chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2011-12
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Organized India Carpet Expo from
29 th October to 1 st November, 2010 at
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University
Ground at Varanasi where 257
manufacturers & exporters displayed
their exhibits and 229 overseas
carpet buyers from all over the world
visited the fair.
Instituted Export Awards for the years
2007-08 and 2008-09 for outstanding
export performance to the exporters
of handmade carpets and other floor
coverings on 29 th October, 2010 at
Varanasi. Hon’ble Minister of State
for Textiles gave away the award of
trophies and certificates of merits to
28 exporters.
Organized Buyer Seller Meet in Agra
on 2 nd November, 2010 were 25
manufacturer-exporters from Agra
displayed their products and 15
buyers attended the meet.
● Organized participation in
Japantex,2010 from 17-19
November,2010 at Tokyo (Japan)
wherein 5 member-exporters
participated.
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Organized participation in ATF Show,
2010 from at Cape Town (South Africa
from 24-26 November, 2010 wherein
5 member-exporters participated.
SOCIETIES/INSTITUTES
Indian Institute of Carpet Technology
(IICT), Bhadohi.
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Indian Institute of Carpet Technology,
popularly known as IICT, has been
set up by Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of
India in 1998 as a registered Society
under the Society Registration Act,
1860. IICT became truly functional in
the year 2001 by launching B.Tech.
(Carpet & Textile Technology)
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programme, a unique degree
programme in Asia, with 20 intakes
which has been raised subsequently
to 60. IICT was set up by Ministry
of Textiles, Govt. of India to provide
all possible technical support to the
Carpet, Textile & other related sectors
in the form of technical experts,
Research & Development, etc. for the
continual growth & make the industry
competitive at the world level. Institute
has been constantly trying to fulfill
long time pending demand of the
sector for technical experts through
its B.Tech. Technocrats. Industry
has also come forward and placed
these technocrats suitably in their
organisation. IICT is providing world
class quality education to its students
by targeting to meet the anticipated
requirements of the stake holders
through formal or informal feedbacks
from the various organisations time
to time. In addition to B.Tech. other
trainees of the institute in various
courses have also been doing well
and holding good positions in the
organisations. Institute has been ISO-
9001:2008 certified and its laboratory
is NABL (National Accreditation
Board for Testing and Callibration
Laboratories) accredited which
makes its testing reports given to the
exporters valid in many countries of
the world. B. Tech. programme of the
institute is approved by AICTE, New
Delhi & affiliated to U. P. Technical
University, Lucknow. It is also
approved by The Textile Institute;
Manchester (UK). Institute had
received the Best Performer Award
from the U. P. Technical University.
NBA (National Board of Accreditation)
has accredited the institute for 3 years
during the visit.
All the seats are filled up through
AIEEE & Central Counselling
Board (CCB), New Delhi. Besides
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