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| Silk Tech Service Center organises programme | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 2: Silk Technical Service Center, CSTRI, Central Silk Board, Miran Sahib Jammu, a one day Technical Upgradation Program entitled Recent Advances in Mulberry Silk Technology and Schemes Schemes was organized in Udyog Bhawan, Rail Head Jammu for reelers and weavers in coordination with Handicrafts and handloom, department Jammu.
N. S. Gahlot Scientist-D STSC Jammu welcomed all the participants present in the program. The Technical Upgradation Programme was inaugurated by chief guest, Baldev Singh Baloria, Deputy Mayor, Jammu Municipal Corporation Dr. Vikas Gupta, Director, Handicraft and Handloom, Jammu Division, Ashwani Kumar Sharma,, Additional Director, Silk Development Department, N. S. Gahlot Scientist and Zonal officer, Central Silk Board, Jammu and other dignitaries lighted the lamp. The Deputy Mayor visited to exhibit stall of silk products at the programme centre.
N. S. Gahlot Scientist, Silk Technical Service Center, Meera Sahib, Jammu, while addressing the participants, said that we are constantly trying to make India self -sufficient in silk production. There has been a lot of improvement in silk cocoon quality and yarn. Now our focus is to develop value added products by connecting the silk industry with handloom weavers and artisans.
The scientist awared that handloom weavers of Jammu division can make a profit by using various silk yarn and its blends like silk-wool, silk-cotton on the their handlooms. Various latest handlooms, reeling machines are available on 80-90 % subsidy basis as Jammu and Kashmir is falls under special state status. Hence, it is opportunity to make value added diversified products which will make a profit and can supply as per market demand. Shri Gahlot urged the silk exporters, traders, weavers of Jammu division to come forward so that Efforts can be made to make the latest style clothes.
Information about all the schemes including silk Samagra-II shown by Gahlot by video and power point presentation and said the drudgery can be reduced by adopting modified region specific handloom, computer added textile design (CATD) for preparing multi -design products from the silk yarn of Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr. Vikas Gupta, Director, Handicraft and Handloom, Jammu Division said that in the last two years, about 4000 people have been trained. In ten districts of Jammu Division, there are about 150 hanndicrafts training centers and 50 handloom centers are running for rural mass. The scientists of the silk technical service center Jammu and their technical teams are cooperating in handloom development work. Gahlot has given technical information about the silk in the technical up-gradation program today to women weavers, members of weaving committees and handicrafts artisans. He has urged to participants to promote clothes and it quality on handlooms made with new technology of Central Silk Board. He offered to beneficiaries and suggested to apply for getting subsidy based handlooms, jacquard, warping machine, twisting machine, dyeing, printing and finishing machines.
Chief cuest Baldev Singh, Baloria, Deputy Mayor, Jammu Municipal Corporation, appreciated the efforts of silk technical service center, Central Silk Board Jammu and emphasizes on various schemes of Central Govt. , for beneficiaries. He told that it is a good initiative for development of silk farmers and artisans. Honorable Deputy Mayor expressed happiness at the silk stall by seeing the process of silk products and the process of thread making as well as blended silk /cocoon, silk wool yarns/ fabrics.
Sonika Parihar, Assistant Director, Handicraft and Handloom, Janipur Jammu showed all the handicrafts products produced by the local women group, which was appreciated by all the participants. Multi value items can be produced by handicraft which will befits to all artisans. She also shown a video of rural artisans and various traditional products. A catalogue of handicrafts released by dignitaries wherein new products developed by handicrafts and handloom, department Jammu.
In this technical up-gratdation programme, apart from dignitaries officers from Handicraft and Handloom, Shavi Deputy Director, training incharge H&H, joint Director, Satish Thaploo, Project Officer, Jammu and Kashmir Industries, and his team, Santosh Kumar, Scientist of Central Silk Board, Pawan Kumar Sharma and BD Maandi, Jagdish Raj Sr TA, Dr. Wali Professor of SKUAST Sericulture Department, about 40 women weavers from Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts, handloom committee chairman and representative of reelers Rajni and other Central Government and State Government officials including Silk Industry, Textile Exporters, Silk Udhami, businessmen, Weaver representatives were present. More than 100 entrepreneurs, realers, weavers, officials of the state and center offices participated in the technical up-gadation program.
In the end of programme, Bharat Bhushan Senior Technical Assistant, a vote of thanks given by him to all participants present, guests and handicrafts and handloom team. He invited to all for working lunch and requested to geather all participants for technical session and question -answer session from 2pm - 4pm in the conference hall of JLN Udhyog Bhawan, Jammu. |
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