The Central government on Monday (17 January) have cleared 20 strategic research projects in the areas of specialty fibers and geotextiles strategic research projects worth Rs 30 crore.
This project will fall under the Government’s flagship programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission’, the Ministry of Textiles said in a release on Monday.
Among the 20 research projects, 16 projects of specialty fibers were cleared including five projects in healthcare, four projects in industrial and protective, three projects in energy storage, three projects in textile waste recycling, and one agriculture, and four projects in Geotextiles (Infrastructure) were cleared, the ministry said.
Union Minister of Textiles, Piyush Goyal cleared the project in a session chaired by him and during the session, leading Indian Institutes, Centres of Excellence, and government organisations including IITs, DRDO, and BTRA participated in the session as per information released by the ministry.
While addressing the session, Goyal said, “Industry and Academia connect is essential for the growth of research and development in the application areas of Technical Textiles in India. Building convergence with Academicians, Scientists and Researchers is the need of the hour.”
Goyal also stressed that the focus should be on the internationally high value-added products and building a structure of brainstorming around problem statements.
In March 2021, 11 research projects worth Rs 78.60 crore were cleared by the Ministry of Textiles.
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