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Sagarika Sengupta

Consultant Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Sagarika Sengupta

Sagarika Sengupta is Consultant with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

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Leader Speak / Textile Chemistry Interview
The push to embed ecological performance into textile production requires chemistry that holds up under real industrial conditions, including shade consistency, throughput and process stability.

Brands Set Decarbonisation Targets and Expect Suppliers to Absorb the Cost

  • Subir Ghosh

15 June 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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Upcycling Fashion / Drawbacks Analysis
Distinctiveness has a ceiling that few briefs account for, and understanding where that ceiling sits matters more than chasing novelty without any restraint.

The Design Instinct Upcycled Fashion Brands Need to Unlearn

  • Special Correspondent

30 June 2026
Going Circular / Nature of Fashion Interview
Natural systems demonstrate working models of resilience and regeneration that industrial design has only recently begun to study with any rigour.

Circularity Without Decay Is Fashion Pretending Nature Doesn't Matter

  • Subir Ghosh

26 June 2026
 
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Fashion History / Mantua Feature
The mantua or manteau was a new fashion that arose in the 1670s. Instead of a bodice and skirt cut separately, the mantua hung from the shoulders to the floor (like dresses of earlier periods). It started as the female version of the men's banyan, worn for "undress" wear.

How a 17th Century Gown Ushered in Financial Freedom for Women in Europe

  • Sarah Bendall

3 January 2024
Export India / CMAI View Interview
The EFTA-India TEPA was signed by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles of India; Guy Parmelin, Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research; Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iceland; Dominique Hasler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstein and Jan Christian Vestre, Minister of Trade and Industry, Norway.

EFTA-India Trade Agreement Will Attract Investment to Garment Value Chain

  • Richa Bansal

20 March 2024