Tirupur: Having made its mark in readymade garment production, the Dollar City seems to have now turned its focus on jute product manufacturing. The city has of late groomed 20 persons to make at least 25 varieties of jute products.
The 49-day training was offered by the National Jute Board (NJB) in collaboration with NIFT-TEA College of Knitwear Fashion. Some see this as a bit delayed but important step by the knitwear capital towards diversification from cotton to jute product.
The NJB believes that Tirupur can easily contribute to the jute product manufacturing as it has already cemented its position in readymade garment export front. Industrialists too hope that jute products could help the dollar city achieve the projected annual target of Rs 1 lakh crore in exports.
NIFT-TEA College is one of the 20 collaborative agencies of NJB for taking Jute Integrated Development Scheme (JIDS) to the masses. The objective of the JIDS is to create awareness about jute products and increase the number of skilled workforce for production of jute diversified products.
Among the 20 trainees at NIFT-TEA College, also one among the two collaborative agencies of NJB from the state, most were housewives or unemployed women.
"Peole who knows tailoring can easily master the art of making jute products, as only the needle size varies. For women, it will provide an opportunity to try their hands at entrepreneurship," said, Banumathi Parthasarathy, a trainee.
"Unlike many other training schemes, JIDS would provide basic, advanced and design training in a single go. After the completion of training, the trainees could get an opportunity to become entrepreneurs," said N Viswanathan, project coordinator, skill development initiative, at NIFT-TEA College.
Most people were not aware about jute products earlier and as such they did not enjoy much market. "But, the situation is changing gradually. With the increasing awareness about ill-effects of plastic bags, jute bags could become a good alternative. And for enterprising jute products, huge investments are not needed," Viswanathan said.
With the aim of creating opportunities for business diversification in the knitwear hub, NIFT-TEA College had been conducting training programmes on different textile products for aspirants. Jute product training is one among them. Many areas in and around Tirupur could be developed as jute product cluster, Viswanathan added.
Jute product manufacturing is likely to become popular as it has a huge export market.
The 49-day training was offered by the National Jute Board (NJB) in collaboration with NIFT-TEA College of Knitwear Fashion. Some see this as a bit delayed but important step by the knitwear capital towards diversification from cotton to jute product.
The NJB believes that Tirupur can easily contribute to the jute product manufacturing as it has already cemented its position in readymade garment export front. Industrialists too hope that jute products could help the dollar city achieve the projected annual target of Rs 1 lakh crore in exports.
NIFT-TEA College is one of the 20 collaborative agencies of NJB for taking Jute Integrated Development Scheme (JIDS) to the masses. The objective of the JIDS is to create awareness about jute products and increase the number of skilled workforce for production of jute diversified products.
Among the 20 trainees at NIFT-TEA College, also one among the two collaborative agencies of NJB from the state, most were housewives or unemployed women.
"Peole who knows tailoring can easily master the art of making jute products, as only the needle size varies. For women, it will provide an opportunity to try their hands at entrepreneurship," said, Banumathi Parthasarathy, a trainee.
"Unlike many other training schemes, JIDS would provide basic, advanced and design training in a single go. After the completion of training, the trainees could get an opportunity to become entrepreneurs," said N Viswanathan, project coordinator, skill development initiative, at NIFT-TEA College.
Most people were not aware about jute products earlier and as such they did not enjoy much market. "But, the situation is changing gradually. With the increasing awareness about ill-effects of plastic bags, jute bags could become a good alternative. And for enterprising jute products, huge investments are not needed," Viswanathan said.
With the aim of creating opportunities for business diversification in the knitwear hub, NIFT-TEA College had been conducting training programmes on different textile products for aspirants. Jute product training is one among them. Many areas in and around Tirupur could be developed as jute product cluster, Viswanathan added.
Jute product manufacturing is likely to become popular as it has a huge export market.
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