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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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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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Country Overview / Ethiopia Report
The basic wage that workers get simply does not cover the cost of living in a big city. At the time of the survey, the average (monthly basic salary was 1,449 Ethiopian birr (ETB) (equivalent to about €26). Ironically, about two-third of the workers surveyed had to seek support from families living in the countryside in spite of being wage-earners. There are both internal and external factors that don't make a garment job so attractive.

It’s Now or Never for Ethiopia’s Garment Industry

  • Subir Ghosh

27 November 2023
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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