Dr K Selvaraju, who is a Doctorate in Textiles, began his humble career with S.Kumars, Mumbai and Madura Coats in Tamilnadu, rose to the position of Secretary General of Coimbatore based The Southern India Mills’ Association. He has more than 41 years of industry experience in total and 36 years of experience in SIMA. He advised more than 1000 mills for improving HR systems and productivity and conducted over 1500 HRD programmes. He represents many Committees of State and Central Governments relating to textiles. He is also a member on Board of Studies of various educational institutions for advising curriculum on textiles.

He is also the Secretary General of SIMA’s sister organization viz., SIMA Cotton Development & Research Association and Secretary for SIMA Textile Processing Centre Limited.

Dr Selvaraju has travelled several countries on his textile mission.