- NISTI entered into a MoU with Apparel Training and Design Centre of the AEPC on 29 March 2018 for launching a continuing education programme for industry workmen to be delivered by ATDC nationally (link to photograph of signing ceremony). The curriculum for the Programme titled as TEXTILE AND FASHION BUSINESS SPECIALIST was drafted jointly and received the Textile Institute’s Accreditation in July 2018. (link to photo of TI Certificate to be included).
This programme is value adding to its achiever for upward mobility in the work environment. The programme’s promotion commenced in December 2018 and its delivery has been launched at ATDC centres in Tirupur, Jaipur and Gurugram subsequently.
- An MOU with Technological Institute of Textiles and Sciences, Bhiwani, was signed on 5 October 2018 with a charter to promote TI membership, deliver specialist knowledge lectures to its students and organise joint events Since then six specialist lectures have been delivered by NISTI members (Photos to be included, Shailesh to provide)
Dr S K Chaudhuri on Pashmina Textiles
Prof Nien Siao on Fashion Trends
Dr K K Sharma on Entrepreneurship
Mr Shailesh Kaushik on Scope of Technical Textiles
Prof V K Kothari on Protective Textiles
Prof Kushal Sen on Conductive Textiles
- Currently, conversation is in progress with Shri Vishvakarma Skills University (Haryana) for a MOU empanelling NISTI members as the University’s honorary textile experts and their engagement as assessors for skill certification at the textile hubs in Haryana State.