The governing body of SITRA is called ‘Council of Administration’ which initially consisted of seven elected representatives from the textile industry among others.  Subsequently, in 1996-97, the strength of elected members was increased to ten members with a view to giving wider representation to the member mills.  Council of Administration  consists of  members elected from among member mills; representatives from Government of India, co-opted scientists and permanent members; Directors of the four cotton textile research associations; representative each from CSIR, Government of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society and Southern India Mills’ Association. The last retiring Chairman of the Council of Administration and last retiring Director are ex-officio members. The inclusion of the directors of other textile laboratories ensures co-operation among them, avoids unnecessary duplication of work and at the same time provides an opportunity for discussions on common problems and exchange of information. At present the Council of Administration consists of 25 members.

Elected members

1. Mr.SanjayJayavarthanavelu, Chairman & Managing Director, Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd., Coimbatore. (Chairman)
2. Mr.E.Sathyanarayana, Managing Director, Sree Sathyanarayana Spinning Mills Ltd., Tanuku. (Vice-Chairman)
3. Dr. K.V.Srinivasan, Managing Director, Premier Mills Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore.
4. Mr. J.Thulasidharan, Managing Director, The Rajaratna Mills Ltd., Coimbatore.
5. Mr. Gopinath Bala, Technical Director, Sri Venkatalakshmi Spinners (P) Ltd., Udumalpet.
6. Mr. S.Dinakaran, Joint Managing Director, Sambandam Spinning Mills Ltd., Salem.
7. Mr. Durai Palanisamy, Managing Director, Shri Cheran Synthetic India Ltd., Pallipalayam
8. Mr. Prashanth Chandran, Managing Director, Precot Meridian Ltd., Coimbatore.
9. Dr. S.K. Sundararaman, Executive Director, Siva Texyarn Ltd., Coimbatore.

10. Mr. Thyagu Valliappa, Executive Director, Sree Valliappa Textiles, Ltd, Bangaluru.

Directors of the Textile Research Associations of India

11. Dr. Anjan Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Director, The Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai.
12. Dr. Arindam Basu, Director General, Northern India Textile Research Association, Ghaziabad.
13. Shri Pragnesh Shaw, Director, The Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association, Ahmedabad.
14. Dr. Prakash Vasudevan, Director, The South India Textile Research Association, Coimbatore. 

Representatives of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India 

15. The Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

16. The Joint Secretary (R&D), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
17. The Textile Commissioner, Office of the Textile Commissioner, Govt. of India, Mumbai. 

Representative of the Government of Tamil Nadu 

18. The Commissioner of Handlooms and Textiles, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. 

Permanent Members 

19. The Managing Director, National Textile Corporation, Southern Regional Office, Coimbatore.
20. The President, Madura Coats Pvt. Limited, Bengaluru.
21. The Wholetime Director, The Lakshmi Mills Co. Ltd., Coimbatore. 

Scientific / Technical Members 

22. Dr. A.N.Desai, Retd. Director, The Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai.
23. Dr. J.Srinivasan, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Fashion Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. 

Representative of the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd., Chennai.

24. The Managing Director, The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd., Chennai. 

Representative of the Southern India Mills’ Association

25. Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association, Coimbatore. 

Special invitees

1. The Director, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
2. The Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, New Delhi.
3. The Director, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai (CSIR representative).
4. Mr. Divyar S. Nagarajan, President, Dyers Association of Tirupur.
5. Mr. Raja M. Shanmugam, President, Tirupur Exporters Association, Tirupur.
6. Mr. Suresh Manoharan, Executive Director, Best Color Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd., Tirupur.
7. Mr. K.Harish Kapil Kumar, Technical Director, Sri Kumaran Mills Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore.
8. Mr.Rohit Rajendran, Executive Director, Premier Spg & Wvg Mills Pvt Ltd.