Today, the 8th Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) meeting under the National Technical Textiles Mission was chaired by the Secretary of the Ministry of Textiles at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. In this meeting, 4 start-ups were approved with a grant of approximately INR 50 lakhs each under the 'Grant for Research and Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT)' scheme.
The committee also approved a grant of around INR 20 crores for 5 educational institutes to introduce courses in Technical Textiles under the 'General Guidelines for Enabling of Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles.
The approved start-up projects focus on key strategic areas such as Composites, Sustainable Textiles, and Smart Textiles. The educational institutes selected have proposed to introduce new B.Tech courses in various fields and applications of technical textiles, including Geotextiles, Geosynthetics, Composites, Civil Structures, and more.
