ONLINE CONFERENCE ‘TECHNICAL TEXTILE -THE FUTURE OF INDIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY’

I MC Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Industry and Trade Committee organised an online Conference ‘Technical Textile -The Future of Indian Textile Industry’.

Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble Union Minister for Textiles and Women & Child Development, Government of India addressed the conference as the Chief Guest. The Hon’ble Minister said that Agri-tech is also an important area along with other 12 major areas of the technical textile. The Chamber can take initiative to work on addressing the issues relating to the Agri-tech area of technical textile. She also mentioned that there is a huge growth potential in the areas of Medical textile, Sport textile and Geo Textile, covered during the conference.

She mentioned that the Chamber can reach out to MSMES to create awareness about technical textile so that MSMES can also be a part of growth of technical textile sector. She added that India has proven its ability to innovate and rise to the challenge with limited resources and time by transferring the Covid19 crisis into an opportunity. She mentioned that government is committed to ensure skill development in technical textile sector.

Mr Rajiv Podar, President, IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry in his welcome address said that India’s strengths have already been defined in traditional textiles and natural fibres globally. In recent years, manmade fibres have gained importance. India is now the second largest producer of polyester in the world and is emerging as a key player in the technical textiles industry. He added that this conference is an initiative towards bringing together leading experts in the field of technical textiles and deliberates on what the industry and the government could do to realise the immense potential that exists in manufacturing and export of technical textile.