Dr. Ankita Srivastava

Bio-sketch: Dr. Ankita Srivastava is Associate Professor in the Department of Design at NSUT, Delhi. Prior to this, she was associated with National Institute of Fashion Technology, Jodhpur as Assistant Professor in the Department of Textile Design. She has more than 17 years of academic, industrial and research experience in the field of Textile Design and Technology. She has published and presented more than 50 research publications in national and international peer reviewed journals and conferences and contributed to 6 book chapters on sustainable textiles and garment manufacturing. She has a published patent on her research and completed a few government funded projects as a PIT member. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ankita-srivastava-b9730321/ 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr-Ankita-Srivastava

Areas of Interest

• High Performance Materials
• Smart Textiles and Wearable Technology
• Digital Fashion and Virtual garments
• AI driven Fashion forecasting and personalization
• Sustainable and Circular Product Designs
• Indigenous Craft Practices

Journal Publications

• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, The Loom of Legacy: Deciphering Banarasi Craftsmanship. Textile: Cloth and Culture, 1-19, 2025. (SCOPUS and SJR indexed)
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “A Comprehensive Case Study on Traditional Weaving of Western Rajasthan", Journal of Business Management and Accounting, 14 (1), 91-114, 2024.
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “Pattu Weaving: A Sustainable Fabric Manufacturing Technique”, Journal of Sustainability and Environmental Management, 1(2), 299-305, 2022.
• A. Saxena, A. Srivastava, “Industry Application of Green Manufacturing: A Critical Review”. Journal of Sustainability and Environmental Management, 1(1), 32-45, 2022. 
• A. Srivastava, Dr. Akanksha Pareek, invited article in Rajasthan Patrika Jodhpur Edition Foundation Day matter under the theme "Rajasthan Traditional Textiles, craft and Fashion" on “Rajasthan ka Pahnawa aur bollywood”, 2021.
• A. Srivastava, “Impact Resistance Performance of STF Treated Kevlar Fabric Structure”, Materials Today: Proceedings, 16 P (3), 1538-1541, 2019. (SCOPUS and INSPEC indexed)
• A. Majumdar, B. S. Butola and A. Srivastava, “Improving the Impact Resistance Of P-Aramid Fabrics by Sequential Impregnation with Shear Thickening Fluid”, ‘Fibres and Polymers’, Volume 17, Issue 2, 199-204, 2016. (SCI Indexed)
• A. Majumdar, B. S. Butola and A. Srivastava, “Application of Silica Nanoparticle-Based Shear Thickening Fluids for Reinforcing Soft Body Armour Materials” Nanotech Insights, Volume 5, Issue 3 - 4, 84-87, 2014.
• A. Majumdar, B. S. Butola and A. Srivastava, “Development of Soft Composite Materials with Improved Impact Resistance Using Kevlar Fabric and Nano-Silica Based Shear Thickening Fluid’’, Materials and Design, 2014, 295-300. (SCIE Indexed)
• A. Majumdar, B. S. Butola and A. Srivastava, “An Analysis of Deformation and Energy Absorption Modes of Shear Thickening Fluid Treated Kevlar Fabrics as Soft Body Armour Materials”, Materials and Design, 2013, 148-153. (SCIE Indexed)
• A. Majumdar, B. S. Butola and A. Srivastava, “Optimal Designing of Soft Body Armour Materials Using Shear Thickening Fluid”, Materials and Design, 2013, 191-198. (SCIE Indexed)
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Improving the Impact Resistance of Textile Structures by Using Shear Thickening Fluids: A Review”, Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 37(2), 2012, 115-119. (SCI Indexed)
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Improving the Impact Resistance Performance of Kevlar Fabrics Using Silica Nano-Particle Based Shear Thickening Fluid”, Material Science and Engineering A, 529, 2011, 224-229. (SCI Indexed)
• B. Gupta, A. Srivastava, N. Grover and S. Saxena, “Plasma Induced Graft Polymerization of Acrylic Acid onto Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) Monofilament”, Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research, 35, March 2010, 9-14. (SCI Indexed)
• A. Saxena, A. Srivastava, “Sun Screen Shelter Fabric: A Review”, Textile Review, February 2010, 16-21.
• A. Saxena, A. Srivastava, A. K. Anjanee, “Quantitative Awareness of Carbon Footprint in Apparel Industry”, Asian Textile Journal, Vol. 19 (7), July 2010, 33-36. (UGC CARE indexed)
• B. S. Butola and A. Srivastava, Processing of Blends containing Elastane, Colourage, August 2012.
• B. S. Butola, A. Srivastava, “Enzymatic Scouring of Cotton”, Asian Dyer, August 2009, 31-40. (UGC CARE indexed)

Conference Publications

• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “Weaving a Model for climate Conscious and circular Textile Systems: The case of Kota Doria”, National Seminar on "Harmonizing Sustainability: Navigating Circular Economy for Sustainable Growth, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 06-08 October, 2025.
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “Preserving Tradition, Embracing Sustainability: The Case Study of Kota Doria Weaving”, National Conference and Industry Academia Meet-2024, Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (UPTTI) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 26-27 October, 2024.
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “Empowering Threads: Impact of Handloom in Shaping India's Economic Landscape”, 3rd National Conference on Sustainable Clothing and Textile Recycling organized, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, 15-16 March, 2024.
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “Role of Handloom Sector in Indian Economy”, National Seminar on ‘75 Years of Indian Economy and Polity-Way Forward in Amrit Kal’, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 20 - 22 November, 2023.
• A. Saxena, A. Srivastava, “Global Warming- The biggest challenge of Indian Economy- A Case Study in Apparel Industry”, National Seminar on ‘75 Years of Indian Economy and Polity-Way Forward in Amrit Kal’, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 20 - 22 November, 2023.
• A. Srivastava, “Textile Heritage of India: Banarasi Saree Weaving”, Seminar on ‘Weaves of India’, Khadi Mahotsav, NIFT Jodhpur, 17 October, 2023.
• A. Srivastava, “Khadi: not just a fabric, but an emotion”, Talk Show on ‘Khadi: Pride of India’, NIFT Jodhpur, 13 October, 2023.
• Invited Talk: A. Srivastava, “Development of Body Armor Materials with STF Treated Kevlar fabrics”, International E-Conference on Textiles for Advanced Technologies “Textile Tech 2022” jointly organized by The Textile Association, India and Asian Polymer Association, 11– 13 November, 2022.
• A. Srivastava, “Sustainable Weaving Technique on Handloom: Pattu”, III International Congress on Sustainability in Textile and Fashion - III SUSTEXMODA, organized by School of Arts, Science and Humanity, University of São Paulo, 9-11 November, 2022.
• A. Saxena, A. Srivastava, “Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: Strategies to Minimise the Carbon Emission”, Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development conference, University of Florence, Italy, 13-14 September, 2022.
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “A Case Study on Sustainable Fabric Manufacturing: Pattu Weaving”, 7th International Case Study Conference, Kuala Terengganu, Organized by Institute for Management and Business Research (IMBRe), Universiti Utara Malaysia, 13-15 September, 2022.
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “An Approach Towards Sustainability: Pattu Weaving”, 2nd Sustainable Textile and Fashion Congress (STFC-22), 28-29 July, 2022.
• A. Srivastava, A. Saxena, “Pattu Weaving: A Sustainable Technique of Fabric Manufacturing", AICTE sponsored International Conference on “Sustainable Development Goals: Policy Implementation Challenges and Opportunities" (IC-SDGPICO-2022), Modern Institute of Professional Studies, Indore, (M.P) India March 12-13, 2022.
• A. Saxena, A. Srivastava, “Sustainability in the Fashion Industry: Strategies to Minimize the Carbon Emission", AICTE sponsored International Conference on “Sustainable Development Goals: Policy Implementation Challenges and Opportunities" (IC-SDGPICO-2022), Modern Institute of Professional Studies, Indore, (M.P) India March 12-13, 2022.
• A. Srivastava, “Pattu Weaving in Rajasthan: An Extra Weft Weaving Technique”, International Conference on Advances in Textile, Fashion & Crafts [ATFC-2021], March 22-24, 2021.
• A. Saxena, A. Srivastava, “Design Intervention and Process Re-engineering of PPE for Jodhpur Health workers of COVID-19- A real time case study”, Hackathon on design and performance of components of PPE for fighting against COVID- 19, UPTTI, Kanpur, May 1, 2020.
• A. Srivastava, “Effect of Friction on Impact Resistance Behaviour of Fabrics”, International Conference on Advances in Textile Materials and Processes [ATMP-2019], UPTTI, Kanpur, India, December 2-3, 2019.
• A. Srivastava, “Improving the Impact Resistance Performance of STF Treated Kevlar Fabric Structures”, National conference on seeing AI in fashion 2019, NIFT Kannur, May 29-30, 2019.
• A. Srivastava, “Improving the impact resistance performance of STF treated Kevlar Fabric structures”, International conference on Shape memory applications, research and technology (SMART-2018), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 5-9 December, 2018.
• A. Srivastava, “Development of Body Armor Materials with STF Treated Composite Structures”, 1st International Conference on fashion and Textiles, NIFT Jodhpur March 12-13, 2015.
• A. Srivastava, “Development of Body Armor Materials with STF Treated Composite Structures” published in proceedings of ‘1st International Conference on fashion and Textiles - ICFT-2015’, NIFT Jodhpur, March 12-13, 2015.
• A. Srivastava, “Analysis of Impact Energy Absorption Modes in Shear Thickening Fluid Treated Kevlar Fabrics” in International Conference on Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, at IIT Delhi, November 6-8, 2014.
• A. Srivastava, “Optimizing Parameters of Shear Thickening Fluid Treated Kevlar Fabric Based Body Armor Materials”, International Conference on Safety, IIT Gandhinagar, December 2-6, 2014.
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Impact Performance and Energy Absorption Modes of Kevlar Fabrics Treated with Shear Thickening Fluid”, The Fibre Society 2012 Spring Conference, May 23–25, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2012.
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Role of Process Parameters on the Impact Performance of Shear Thickening Fluid-Kevlar Fabric Composites”, 11th Asian Textile Conference ‘ATC-11’ organized by The Korean Fibre Society, Daegu, Korea, 2011.
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Optimization of Process Parameters for Improved Impact Resistance Performance of Shear Thickening Fluid-Kevlar Fabric Composites”, 40th Textile Research Symposium ‘TRS-11’ organized by Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2011.
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Optimization of Body Armor Performance using Response Surface Analysis”, Advanced Polymers, Fibres and Fabrics (APF2), 26-28th December, DMSRDE, Kanpur, India, 2011.
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Studies on Impact Resistance Behavior of Textile Structures”, 23rd National Convention of Textile Engineers organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), New Delhi (2010) – 2nd Prize.
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar and B. S. Butola, “Application of Shear Thickening Fluids (STF) for Improved Body Armor Performance”, International Conference on Technical Textile and Nonwovens ‘ICTN-10’organized by I.I.T. Delhi, New Delhi, 2010.
• A. Srivastava, A. Majumdar, B. S. Butola, “Studies on Impact Resistance Behavior of Textile Structures”, International Conference ‘APA-09’ organized by Asian Polymer Association, New Delhi, 2009.
• A. Srivastava, “Antimicrobial Polyester Suture” in National conference at D.K.T.E., Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, 2009 - 1st Prize.
• A. Srivastava, N. Nivedita “Technical Textile” in National Level Symposium at Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Surat, 2004- 2nd Prize.
• A. Srivastava, M. Agarwal “Current Scenario of India’s Share in World Garment Export” in National Level Symposium at Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2003.

Book/ Book chapters

• Authored a chapter and co-authored a chapter in the book Titled “75 years of Indian Economy and Polity: Way forward in Amrit Kaal”, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, 2025.
• Co-authored four Chapters in the book Titled “Sustainability in Apparel Manufacturing Process”, Woodhead Publishing India, 2023.

Awards and Recognition

• Patent granted- Title- “Textile Structures for Improved Impact Resistance by Sequential Padding with Shear Thickening Fluids”, Patent no. - 418049, 13 January, 2023.

• PIT member - ‘UJAS’ skill development training for artisans at NIFT Jodhpur
• PIT member - ‘I Am Shakti’ Skill Development skill capability scheme  at NIFT Jodhpur

• Project coordinator - Institution of Engineers (IEI), India, titled “Development of a Textile Composite Structure using Shear Thickening Fluid for Ballistic Applications” at IIT Delhi.