Biographical note

Anindya Ghosh is an Associate Professor at the Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, West Bengal, India. He has experience of working in the textile spinning industry as a shift engineer before studying for his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, in 2004. He also received the Career Award for Young Teacher–2009 from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He has more than 17 years of teaching experience. His research areas include yarn manufacturing, yarn and fabric structures, artificial intelligence, modelling and simulation, statistical quality control, optimization and decision-making techniques. He has published more than 80 papers in various refereed journals, and co-authored two books. Subhasis Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Textile Technology, Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore. He was awarded a gold medal for his M.Tech. in Textile Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has 1 year experience of working in the textile industry before joining academia. His research work involves artificial intelligence, optimization and decision-making techniques. He has published 42 research papers and conference proceedings. Bapi Saha is an Assistant Professor of mathematics at the Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, West Bengal, India. He previously received the Junior Research Fellowship from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, MHRD, Government of India, and worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Statistical Institute. He has more than ten years of teaching experience, and his research interests include mathematical biology, biostatistics, and stochastic modelling. He has published 10 research articles, including a single-author article, in peer-reviewed international journals. He has also published articles in the proceedings of national and international conferences and has co-authored 1 book.