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Ramona Vijeyarasa

Senior Lecturer University of Technology Sydney
Ramona Vijeyarasa

Ramona Vijeyarasa is Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney and Women's Leadership Institute Australia Research Fellow.

 

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Using law to make fashion industry fairer to women and Earth
 
 
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Knitwear Designs / India Market Interview
Knitwear built from fibre behaviour rather than trend cycles reflects a design philosophy where the yarn itself becomes the starting point for every creative and structural decision in the garment.

Indian Knitwear Gets a Design Overhaul as One Label Rejects Seasonal Limits

  • Richa Bansal

9 July 2026
Climate Action / Pakistan Cotton Interview
Resilience in agriculture often begins with small, repeated decisions made under uncertain conditions and constrained resources. This caption explores how incremental change accumulates into structural transformation across a working landscape shaped by necessity.

Climate Pressure Forces a Reckoning Across Pakistan's Cotton Belt

  • Richa Bansal

25 June 2026
 
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Event Roundup / IT Shenzhen Interview
The textile industry's pivot toward digital tools and sustainable materials represents not a single transition but a layered negotiation between commercial reality and environmental imperative

Old Fibres and New Intelligence Compete for the Soul of Textile Manufacturing

  • Subir Ghosh

21 July 2026
Event Roundup / Brussels 2026 Analysis
Decades of quiet infrastructure built around collection, grading and international redistribution now underpin any credible circular textile economy, though the sector rarely receives comparable attention in policy design.

Brussels Proved Circularity Has Grown up; Now Industry Needs to Catch up

  • Mohammed Patel

14 July 2026
 
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Cotton Production / Market India Interview
The rise in imports reflects short-term domestic supply constraints and competitive global prices, particularly for higher staple-length cotton.

‘MSP Isn’t Distorting Prices’: CCI Head on Imports, Yields, and the Road to Cotton Stability

  • Richa Bansal

28 November 2025
Ground Work / MANTRA Interview
Waterjet looms used for polyester or nylon saree production generate selvedge waste called chindi. Millions of metres of sarees are produced daily, and many players, specially the small ones, simply discard it or burn it in boilers as fuel. Some factories, it is said, substitute 20–30% coal with chindi, burning it at night, often between midnight and dawn, because coal is expensive. This is extremely polluting as it releases toxic emissions.

To Remain Competitive Globally, Surat Must Embrace Sustainability

  • Richa Bansal

29 October 2025
 
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