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m i n i s t r y o f t e x t i l e sMAN MADE TEXTILESRESEARCH ASSOCIATION(MANTRA), SURATMan-Made Textiles Research Association(MANTRA), Surat concentrating on manmadefibres has been taking up needbasedR&D projects in the areas relatedto the quality and productivityimprovement, product development,energy, ecology and environment.MANTRA is recognized as a Scientific andIndustrial Research Organization by theMinistry of Science & Technology,Government of India. The activities ofMANTRA are primarily aimed at plannedand healthy growth of the decentralizedsector. Local textile manufacturingindustries have benefited greatly from theR&D work successfully pursued byMANTRA.The core activity of MANTRA beingResearch & Development, theorganization completed four Ministry ofTextiles funded projects and thefindings have been disseminated toindustry by various means. During theperiod under consideration, MANTRAworked on two on-going projects.Details of completed and on-goingprojects are given below.Completed projects of MANTRA in2003-04:1. Development of air-intermingledelastane combination yarns forstretch fabrics;2. Application of formaldehyde freefinishes to man-made fibre fabricssuch as tencel, viscose, polyesterand their blends and performanceevaluation of the finished fabrics;3. Flame retardant finishing based oneco-friendly formulations forviscose, polyester and their blends;and4. Application of cationic dyes toanionically modified nylon and theirperformance evaluation incomparison with cationic dyedyeable polyester and regular nylonwith special reference to fastnessproperties.On-going projects of MANTRADevelopment of novel stack-disc frictionunits made from the combination ofpolyurethane (soft) friction discs with otherhard materials’ friction discs and qualityevaluation of draw-textured yarns madetherefrom.Development of lightweight reusableprotective fabrics from micro deniersynthetic filament yarns.MANTRA has a Computer Aided DesignCentre and two Powerloom ServiceCentres at Sachin and Pandesara. Thepresent activities of these units includetraining of weavers for quality fabricproduction, design development on loom,testing and technical service support forloom modernization activity, etc., for localWeavers’ Co-operative Societies andweavers in respective areas. As regardsPSC Sachin, it has been shifted to a newlocation in GIDC area.MANTRA has been recognized as aSchedule-I Auditor by Gujarat Pollution168
a n n u a l r e p o r t 0 4 - 0 5Control Board (GPCB). During the yearunder consideration, the team working onenvironmental issues undertookAdequacy and Efficacy certification for 18industries.MANTRA, in collaboration with M/s KothariInfo Tech Ltd., has developed a softwarefor Computer Colour Matching and hasalso developed a huge data base in thisrespect. Also, MANTRA conducted asurvey on “Waterjet looms” in and aroundSurat. Area-wise catalogue and othertechnical details have been compiled. Thisinformation will be used in a study onproduct planning and development.INDIAN JUTE INDUSTRIESRESEARCH ASSOCIATION(IJIRA), KOLKATAThe Indian Jute Industries ResearchAssociation (IJIRA), Kolkata registeredunder West Bengal Societies RegistrationAct, 1961, is an autonomous CooperativeResearch Organisation mainly funded bythe Ministry of Textiles, Government ofIndia. IJIRA is governed by a Council,headed by the Chairman, assisted by theVice Chairman and 24 members, drawnfrom the Industry, the Government,Eminent Professionals and others. TheDirector is appointed by the Council andis the Principal Executive Officer of theAssociation exercising general power ofsupervision and coordination of overallactivities of the Association and is assistedby a Secretary-cum-Financial Controller.There are nine technical divisions andeach division is supervised by a Head orGroup Leader.The objectives of IJIRA are:(i) To promote research and otherscientific work connected with thejute trade and industries allied withor accessory thereto;(ii) To establish and maintainlaboratories and faster education ofpeople engaged in or likely to beengaged in the said trade andindustry; and(iii) To examine and publish informationregarding the nature and merits ofinventions, improvements materialsand designs connected with the saidtrades of industries.The R&D activities and technology transferprogrammes of IJIRA have helpedimprove the productivity, product qualityand cost viability of the organized jute millsand also the SMEs in the jute sector.Besides taking care of the persistentproblems of organised and decentralizedjute sectors, IJIRA is currently engagedin R&D projects such as (i) E-Library onJute, (ii) Wet Spinning TechnologyServices and (iii) Development of RamiebasedProducts etc.IJIRA has also set up its North EasternRegional Centre in Assam at Guwahati.The Ministry of Textiles has sanctioned thenecessary budgetary provision for NorthEastern Regional Centre & Promotion ofNatural Fibres (Jute, Ramie etc.) basedIndustries in North Eastern Region. IJIRAPowerloom Service Centre (PSC) isrendering services to decentralizedPowerloom Units of Assam for169
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