Abhijit Majumdar obtained bachelor's degree from Calcutta University in 1995 with first class first position in Textile Technology program. He acquired master's degree in Textile Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 1997 and doctorate in Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2006. He also holds an M.B.A. degree from IIT Delhi with specialization in Operations Management. He has worked in industries like Voltas Limited and Vardhman Group before joining academia. He taught in Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, West Bengal, India, between 1999 and 2007. He joined IIT Delhi as Assistant Professor in 2007. At present, he is working as Associate Professor in textile engineering group. His research areas include protective textiles, soft computing applications and operations and supply chain management. He has completed three research projects funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. He has published 70 research papers in international refereed journals and guided four Ph.D. students. He has edited two books published by Woodhead Publisher, U. K. and authored one monograph (Textile Progress) published by Taylor and Francis. He is the associate editor of Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series E (Chemical and Textile Engineering) published by Springer. He is a recipient of Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship of IIT Delhi (2009-2014) and Teaching Excellence Award (2015) of IIT Delhi.