Organised by  The Okhla Garment & Textile Cluster

Venue: India Habitat Centere, New Delhi 110001, India (Details of Speakers Below.)

The textile industry plays a crucial role in the Indian economy. The presence of textile sector can be felt through its share of contribution to the industrial output, employment generation and the export earnings of the country. With textile exports set to grow 25 per cent in 2006-07, India is emerging as a hotspot for sourcing textiles and apparel in the post-quota period. For direct sourcing buyers visiting India is increasing, while more vendors are going abroad for direct selling. Continued success is possible only for those who would mould according to the situation and ever growing needs of the hour.

To meet this need OGTC organizes international conference every year .The theme for this year ICAHT 07 will be INNOVATION. The conference is supported by Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) and SISI, Ministry of SSI, Govt. Of India.

This year's conference will have specific workshops each of 3 hours duration with renowned experts on day 1 (including Third Eyesight) and common interest topics on day 2. The number of participants in each workshop will be restricted to 30.The workshop topics are as follows

1. Lean Manufacturing
2. Quality Management
3. Role of IT infrastructure in Garment Industry
4. Product Development & Forecasting (by Third Eyesight)
5. Innovation and Management
6. Compliance – How it improves efficiency & quality
7. Managing Financial Cost
8. Garment Finishing (Physical & chemical

Programmes Details

28 TH SEPTEMBER, 2007 INAUGURAL SESSION (Venue – Auditorium ) 19:00   Theme Address Dr. K.W. Yeung – ED CTI Hong Kong Key Note Address Mr. J.N.Singh - Textile Commissioner Special Address Mr.Sudhir Dhingra – MD – Orient Craft Inaugural Address Sh. Shanker Singh Vaghela, Hon'ble Union Minister for Textiles (Confirmation Awaited) 20:30 to 21:30 Fashion Show 21:30 Dinner WORKSHOP DETAILS Delegate Registration 9:30 AM to 10 AM (Floor P - 1) Pre Lunch Workshops 10 AM to 1:30 PM (Tea Break 11:30 AM to 12 Noon) S. No. Subjects Name of Hall Faculties for conducting Workshops 1 Lean Manufacturing Casuarina Mr. Charles Dagar - Canada 2 Quality Management Magnolia Rajesh Bheda Consulting Dr. Rajesh Bheda – India Mr. P.V. Mehta– USA Mr. A.S. Candrasekaran 3 Role of IT Infrastructure in Garment Industry Maple KSA Technopack, Microsoft Royal Datamatics 4 Product Development & Forecasting Willow Ms. Sharmila KATRE, Third Eyesight Lunch 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Post Lunch Workshops 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM (Tea Break 4 PM to 4:30 PM) 5 Innovation & Management Casuarina Dr. Rams Ragavachariar – Bangalore 6 Compliance – How it improves efficiency & quality Magnolia Mr.Rajat Bhattacharya-Pearl Academy , Bangladesh Mr. David Ambadar – Bangladesh 7 Managing Financial Cost Maple CITI Bank 8 Garment Finishing (Physical & chemical) Willow Dr. M.L. Gulrajani – IIT Delhi , Dr. M.D. Teli – UDCT Mumbai, M/S Reasil High Tea 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

29 TH SEPTEMBER,2007- Presentation of Papers Registration – 9 AM to 9.30 AM Venue – Gulmohar Hall - 9.30 AM to 5 PM Guest of Honour Mr. M. Nakagawa, MD YKK GTZ Presentation Mr. Kiell Olsen, Principal Advisor INVITED LECTURES Prof. Pradeep Mehta USA Raising the Bar : How to improve overall business Dr. Rams Ragavacharia Bangalore Innovation & management   TEA Mr. Devangshu Dutta Chief Executive, Third Eyesight - India 's position in the Global Chain - Creating a Competitive Strategy Dr. Sanjay Gupta NIFT Fashion futures Mr. Anoop Nautiyal Country Manager H & M International Ltd. H & M Perspective Prof. Prabir Jana NIFT Delhi Computerized evaluation of sewing operators: from fiction to reality Dr. M.D. Teli University of Mumbai HR and Human Values through SRD – A case study in garment industry   LUNCH Mr. Jayant Kochar Go Fish Retail Solutions Marketing Innovation Dr. Depti Gupta IIT Delhi A study of body shapes and sizes in the Indian population for evolving a sizing for garments Mr. Roger Thomas (Methods Apparel Consultancy) South Africa Road map for Indian garment industry Ms. Prachi Mehrotra Pearl Academy of Fashion , New Delhi Home textiles   SUMMING -UP