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Related Keywords: BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology, BUFT, exhibitions, Exposure to workshops, facilitating an academic exchange, faculty training programme, for another five years, industries exposure, MoU will extend current agreement, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT, signed MoU

BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT) signed MoU with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Ahemedabad, Gujarat on July 1, facilitating an academic exchange and faculty training programme. The MoU will extend the current agreement between the two universities for another five years.

The agreement was signed by Founder Chairman, Board of Trustees of BUFT Muzaffar U Siddique and textile minister of Gujarat.

The objective of this agreement is to encourage international cooperation, and strengthening two institutes in the following areas:

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Telangana state government to get associated with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to bring out new designs to appeal to a wider range of people, a step towards protecting the handloom industry, said Collector Prashanth Jeevan Patil at the inaugural function of textile exhibiton on Monday.

Mr. Patil urged people to patronise handloom products and promote weavers as handloom formed a part of their culture. Government employees and public representatives were asked to sport handloom clothes once a week to promote such products.

Also, scores of weavers are dependent on this age-old industry which is slowly losing patronage. People should protect and preserve the handloom industry by buying products from weavers, he added.

With an aim to promote the use of handloom fabrics, several handloom stalls were set up at the Collectorates at Medak and Sangareddy on Monday.

At Sangareddy, Collector Manickaraj Kanan and Joint-Collector V. Venkateswarlu bought a few items and even wore them. It was also decided that officers should wear handloom fabric every Monday without fail. This was the initiative suggested by IT and Municipal Administration Minister K. Taraka Rama Rao.

The products at the stalls were brought from handloom cooperative societies of Jogipet, Narayankhed, and Sangareddy.

While, Collector Yogitha Rana urged government officers and employees to attend the Prajavani (grievance cell) meeting by wearing handloom clothes every Monday.

Addressing the gathering after opening a handloom outlet set up by the Telangana Chenetha Society at Pragathi Bhavan here on Monday, she said that orders were also issued to the employees at the division and mandal level to wear cotton and handloom clothes at least once a week.

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had taken a decision to make it mandatory to ensure financial support to weavers, Ms. Rana said, appealing to the people to use handloom products at home.

The Collector also suggested the people to purchase clothes worth Rs. 500 every month by joining the Chenetha Lakshmi scheme. Members of the scheme would get a rebate on the same. With people buying handloom products they would help the weavers come out of their financial woes.

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The National Institute of Fashion Technology(NIFT) finally received a green signal from Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani to set its foot in Panchkula,Haryana. Describing textile as the second largest employment giving sector after agriculture, the minister said that the Haryana government had received investment proposals worth Rs 7 lakh crore from prospective investors.

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Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India, National Institute of Fashion Technology and The Indian Handloom Brand (IHB), a Ministry of Textiles initiative, organized a Fashion Show at Pragati Maidan during "DESTINATION NORTH EAST- 2016" where rich heritage of handloom textiles was showcased to promote North East handloom.

Indian Handloom Brand and NIFT has been a pioneer in preserving the regional traditions through its Craft Cluster initiative, which is integrated into the curriculum.

Related Keywords: Bunkar style garment, Chhattisgarh Apex Handloom Federation, fashion show, handloom, kota silk, NIFT, partner nation Lebanon, rich textile and design, Surajkund international crafts mela

The 29th edition of 15 days long Surajkund International Crafts Mela that began at Surajkund, Faridabad on February 1 with 18 countries participating in the 'mela'. Several artists from different countries including partner nation Lebanon and states like Chhattisgarh, Punjab, and Haryana enthralled the audience with their textiles and designs.

The event was inaugurated by the Managing Director of Haryana Tourism and Chief Administrator Sumita Misra, was followed by 'Gaur' dance of the Madia tribe of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.

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Almost all textile-rich States in India have textile parks except Odisha. Considering the potential that the industry has in the State, the Ministry is keen on setting up a textile park here that would help the arts and its artisans, the Union Textile Minister, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said after inaugurating ‘Design Sutra’, a national workshop on promotion of handloom and fashion at National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in the Capital City.

Related Keywords: establish khadi as brand, Karnataka state khadi, MoU, NIFT, revitalize khadi industry, train cluster of artisans, Village industries Board

Karnataka State Khadi and Village Industries Board (KSK &VIB) has signed an MoU with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to help revitalize and revive khadi industry and popularize khadi among the younger generation.

NIFT would train clusters of artisans across the State to establish khadi as a brand. The project aims to train around 18,000 persons working in 160 khadi units. This will help to improve the life of skilled artisans as well as update them on the latest trends.

Related Keywords: CUTM, handloom products, IDCO, incubation centre, Integrated textile park, manufacturing textile, NIFT, skill development, state of Odisha, technology upgradation

The Government has decided to develop an integrated textile park during the current plan period and set up an incubation centre in the campus of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to provide common services and facilities required for manufacturing textile and handloom products.

The decision was taken recently when Union Secretary of Textiles Sanjay Kumar Panda was on a visit to the State of Odisha.

Related Keywords: handloom expo, high fashion, Indian handloom industry, NIFT, Traditional handloom

National Handloom Expo at Bhubaneswar, which is jointly organized by the government of India and the state-owned Boyanika, to promoting handloom products from different parts of the country, featured a fashion show organized by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and Boyanika.

Related Keywords: Craft research, Indian textile industry, NIFT, textile design

Craft research is included as part of the textile design syllabus. The third-year students of textile design from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar (Nift), as a part of their education, have travelled to various parts of Gujarat to research on the age-old crafts of the state, like Ashavali weave, zari, zardozi and tie and dye.