National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi recently organized ‘TechnoSummit 2012’, a platform not only for recognizing the best of the graduation projects from the Master and Bachelors of Fashion Technology batch, but also providing a platform to the fresh graduates and masters to interact directly with industry experts regarding issues of industry concern.
“It is a perfect time for the younger generation to get involved with this transforming industry, which is now changing to compete and survive with a positive outlook. The work of students will be valued and implemented now,” said Prabir Jana, Professor, NIFT, New Delhi in his address to the students. “The projects are not solutions given to the industry, but rather directions to look forward and work towards,” he added.
The seminar on ‘Information Technology in the Apparel Supply Chain’. not only by technology providers but industry informed members. one of the session was chaired by Vinita Pandey, Deputy Editor–Textiles, Apparel Online, with Ram Sareen, Head Coach, Tukatech; Durga Charan Das from Leadtec; Karthikeyan Vardarajan, Director Technical, EDS Technologies; and A. Saha, Director Supply Chain , UCB, as speakers.
Dynamic as always, Ram Sareen was happy with the major direction of projects this year which were more towards E-commerce and IT in Product Development, as they fall in line with the new online fitting room solution from Tukatech, Styku. Motivating the student to excel in which ever role they get in the Apparel Industry, Ram Sareen concluded, “You are the future of the industry, learn and prosper together, and never let the drive to excel phase-out.”
