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Society
DyStar is committed to being a good corporate citizen by contributing
to community development in a meaningful way. Technical knowledge
and expertise in the area of textile chemicals is our key strength. We
believe we can use our core strength to make a difference in society.
This is why DyStar has identified technical education as a key area of
community investment.
Investing in promoting technical education enables the beneficiaries
to gain knowledge and skills that are in demand. The textile industry
on the other hand gains from availability of trained manpower.
One of the first initiatives we started was in India where we collaborated
with industry partners to open an academy in 2010.
Academy for developing textile technologists in India
In India, the industry faces shortage of textile technologists with the
right skills. A key reason is that curriculum in several textile technology
schools has not been able to keep pace with rapid development of
new technology in the textile sector.
To address the issue, DyStar and India’s largest fully integrated textile
company Alok Industries Limited have joined hands to set up a not-
for-profit academy in India to identify, train and retain talent within
the industry.
The Advanced Academy for Development of Textile Technologists
(AADTT), as the institute is called, has been established as a charitable
trust.
AADTT has signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with more
than ten premium institutes across the country, the Society of Dyers
and Colorists (SDC), American Association of Textile Chemist and Colorist
(AATCC), ASTM and others to back the initiative.
AADTT’s vision is to create a unique knowledge and technologically
advanced platform for identification, skill enhancement and career
development of resources especially for the textile industry.
AADTT recruits B.Tech and M.Tech students from across the country,
offers them accommodation, transport, stipend and trains them for
a period of one year in DyStar and Alok facilities by carefully selected
internal and external faculty members. The academy provides
quality training, practical knowledge, innovative technology, skills of
entrepreneurship and leadership.
Interested textile industry companies can hire these students after
they complete the training. Equipped with the latest practical knowledge
and skills, the academy’s students can look forward to relatively higher
remuneration package.
Collaboration with the American Association of Textile Chemists and
Colorists (AATCC) has enabled the academy to include AATCC’s
internationally accepted standards of textile testing in the syllabus.
Students get to learn standard methods of testing dyed and chemically
treated fibers and fabrics to measure and evaluate such performance
characteristics as color fastness to light and washing, durable press,
soil release, shrinkage, water resistance and the many other conditions
to which textiles may be subjected.
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