Three educational institutions will launch courses in technical textiles.
To provide training throughout the value chain, 12 skill development courses were established.
The 10th Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) meeting of the National Technical Textiles Mission was led by the Secretary of the Ministry of Textiles today at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi.
Under the “Grant for Research & Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT)” program, the committee has accepted four start-ups with grants of around INR 50 lakhs each. The three main strategic sectors of medical, industrial, and protective textiles are the focus of the authorised start-up ventures.
In accordance with the “General Guidelines for Enabling of Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles,” the committee has also authorised a grant of around INR 6.5 Cr. to three education institutes for the introduction of technical textile courses. The list of approved institutions includes IIT Indore and NIT Patna. Geotextiles courses will be offered by the new institutes.
Additionally, the committee has authorised 12 skill development courses in the areas of medical textiles, protective textiles, mobile textiles, and agricultural textiles. All focal groups in the technical textiles value chain are to get training from the courses, which were created by three textile research associations (SITRA, NITRA, and SASMIRA).