Textile Minister inaugurates 'ATDC Skill Conclave'

The Conclave witnessed presence of thought leaders, academician, students, garment manufacturers, influencers, eminent dignitaries and bureaucrats converge.

In order to create the right environment for skill development, it should start from the grass root level. The event signed off on the note for the sector; stating urgency for Training and Upgradation requirement in order to become more organized to nurture the potential of the apparel sector.

Prior to the ATDC Skill Conclave the Hon’ble Union Minister Textiles Dr. K.S. Rao visited ATDC National Head office which houses a typical large State-of-the-Art ATDC Training Centre which has over 50 State-of-Art machines which can train at least 45-50 people at a time in 7-8 cycles in a year & an ATDC-Juki Tech Innovation Centre for showcasing latest technologies can be brought about to encourage the apparel industry to modernise.

A week long ATDC Rozgar Mela was also  organised in the same premises which was attended by over 11 reputed export and domestic apparel manufacturers and was lively with over 200 ATDC trained candidates seeking employment. The Hon’ble Union Minister encouraged the candidates by handing over appointment letters to the selected candidates.

During the Conclave, Dr. Darlie Koshy, explained “In the case of AICTE, the streams for which curricula have been developed are for Fashion Design, Textile Design, Apparel Manufacturing and Fashion Management which have taken into consideration the dynamic manufacturing and marketing environment.  

"As far as NCVT is concerned, the new curricula have recast the earlier MES curricula for garment and fashion sectors by incorporating the industry needs and employability criteria.” Expressing optimism Dr. Darlie Koshy mentioned “This important step of structuring of nationwide curricula will go a long way in opening more opportunities forlateral and vertical mobility of candidates and certification systems thus building up a ‘skilled workforce’ for improving productivity and efficiency of the sector.”

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