New Delhi, Apr 18 (KNN) The Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and industry in association with Maskati Cloth Market Mahajan (MCMM) is going to organize Farm to Fashion: Indian Textile Global Summit 2018 from May 4-6, 2018.

With this summit, entire value chain of textiles will get a common platform to develop a vision for the industry for 2030.

All the participants of this event will get an opportunity to build a web of network with exhibitors, delegates, government officials and various representatives of the textile industries from various parts of the country.

The event will also shed light on various issues related to women empowerment, youth employment, challenges faced by cotton farmers and positioning of Indian textile industry as the pioneer in environment-friendly industry practices.

This global textile summit will have 17 technical sessions by global speakers and 150 exhibitors from India will exhibit best of Indian Fabrics.

Apart from that, other attraction points of the event are café corners, fashion show and industrial visit. 

Experts and scholars will offer information and unveil insights about latest research, trends, innovations, best practices along with the solutions to the challenges at hand.

As the title suggest, Farm to Fashion, this summit will showcase exclusive ranges of clothing lines with an iconic fashion show by few of country's distinguished fashion designers, apparitional stylists and leading fabric companies of the world.

The farm to fashion global summit is an initiative taken by Gujarat government to fill the production and-manufacturing gap.

Being a highest cotton growing state, Gujarat falls behind in manufacturing and thus in this direction Gujarat government is following PM Modi 5F formula - farm to fibre, fibre to factory, factory to fashion, fashion to foreign," said Mr. Shailesh Patwari, President, GCCI. 

He added that the summit will deliberate upon the opportunity and challenges in various areas such as cotton, ginning, spinning, weaving, processing, garmenting, technical textiles, environment management, and skill development in detail. (KNN/YV)