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WEAVERS'
SERVICE CENTRES AND INDIAN INSTITUTES OF HANDLOOM TECHNOLOGY(WSCs &
IIHTs)
1. Introduction
25 Weavers' Service Centres
and 5 Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology play a very vital role in
the Research and Development, imparting training to weavers to upgrade
their skill and increase productivity in the handloom sector. They have
also been instrumental in evolving innumerable new designs and reviving
traditional designs. Most of the State level agencies have lauded the role
of Weavers' Service Centres and Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology.
2. Weaver Service Centre
(WSC)
2.1 Under training programmes,
the Weavers/Dyers/Printers and Designers are imparted training through
in-house training courses of 4 months duration and through field training
programmes under Decentralised Training of Weavers Scheme. The Decentralised
Training of Weavers Scheme launched in the year 1987-88 has been modified
from time to time and is still in operation.
2.2 Handloom Sector has been
facing stiff competition with the powerloom sector since last few years.
To keep pace with the changing fashions/trends, it has become necessary
for the handloom sector to revive its technique/technology. Keeping this
in view, the government of India has decided to equip the Weavers' Service
Centres/Indian Institute of Handloom Technology with Computer Aided Textile
Designing so that the Handloom Sector could compete with the powerloom
sector in the areas of weaving as well as designing.
2.3 Since the Weavers' Service
Centres, in addition to Research and Development activities, are involved
in evolving new designs for the Handloom Sector, a great need was being
felt to popularize the designs developed by the experts/designers of Weavers'
Service Centres. Keeping this in view periodical display-cum-exhibition
of the designs and samples developed by WSCs are organized by the Weavers'
Service Centres in weavers clusters spread all over the country for the
benefit of handloom weavers.
2.4 The Weavers Service Centre
conducts training programme under the Decentralized Training Programme
to upgrade skill of weavers to enable them to switch over from low value
added to high value added products.
3. IIHTs
3.1 The Indian Institute
of Handloom Technology have been set up with the following objectives:
a) To undertake experimental
and research programmes.
b) To lay down the highest
possible technical standard of training for the handloom industry and to
devise short term and long term training programmes for technical personnel
to be employed in the handloom sector.
c) To devise channels of
service in order to built up the closest possible liaison between the Institutes
and handloom production units.
3.2 The four Institutes at
Varanasi, Salem, Guwahati and Jodhpur conduct 3 years Diploma Course in
Handloom Technology. The Institutes at Varanasi and Salem are also conducting
1-1/2 (one & half) year duration (Three Semester) Post Diploma Course
in Textile Chemistry.
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