Prof. Rajkishore Nayak is an associate professor at the Department of Fashion Merchandising, School of Communication & Design, RMIT University. He holds a B.Tech. (fashion and textiles) from Utkal University, India, and an M.Tech. (fashion and textiles) from MD University, India. He then completed a Ph.D. degree in fashion and textiles at RMIT University, Melbourne. His teaching disciplines include sustainable fashion and textiles, automation and AI, research methods, etc. He has supervised four Ph.D. theses and four master's students. He has published over 120 papers in various journals, receiving more than 2000 citations. His interests include fashion sustainability, green logistics, AI and advanced technology, fashion and textile recycling, ethical fashion and consumerism, apparel technology, humans and the environment, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development.