FICCI, NID, Altagama & others sign Indo-Italian fashion certificate programme

17 Jan '06

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A significant milestone was crossed with the unveiling of the FICCI Task Force Report on cooperation between India and Italy in the areas of Fashion, Design and Life Style Products, here by Shri Kamal Nath, Commerce and Industry Minister and Dr Adolfo Urso, Deputy Minister for Productive Activies and Foreign Trade (Independent Charge) of Italy.

The day was also marked by the signing of the multilateral Statement of Intent for launching of collaborative Certificate Programme – “Managing Fashion & Design Companies Successfully” – by National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, FICCI, Bocconi University, Altagamma and Confidustria, Italy.

Both are a landmark in the history of design in India witnessed by the two Ministers. Also present on the occasion were those who have shaped the course of these events, including Dr (Prof.) Darlie O Koshy Executive Director, NID, Ahmedabad; Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI); Professor Andrea Sironi, Dean for International Affairs, Bocconi University, Milano (Italy); Mr Armando Branchini, Secretary General Associazione Imprese Italiane Alta Gamma (Altagamma), Milano, (Italy); and Mr. Carlo Calenda, Assistant to the President Confindustria, Rome (Italy).

The events are a chronicle of the development of Indian Fashion and Lifestyle Products market, which has been changing rapidly in recent times, a change perhaps unsurpassed in any similar span of years in the past.

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