Factory Manager | Mill Manager | Cotton Spinning Specialist
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Strategic and result-oriented Cotton Spinning professional with 30+ years of experience in coarse, fine and superfine cotton yarn manufacturing, mill operations, maintenance coordination, process compliance, and productivity improvement across India and Africa. Experienced in KPI-driven mill management systems with strong focus on productivity, quality consistency, machine reliability, energy control, and profitability. Extensive expertise in 100% cotton ring spinning operations from Ne 20s to Ne 105s, including compact, Eli-Twist, slub, core-spun and superfine yarn manufacturing on Lakshmi Machine Works, Lakshmi-Rieter, Rieter, Zinser and Marzoli platforms.
Strong exposure in leading complete mill operations including Production, Maintenance, Utilities, Quality, Planning, Cost Control, SOP implementation, CAPA systems, workforce discipline, energy optimisation, and operational audits, along with effective control of OPEX through productivity, manpower, power, and consumable optimisation, and CAPEX planning for machinery modernisation, balancing, and automation projects. Experienced in handling large-scale spinning operations up to 72,000 spindles with responsibility for productivity, machine reliability, quality consistency, manpower management, and profitability improvement. Recognised for shop-floor leadership, process discipline, technical troubleshooting, and delivering high-quality yarn at optimised manufacturing cost in competitive global markets.
General Manager – Technical at Sri Bhagirath Textile Limited (2026-01 – Present)
62000 spindles entire operations manufacturing 20s Ne to 50s Ne cotton yarns. Reporting to Vice President and heading 65 staff & 250+ workforce team. Responsible for end-to-end production operations of hosiery, slub, compact cotton yarn
Deputy General Manager – Production at Lavino Kapur Cottons Private Ltd. (2022-01 – 2026-01)
Leading International-standard 100% bleached cotton product Technical Textile unit - (100% EOU). Reporting to Director and leading 40 staff & 350+ workforce team. Responsible for end-to-end production operations of 100% bleached cotton technical textile products.
Production Head - Spinning at Kanoria Africa Textile PLC (2020-01 – 2022-01)
Vertically integrated yarn-to-garment operation spread over 15 hectares. Reporting to CEO. Lead 28 staff & 102 workforce. Managed spinning operations of 3200 MT/annum including in-house and sale yarn. 100% cotton yarn manufacturing of count 12s Ne to 40s Ne open end yarn manufacturing.
QA Head – Yarn Division at Nova Denim Ltd. (2018-01 – 2020-01)
Oversaw quality assurance of 6400 MT/annum yarn production. Introduced robust cotton purchase and customer feedback loop systems. 100% cotton yarn of range 20s Ne to 80s Ne ring frame on LR ring 72 Thousand spindles.
Chief Manager – Yarn Manufacturing at Arvind Mills Ltd. (2017-01 – 2018-01)
Led complete spinning mill operations for 48,000 ring spindles manufacturing fine cotton yarn counts Ne 40s–60s for 3500 MT/annum yarn operation set up. Responsible for production, maintenance coordination, quality, manpower utilisation, and operational stabilisation.
Deputy General Manager (Technical) at NTCL, Head Office Delhi (Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India) (2016-01 – 2017-01)
Supervised operational and technical performance of 23 spinning mills comprising 800,000+ ring spindles.
Senior Manager – Spinning Operations at Nahar Industries Ltd. (2011-01 – 2016-01)
Led complete spinning operations of 36,000 ring spindles producing fine and value-added yarns including compact, slub, Eli-Twist, and core-spun yarns. Managed production planning, maintenance coordination, quality consistency, workforce discipline, and productivity improvement initiatives. 11,000 MT/annum yarn production with manufacturing cost < ₹1600/Ton.
Earlier Roles at Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Gujarat & LNJ Denim, Rajasthan (1995-01 – 2011-01)
Gained foundational expertise in superfine yarns, denim yarn manufacturing, and modernisation of legacy machinery.
Diploma in Textile Manufacturing Technology – R.C.T.I. Ahmedabad (1992-01 – 1995-01)
Specialisation in Leadership – Queen Mary University of London
Course in Foundations of Management – IESE Business School
Advanced Diploma in Microsoft Applications – NIIT
