The Textile Association (India) Ahmedabad Unit

EXECUTIVE PAGES Activity Report for the Month of March- April’10

4th March, 2010 : The Textile Associa-
tion (India) Ahmedabad Unit organized
a meeting with Her Excellency Ms.
Gennet Zewide, Ambassador of Ethio-
pia based at New Delhi. This business
meeting was arranged with selected in-
dustrialists, representatives from Govt.
of Gujarat and Import & Export compa-
nies of Ahmedabad on “Investment Op-
portunities for India in the Textile Indus-
try of Ethiopia”. Dr. P. R. Roy-Emeritus
President of Textile Association Indian
was the Chief Guest while Ms. Gennet
Zewide, Ambassador and Mehreteab
Mulugeta, Minister Counsellor (II) Eco-
nomic & Business, New Delhi were the (L-R) : A. R. Garde, V. A.Trivedi, Mehreteab Mulugeta, Gennet
guests of the function. (This event was Zewide, Dr. P. R. Roy, T. L. Patel
extensively covered in the March 2010
issue of NCM).

13th March 2010 : The TAI Ahmedabad

Unit and Gujarat Chamber of Commerce
& Industry Business Women Commit-
tee jointly organized Outstanding Busi-
ness Performance Award “GARIMA
2010” for Women Entrepreneurs of
Gujarat and Fashion Show “Swarnim
Gujarat”at OAT of Dinesh Hall Premises,
Ashram Road, Ahmedabad. Mrs.
Anandiben Patel, Hon’ble Minister for
Women and Child Welfare, Govt of
(L-R) Shri V.A. Trivedi and Shri H.S. Patel of TAI-Ahmedabad
Gujarat was the Chief Guest while Mrs.
Unit welcoming Mrs. Anandiben Patel
Vidyaben Hemendrabhai Shah, Asso-
ciated Dyestuff Pvt. Ltd Ahmedabad, seminar was “A Step Forward for Greener Tomorrow Effluent
was the Guest of Honour of the Func- Treatment Solution for Textile Dyeing Industries”. Shri A.D.
tion. Shri Rupesh C. Shah, President of Bhagat, Vice President of TAI Ahmedabad Unit welcomed all
GCCI delivered welcome address. Dur- the invitees and guests of the function. Dr. K.U. Mistry, Chair-
ing the function GCCI honoured all the man of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, (GPCB) Gandhinagar,
women entrepreneurs by giving them Gujarat was the chief guest while Shri Shanker R. Patel, Presi-
mementoes for their excellent work per- dent of the GDMA and Chairman NSAM Ahmedabad was the
formance. During the function, a fash- Guest of honour of the function. Dr. Mistry inaugurated the func-
ion show and a programme of melodi- tion by lighting the traditional Lamp along with other dignitaries.
ous music with songs were also orga-
nized to entertain the invitees. About Shri Anik Roy of SSP Pvt Ltd. gave his speech on the subject
1500 persons were present. matter and Shri Akash Gundawar, AGM Business Development,
SSP Pvt Ltd made his presentation (Covered in the May 2010
Shri V. A. Trivedi and Shri H. S. Patel, issue of NCM). About 60 people actively participated.
trustee, TAI-Ahmedabad Unit, offered
Ms. Anandiben bouquet & mementoes. 6th April 2010 : The Textile Association (India) Ahmedabad Unit
and the Indian Textile Machinery Exhibition Society jointly orga-
20th March 2010 : TAI-Ahmedabad unit nized a seminar on “Enhancing Credibility of MSME Units”. The
organized a seminar in association with seminar was supported by the Textile Machinery Manufactur-
SSP Pvt. Ltd, Faridabad, Haryaya on ers' Association (India) & Onicra Credit Rating of India Ltd.
20th March 2010 at Hotel Vice Presi-
dent, Ahmedabad. The theme of the Mr. Sahadev Korma, Regional Manager ONICRA made his pre-

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 sentation on Enhancing Credibility of
MSME Units. Shri R.S. Bachkaniwala
Chairman of the Indian ITME Society
gave details about the forthcoming ex-
hibition ITME EXPO 2010. He praised
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of the Textile Engineering Industry. The
seminar was very much informative and
about 70 people participated.
14th April 2010 : The Textile Associa-
tion (India) Ahmedabad Unit and
Technocols Software jointly organized
a seminar on "Techno Textile". Shri P. (L to R) : A.I. Thakkar, A. D. Bhagat, Dr. K. U. Mistry, Shanker
B. Jhala, Advisor Plasma Textiles Ap- R. Patel, V. A. Trivedi and Akash Gundawar
plications was the chief guest of the
function. Orator- Er Vijay Rajole made
a presentation on the Use of Web Tech-
nology in Indian Textiles. At the end of
the seminar, there was a question &
answer session.
24th April 2010 : Mr. T.L. Patel and Mr.
V. A. Trivedi attended a meeting (road
show) organized by the Indian Textile
Accessories & Machinery Manufactur-
ers Association (ITAMMA) at the Hotel
Royal Orchid Central, Ahmedabad. Mr.
Andrew Lin was the delegate from
ITMA 2011, Barcelona who gave high- (L-R) : Shri S. Chakrabarty, Shri V.A. Trivedi, Shri T.L. Patel, Shri
lights of the ITMA 2011 exhibition R.S. Bachkaniwala, Shri Sanjiv Lathia & Shri Vishesh Parekh
which would be held from 22-29th Sep-
tember at Fira de Barcelona, Spain.
30th April 2010 : The TAI Ahmedabad
Unit and Consumer Unity and Trust
Society (CUTS) Jaipur jointly organized
a Consultative Workshop on “Eco-La-
belling for Indian Textile Industries” in
Ahmedabad. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay,
Deputy Director Incharge, Regional of-
fice of the Textile Commissioner's Of-
fice, Ahmedabad was the chief guest.
Shri Anurag Srivastava, Deputy Head,
CUTS conducted the consultative work- (L-R) : Shri V.A. Trivedi, Shri Vishal V. Patel, Shri P. B. Jhala,
shop. Mr. Bandyopadhyay asked the Shri T. L. Patel and Shri Vijay Rajole
industry leaders to provide him sugges-
tions for taking up with the MoT. Shri
Rahul Bhajekar, Chief Operation Officer,
Texanlab made his presentation on
Sustainability in Textile – The Only Way
Forward". Mrs. C. Vanithamani, Senior
Laboratory Assistant, SITRA presented
a paper on "Environmental Compli-
ances- Tools for Sharpening Competi-
tiveness".
During the post lunch session, Mrs.
Vanithamani presented another paper
on the Application Criteria Part 1 & 2.
Also, Shri Rahul Bhajekar delivered his (L-R) : Shri V. A. Trivedi, Shri Rahul Bajekar, Sh ri D.
speech on "The EU Eco- label for Tex- Bandyopadhyay, Shri T. L. Patel, Shri Anurag Srivastava and
tile: Application Procedures". Shri C. Vanithamani

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