The Government has cleared 23 strategic projects worth Rs. 60 crore in the areas of specialty fibres, composites, sustainable textiles, mobiltech, sportech and geotech segment under the Flagship Programme National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM).
Amongst these 23 research projects, 12 projects of speciality fibres, having application areas in agriculture, smart textiles, healthcare, strategic application and protective gears, were cleared.
Four projects from sustainable textiles, having application area in agriculture and healthcare sector, were also cleared.
Besides, five projects from geotextile, one from mobiltech and one from sportech were cleared.
Member NITI Aayog (Science & Tech) & Principle Scientific Advisor (PSA) provided inputs pertaining to technical textile for the meeting along with various ministries.
Various leading Indian Institutes, including IITs, Government organisations and eminent industrialists, amongst others, participated in the session which cleared projects strategic for the development of Indian economy and that are a step in the direction of Atmanirbhar Bharat, especially in the healthcare, industrial and protective, energy storage, agriculture and infrastructure.
Addressing the esteemed group of scientists and technical technologists, Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal said, “Industry and Academia connect is essential for the growth of research and development in the application areas of technical textiles in India. Building convergence with academicians, scientists and researchers is the need of the hour.”
He highlighted that the technological gap in the country needs to be addressed in the field of technical textiles. He also said that identification of the area of research in technical textiles with industry interaction and promotional activities like conferences, exhibition and buyer-seller meet to promote the use of technical textile in the country and to increase the exports need to be the key focus areas.
