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.  The 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. Dr. K.V.Srinivasan, Managing Director, Premier Mills Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore.(Chairman).
2. Mr.Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, Chairman & Managing Director, Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd., Coimbatore. (Vice – Chairman)
3. Mr. J.Thulasidharan, Managing Director, The Rajaratna Mills Ltd., Coimbatore.
4. Mr. S.Venkat Kumar, Managing Director, Selvaraja Mills P. Ltd., Coimbatore.
5. Mr.E.Sathyanarayana, Managing Director, Sree Sathyanarayana Spinning Mills Ltd., Tanuku.
6. Mr. Gopinath Bala, Technical Director, Sri Venkatalakshmi Spinners (P) Ltd., Udumalpet.
7. Mr. K.Harish Kapil Kumar, Technical Director, Sri Kumaran Mills Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore.
8. Mr. Prashanth Chandran, Joint Managing Director, Precot Meridian Ltd., Coimbatore.
9. Mr. S.Dinakaran, Joint Managing Director, Sambandam Spinning Mills Ltd., Salem.
10. Mr. Durai Palanisamy, Managing Director, Shri Cheran Synthetic India Ltd., Pallipalayam

Permanent Members
11. The Managing Director, National Textile Corporation, Southern Regional Office, Coimbatore.
12. The President, Madura Coats Pvt. Limited, Bengaluru.
13. The Wholetime Director, The Lakshmi Mills Co. Ltd., Coimbatore.

Directors of the Textile Research Associations of India
14. Dr. Prakash Vasudevan, Director, The South India Textile Research Association, Coimbatore.
15. Mr.C.R. Prayag, Officiating Director, The Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association, Ahmedabad.
16. Dr. Anjan Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Director, The Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai.
17. Dr. Arindam Basu, Director General, Northern India Textile Research Association, Ghaziabad.

Scientific / Technical Members
18. Dr. A.N.Desai, Retd. Director, The Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai.
19. Dr. J.Srinivasan, Professor and Head, Fashion Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Representatives of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
20. The Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
21. The Joint Secretary (R&D), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
22. The Textile Commissioner, Office of the Textile Commissioner, Govt. of India, Mumbai.

Representatives of the Government of Tamil Nadu
23. The Commissioner of Handlooms and Textiles, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

Representatives 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.

Representatives of the Southern India Mills’ Association
25. Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association, Coimbatore.

Special invitees
26. The Director, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai (CSIR representative).
27. The Director, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
28. The Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, New Delhi.
29. Ms. Kothai, Managing Director, Sree Jeya Soundaram Textile Mills P. Ltd., Aruppukottai.
30. Mr. Thiyagu Valliappa, Executive Director, Sree Valliappa Textiles, Ltd, Bangaluru.