| The Textile Association
(India) Mumbai Unit (TAI) organized The 8th International & 60th All India Diamond
Jubilee Textile Conference on 5th & 6th Dec'2004 at Hotel Intercontinental, the Grand
Mumbai. The theme of the Conference was "Textile Vision 2010". |
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| Shri D. R.
Mehta, President of TAI, Mumbai unit welcomed the gathering and briefed about the theme of
the Conference. He said that the textile industry might not be same in 2010 what it is
today. Cav. M. S. Mathivanan, President, TAI in his presidential address said that India
would be amongst the top four countries in the world by the end the decade and the textile
industry will be a great contributor for this. |
| Shri R. K.
Dalmia, the Chairman, Diamond Jubilee Conference gave the statistics that world trade will
grow from US$ 309 billion to US$ 856 billion in next 5 years. The division of domestic and
international market will very soon fade away and one should be prepared not only to
compete on the international turf but also on domestic turf. He also offered the necessity
on productivity, decrease in unit cost of product, decrease in manpower requirement,
increase in energy saving and improvement in quality. |
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The Textile Association
conferred the Honorary Membership on Shri Nikhil R. Meswani, Executive Director, Reliance
Industries Limited for his valuable Contribution to the textile industry. |
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Shri Ullhas
Nimkar was awarded fellow of Textile Association (FTA), Shri S. K. Ghosh, President, TAI,
PHC Unit was awarded Service Gold Medal and Shri K. J. Patel, Chairman, TAI & Shri R.
G. Malvankar, Vice Chairman, TAI, Mumbai Unit were awarded Service Mementos for their
meritorious services to the Textile Association.
Shri V. K. Ladia, Chairman, Indian Cotton Mills Federation in his commemorative address
statistical data on Indian Textile Industry and made "SWOT Anlysis" and pointed
out that Indian Textiles Industry need not be worried to much to the competition from
China as we enjoy the upper hand in many aspect of Textile manufacturing. The Indian
textile industry can scale new heights by mutual endeavor. He also called upon the
Government to rationalise fiscal duty for polyester fibre & filament. He underlined
the need for turning one of NTC Mills into a full fledged exposition ground where made in
India textiles can be exhibited for the benefits of International Visitors & buyers.
He also emphasized the need R & D Centres should be set up at textiles centres at
Tirupur, Bhilwara, Ludhiana, etc which will go long way in helping local industry to solve
their problems. |
| The Chief Guest, Shri
Shankersinh Vaghela, Honorable Minister of Textiles, Govt. of India, while delivering
address said that the theme 'Textile Vision 2010' is opt and relevant today. He shared one
of the vision, which Govt. of India has enshrined in National Textile Policy, which will
help to know where we stand and charter our future path of action. |
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highlighted that the Ministry with the help of state govt. and industry has been
developing and upgrading Apparel Parks and growth centre with Rs. 60 crores earmarked for
this activity. Rs. 340 crores have been earmarked for the disbursals this year. Rs. 40
crores for: cotton Technology Mission, Procurement of cotton by cotton corporation of
India, Rationalization of duty structure in the textile sector, of TWRF and Export report
in Promotion of Technical Textiles, in free trade, the success would be determined mainly
on the basis of commercial factors like quality, price, delivery, schedules and marketing
negotiating skills. |
Shri Subodh
Kumar, IAS, Textiles Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India gave detailed
statistical data of textile industry of India and the world market and was convinced that
our industry will meet successfully the challenges thrown up by an increasingly consumer
driven integrated world market. He further stated that the Govt. has to provide conductive
policy environment to strengthen the fundamentals of the industry, while industry has to
formulate its action plan at the micro level for achieving international competitiveness.
Shri Nikhil Meswani thanked the TAI for conferring the Honorary Membership and it was a
emotional moment for him because he was the third recipient of this Hon. Membership from
the Reliance family. He emplised in his address that with low cost structure and efficient
labour force, it is time for India to capture its rightful place in the global textile
trade and investments in India will further accelerate and textiles will grab lion's
share. He further stated that we have to compete on value and not on price and continuos
evolve processes that will create compelling value in the entire value chain. |
| Dr. B. L. Mungekar,
Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India, was the Chief Guest at the Valedictory
Session. He said in his address that the high and cascading impact of indirect taxes
accounting for nearly half of the difference in retail prices between Indian and China
shall be taken care of with Government's efforts on the front of evolving VAT and aligning
custom duty rates with ASEAN levels. |
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expected that these initiatives would stimulate domestic demand. He further stated that
the number of initiatives have been launched in order to improve the competitiveness of
Indian Textile Industry including cotton. These are Apparel Parks, Textile Centre
Infrastructure Development Scheme and Technology Mission on Cotton. Support is also being
extended to this sector through National Institute of Fashion Technology. He also said
that the initiative required for enhancing competitiveness is to carry out labour reforms.
Industrial Disputes Act and Contract Labour Act need to be amended. Similarly, constraints
in availability of world class infrastructure in the form of ports, highways are
constraining the competitiveness of Indian Industry. |
There were 19
papers from eminent Speakers from India & abroad. Mr. Subodh Kumar, I.A.S., Textile
Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Mr. U. P. S. Gill, Sr. Executive
Vice-President, PFY Business, Reliance Industries Ltd., Mr. Vijay Kaul, Chief Marketing
Officer (Staple Fibre Division), Grasim Industries Ltd., Mr. Guruprasad Rao, National
Sales Manager, Infinite Computer Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Sanjeev Saran, Managing
Director, Santogen Exports Ltd., Mr. Mohan Kavrie, Managing Director, Supreme Nonwovens
Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Shreyas Joshi, President, Raymond Apparel Ltd., Ms. Shradha Nikam, Fashion
Designer, Hakoba / Pioneer Embroideries Limited, Mr. Sanjay B. Badhe, Director -
Operations, Shoppers - Stop Ltd. (Retail Marketing) were some of speakers, Mr. André
Lienert, Managing Director, Filament Yarn Technologies, Rieter Machine Works Ltd.,
Switzerland, Mr. Hermann Selker, Head of Marketing, Trutzschler GmbH & Co. KG,
Germany, Mr. Angelo Bonacci, Sales and Services Director, Schlafhorst Zweigniederlassung
der Saurer GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, Mr. David B. Collins, Asst. Exe. Director /
Regional Director, South Asia, Cotton Council International, U.S.A., Mr. Hans Leitner, Sr.
Technical Manager & Dr. Matthias Keck, Sr. Manager, Lenzing AG, Austria, Dr. John R.
Easton, R & D Ecology Dept., DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Ltd., UK, Dr. Peter
Hardt, Textile Application, R & D, Consultant, Bozzetto GmBH, Germany, Dr. Ralf
Brueckmann, Business Manager, CHT R. Beitlich GmbH, Germany, Ms. Inge Norman, Sr.
Scientist, Devan Chemicals NV, Belgium, Mr. Klaus D. Felderhoff, Senior Sales Manager,
Zweigniederlassung der Saurer GmbH&Co KG, Remscheid, Germany,
This was followed by a two day Conference, which was attended by over 750 participants and
it was a grand success. |
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P. S. Pawar, Hon. Secretary, TAI, Mumbai Unit proposed vote of thanks. |
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Hon'ble
Mr. Shankersinh Vaghela, Minister of Textiles, Govt. of India addressing the
gathering.
Dignitaries Sitting on Dais (L to R): Mr. P. S. Pawar, Hon. Secretary,
TAI, Mumbai Unit, Mr. V. C. Gupte, Chairman, TAI, Mumbai Unit, Mr.
C. Bose, Vice President, TAI, Mumbai Unit, Mr. D. R. Mehta,
President, TAI, Mumbai Unit, Mr. V. K. Ladia, Chairman, ICMF, Mr.
Nikhil Meswani, Executive Director, Reliance Industries Ltd., Mr. R. K.
Dalmia, Chairman, Diamond Jubilee Conference, Cav. M. S. Mathivanan,
President, TAI,
Mr. Subodh Kumar, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles,
Govt. of India, Mr. S. P. Sapra, President, Polyester Sector, Reliance
Industries Ltd., Mr. R. C. Kesar, President Emeritus, TAI, Mr. K.
D. Sanghvi, Vice President, TAI, Mr. K. J. Patel, Chairman, TAI,
Mr. R. R. Gosai, Hon. Gen. Secretary, TAI. |
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Chief Guest, Hon'ble
Mr. Shankersinh Vaghela, Minister of Textiles, Govt. of India lighting the lamp.
Standing (L to R): Mr. P. S. Pawar, Hon. Secretary, TAI, Mumbai Unit, Mr.
V. C. Gupte, Chairman, TAI, Mumbai Unit, Cav. M. S. Mathivanan,
President, TAI, Mr. Nikhil R. Meswani, Executive Director, Reliance
Industries Ltd., Mr. Subodh Kumar, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of
Textiles, Govt. of India,
Mr. R. K. Dalmia, Chairman, Diamond Jubilee Conference. |
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