Expert women in the field of textiles feted

Nagpur: On International Women’s Day, the Weavers Service Centre, Civil Lines, felicitated women who are experts in the field of textiles on Sunday.
Director of Directorate of Textiles, Madhavi Khode, felicitated the women. Dr Sonali Sharma, Dr Richa Jain, Nidhi Gandhi were also present on the dais. Assistant director of Weavers Service Centre, S Khandare and others were present.
Khode said, “Women’s contribution in ‘farm to fabric’ and ‘fabric to fashion’ is extraordinary. Women contribute right from selling of cotton to weaving of fabric to fashion industry. Marketing is very important in textile sector. Need is to increase usage of branding and digital marketing,” she said.
Khode added all women should chose their interested fields as in present condition women are into all fields.
Gandhi stressed the need for women to avail the benefits of various government schemes available in the textile sector. She also suggested the women to brand their textile products through social connect.