The State Government has allocated ₹25 lakh to Sir Vallabbhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management to encourage entrepreneurship in technical textiles, said the Minister for Handlooms and Textiles O.S. Manian here on Saturday.
Speaking at the two-day workshop on technical textiles Mr. Manian said that a dedicated technical textiles wing has been created at the institute.The State Government is taking every effort to support the development of the handloom and textiles sector, he added.
Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development S.P Velumani, who inaugurated the workshop, said the government has constructed 575 green houses for handloom weavers at a cost of ₹ 14.95-crore.
K. Phanindra Reddy, Principal Secretary, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi Department, said technical textiles provides new opportunity to the Indian textile industry.
Earlier, the Ministers visited an exhibition on technical textiles organised on the Institute campus.
C. Rameshkumar, director of the institute, said in the first phase, workshops, seminars and training programmes would be organised for potential entrepreneurs in select technical textile products. In the next phase, they would be assisted to develop business.
