Elections of the ITMF Board for the term 2023-2025

Mr. K. V. Srinivasan (India) elected as new ITMF President

Mr. Juan Parès (Spain) was re-elected and Mr. Mustafa Denizer (Türkiye) elected as Vice Presidents of the Federation.

Mr. Ernesto Maurer (Switzerland) was elected as Honorary Treasurer.

The following persons were re-elected to the Non-executive Board:

• Mr. Uday Gill (Thailand)

• Mr. Salman Ispahani (Bangladesh)

• Mr. Tae Jin Kang (Korea)

• Mr. Mohammad Kassem (Egypt)

• Ms. Suchita Jain Oswal (India)

• Mrs. Michelle Tjokrosaputro (Indonesia)

• Mr. Yingxin Xu (China)

The following persons were elected as new Non-executive Board Members:

• Mr. Stefan Hutter (Singapore)

• Mr. Anees Khawaja (Pakistan)

• Mr. Than Duc Viet (Vietnam)

• Ms. Yan Yan (China) Mr. Rafael Cervone (Brazil), Mr. John Cheh (Hong -Kong, China), Mr. Muharrem Kayhan (Türkiye), and Mr. Loek de Vries (Netherlands) were co-opted to the Board.

Mr. Ruizhe Sun (China) was appointed Honorary Life Member of the Federation in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Federation as Vice President (2016-2020) and as President (2020-2023).

K.V. Srinivasan (India)

President

Education

1983: Completed B.Tech. in Textile Technology at PSG College of Technology

1984: Obtained M.Sc in Textile Technology from the University of Manchester

1986: Obtained a Ph.D from the University of Manchester for research work in warp spinning technology

Scholarship/Awards

1984: William Jones Scholarship?1985: University of Manchester Overseas Research Student Award 1986: Textile Institute Scholarship

Professional Career

• On completion of Ph.D worked on a joint research project between Mezdan, Platts Saco Lowell and University of Manchester on evaluation of splicing of spun yarns

• Managing Director of Premier Mills Pvt Ltd and Premier Fine Linens Pvt Ltd

• Member of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation from 2000 to 2003

• Chairman of the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), Coimbatore, from 2007 to 2009

• Chairman of the South India Textile Research Association, Coimbatore, from 2016 to 2019

• Chairman of The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, Mumbai, (TEXPROCIL) from 2018 to 2020

• Vice President of ITMF from 2018