Professor Parikshit Goswami (BSc (Tech), MSc, PhD, MRSC, CCol, ASDC, CText, FTI, CMgr, MCMI, FHEA) is the Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge Exchange for Arts and Humanities at the University of Huddersfield. Previously he was the Head of the Department for Fashion and Textiles and then of Music and Design Arts. He is also the Director of the Technical Textiles Research Centre.
Before joining the University of Huddersfield, Professor Goswami was the Director of Research and Innovation at the School of Design, University of Leeds and led the Fibre and Fabric Functionalisation Research group.
In his research, since joining the University of Huddersfield, Professor Goswami has proactively developed the research profile and activities in Technical Textiles. Professor Goswami’s domains of research are product development using flexible materials and application of chemistry for functionalising textiles.
Professor Goswami manages a large profile of research concerned with fibre/polymer science, nonwovens, medical textiles (implantable materials and non-implantable materials), sustainable materials (fundamentally understand the properties of new material), application and development of nano/submicron fibres for novel applications, and plasma treatment for functionalising textiles and textile chemistry.
He is a member of Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC), Education, Qualifications and Accreditation Board (EQAB), a trustee of SDC, and was a member of EDANA’s R&D working group. Professor Goswami is also the first academic to be appointed to the board of the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT). He is also a member of the high-profile advisory board for Textiles 2030, a national agreement led by WRAP, a global Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in the UK that works with governments, businesses and individuals to ensure that the world’s natural resources are used sustainably. The Textile 2030 advisory board includes national policymakers, online and high street retailers, charitable organisations, technical experts and members from trade associations. Professor Goswami is a Freeman of the City of London and the Worshipful Company of Woolmen.