Education > 16 Jul 2010 : Over the last 30 years, Triburg has trained and nurtured some of the most respected professionals in the apparel export industry. Training is an intrinsic part of the company’s ethos, so it is only natural that Triburg should start an education and training initiative for the industry. This new initiative is called the Triburg Center for Learning. In the next few months, the Center will be launching several other programs for more experienced professionals as well as programs for production, quality and design professionals. Irrespective of program content, the core mission will endure – to create a new breed of professionals who can take the industry to the next level.

Education > 1 Jul 2010 : To survive and thrive in the world of competition, it is the need of the hour that the professionals remain updated on the latest developments taking place in the industry.

Education > 16 Jun 2010 : As students from various fashion institutes prepare to enter the industry, it is time to evaluate the projects that they have embarked upon in their journey to add a fresh perspective to the industry. In this endeavour, the Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF) recently organized a seminar for its final year students named “SYNTHESIS 2010” at New Delhi. The event saw the two best chosen students from their respective courses showcasing their project presentations to a select gathering of industry watchers

Education > 1 Jun 2010 : National Institute of Fashion Technology, which prepares young masterminds of the apparel industry, recently organized Technosummit 2010, a platform for recognizing the best of the graduation project from the Masters and Bachelors of Fashion Technology batch.

Education > 17 Mar 2010 : The apparel export business has always faced the challenge of meeting deadlines and maintaining a lead time which is becoming shorter day by day with the advent of fast fashion where the retailers are trying to get the manufacturing of the merchandise done much closer to the selling season. This is pushing all the members of the supply chain to optimize performance. The NCR (The National Capital Region of India) is one of the important export hubs of apparel business. Since the region does not have proximity to sea port, the export houses, buying houses and freight forwarding companies of this region often face operational and infrastructural challenges. A survey of 20 companies involving Regional Managers (Operations) and Shipping & Documentation heads of various garments export/buying houses in and around NCR was carried out under Anupama Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Fashion Technology, NIFT, New Delhi on how to manage logistic supply chain more efficiently to contribute significantly in reducing lead times. The excerpts of the survey are shared with the readers.

Education > 17 Mar 2010 : Students of Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi, in association with Sai Sanstha Organization, an NGO, recently took an initiative under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme to offer additional and better educational facilities to the children, deprived of good quality education. Social Concern Committee of Plan Clan, the institute’s students committee, extended a helping hand towards 110 underprivileged children of Sai Sanstha Organization

Education > 19 Dec 2009 : The Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran has laid the foundation stone of Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) at Chhindwara, in Madhya Pradesh. Present on the occasion were Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Dr. J.N. Singh, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India; Dr Darlie Koshy, Director General (Education and Training), AEPC; Vimal Kirti Singh, Secretary General AEPC; and Rakesh Vaid, Chairman, AEPC.

Education > 1 Dec 2009 : Dayanidhi Maran, Union Textiles Minister, has emphasized the need to open National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)-specialized centres to cater to the specific needs of traditional and emerging textiles clusters.

Education > 16 Aug 2009 : “Sustainability” has emerged as a basic concern in India in the recent times. Embodying its core values of achieving change through collaboration and the sharing of key skills is Shared Talent India, a joint project of Pearl Academy of Fashion and London College of Fashion for promoting sustainable Indian textiles.

Education > 16 Aug 2009 : The IAM Campus in Gurgaon which functions from the Apparel House and the IAM Mumbai Campus in the Railway Station Complex, Sanpada are being positioned as “Multi-Varsity for Apparel Industry”. To commemorate the occasion, a function was organized and many eminent academicians and industry representatives addressed the students and their parents.

Education > 16 Jun 2009 : Every year Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF) hosts Synthesis which recognizes the best research done by the students and awards them for their work. In the ’09 edition,

Education > 16 Jun 2009 : An Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) is being set up in Bihar. The centre will be the first of its kind in the State that will help in generating employment and imparting knowledge about productivity and efficiency levels. Training on pattern making, cutting techniques, production supervision and quality control are some of the courses that will be offered.

Education > 16 May 2009 : Dr. Tarun Panwar, Head of the Department at Pearl Academy of Fashion has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Indian Retail School (IRS) which is first-of-its kind retail education and research centre in India.

Education > 1 Apr 2009 : Committed to provide trained work force to the industry, Apparel Training and Designing Center, is opening a new centre at Noida.

Education > 1 Apr 2009 : Pearl Academy of Fashion organized “Student Project Competition 09”, an academic event where the students from various institutions presented their views and futuristic ideas for several disciplines pertaining to the fashion and related industries.