conference on “ Scientific Perspective of Home Science on organised by the Faculty of Home science , Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for women, Coimbatore on 6and 7th, march 2017

· 5. “E-Tailing in apparel industry” in National conference on E-commerce applications in banking industry organised by Department of Commerce,Kongunadu Arts and science college on 29.09.2010.

· 6. “ Muga Silk –The queen fiber “ in National conference on Miracles of Medical Textiles at Vivekananda college of Arts and science for women, Tiruchengodu, on 12.2.10

· 7. “ Natural processing of jute cotton blended fabric “ in National conference on Wonders in Fashion World, at Vivekananda college of Arts and science for women, Tiruchengodu, on 24.7.09

· 8. “ Smart Textiles” in National Conference on Emerging Trends in Fashion, Fabric and Finishes at Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode on 30th, & 31st , January 2006

· 9. ‘Effect of Washing Using Natural Detergents’ in National symposium on “Recent Trends in Applied Biology” organised by Department of Life Sciences, Avinashilingam Deemed University and Regional Sericultural Research Station, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles,Government of India on January 28th – 29th ,2004.


Awards and Achievements

  • · Best paper award for International Conference on Waste Water Management ( ICWW-2017) during 17th to 19th August 2017, at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, supported by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, in collaboration with Technical University of Liberec and TEL AVIV University

  • · Second place for the Paper presentation on Effect of Washing Using Natural Detergents at National symposium on Recent Trends in Applied Biology organised by Department of Life Sciences, Avinashilingam Deemed University and Regional Sericultural Research Station, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India on January 28th – 29th, 2004

Academic and other responsibilities

  • Organizing committee member in National Conference on Eco Textiles and Green Consumerism 2016, 2017 and 2019

  • Committee member in 33rd Biennial Conference of Home Science Association of India (HSAI) on “Trends for Futuristic Development in Home Science: Research and Innovation” -

Memberships

  • Home science Association of India - Life Member