Advances in Healthcare and Protective Textiles

Shahid Ul Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He works at the interface of materials science and textile engineering, with an emphasis on the functionalization of textile and polymeric materials for use in different applications.

Abhijit Majumdar is currently holding the position of R. Jaikumar Chair Professor for DecisionSciences in the Textile and Fibre Engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India(IIT Delhi). He has published 145 research papers in international refereed journals. His researchareas include protective fibrous materials, operations management, and sustainable supply chains.management. He has authored two textbooks, edited four books, and two monographs. He is theassociate editor of the Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series E (Chemical and TextileEngineering) and OPSEARCH.

B. S. Butola is a Professor at the Department of Textiles & Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. His research interests include functionalization of textiles with metal oxides, use of shear thickening fluids for improving the impact performance of ballistic textiles, polymeric nanocomposites and smart colorants. He has edited 7 books.