Textiles Committee reconstituted

The Union Textiles Ministry has reconstituted its Textiles Committee. T.Kannan, Managing Director of Thiagaraja Mills, Madurai, is the new Chairman of the panel.

The re-constituted committee includes Senthil Kumar, BKS Textiles, Palladam, M.Ramaswamy of Warsaw International, Tirupur, Sanja Jayvarthanavelu of Lakshmi Machine Works, Coimbatore, Britto Joseph of Madurai, Ajay Himatsingka, Chairman, Himatsingka Seide, S.P.Oswal, CMD, Vardhaman Textile Limited and Vijay Aggarwal, Creative Garment, Mumbai.
The other members are: Confederation of Indian Industry's Secretary General, Chairpersons of the Confederation of Indian Textiles Industry, Southern India Mills Association, Cotton Textile Promotion Council, Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council, Apparel Export Promotion council, Northern India Textile Mills Association, Indian Powerloom Federation, and Wool and Woolen Export Promotion Council.

The Presidents of Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association and Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry and Director of Northern India Textile Research Association are also part of the new panel, along Joint Secretary and Director (Internal Finance) in the Textiles Ministry.
Textile Commissioner, A.B.Joshi, will be the Vice Chairman of the Committee.

The main function of the Committee is to ensure standard qualities of textiles both for internal marketing and export and manufacture and use of standard type of textile machinery. It is also responsible for establishing laboratories and test houses for the industry.

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