The Government does not have any proposal to establish Textile Excellence Centres in the country, including Telangana.However, the Government has established eight Centers of Excellences (CoEs) for research and innovation in technical textiles as under:
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S.No.
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Name of COEs
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Area
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S.No.
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Name of CoEs
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Area
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1.
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Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai
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Geotech
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5.
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DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Kolhapur
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Non-Wovens
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2.
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Synthetic & Art Silk Mills' Research Association, Mumbai
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Agrotech
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6.
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PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
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Indutech
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3.
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Northern India Textile Research Association, Ghaziabad
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Protech
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7.
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Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association, Ahmedabad
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Composites
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4.
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South India Textile Research Association
Coimbatore
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Meditech
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8.
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Wool Research Association, Thane
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Sportech
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This information was given by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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