Dr Padhye is Director of the Centre for Advanced Materials and Performance Textiles at the School of Fashion and Textiles (RMIT University). His research interests include technical textiles, textile wet processing, protective textiles, high-performance textiles, nano materials, and medical textiles. He has produced several international publications in leading journals and book chapters.
Dr Nayak is currently working as a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Advanced Materials and Performance Textiles, part of the School of Fashion and Textiles (RMIT University). His research interests include nano fibers, technical textiles, high-performance textiles, and protective textiles. He has published contributions on his research in several international journals.