Rajiv Padhye Editor

Dr. Rajkishore Nayak is currently working as Associate Professor (Fashion Enterprise) at the School of Communication and Design, RMIT University, Vietnam. He completed his PhD from the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Australia. He has around 20 years of experience in teaching, research, and industry related to fashion and textiles in India, Australia, and Vietnam. He published about 120 peer-reviewed papers in national and international journals. He has authored 4 books and edited 8 books relating to the recent trends in fashion and textiles. He has also published 30 book chapters and 20 conference papers in fashion and textiles. His research interest includes sustainable fashion and textiles, circular economy, waste management, advanced manufacturing, and social media marketing in fashion. Professor Rajiv Padhye is a Director of a Centre for Materials Innovation and Future Fashion at the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Australia. He did his PhD from Leeds University, UK. He has several national and international publications in various journals. Rajiv has supervised many PhD and Masters Students and published several book chapters, monogram, journal articles and books. Recently Rajiv has been honored by RMIT University with “Research Leadership” "Research excellence"and “Media Person 2012” awards. In 2003 Textile Institute, Manchester UK, has honoured him with Fellowship of the Textile Institute (FTI).