Dr. Siddhartha Rajagopal has vast experience of
over three decades in matters relating to international trade in textile and
clothing. He has a PhD in Management Studies and been with the textile industry for over 39
years. He has had the unique distinction of serving the entire gamut
of the textile value chain from fibre to fashion. During the course
of his career in the textile and clothing sector, Dr. Rajagopal has been a
member of several Indian delegations/negotiating groups sent by the Government
of India to the USA, European Union, and the WTO to discuss various
aspects of bilateral and multilateral trade in the textile and clothing
sector. Dr. Rajagopal has also been instrumental in conceiving
export promotion schemes and market development strategies for the garment and
textile sector and has organized India's participation in several textile
exhibitions/fairs and trade delegations, overseas and in India. He has had the
opportunity to travel extensively the world over, promoting the exports of
cotton textiles. He is currently engaged
with the implementation of the “Kasturi Cotton India” Project in collaboration
with the Cotton Corporation of India.