After inaugurating the National Textile Conference-2015 (NTC) on ‘Make In India: Destination Textiles’ organised by The Textile Association (India), Textile Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar assured the attendees that he would look into the problems faced by the industry and advised the organisers to forward the outcome of the deliberations of two days conference.
The Textile Association (India) - Delhi had organised the ‘National Textile Conference – 2015’ on October 26 and 27, 2015 at PHD House, New Delhi. Sunaina Tomar, Jt. Secretary (Textiles) and Geeta Narain, Jt. Secretary (Textiles) were also present during the inaugural session. Industry leaders like Shekhar Agarwal, Vice Chairman, LNJ Bhilwara Group, V.K. Ladia, Founder Chairman, Shri Rajasthan Syntex Group, Sanjay Jain, Managing Director, TT Limited, Anil Jain, Managing Director, Jain Textile Industries, Shantanu Agarwal, Executive Director, BMD, VK Indrayan and several other industry professionals also attended the conference.
Tomar in her address focused on various issues faced by the textile industry that were subsequently taken up for discussion during the conference sessions. A panel discussion titled ‘Industry Speaks’ was organised, which saw Agarwal, Ladia, Jain, express their views. The panel discussion was moderated by Vikas Bhargava, Organising Secretary of NTC’15.
Closing ceremony on the second day witnessed SK Panda, Secretary Textiles as Chief Guest, who assured complete attention of the Government to the outcome of the conference. He emphasised on the optimised use of the Technology Up-gradation Fund. He also suggested the industry to utilise the funds and schemes launched by the various state governments. Kavita Gupta encouraged the industry to work on research and development to make newer products and also talked about the unique fabrics that India produced during its glorious history.
Ranbir K. Vij, the Chairman of the conference delivered the welcome address, while Anil Gupta, the Trustee of TA(I) Delhi and past president talked about TA(I)’s various functions and activities. Sudhish Aggarwala, President, TA(I)-Delhi in his address summarised the reasons for holding the conference, the situation faced by the textile industry today and its capability of contributing to wealth and employment generation and the vision of the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ campaign. Dignitaries such as RC Jain, Chairman, TT Limited, RP Soni, Chairman, Sangam Group Industries, Balwant Rai, S. K. Khandelia, President Sutluj Group were honored with lifetime achievement awards. Apart from this, scholarships worth INR 1,00,000 were also awarded to some meritorious students.
On the occasion, young designers from Fashion Department of the Amity University, Ginni Devi Girls College ( Modinagar) and TIT&S showcased their wearable designs that were modern yet inspired by India.
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