Smriti Irani speaks at NIFT about importance of Technical Textiles, Textile Machinery

New Delhi, Oct 5 (KNN) Stressing upon the significance of sectors of importance to national development, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani told the students of NIFT that only they can decide whether they would like to contribute to sub-sectors such as technical textiles and textile machinery.

Minister was speaking at the 22nd Convocation of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) here on Monday.

Irani said that as a nation that prides in self-sufficiency, textile machinery is another area that needs strengthening and support.

The Minister encouraged the students to reflect on what they can leverage from the textile industry.

She reminded the graduating students that like doctors, fashion professionals also deal with the lives of common people every day.

Citing some recent research papers of the faculty members of NIFT, the Minister told the students that only they can decide as to whether they would like to contribute to sub-sectors such as technical textiles, which are of strategic significance to national development.

Irani said that as a nation that prides in self-sufficiency, textile machinery is another area that needs strengthening and support.

Irani also said that a programme is on the anvil, which would enable international academicians to come and teach at NIFT, New Delhi, at no extra cost to the institute or the student. She said that this would be on the lines of Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education, a programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

Director General, NIFT Sudhir Tripathi, spoke of the contributions of NIFT to the development of fashion education and industry and said that the institute provides students an intellectually stimulating environment.

Chairperson, Board of Governors – NIFT, Chetan Chauhan, exhorted the graduating students to take their learning to the real world and create a globally relevant fashion environment in India.