TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS - Ministry of Textiles
TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS - Ministry of Textiles
TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS - Ministry of Textiles
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a n n u a l r e p o r t 0 4 - 0 5SASMIRA is engaged in various activitiesviz. research and development,instrumentation, technical education,dissemination <strong>of</strong> technical information andorganizing seminars and conferences.The funding from <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Textiles</strong>towards the plan grants for researchprojects has been curtailed from thecurrent financial year and it is proposedto decrease the non- plan grant by 10%yearly for the coming year and thesponsored projects from the <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Textiles</strong> have been discontinued.However, SASMIRA has initiated series<strong>of</strong> other activities to fill the gap <strong>of</strong> fundscreated.Under the package for restructuring highcost debts <strong>of</strong> textile units in the organizedsector, the <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Textiles</strong> hasdesignated SASMIRA for assessing thetechnical viability <strong>of</strong> these units. In thecurrent financial year SASMIRA hasundertaken four viability studies for thespinning, texturising, weaving andprocessing units namely Man-MadeSpinner (I) Ltd, Yashasvi Yarns Ltd, PalSynthetics and Angad Pal Industries Pvt.Ltd., respectively. SASMIRA hasconducted customized courses andtraining programmes on various topics intextiles namely on printing technology andnarrow width weaving.SASMIRA has been identified as “Centre<strong>of</strong> Excellence” – Technical <strong>Textiles</strong>. It<strong>of</strong>fers specialized testing services as wellas technical know-how for the technicaltextiles industry. In order to support thefield <strong>of</strong> technical textiles SASMIRA is inthe process <strong>of</strong> publishing monographs onvarious topics on technical textiles.SASMIRA has documented information ontechnical textiles for the Expert Committee<strong>of</strong> Technical <strong>Textiles</strong> (ECTT).SASMIRA is now accredited by NationalAccreditation Board for Testing andCalibration Laboratories (NABL). Thecertificate is a general requirement forcompetence <strong>of</strong> testing and calibrationlaboratory as per “ISO/IEC 17025”. Inorder to serve textile industriesSASMIRA is interacting with variousindustrial hubs like Bhiwandi, Tarapur,Umergaon etc. SASMIRA haveconducted various seminars on EnergyConservations and case studies in textilewet processing in Bhiwandi. Similarseminars have been planned forUmergaon and Tarapur industrial hubsduring this financial year.Research and development staffs haveattended various seminars conducted bydifferent Institutes and ResearchOrganisations. SASMIRA have published11 research and review papers in reputedIndian and International Journals and 6papers are under printing.SASMIRA has participated in InternationalTextile Machinery (ITME) India 2004during December 4-11, 2004. Variousactivities <strong>of</strong> Research and Developments,Instrumentation, Publications andTechnical and Training Services werehighlighted during this exhibition. Variousparticipants all over India and abroadshowed keen interest in the activities <strong>of</strong>SASMIRA.167