Silk Technology Syllabus & Subjects 2023: Semester-wise List, Top Colleges Syllabus PDF

Fundamentals of Knitting and Nonwoven Technology

It introduces learners to the principles of knitting such as weft knitting elements, weft knitted structures, science of knitting and the methods to produce nonwoven textiles.

Textile Management

The course deals with the objectives and structure of basic textile management. It also introduces to the principles of marketing management and machine and labour balancing in any textile industry.

Introduction to Textiles

It introduces learners to the Indian Textile Industry and basics of knitting, weaving and production of fabrics and garments.

Yarn Formation

It deals with the processes such as ginning, mixing, blending, carding, doubling, drafting and usage of various machinery for yarn formation.

Natural Fibres

It deals with the identification and production of various natural fibres such as cotton, wool, silk, jute, hemp, sisal and bamboo.

Preparatory and Coloration of Textiles

This subject deals with the processes of coloration of textiles such as Singeing, desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerization and dyeing of textiles.

Textile Polymer and Fibre Science

The course introduces the learners to the chemical composition of polymers, the process of polymerisation, structure of polymers, thermal properties and the rheology of polymers.

Fabric Formation Systems

It deals with the processes such as let-off systems, take-up, warp stop, weft stop, warp protector, box changing motions, dobby and jacquard.

Textile Printing and Finishing

This course deals with various printing methods such as print paste, printing styles, transfer printing and digital printing. It also deals with the methods of finishing such as softening of textiles, mechanical finish and carbonisation.

Textile Testing

It deals with the sampling methods for yarns, testing of yarns and testing of fabrics. It also deals with the chemical testing of textiles by implementing various chemical processes.

Rearing of Silk Worm

It introduces learners to the sericulture activity and the environmental conditions required for sericulture.

Advanced Yarn Manufacturing

It deals with the methods of spinning such as rotor spinning, air-jet spinning, friction and compact spinning. It also compares the traditional methods of spinning with the modern methods.

Garment Technology

The course deals with the methods of garment manufacturing, selection of fibres and fabric cutting, sewing, stitching and garment processing.

Man Made Fibres

The course introduces learners to the various man-made fibres, their production systems and the process of dry spinning, wet spinning, melt spinning and spin finish. It also deals with the production of bulk yarn and texturing of yarns.

Advanced Textile Mathematics

The subject introduces the learners to the calculations made for spinning, average count of yarn and calculations in garment manufacturing.

Advanced Fibre Physics

It deals with the concept of elasticity of fibres, thermal and electrical properties and the moisture-holding capacity of fibres.

Yarn Engineering

It deals with the importance of yarn, its structure and regularity and the methods of blending various constituent fibres.

Advanced Wet Processing

This subject deals with the dyeing of fibres, garment dyeing using various dyes within ecological standards and the developments in natural dyes.

Advanced Silk Technology

It introduces the learners to the advanced principles of silk technology such as Indian Silk Industry, production of silk through spinning, dyeing of silk and the new varieties of silk.

Advanced Apparel Production Technology

It deals with the advances in the apparel product development and the new methods of garment finishing and sewing.

Advancement in Manmade Fibres

The course deals with the advanced manmade fibres, spin finish application and high speed melting process to produced such fibres.

Advanced Fabric Manufacturing

It deals with the methods such as shuttle-less looms, projectile weaving machines, rapier weaving machines, air-jet and water-jet machines.

Advances in Chemical Processing of Textiles

It relates to the various combined pre-treatment methods, reduction in waste water load, process and quality control and the automation in dye house.

Fashion Designing

This course is an introduction to the fashion and apparel designing, psychology of clothes, elements and processes of designing.

Science of Clothing Comfort

It enables learners to production of thermo-friendly fibres and comfort clothing research. It also deals with the production of sports fabric for high-performance.

High Performance and Speciality Fibres

The course introduces candidates to the high performance fibres, aramid and aromatic polymers, carbon, optical, elastomeric and glass fibres.

Waste Management and Pollution Control in Textile

It deals with the methods to control textile effluents through chemical treatments, bleaching and handling various spinning and weaving waste.

Application of CAD in Textile

It deals with the application of Computer-Aided Design in database management systems, computerized knitting and weaving and the basics of database management.

Friction in Textiles

The subject deals with the laws of spin finish, its application and the remedies for charge development on fabric.

Nano Fibre Technology

It introduces the learners to the types and methods of producing functional nanofibers and the chemical compositions of various novel nanofibers.

Development in Fabric Formation

It deals with the concepts such as yarn quality norms, weft insertion methods and the management of weaving units.

Marketing Management

It equips the learners with the various concepts and principles of marketing management to analyse market demands for any textile and its import and export.

Medical Textiles

It deals with the production of biomaterials, bandages, pressure garments, implantable products and sutures.

Textile Testing

J.E. Booth

The author introduces learners to the mechanical properties of various textile materials as well as present various methods of calculations related to textile industry.

Polymer Characterisation

Hunt and James

The book deals with the principles of polymers, their composition, production and application in industries and laboratories.

Structural Mechanics of Fibres, Yarn and Fabrics

J.W.S. Hearle, P Grosberg, S Backer

The author introduces to the importance of yarns, its structure and methods of blending different fibres for a stronger yarn.

Silk Processing, Properties and Applications

K Murugesh Babu

This book is widely prescribed across all engineering colleges as a reference on the science of sericulture and the methods of silk processing.

Text Book of Fibre Science and Technology

S P Mishra

The author has prepared a treatise on the man-made fibres, high-performance fibres, their production and applications.

Polymers- Polymer Characterization and analysis

J I Kroschwitz, John Wiley and Sons

This book is a treatise on polymer characterization, its chemical and physical properties and their production.

Testing and Quality Management

V K Kothari

The author is an emeritus professor of repute and this work is a cited authority in the fabric testing and quality management.