Dr. N. Balasubramanian, who is a B.Sc. from Madras University, M.Sc. from Bombay University, Ph.D. from Leeds University, A.T.I and F.T.I. from Textile Institute, Manchester has been conferred Honorary Fellowship of the Textile Institute, Manchester in 2005. This award is in recognition of creativity and advancement of knowledge as a result of ingenuity and application over many years. He has over 45 Years of experience in R&D and consultancy in spinning, nonwovens, testing, quality control, training and ISO 9000. He retired as the Joint Director of Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai, India.

He has published over 120 papers in leading textile journals, including the journal of textile institute, Textile Research Journal, Indian Journal of fibre and textile research and Indian Textile journal.He has successfully guided many students to earn a Masters and Doctorate degree from Bombay University and has presented over 100 papers in textile conferences, seminars and workshops. Currently, he is a consultant to leading textile mills and nonwoven units in India. He conducts regular refresher and training courses for mill technicians and is a visiting professor at textile colleges.

Publications/ Books/ Papers

He has many papers on his credit.