R.Perumalraj did B.Tech in Textile Technology from P.S.G College of Technology, Coimbatore in 1994 followed by M.Tech in Textile Technology. He also did his Ph.D. in the area “Conductive Textile material for Electromagnetic Shielding” from Anna University, Chennai. He has around 18 years of working experience in Research, Development and Teaching.
At present he is working as Professor and Head in Department of Fashion Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology. He has published in National and International journals (57 papers), organized many short term courses / seminars / workshops / conferences (18 programmes), published books (2 books), and participated in National and International conferences / short term programmes / seminars (22 programmes).