KVIC inks MoU with NIFT for design development, training
2 July 2017 11:53 PM IST
To improve design development and training at different Khadi institutions, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) on Saturday in a Expo 'Textile India 2017' at Gandhinagar, in presence of Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani and KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena.
Underlining the salient features of this MoU, Saxena said that while NIFT would work on design development and training with Khadi institutions – identified by KVIC and enable to bring in quality control as well as standardization and design inputs in production of Khadi fabric and readymades, KVIC would take NIFT's help in product development, processes.
"KVIC will co-ordinate and provide support to NIFT by identifying the suitable Khadi institutions –where the NIFT projects may take place and also engage NIFT students on summer internship/projects basis, for which stipends will be paid to them. On the other hand, NIFT will manage the projects and co-ordinate activities for cost in accordance with the MoU," he said.
In this MoU signed by KVIC's Dy CEO K S Rao and NIFT Gandhinagar's Director Arindam Das, NIFT had a role of assessing and enhancing the capacity of KVIC through knowledge transfer programmes, besides creating grass-root technical support system for intelligence development and market accessibility for KVIC as well as hand holding of artisans wherever required.
"As per the MoU –effective for at least 3 years, the NIFT will also provide its students for summer internship and projects, to work in Khadi sales outlets as well as Khadi
institutions for visual merchandising, design development and planning. NIFT will also assist in design inputs and product development at different SFURTI clusters," the KVIC Chairman further said.
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