{"id":25462,"date":"2023-01-12T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/textile-secretary-rachna-shah-visits-mantra-facilities-in-surat-emphasizes-research-in-technical-textiles\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:00:09","slug":"textile-secretary-rachna-shah-visits-mantra-facilities-in-surat-emphasizes-research-in-technical-textiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/textile-secretary-rachna-shah-visits-mantra-facilities-in-surat-emphasizes-research-in-technical-textiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Textile secretary Rachna Shah Visits MANTRA facilities in Surat, emphasizes research in Technical textiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dsprime\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PTI-Image-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Surat (Gujarat) [India], January 12<\/strong>: Rachna Shah, the government of India\u2019s textile secretary, had a visit to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantrasurat.org\/\">Man Made Textiles Research Association (MANTRA)<\/a> facilities on Ring Road and emphasised the importance of establishing research in technical textiles, with a focus on Agro Textiles.<\/p>\n<p>Rachna Shah, India\u2019s textile secretary, accompanied by Textile Commissioner Roop Rashi Mahapatra, inspected the infrastructure at MANTRA, including the laboratory and machinery. Shah praised the infrastructural facilities and the textile experts\u2019 research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia\u2019s textile secretary Rachna Shah took a special interest in MANTRA\u2019s Centre of Excellence for Technical Textiles,\u201d said Rajnikant Bachkaniwala, president of MANTRA. She gathered extensive information on non-woven textile machinery, fabrics, and applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe textile secretary closely observed the coating and lamination technology at MANTRA, as well as the samples prepared using cutting-edge technology,\u201d Bachkaniwala continued.<\/p>\n<p>MANTRA scientists gave a detailed presentation on the cutting-edge \u2018Plasma Technology\u2019 machine installed at MANTRA. The textile secretary was particularly drawn to MANTRA\u2019s Technical Textiles laboratory and its testing equipment. She praised MANTRA\u2019s efforts in establishing a testing laboratory for face masks and PPE kits at the centre.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. PP Raichurkar, Director of MANTRA, and MANTRA President Rajnikant Bachkaniwala gave a detailed presentation on MANTRA\u2019s textile sector activities.<\/p>\n<p>Bachkaniwala urged the textile secretary to convene all Textile Research Associations (TRAs) on a single platform to discuss and collaborate on textile industry research.<\/p>\n<p>Rachna Shah, Textile Secretary, was impressed by the information provided by the MANTRA management and advised them to prioritise research in Technical Textiles, with a particular emphasis on Agro Textiles.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit of India\u2019s textile secretary, MANTRA director Dr. PP Raichurkar, MANTRA President Rajnikant Bachkaniwala, Secretary Prafull Gandhi, and council members were present.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, kindly visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mantrasurat.org\/\">http:\/\/www.mantrasurat.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any objection to this press release content, kindly contact pr.error.rectification@gmail.com to notify us. We will respond and rectify the situation in the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surat (Gujarat) [India], January 12: Rachna Shah, the government of India\u2019s textile secretary, had a visit to the Man Made Textiles Research Association (MANTRA) facilities on Ring Road and emphasised the importance of establishing research in technical textiles, with a focus on Agro Textiles. Rachna Shah, India\u2019s textile secretary, accompanied by Textile Commissioner Roop Rashi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-25462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}