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Mahesh Nanavaty, M.S. from USA is an international trade consultant and worked in senior position with India’s International trade body, State Trading Corporation (STC) for about 20 years and as a Director in an Indian textile unit. His unique experience over 30 years helped him to study production, processing, finishing and marketing of textiles in china, India Japan, Europe and USA. He s the author of three well accepted textile books, viz., I) Silk –from Grub to Glamour, ii) Manmades from Fiber to fabric, and iii) Silk Production, processing and Marketing (Wiley Eastern in 1990).

Rajat. K. Datta, Ph.D. in genetics has excellent track record of silk research and was Director (Retd.) of International and National Sericulture research Institutes in India having teaching experience in graduate and postgraduate courses. He steered the institution to higher levels of science, technology, and training, as also was spearheading to synergize R&D programmes with sericulture industry. He is an International consultant to several developing countries in Asia and Africa and traveled extensively almost all the major sericulture countries. He has published over 300 scientific and technical papers in various national and international journals, and the author of six books/manuals.