Charudatta Prayag

Charudatta Prayag

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Former Deputy Director of the Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association, Independent Director(Certified by IICA), Empanelled Lead Assessor, NABL-QCI

  • Education

    • VJTI

      1981 - 1983
      Master of Textiles Open end spinning By research

      Activities and Societies: Contributed article to college magazine Completed a course in the German Language from Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai

    • A C College of Technology, Madras

      1976 - 1981
      Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Apparel and Textiles A

      Activities and Societies: Member of Quiz, Lierary and Debating Society

    • Kendriya Vidyalaya. I I T., Madras

      1971 - 1976
      A

      Activities and Societies: Member of the College Quiz, Literary and Debating Society Member of the Textile Association(India)- was Ho.Jt.Secretary of the TAI. MP Unit and also the founder-editor of its Newletter "TAI-VOICE" Visiting Faculty at the DAVV University, Indore for Textiles Member of the Management Committee of the SVITS Instute, Indore as Textile Expert Visiting Faculty for New Girls College, for Home Sciences(Textiles), Indore Guide for GMTA programme of the TAI Mittelstufe-II (M-II) certificate from the Max-Mueller Bhavan, Bombay for German LanguageAwarded the Fellowship of the Textile Association(TAI) for expertise in TextilesPublished/Presented over 35 papers in International/National Conferences/Journals in area of TextilesQualified as Lead Assessor of the NABL(National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) Assessed over 30 national and multi-national consumer product laboratories in India and in… Show more Mittelstufe-II (M-II) certificate from the Max-Mueller Bhavan, Bombay for German LanguageAwarded the Fellowship of the Textile Association(TAI) for expertise in TextilesPublished/Presented over 35 papers in International/National Conferences/Journals in area of TextilesQualified as Lead Assessor of the NABL(National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) Assessed over 30 national and multi-national consumer product laboratories in India and in BangladeshAs Quality Manager, ATIRA Testing Laboratories, AHmedabad, successfully acquired the NABL certification for the first time ever for ATIRATrained over 1000 textile managers, technical supervisors and operators from over 100 textile mills from India and abroad.Have acquired testing skills through training at the ITV, Denkendorf in Germany and from reputed Textile instrument and machinery manufacturing companies in Switzerland, Germany and the USA Show less

  • Experience

    • Century Textiles & Industries, Mumbai

      Nov 1983 - Dec 1989
      R&D Officer

      Improved the cleaning efficiency of blowroom and cardsLed R&D Projects to help achieve excellence in Quality and Productivity

    • Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association(ATIRA)

      Dec 1989 - Dec 2007
      Deputy Director

      Offerred consultancy in -complete Textile management for spinning and weaving to over 100 mills in IndiaCompleted applied Research and Development in projects spinning, weaving and knittingsponsored by Ministry of Textiles and IndustryPrepared techno-economic feasibility reports for over 50 mills in IndiaTrainer for textile quality and productivity action and target oriented implementation programmes using concepts of TQMImplemented the ISO/IEC 17205-2005 in the Physical and Chemical Testing Laboratories in ATIRA. Trained as Lead Assessor for ISO/IEC 17205-2005 at NABL. Assessed more than 20 national and international consumer product services laboratories in India and Bangladesh. Honorary member of advisory committees in Govt. and educational bodies. Show less

    • Truetzschler India Pvt.Ltd.

      Jan 2008 - May 2014
      Head(Product Technology)

      R&D, Technology, Training

    • Indorama Synthetics

      Jun 2014 - Nov 2015
      Asst.Vice President-CTS

      Application of staple fibre and filament yarns in textiles

    • Textile Consultant

      Nov 2015 - Apr 2016
      Spinning, Testing and Lab accreditation

      Improving Productivity and quality, yarn realisation, analysis and interpretation of test results-spectrograms, problem solving, skill development, product-mix and raw materials optimisation, Lab accreditation

    • Radius Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

      May 2016 - Oct 2016
      Project Head

      Offering Textile Solutions

    • Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA)

      Oct 2016 - Apr 2019
      Deputy Director

      Heading team of Textile Testing & Calibration Labs, Chemical Tech, E & IT, Environmental Engg,, HR and Admin

    • Independent Practioner -Textiles

      Feb 2019 - now
      Technology Specialist

      Textile Technology Expert- for manufacture of Yarns, conventional and technical textiles-including geotextiles, nanofibres, specialty textiles, laboratory management systems, quality management systems

    • Radius Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

      Apr 2019 - now

      Textile Management Services

      • Project Manager

        Apr 2019 - now
      • Project Head

        Apr 2019 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Independent Director

      (Certified by IICA, Ministry of Corporate Affairs), Former Drputy Director, Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association(ATIRA}
    • Former Dy Director, Ahmedabad Textile Industry;s Research Association

      Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA)
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Charudatta Prayag
      Referee for Textile Research Journal Indian Journal of Textile Research Jan 2006
    • Awarded to Charudatta Prayag
      Lead Assessor, NABL NAtional Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration of Labs Dec 2005 Qualified to Assess Testing Labs. for the ISO'IEC 17025:2005 Standard
    • Awarded to Charudatta Prayag
      Fellowship of the Textile Association, FTA Textile Association(India) Nov 1998 For recognition of contribution in the promotion of excellence of Textiles
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Hon.Jt.Secretary

      Issued by Textile Association of India on Jan 1996
      Textile Association of IndiaAssociated with Charudatta Prayag
    • Founder Editor of Newsletter TAI-VOICE

      Issued by Textile Association India MP Unit on Dec 1996
      Textile Association India MP UnitAssociated with Charudatta Prayag