Book English 2011.p65 - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textilesAgrotextiles, several awarenessprogrammes had been conducted invarious agricultural hubs of the countryduring the year; the list of the sameduring the current period is as below:●●●●Conducted a Half Day "AwarenessProgramme on Testing and TechnicalService and other R&D activities ofSASMIRA" at Tarapur IndustrialManufacturers' Association (TIMA)Auditorium, Tarapur on 25th June2009. SASMIRA's various activitiesand facilities were presented in theseminar.One day Seminar on ProphylacticAgrotextiles-Advantages & Futureprospects, at NAU Seminar Hall,NAU, Navsari dated 25th Aug 2009.This Seminar was jointly organisedby the Office of the TextileCommissioner and SASMIRA inassociation with NAU and MANTRA.Shri A.B. Joshi, TextileCommissioner, Office of the TextileCommissioner, Govt. of Indiainaugurated the seminar. Around 200farmers attended the seminar apartfrom the manufacturers, suppliers,academicians from Agrotextilessectors.Seminar on 'Protective Agrotextiles:Advantages and Future Prospects'dated 5th March 2010 at TrainingHall, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Main DryFarming Station, JAU, Targhadia,Rajkot, Gujarat. This Seminar wasjointly organised by the Office of theTextile Commissioner and SASMIRAin association with Krishi VigyanKendra, Targadhia and JunagadhAgricultural University, Junagadh Theawareness programme was attendedby the farmers, manufactures,suppliers, academicians, from theAgrotextiles sectors.Seminar on Protective Agrotextilesdated 22nd March 2010 at HotelFortune Murali Park, Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh. This Seminar wasjointly organised by the Office of theTextile Commissioner and SASMIRAin association with Jt. Director ofAgriculture, Vijayawada and Regionaloffice of Textile Commissioner,Bangalore. Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi,Honourable Minister of State (Textile),Govt. of India inaugurated theseminar. This seminar was aimed ascreating awareness programmeamongst the farmer level.RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTSASMIRA is engaged in various researchand development projects in man-madetextiles for apparel, industrial and defenceapplications to meet the changing needsof the man-made textile industry. Currently,SASMIRA is engaged in theimplementation of thirteen projectssponsored by the Ministry of Textiles:1) Indigenous manufacturing ofwoven geotextiles for groundimprovement using vertical draintechniqueThe project envisaged the development ofsuitable geotextile for ground improvementwhich will be helpful for speedy soilconsolidation of marshy land to make itready for constructional purposes. Thus,two non-woven and one woven tubularstructure with varying parameters weredeveloped. Developed structure has twocomponents, core corrugatedpolypropylene sheet enveloped aroundpolypropylene/Polyester filter fabric in theweight range of 100-130 gm/sq.m. Thesestructures have been evaluated at thelaboratory scale trials and found at parwith the requirements for these productsto be useful for large scale actual fieldtrails. To asses the true performance ofthe developed vertical drains under theactual field conditions, field trial is beingplanned in association with City and218