In order to advance policy pathways in technical textiles, the Ministry of Textiles and the Government of Andhra Pradesh sponsored a one-day National Conference on Technical Textiles in Vijayawada. The Indian Technical Textile Association also supported the event.
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Rajeev Saxena, gave a briefing on the various uses for technical textiles and highlighted their potential markets. He asked the industries in attendance to join the next big event, BHARAT TEX 2024, so they could show off their creative ideas and technical textile innovation.
The panel discussions covered various topics like Strategies for Circular Economy, Event in Technical Textiles, Agrotextiles, Geotextiles in Engineering Applications for Infrastructure Development along with Trends of Technical Textiles in future. The event had the presence of eminent speakers, scientists, industrialists from different parts of India including Andhra Pradesh.
G Amarnath, Minister of Industries, Infrastructure, Investment & Commerce, Information Technology and Handlooms & Textiles, Government of Andhra Pradesh emphasised on the importance of Technical Textiles and welcomed prospective investors in Technical Textiles including FDI. K Sunitha, Principal Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh for Handlooms & Textiles, Industries & Commerce Department enlightened the details of initiatives taken by the State Government for the development of the MSME sector in Handlooms & Textiles and specifying the emerging opportunities lying with Technical Textiles.
Bharat Tex Special Report 2026 
