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Related Keywords: Cluster Development Programme, engineering and plastics, Indian Textile Accessories and Machinery Manufacturer’s Association, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium enterprises, testing and quality control facility

Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Correspondent, Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) and President of Indian Textile Accessories and Machinery Manufacturer’s Association, (ITAMMA) Mumbai S Senthilkumar, signed a MoU this week.

It includes setting up a Common Facility Centre for Textile Engineering Industry at the campus.

Over the last three decades, several new programmes have been introduced and the institution has emerged as a trusted destination for quality technical education and as a hub for research and innovation.

Related Keywords: absence of infrastructure, Centre’s Integrated Handloom Cluster Development Scheme, Cluster Development Programme, design development, designer, handloom cluster, Odisha textile sector, SADHAC, training for weavers

Every handloom cluster must have at least one designer to look into design development and offer training to weavers on choosing the right design and colours, keeping in mind the target market. Currently, most of the handloom clusters in Odisha are functioning without designers.

Odisha’s textile sector facing trouble finding qualified designers as the sector has remained a problem in the absence of infrastructure for weavers and textile designers for design development.