Guidelines
for Technical Textiles Degree Programme in UG & PG issued
Guidelines
to update existing conventional degree programmes with new papers of Technical
Textiles
Internships
support for Technical Textile announced
Posted On: 05 JAN 2023 3:21PM by PIB Delhi
‘General Guidelines for Enabling of Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles- for Private & Public Institutes’ and ‘General Guidelines for Grant for Internship Support in Technical Textiles (GIST)’ issued
Grant of upto INR 20,000 per
student per month shall be provided to the empaneled companies for providing
internships to B.Tech students of relevant Departments/Specializations in
Public/Private Institutes under the GIST guidelines.
Driven by set of highly
educated and skilled professionals, India will take a huge leap in the
cutting-edge research, production, and innovative applications related to
Technical Textiles
The Ministry of Textiles has
given clearance to two guidelines, namely, ‘General Guidelines for Enabling of
Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles- for Private & Public
Institutes’and ‘General Guidelines for Grant for Internship Support in
Technical Textiles (GIST)’, under the Flagship Programme of National Technical
Textiles Mission (NTTM). The clearance was given during a Meeting of the
Empowered Programme Committee (EPC), informed Secretary Textiles, Smt. Rachna
Shah, during a press interaction held here today.
The ‘General Guidelines for
Enabling of Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles- For Private & Public Institutes’ will enable New
Technical Textiles Degree Programme (UG & PG) and updating of existing
conventional degree programmes with new papers of Technical Textiles. The
Ministry of Textiles intends to develop eco-system in technical textiles not
only in textile field but other disciplines of Engineering like Civil,
Mechanical, Electronics etc., Agriculture institutes, Medical Colleges, Fashion
institutes.
The Guidelines cover the
funding of upgradation/enhancement of laboratory equipment, training of lab
personnel and specialized training of Faculty members of the relevant
department/specialization in the University/Institute, with respect to the
undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) degree programmes. This will cover
Public funded institutions and also private institutions having NIRF ranking.
The assistance for introducing full course in technical textiles an be upto 20
crores PG course and upto 10 Crores at UG level. At UG level introducing one
mandatory subject and few electives, grant upto 7.5 crores may be given.
The guidelines will
putemphasis on creating an effective and world-class knowledge ecosystem to
make India a world leader in the field of technical textiles in the next
decade. India will take a huge leap in the cutting-edge research, production,
and innovative applications related to Technical Textiles, driven by the set of
highly educated and competent professionals.
The detailed ‘General
Guidelines for Enabling of Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles- For
Private & Public Institutes’ are available on official website of Ministry
of Textiles under NTTM web page https://www.texmin.nic.in/technical-textiles-mission.
The online applications may
be submitted on the dedicated online education application portal under
http://nttm.texmin.gov.in/only, from the date of opening of portal (10th
January 2023) till 2nd March 2023 (17.00 hrs).
The implementation of
General Guidelines for Grant for Internship Support in Technical Textiles
(GIST) shall be conducted in two phases, (i) Empanelment of the eligible
Companies, (ii) Internship Program, wherein the grant of upto INR 20,000 per
student (B.Techstudentsin2nd/3rd/4th Year of the relevant Departments/
Specializations of eligible private/ public institutes) per month shall be
provided to the empaneled companies, subject to the maximum period of 2 months
of funding support for internship period. The eligible agencies will be textile
industries with turn over more than 10 crores, Textile Research associations
under Ministry and textile machinery manufactures. The empanelled industries/
institutions can give training to engineering institutes of concerned
discipline in Public funded institutions and also to Private institutions with
NIRF ranking upto 200.
This move will support in
creating quality manpower, especially industry-trained engineers and
professionals, and highly skilled workmen both for manufacturing and
application areas of technical textiles along with fostering Academia –
Industry linkages in the field of Technical Textiles.
The detailed ‘General
Guidelines for Grant for Internship Support in Technical Textiles (GIST)’ are
available on the official website of Ministry of textiles under NTTM page,
https://www.texmin.nic.in/technical-textiles-mission. The applicant companies may
submit their applications by cut-off date 23.02.2023.
Talking about the progress
of NTTM, the Secretary informed that 74 research proposals worth INR 232 Crores
in different application areas of technical textiles including Geotech, Agrotech,
Specialty fibres, Protech, etc. have been approved to premier institutions like
IITs/ NITs/ Textile Research Associations (TRAs) with industry partners in most
of them.
She added that as technical
textiles are to perform some specific functions, ensuring quality is paramount
and to achieve this, the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) are under consideration
of 107technical textiles items. QCOs for 19 Geo-tech, 12 Pro-tech, 22 Agro-tech
and 6 Medi-tech are under consideration. 48 items of Medi-tech are already
covered under CDSCO regulation.
More than 500 BIS Standards
have been developed on technical textiles and BIS is working on developing 40
more such standards as per requirement of industry.SRTEPC has been assigned the
role of the Export Promotion Council for promotion of Technical Textiles.
Smt. Shah emphasized that
the Ministry has also issued guidelines for inviting research proposals for
indigenous development of Technical Textiles machinery/Tools/Equipment&
Instruments, which allows participation from private industries also. Premier
research organizations like DRDO, CSIR have also been approached for inviting
research proposals.Guidelines for promoting Start-ups in technical textiles are
under formulation.
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