Centre approves 4 Start-Ups in Technical Textiles field

     Raipur, August 27, 2024: A high powered central committee today approved 4 Start-Ups with a grant of approximately INR 50 Lakhs each under the ‘Grant for Research & Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT)’ scheme.

     The Union Secretary for Ministry of Textiles had chaired the 8th Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) meeting under the National Technical Textiles Mission here at New Delhi.

     The committee has approved 4 Start-Ups with a grant of about Rs 50 lakh each, under the Grant for Research & Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles scheme, sources in the Central Textiles Ministry said.

     The committee has also approved a grant of about Rs 20 crore to 5 Education Institutes to introduce courses in Technical Textiles under the ‘General Guidelines for Enabling of Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles’.

      The approved Start-Up projects are focused on key strategic areas of Composites, Sustainable Textiles, and Smart Textiles, the officials said.

     The approved Education Institutes have proposed to introduce new B.Tech courses in different fields and applications of technical textiles including Geotextiles, Geosynthetics, Composites, Civil Structures, etc, they added.