Nandan Kumar

About

Dr. Nandan Kumar is a technical textiles professional with a PhD and MSc from the University of Leeds, UK, and over two decades of hands-on experience spanning research, product development, and manufacturing.
As Managing Director of High Performance Textiles Pvt. Ltd. (HPT), he leads the development and spinning of advanced composite yarns using high-performance fibres — including para-aramid, meta-aramid, UHMWPE, modacrylic, FR nylon, FR viscose, PPS, and stainless steel — deploying innovative spinning technologies for demanding protective and industrial applications.
Recognising the critical gap between laboratory research and commercial-scale production, Dr. Kumar founded the Institute of Technical Textiles (ITT) — a dedicated facility for bulk-scale trials and applied product development, enabling faster translation of fibre science into manufacturable solutions.
He is the Vice-Chairman of the Indian Technical Textiles Association (ITTA), an association focused towards supporting companies interested in getting into technical textiles.

Employment

• High Performance Textiles Pvt. Ltd Director
  2010 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (10)

• Mechanical performance of hard particle impregnated hybrid yarn woven fabrics for occupational cut protection
  International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics 2026 DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2026.2718645
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• Sensorial Comfort Behavior of Cut Protective Fabric Woven from High-Performance Core Spun Yarn
  TEKSTİL VE KONFEKSİYON 2026 DOI: 10.32710/tekstilvekonfeksiyon.1766245
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• Modelling and experimental investigation of multilayered nonwoven-microperforated foil hybrid panels for advanced sound attenuation
  Applied Acoustics 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.111158
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• Protection Against Thermal Hazards: Large and Small Molten Metal Splashes
  2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-2953-7_11
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• Design and Development of Comfortable Cut-Protective Workwear: A Review
  Tekstilec 2025 DOI: 10.14502/tekstilec.68.2025021
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• Modelling the acoustic behaviour of tricot fabrics using metaheuristic optimization algorithms
  Swarm and Evolutionary Computation 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.swevo.2025.102186
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• MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR CALCULATING BREAKING ENERGY OF COMPONENT YARNS IN DUAL-SHEATH SINGLE-CORE HYBRID YARN
  Tekstil ve Mühendis 2025 DOI: 10.7216/teksmuh.1563481
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• Thermophysiological Comfort Behaviour of Cut Protective Workwear Consisting of Filament Twisted Multicomponent Hybrid Yarn
  Tekstilec 2024 DOI: 10.14502/tekstilec.67.2024085
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• Testing Cut-Resistance of Protective Textiles: ISO 13997 and ASTM F 2992
  Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s40034-024-00290-2
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• Technical textiles for protection against Arc-flash fire: Savesplash®
  WEENTECH Proceedings in Energy 2020 DOI: 10.32438/WPE.0602100
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