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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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Fabric Dyeing / Nwe Techs Commentary
Growing concern over freshwater use is encouraging closer examination of processes traditionally accepted as unavoidable components of large-scale textile production systems.

End of Invisible Dyeing Costs: Compliance Demands Are Redefining the Economics of Textile Production

  • Alok Goel
  • Rohini Swamy

5 June 2026
Beyond Headlines / Fashion & AI Analysis
A ten-year technology roadmap assumes the field will move in a legible direction. The history of AI development since 2020 suggests that assumption should be examined with care.

AI Promises Efficiency but the Fashion Industry Needs a Political Reckoning

  • Subir Ghosh

20 May 2026
 
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State of Machinery / Recycling Issue Commentary
Textile-to-textile recycling has moved beyond pilot experimentation into commercial production, with fibre recovery lines now operating at volumes that signal a permanent change in manufacturing logic.

An Industry Armed with Recycling Technology Now Confronts the Harder Problem of Scale

  • Special Correspondent

11 June 2026
Waste Crisis / Seconds Markets Analysis
Long-term relationships between sorters and importers function as informal quality governance systems where reputation and repeated transactions replace formal certification across international borders.

Affordable Clothing for Millions Hangs on a Regulatory Debate Built Without Evidence

  • Subir Ghosh

9 June 2026
 
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Return to Sender / Carbon Crisis Feature
Returned garments move through extensive transport loops that add thousands of unseen kilometres to each purchase, turning convenience into one of fashion’s largest emission sources.

Inside the Growing Carbon Crisis Behind Fashion’s Easy-Return Culture

  • Special Correspondent

23 October 2025
Fashion Accessories / Buttons Feature
Ecuador exports between 700 and 1,200 tonnes of corozo blanks per year. In 2011, the demand for the corozo skyrocketed, with 2,000 tonnes (about 1.5 billion blanks) exported. The goal is for demand to return to these levels because it helps people not to cut down the forests where corozo grows wild, since they can live on what the forest offers them.

A Rainforest, Palm Trees and Blanks that Make for Buttons

  • Richa Bansal

2 January 2023