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The Textile Magazine
FEBRUARY 2012
practical exposure through regular
industrial visits and high interaction
with textile industry corporates.
SVPISTM offers separate two-
year Post Graduate Diploma in
Management in Textiles, Apparels
and Retail. With the SVPITSM-
IGNOU program on MBA (Textiles
Management), its research activi-
ties are affiliated to Bharathiar Uni-
versity, offering M.Phil in Textiles
Management and Ph.D in Textiles
Management.
Situated in a six-acre campus with
well-maintained lawns and gardens,
SVPITSM has two blocks cover-
ing around 60,000 sq.ft., where all
the classrooms are equipped with
LCD projectors. The two seminar
halls and one conference hall are
equipped with updated high-tech
audio visual aids and video confer-
encing facility.
A newly-constructed centralized
A/C auditorium spanning 75,000
sq.ft. is a landmark in the city. The
library provides the perfect environ-
ment and the required facilities and
services to nurture quality knowl-
edge development.
NCUTE’s
expanding activities
The Nodal Centre for Upgrada-
tion of Textile Education (NCUTE),
set up by the Ministry of Textiles,
is working under Sardar Vallabh-
bhai Patel International School of
Textile Management (SVPISTM).
The centre has its focus on crea-
tion of quality and competent man-
power needed for the textile indus-
try. It works closely with various
textile institutes across the coun-
try to incorporate common cur-
riculum for PG and UG courses.
It also works on upgradation of
text-books and publication of new
books needed for the industry and
institutes. Further it strengthens the
industry-institute relations by ar-
ranging various events, seminars
and workshops.
Mr. A.J. Muralidharan, a textile
graduate, post-graduate in indus-
trial engineering and an MBA, has
joined NCUTE as Coordinator with
a view to imparting quality knowl-
edge to the textile fraternity. He
has rich experience in serving the
industry for more than 32 years and
Mr. A.J. Muralidharan
has gained exposure by travelling
extensively across the globe.
Recently, SVPISTM and NCUTE
jointly conducted a program on the
latest trends in textile testing equip-
ments and quality management as
part of NCUTE activities to have
better interaction among industries
and institutes.
Dr. K. Selvaraju, SIMA Secre-
tary General, who was the chief
guest for the function, emphasized
the need for quality textile educa-
tion and skilled tal-
ented youngsters for
the textile industry.
Mr. R. Elango, Di-
rector (Marketing),
Sangeeth Group of
Textiles, and Mr. R.
Nallaiappan,
Head
- Product Support,
Uster Technologies,
were among the in-
dustry leaders invited
for the function.
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