Dr. Deepti Gupta is Professor in the Department of Textile & Fibre Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, since 2012. She has more than thirty-five years of teaching and research experience. Dr Gupta works in the area of Surface Functionalization and Eco-friendly finishing of textiles, Microbe Resistant textiles, Functional Clothing and Garment Sizing. She has published more than 100 papers, edited 6 books and contributed several chapters to books. She has the proud distinction of featuring on the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Stanford University list of 2% most cited scientists in the field of Materials. An assistive garment “Mamma Pod” developed by her team was awarded the Biotech Product and Process Development and Commercialization Award 2020 by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. In 2018, Dr Gupta was conferred the “outstanding Alumna Award” by her alma mater.