Guru Nanak Dev University, the Amritsar-based leading University, has established a Department of ‘Apparel and Textile Technology’ at its main University campus.
The department shall admit 20 students for M.Sc. (Apparel & Textiles) for academic session 2022-23. The B.Tech (Textile Processing Technology) being run under the Department of Chemistry shall also transfer to the new department.
Dr Sukhprit Singh, Head, Department of Chemistry, has been appointed as officiating head of the Department of Apparel and Textile Technology.
The University has a strong connect with the textile industry and boasts of good placement records for its graduates in Government jobs and reputed textile and apparel manufacturing and marketing units across the Indian sub-continent.
M.Sc. (Apparel & Textiles) programme is being added from 2022-23 academic session in the Department of Apparel and Textile Technology to cater to the demands in the emerging fields of Technical Textiles in India.
It is worth stating that to pursue innovative research and design in medical textiles, protective textiles and industrial garments, the University has signed MoU with OCM, Amritsar.
The department also has an in-house Textile Industry Service Centre (TISC), which provides quality and standard testing and consultation services to the textile industry at nominal charges.
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