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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Dr Surinder Tandon, Senior Scientist with AgResearch, based at Lincoln, Canterbury, has been awarded the Institute Medal of the Royal Chartered Textile Institute (TI) at the 88th TI World Conference held recently near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The TI is the global association for textile professionals, and the medal is one of the Institute’s most prestigious honours, recognising distinguished service to the textile industry and the Institute. It has been awarded since 1921, and Dr Tandon is only the second New Zealand recipient.
In his 23 years of research at WRONZ, Canesis and now AgResearch, he has applied his research skills culminating in many commercial success stories for wool grower groups and industry which include several fit-for-purpose apparel and functional textiles.
Surinder, a member of the TI NZ Section since 1992 and a Fellow the TI, was its section chairman during 2004-07 period.
He developed collaborations with the other New Zealand textile professional groups, and fashion and design schools of several universities and polytechnics to organise combined events for sharing knowledge within the New Zealand textile fraternity.
Outside his research interests, he is involved in community work, being a member of the Rotary Club of Lincoln and chair of the Christchurch Multicultural Council.
Dr Surinder Tandon, Senior Scientist with AgResearch, based at Lincoln, Canterbury, has been awarded the Institute Medal of the Royal Chartered Textile Institute (TI) at the 88th TI World Conference held recently near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The TI is the global association for textile...
Dr Surinder Tandon, Senior Scientist with AgResearch, based at Lincoln, Canterbury, has been awarded the Institute Medal of the Royal Chartered Textile Institute (TI) at the 88th TI World Conference held recently near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The TI is the global association for textile professionals, and the medal is one of the Institute’s most prestigious honours, recognising distinguished service to the textile industry and the Institute. It has been awarded since 1921, and Dr Tandon is only the second New Zealand recipient.
In his 23 years of research at WRONZ, Canesis and now AgResearch, he has applied his research skills culminating in many commercial success stories for wool grower groups and industry which include several fit-for-purpose apparel and functional textiles.
Surinder, a member of the TI NZ Section since 1992 and a Fellow the TI, was its section chairman during 2004-07 period.
He developed collaborations with the other New Zealand textile professional groups, and fashion and design schools of several universities and polytechnics to organise combined events for sharing knowledge within the New Zealand textile fraternity.
Outside his research interests, he is involved in community work, being a member of the Rotary Club of Lincoln and chair of the Christchurch Multicultural Council.
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