Global silk body elects Indian as Secretary General

 

June 22, 2012 (India)

Ms. Ishita Roy, a 1991 Kerala Cadre I.A.S. Officer, currently serving as the Member Secretary, Central Silk Board has been elected as the Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission (ISC) in a special Conference of ISC held at Cluj Napoca, Romania on 14th June 2012. With this, the Secretariat of ISC hitherto located at Lyon France since inception (1960) would also move to India and housed in the campus of Central Silk Board at Bangalore. This historical change would mark the beginning of a new era in the development of global sericulture silk industry. This would also help Indian Silk Industry to take advantages of global silk platform.

ISC – Background:

The ISC is an inter-governmental organization of silk producing countries, stationed at Lyon, France. The genesis of ISC dates back to June 1948, when the VII International Sericulture Congress was organized in Alès, whose aim was to re-launch sericulture world-wide, after the Second World War.  The permanent commission of ISC was instituted through a convention held at France during 1960. India is one amongst the founding members of ISC.. At present, 13 countries are the members of ISC viz., Brazil, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Romania, Thailand and Tunisia. The primary aim and objective of the ISC is to encourage and promote the development and promotion of sericulture, globally.

ISC has been supporting the development of silk industry in India in the areas of strengthening the R&D activities and acting as a facilitator for sourcing funds from international funding agencies for taking up developmental projects by the Central Silk Board and State sericulture departments.

The prestigious Louis Pasteur Award, being awarded to persons who have done outstanding contribution to global sericulture industry, has been instituted and given away by the ISC. Louis Pasteur Award is considered as the “Nobel Prize” of silk industry and is given once in three years. India has been one of the major recipients of this coveted award and till now, 11 Scientists from India have been conferred with this award for their contribution to the silk industry.

ISC Office would be shifted to Bangalore, India

Ms. Ishita Roy would be assuming the charge of Secretary General for a three year term from January 2013. During this intervening period, the Head Quarters of this prestigious and the sole international organization for silk industry would be shifted from Lyon - the Fashion Capital of Europe, to Bangalore - the Silk Capital of India. The Office would be housed in the Campus of Central Silk Board, at Bangalore.

The global aspirations

• This new opportunity can well be utilized to harness better understanding of technological innovations amongst the member countries to begin with.
• ISC can play more active role in bringing its members, producing, converting and consuming countries much closer on an international forum for bilateral and multi-lateral business beneficial to each other.
• It can ensure better collection, documentation and dissemination of information on global and national sericulture industry for the benefit of the stake holders across the globe.
• It can also play a pivotal role in re-defining need-based research, technology, HRD and marketing linkages of silk and silk based products at international level for the benefit of its member countries
• How does ISC benefits India?
• India can play a major role in framing policy actions on sericulture development globally which can help in bringing stability and sustainability in her domestic sericulture industry.
• Through collaborative R&D activities by the member countries, potential genetical traits presently scattered in different geographical regions could be aggregated for enhancing global silk production and productivity.
• ISC can be effectively utilized as a forum for promoting silk as a natural, eco-friendly and fibre and strive to promote increased use of silk and silk based products across the globe. Incidentally, it can also help in promoting the brand ‘Indian Silk’, through the Silk Mark, among the global consumers.
• India would have greater role in channelizing funds from international funding agencies to its member countries and also to many sericulturally developing countries in South America, Africa and Asia.
• Under the banner of ISC activities, some of the R&D Institutes in India could be elevated to international standards by forging fruitful collaboration with other reputed R&D institutes of the world.
• India, being among the leading producers of silk from among the member countries of ISC can offer its large pool of expert service and training facilities to other silk producing countries. It can act as the centre for any major initiatives globally.
• ISC would provide a larger platform for sharing expertise among the silk producing countries.
• India would also strive to enhance the membership base of the countries at an international level.
• ISC would be used as a platform for the congregation of silk producing and processing countries for better value realization
• India being a main silk producing country to avail the advantages of technological innovations in silk reeling, processing and finishing technologies developed in other countries.
• India would be able to import improved machineries on reeling, processing and finishing from other countries to enhance of quality of Indian Silk products for domestic and export markets

  The appointment of Member Secretary as Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission and shifting the head quarter of this prestigious international intergovernmental organization to India is considered as a land mark event and is seen as a much-sought-after opportunity for India to be a global leader for sericulture development.

International Sericultural Commission (ISC)

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Textile exports to grow at higher pace during FY 2012-13

ISLAMABAD: Textile sector of the country is expected to grow at higher pace during fiscal year (FY) 2012-13 mainly due to concessions given by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to Pakistani textile products.
“It is hoped textile products would be exported in huge quantity to European Union (EU) after approval of concessions by WTO to Pakistani textile products in February 2012”, said official sources on Tuesday.
Our exporters are expected to comply with different international obligations, like ISO Certifications, produce and export quality product and ensure timely exports, the sources added.
Sources said the targeted growth rate for industrial sector in 2012-13 has been set at 4.1 percent as a whole, for manufacturing sector 4.4 percent, while 3.0 percent and 7.5 percent growth rates have been fixed for Large Scale Manufacturing and Small Scale Manufacturing respectively.
Major projects of textile to be executed include Pak-Korean Garments Technology Training Institute, Karachi (Rs 300 million), Lahore Garment City Company, Lahore (Rs 587 million), Faisalabad Garment City Company, Faisalabad (Rs 499 million) and providing and laying dedicated 48 inch diameter Mild Steel Water Pipeline for the Pakistan Textile City Karachi (Rs 637 million).
The main growing industries in 2012-13 would be chemicals, automobile, pharmaceuticals, electronics, leather products, paper and boards, cement and non-metallic minerals.
During 2012-13, Rs 2,049 million are allocated to manufacturing sector including Rs 775 million for industries, Rs 612 million for production and Rs 227 million for Ministry of Textile.
Major manufacturing projects to be carried out include establishment of Chromite Beneficiation Plant at Muslim Bagh, district Killa Saifullah, Balochistan (Rs 104 million), Woman Business Development Centre, Karachi (Rs 59 million), Red Chilies Processing Centre, Sindh (Rs 256 million), Water Supply Scheme for Hub Industrial Estate phase-II (Rs 247 million), Meat Processing and Butchers Training Centre, Multan (Rs 265 million), establishment of Castor Oil Extraction Plant at Uthal district Lasbela (Rs 300 million). app

LFW announces the Gen Next, Emerging and Accessory designers

MUMBAI: Riding high on the achievements of LFW Summer/Resort 2012, the esteemed panel of Lakme Fashion Week Advisory Board members met to announce several exciting initiatives for LFW Winter/Festive 2012, scheduled from August 3 to August 7, 2012. 

Indian Textile Day: LFW will be dedicating an exclusive day for Indian textiles again this season as a part of the ongoing effort to celebrate Indian textiles and weaves. The day will witness a strong pool of textile designers from across the country with live demonstrations by craftsmen throughout the week. This season will continue to host knowledge sharing workshops and panel discussions with industry veterans to bring awareness and increase support for Indian textiles

Talent Box: With the overwhelming response and success of Talent Box shows - the international concept of showcasing designs in a second showing  area at 'The Source',  will celebrate its one year anniversary this season

Supporting its mission to promote new talent, the respected panel of the LFW Advisory Board members also shortlisted the new batch of Gen Next, Emerging and Accessory Designers for Winter/Festive 2012. The popular Gen Next category at LFW, in its 7th year, announced the fourteenth batch of promising young designers for its next edition.

As compared to Winter/Festive 2011, this upcoming season of WF 2012 has generated a credible increase in applications across categories, a testament of the reach the platform represents and the business transacted last season. LFW Winter/Festive 2012 received around 250 designer applications across categories

Submissions came from 27 cities across the country along with international applicants from Colombo, Dubai, Dhaka, Ontario, Sydney, Hong Kong and Texas

Winter/ Festive 2012 will see 7 Gen Next, 15 Emerging and 3 Accessory designers showcasing their collections. Applications were judged on the criteria of quality, innovation and creativity, marketability and commercial viability. Eminent designer and stylist Aki Narula continues to mentor the Gen Next designers this season as well.

The Lakme Fashion Week Advisory Board comprises of eminent stakeholders from the fashion fraternity, including designers, buyers and the media. This season, the responsibility of selecting the future talent rested on the shoulders of experts - Anamika Khanna- Designer, Dr. Alka Nishar- AZA, Dr. Darlie O' Koshy- AEPC, Krishna Mehta-Designer, Pradeep Hirani- Kimaya, Priya Tanna, Vogue,  Sujata Assomull- Launch Editor Harpers Bazaar along with Anjana Sharma, Director – Fashion, IMG Reliance and Purnima Lamba- Head Lakme, Innovation, who are all part of the LFW Advisory Board.

Talking about the new talent and applications this season, Purnima Lamba- Lakme, Innovations said, "The Lakme Fashion Week Advisory Board has always been a strong supporter of new talent and believes in providing some exceptional opportunities allowing designers to showcase their work on a larger scale. As the newest member on the Advisory Board, I look forward to bring my experience in the beauty industry and take this platform to the next level. We are also very thrilled to introduce to you a fresh batch of designers that show a lot of promise with their futuristic designs and creativity. We are positive that our new initiatives and the Gen Next designers paired with the industry stalwarts will play a key role in setting newer benchmarks."

Also present at the Advisory Board, Anjana Sharma, Director-Fashion, IMG Reliance said, "LFW has been conceived with an aim to integrate India into the global fashion world. The perception of Indian designers globally is that of immense talent, and as supporters of the business of fashion, it is our endeavour to discover and put forward the best. As a platform conceived by LFW, Gen Next has been one of our highlights since its inception and has become the most coveted program encouraging young talent. This season our main focus it to strengthen our commitment towards young talent. These inclusions reiterate our long-term commitment to the growth of the fashion industry in India. We are excited to see this new talent take a leap at Lakme Fashion Week this season."

About Lakme Fashion Week:
Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) is jointly organized by Lakme, the No.1 cosmetics and beauty services brand in India and IMG Reliance, the global leader in sports and entertainment event marketing and management. LFW has been conceived and created with a vision to "Redefine the future of fashion and Integrate India into the global fashion world". LFW is organized twice every year. LFW Winter/Festive 2012 will be held from August 3 to August 7, 2012 at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai. For further information log on to http://www.Lakmefashionweek.co.in

About Lakme:
Contemporary Indian beauty expert Lakme continuously innovates to offer a wide range of, high performance and world class color cosmetics, skincare products, and beauty salons. In addition to leveraging Unilever's worldwide expertise, Lakme also partners with the leading cosmetic house Milan-based Intercos Italia, Schwann Stabilo Germany and Paris-based Fiabila. Combining international cosmetic technology with an in-depth understanding of the Indian woman's needs, Lakme also offers its consumers a comprehensive beauty experience through its products and services at the Lakme Salons and Studios. For further information log on to www.Lakmeindia.com

About IMG Reliance:
In 2010 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest and most recognized private sector company, and IMG Worldwide (IMG), the world's leading sports marketing and management company, announced the formation of an equal joint venture to develop, market and manage sports and entertainment in India. The joint venture company, IMG Reliance Pvt. Ltd., will create and operate major sports and entertainment assets in the country.  In its first initiative, IMG Reliance entered into an agreement with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) to create a new professional basketball league and manage all aspects of the commercial rights to the game in India. IMG Reliance signed a 15-year agreement with the AIFF, to improve, popularize and promote the game of football throughout India, from the grassroots to the professional level.  IMG Reliance has also created a scholarship program to identify and train talented young Indians from sports including - basketball, soccer and tennis–at IMG's world-class sports training facilities at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida.

About IMG Fashion:
IMG Fashion is dedicated to facilitating a gateway to the fashion world - from creation to consumer. We offer solutions that seamlessly connect and associate fashion's key constituents and corporate brands using IMG's global resources, influence and expertise. Within the fashion industry IMG represents the world's top models, leading designers and the most influential photographers, art directors and stylists. The division produces the leading fashion events around the globe and represents many of the industry's top organizations and federations as well as works with various local and national governments, creating regional and international fashion platforms. For more information on IMG and its business visit www.imgworld.com

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Dhotis

Dhotis are produced on handlooms in different widths and lengths, and using different counts of cottons yarns in wrap and weft. Both Hindus and Muslims of the richer classes, however, when in full dress, almost invariable use it. In Northern India, these sashes are almost always made of wool and are of different degrees of fineness.