Dr. R. Guruprasad is currently working as Scientist in ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai. Basically he is a graduate in Textile technology. He obtained his Masters and Ph.D degrees from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in the same discipline. He has the experience of working in Research, Industry and Academics. He has contributed many papers to research journals and magazines and has authored a book. His areas of interest include Fabric structure, comfort, soft computing, specialty fabrics and technical textiles.