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The Textile Magazine
JUNE 2012
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with the Lifetime Achievement
Award for his contribution to the
textile industry and conferred the
Corporate Excellence Award on the
Prashant Group of Industries.
Dr. Chandan Chatterjee, Director,
Center for Entrepreneurs Develop-
ment of the Government of Gujarat,
who was the chief guest at the
seminar, observed that the textile
industry has its prominent place in
the Indian economy as it provides
large employment and earns huge
export earnings. Both the Central
and State Governments are taking
a series of steps to deal with the
various challenges faced by the
industry.
Altogether there were seven
technical papers presented at the
seminar. They were:
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“Weaving Solutions for Rapier
Weaving Machines”, by Mr. Rais
Inamdar, General Manager, Bakub-
hai Ambalal.
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“Latest Innovations in Fabric
Forming”, by Mr. Navin Agrawal,
General Manager – Fabric
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“Solar Energy has turned cheap-
er”, by Mr. Bhupesh Trivedi, CEO,
REECODE Energy Solutions
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“Ecological Denim Manufac-
turing”, by Mr. J.B. Purohit, Sr.
Manager - PL Sizing, and Mr. K.
Suresh, Manager, Clariant Chemi-
cals (India) Ltd.
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“Recent Developments of Syn-
thetic Sizes for Spun Yarns and
Size Recovery”, by Mr. Sanjay
Gajul, Marketing Manager – Tech-
nical, S.A. Pharmachem (Pvt.) Ltd.
l
“Ecological solutions for any fab-
ric”, by Mr. Tapas Nandi, President
& Country Head, ITEMA Weaving
(India) Pvt. Ltd.
l
“Innovative HR Practices”, by
Mr. Vilas Gharat, Managing Direc-
tor, Gharat & Associates.
The final session began with a
panel discussion, moderated by
Mr. Sharad Tandon, CEO, Standon
Consulting. The panel comprised
Dr. G.S. Nadiger, BTRA Research
Advisor, and speakers who pre-
sented their papers at the seminar.
There was good interaction be-
tween the participants and the panel
members who answered the several
points raised by them.
Mr. Arun K. Narkar, Jt. Hon. Sec-
retary, TAI Mumbai Unit, proposed
a vote of the thanks.
The seminar, which was attended
by over 250 participants, proved a
major success.
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Mr. G. Banerjee, Director, Shree Ram Textile Mills Ltd., receiving the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the chief guest
Mr. Prakash Shah, Chairman & Managing Director, Prashant Group
of Industries, being presented the Corporate Excellence Award
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