Rudrajeet Pal
Full Professor in Textile Value Chain
Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås
Rudrajeet Pal works as a Professor of Textile Value Chain at Swedish School of Textiles, University of Boras in Sweden. He has worked as textile and apparel industry expert in various multi-stakeholder projects for over 10 years, such as for The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (Textile ETP), Swedish National Platform for sustainable fashion and textiles.
In his academic career Rudrajeet has been an active investigator in several projects that have received funding from European Commission, European Education and Culture Executive Agency, Swedish Innovation Agency, on industrial sustainability in textiles and fashion value chains, in the areas of circular economy, traceability and digital production.
Rudrajeet holds a PhD in Engineering Science, Master’s in industrial economics and Bachelors in Textile Engineering from Finland, Sweden and India respectively, and has previously worked in both textile and IT sectors.