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annual report 2010-11as Indian Jute Mills' Association ResearchInstitution (IJMARI) in 1937, the institutehas grown over the years and moved toits current imposing premises in 1952. Inthe year 1966, IJMARI was renamedIJIRA and registered under the WestBengal Societies Registration Act, 1961as an autonomous cooperative researchorganization. IJIRA is one <strong>of</strong> its only kind<strong>of</strong> research associations in India dealingwith a fibre grown only in this part <strong>of</strong> theworld and by virtue <strong>of</strong> this, it is unique.IJIRA is headquartered in Kolkata, with itsregional centres being at Cherthala(Kerala), Vizianagram (Andhra Pradesh),and Guwahati (Assam). GuwahatiRegional Centre also has the PowerloomService Centre co-located with it. There isa Testing Laboratory too at Shantipur(West Bengal). Since its inception, IJIRAhas, over the years, grown into a worldclass research institute on jute.Major Areas <strong>of</strong> Research are:(a) Development <strong>of</strong> an eco-friendlysubstitute <strong>of</strong> JBO for jute processing.(b) Light fast bleached & dyed juteproduct development.(c) Jute Bamboo composites.(d) Development <strong>of</strong> Technical <strong>Textiles</strong>such as wider braided jute fabric.(e) Jute-Ramie blended finer yarns andfabric development.(f) Energy efficient green sizingtechnology for jute yarns.(g) Development <strong>of</strong> Aroma based hometextiles.(h) Multifunctional ceramic based nan<strong>of</strong>inishingoutdoor textiles by sol-gelmethods.(i) Development <strong>of</strong> Low Cost Jute Bagsfor Foodgrains and Sugar.(j) Quality Assurance for food gradejute products.In additional to rendering various technicalservices to Jute Sector, IJIRA is presentlyinvolved in Jute Technology MissionProjects DDS 7.1 and DDS 6.4 projects,promotion and techno-marketing <strong>of</strong> jutegeo-textiles in association with NationalJute Board, quality assurance <strong>of</strong> foodgrade jute products and consultancy.TEXTILES COMMITTEEThe <strong>Textiles</strong> Committee, established bythe <strong>Textiles</strong> Committee Act, 1963, has theprimary objective <strong>of</strong> ensuring quality <strong>of</strong>textiles both for internal marketing andexports. Its functions include promotion <strong>of</strong>quality <strong>of</strong> textiles and textile exports,research in the technical and economicfields, establishing standards for textilesand textile machinery, setting up <strong>of</strong>laboratories, data collection etc. TheCommittee's has its Head Quarters atMumbai with 30 Regional Offices, 17 <strong>of</strong>them with laboratories, including 9 havingeco testing facilities.PerformanceLaboratory and <strong>Textiles</strong> TestingServicesDuring 2009-10, <strong>Textiles</strong> Committeegenerated a testing revenue <strong>of</strong> Rs. 9.19crores. The anticipated revenue during2010-11 (upto March 2011) is Rs. 10.25crores.Other ActivitiesTraining on Textile TestingDuring 2009-10, 385 personnel from thetextile industry and trade were trained.As an ongoing programme, 190 personnelwere already trained during the currentyear and over 400 personnel are projectedfor training during 2010-11.Laboratory Accreditation(a)Out <strong>of</strong> the 17 laboratories <strong>of</strong> <strong>Textiles</strong>Committee, 14 are accredited. Re-227
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