Leather & Fashion Technology : Department Profile
The department of Leather Technology was established in the year 1978 to cater to the need of the diversifying leather industry of our country by providing skilled/trained manpower. Now in the year 2025, department has been renamed as Department of Leather and Fashion Technology to fulfill the requirement of Leather and Fashion Industry related to leather products. The department is a pioneering hub of creativity, technical expertise, and sustainable innovation. Department is upgraded with a vision to merge traditional craftsmanship with modern technology. The department nurtures professionals who can lead the global leather and fashion industry with confidence, competence, and conscience.
Our department bridges the gap between engineering and design, focusing on the development of eco-friendly materials, cutting-edge and green manufacturing technologies, and trendsetting fashion solutions related to leather products. The department offers academically rigorous, industry-aligned four-year B. Tech program in Leather and Fashion Technology that emphasize both scientific understanding and creative expression. Department is also offering Research Program (PhD) to promote research as well as innovation in the core area. The department has well equipped State of the Art laboratories with most of the modern facilities to meet out the experimental necessities of the programs.
Vision
The Department of Leather & Fashion Technology at HBTU aims at being a leader of sustainable innovation in the area of Leather & Fashion to produce quality technologists of world standards with social responsibility to deliver the benefits of the developed technologies to the people.
Departmental Activity
Mission
The mission of the Department of Chemical Technology- Leather & Fashion Technology are:
M1: To achieve academic excellence and practical knowledge in the fields of Leather, Leather Application, and allied areas.
M2: To inculcate technical competence in students for formulation, manufacture and application of advanced Leather with eco -friendly and sustainable approach.
M3: To develop state-of-art facilities for testing and consultancy for industry to make the department a center of excellence in the field of Leather & Fashion at global level.
M4: To develop indigenous and adaptable technologies related to Leather and Leather fashion for small scale production and to develop entrepreneurial skills, towards betterment of society.
M5: To cultivate strong ethical values to be a successful professional and to become life – long learn
Programmes
Under Graduate
B.Tech in Chemical Technology (Leather & Fashion Technology) since 2025.
PhD
Syllabus
Under Graduate
B.Tech in Chemical Technology (Leather & Fashion Technology)
Syllabus
PhD
Course structure for PhD program in different specializations.
PhD courses should be taken by students in consultation with their thesis supervisors.
The students are placed in reputed firms like TATA, LANXESS, STAHL etc,. and govt. positions in CLRI, OEF, GLI etc,. The department is connected to the local leather industry of Kanpur as well as other places like Kolkata, Jalandhar, Agra etc,. The students qualify GATE , GRE, CAT, Civil services etc,. regularly.
Laboratories
Micro Biology lab
Trinocular microscope with photographic arrangements, Autoclave, Student Microscope, Stage Micrometer, Centrifuge, Colony Counter Owen, Humidity Owen, Thermostatic Batch, Incubator, Paraffin Embedding Bath, Refrigerator.
Analytical Chemistry Lab
Mechanical shaker, Soxhlet apparatus, Rotaryshack, Vacuum Owen with Vacuum pump, UV-vis spectrophotometer, Electronic Weighing machine.
Leather Processing Lab
Fluffing Machine, Toggle Drier, Setting Machine, Buffing Machine, Spray Booth, Experimental Drum, Tannery Shaving Machine, Hydraulic Press.
Instrumentation Lab
PH Meter, Dissolved Oxygen Meter, Photoelectric Calorimeter, Spectrophotometer, Conductivity Meter, Tintometer Flame Photometer, Densitometer, Digital Conductivity Meter.
Physical Testing Lab
Abrasion Tester, Bursting Strength, Tester Crock Meter, Flexometer, Penetrometer, Tensile Testing Machine.
Facilities
The department has physical testing laboratory, chemical testing laboratory,microbiology laboratory, computer facilities and Leather processing workshop. All the laboratories have most of the required equipments for efficient conduction of laboratory practicals for the undergraduate students.
- Drum
- COD Analyser
- BOD Analyser
- Humidity chamber
- Laminar flow
- Do meter
- TDS meter, Conductivity meter, pH meter
- Muffle furnace
- Distillation chamber
- Hot air oven
- Autoclave
- Distillation column
Research/ Project/ Consultancy
Achievements
The students are placed in reputed firms like TATA, LANXESS, STAHL etc,. and govt. positions in CLRI, OEF, GLI etc,. The department is connected to the local leather industry of Kanpur as well as other places like Kolkata, Jalandhar, Agra etc,. The students qualify GATE , GRE, CAT, Civil services etc,. regularly.
Publication Details of Faculty
Paper Published by Sumant Chatterjee in International Union of Leather Technologists & Chemists Societies XXX Congress at Beizing , China in poster presentation category , Topic “Synthetic Resins & Leather Finishing”