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.