Dr. B. K. Behera

Dr. B. K. Behera

Dr B. K. Behera is working as professor in the Department of Textile Technology, Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi. His area of specialization includes Fabric manufacturing, Textile
Structural Composites, Mechanics of Textile Structure and Project Management. His Current
research interest includes Design and manufacturing of Textile structural composites, Green
composites, 3D weaving, Weaving of Profiled structures and Protective Clothing. Prof Behera
has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and delivered more than 120 talks in various
international conferences and symposia. He has authored and co-authored 14 books relating to
Textile structural Mechanics, Soft computing in Textiles and Weaving Technology. Prof. Behera has supervised more than 70 PhD and Master thesis. He has five patents to his credit. Prof. Behera has successfully completed 18 sponsored research projects and more than 70 industrial consultancy projects as principal investigator. He has also worked as visiting professor in Shinshu university Japan and Technical university of Liberec, Czech Republic. He has been an
invited speaker in many foreign universities which includes Technical university Liberec, VUTS research centre Czech Republic, Dresden University Germany, Institute of Materials – Hungery and Promatech Machinery Research centre Italy. Prof. Behera is member of governing council of several reputed Textile institutions. He is also member of Board of Directors of three different textile companies in India.