Professor Parikshit Goswami has been appointed to the board of non-profit organization UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) to help the association increase its focus on innovation, R&D and sustainability. Goswami is currently the Director, Technical Textiles Research Centre and the Head of Department-Fashion and Textiles, University of Huddersfield.

Goswami mainly researches on developing products by using flexible materials and applying Chemistry to functionalize textiles. He manages a large portfolio of research concerned with fiber/polymer science, nonwovens, medical textiles, sustainable materials, nano and submicron fibres and plasma treatments for functionalising textiles. He is a member of Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC), Education, Qualifications and Accreditation Board (EQAB) and is a Trustee of SDC.

Prior to joining the University of Huddersfield, Goswami was the Director -Research and Innovation, School of Design, University of Leeds and he led the Fibre and Fabric Functionalization Research Group.

UKFT works across a wide range of projects to help the UK industry take full advantage of these new technologies and markets and to help change the future landscape of the textile industry in the UK into one where circularity and environmentally sustainable supply chains are the new normal.

Most recently UKFT has started working with IBM, Tech Data and the Future Fashion Factory to design, prototype and pilot a new technology platform to help the UK fashion and textile industry to drive sustainability and profitability through increased transparency within the supply chain. Retailers Next, H&M (COS brand), N Brown, New Look and yarn manufacturer Laxtons will be part of the initial pilot.