Dr. Shaikh has received her graduation, post-graduation and PhD degrees, all in Textile Engineering from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara and joined the faculty of the University in 1990. She has been associated with this noble profession for more than 26 years. Dr. Shaikh’s scholarly interests are in cotton spinning, manmade textiles, technical textiles and Nano technology application in the textile field. She has written books, chapters for books, more than fifty research papers as well as review papers for reputed national and international journals, and has contributed precious papers in national as well as international symposiums.