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Meet
INDUSTRY
Role of Professionals in Present
Industrial Scenario
The Industry plays an important role for various students’ activities such as Internships,
Graduation Projects, Design Collections, Exposure Visits and Placements, to name a few. The
professionals from the industry play an important part in mentoring the talents of the students.
To understand their role further, an event was held on 29th August 2012 at NIFT, Kolkata
Auditorium and was jointly organized by the Kolkata centres of National Institute of Fashion
Technology, Apparel Export Promotion Council and Apparel Training and Design Centre...
The border topic on which the distinguished dignitaries
including Industry Speakers deliberated upon was the Role of
Professionals in present Industry Scenario. The objective of
this Industry Meet was to deliberate on the various issue for the
budding professional of NIFT and ATDC.
The Role played by the Industry
Representatives
The industry representatives are fully equipped, with their
experience and knowledge, to discuss the issues related to the
industry expectation from the students who are ready to join and
serve the industry. Such a mentorship can help the students prepare
to meet the industry expectations. The students can understand the
career growth chart. The faculty and officials of NIFT and ATDC
who prepare the students to serve the industry, can also get the latest
industry requirements from their students.
The Event
The event of Industry Meet – 2012 was inaugurated with
lighting of the lamp by the distinguished dignitaries on the dais.
Prof. B. Banerjee, Director, NIFT, Kolkata gave the welcome
speech and explained the role and responsibility of NIFT Kolkata,
to the gathering inclusive of the industry representatives. The
distinguished dignitaries enlightened the participants on the broader
theme of the Meet in the inaugural session; which was followed by
the technical session where the eminent industry speakers gave their
presentation on various topics. The final year student participants
got a fair knowledge regarding the requirement of the Industry,
Industry expectation from the budding professionals, various career
avenues and career growth opportunities in the various sectors.
There was also an open session for an interactive discussion amongst
the industry representatives, student participants, dignitaries and the
eminent speakers.
The Dignitaries that were present
• Shri Vijay Mathur, Secretary General, AEPC – Chief Guest
• Ms. Heena Gorsia, President, Indo-American Chamber of
Commerce, Guest of Honour
• Shri. Anil Buchasia, Executive Committee Member of AEPC,
Chairman – Local Management Committee(LMC) of ATDC, Hon’ble
Member of SLAC, NIFT - Chairperson – Technical session
• Shri Ranjan Dasgupta, Additional Director, Apparel Export
Promotion Council (AEPC), Special Guest
Participants
Some of the representatives of the Industry were as follows: UCS
Apparels Pvt. Ltd, Amrit Exports Pvt. Ltd, Pantaloon Retail India
Ltd, D2 International Pvt. Ltd, Radhamani International, Jay Ganesh
Enterprises, Rupa and company Pvt. Ltd, Jayashree Textiles,
Designer Exports,Maa Kali Textiles, Earthy Myths, Ruhul Computex
Pvt. Ltd, Enfield Apparels Ltd, Ice Fire Clothing Co. Pvt. Ltd, Rangoli
Sarees Ltd, Sriniketan Fashions, RM International and many others
The event ended with a vote of thanks by Shri Ranjan Dasgupta,
Additional Director, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC).
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