INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEXTILES & APPAREL

Global Competitiveness and Trade Growth Paradigms for Indian Textile and Apparel Sector
13-14 October 2016: Hotel ITC Sheraton, New Delhi

PROGRAMME (as on date)

Day 1: 13 October 2016

1000- 1100 hrs INAUGURAL SESSION

1000 – 1005 hrs Welcome Address Mr Sachit Jain

Co-Chairman, CII National
Committee on Textiles and
Joint Managing Director
Vardhman Textiles Ltd

1005 – 1010 hrs Theme Presentation Mr Prashant Agarwal

Partner & Co-founder
Wazir Advisors Pvt. Ltd.

1010 – 1020 hrs Keynote Address Mr R D Udeshi

Chairman - CII Texcon 2016 &
President - Polyester Chain
Reliance Industries Ltd

1020 – 1035 hrs Address by the Smt Rashmi Verma

Guest of Honour Secretary
Ministry of Textiles
Government of India

Release of CII – Wazir Advisors Theme Paper on “Global Competitiveness and Trade Growth
Paradigms for Indian Textile and Apparel Sector”

1035 – 1055 hrs Inaugural Address by the Shri Debi Prasad Mishra
Chief Guest Hon’ble Minister for Industries,
School & Mass Education
Government of Odisha

1055 – 1100 hrs Vote of Thanks Mr Hemant Bharat Ram

Conference Co-Chairman&
Managing Director
DCM Textiles Ltd

1100– 1130 hrs Networking Tea / Coffee Break and Inauguration of Exhibition
1130- 1300 hrs Session I: Manufacturing Excellence Mantras in Global Context

Opening remarks Mr Manish Bagrodia

by the Session Chairman Managing Director
Winsome Textiles Ltd

Speakers
Mr Rajinder Gupta*
Chairman
Trident Group

Mr Ashok Rajani
Chairman
Apparel Export Promotion Council

Mr Harish Chatterjee
Vice President - Manufacturing
Raymond Ltd

Mr Rajesh Mandawewala
Chairman & Managing Director
Welspun

Mr S K Khandelia
President
Sutlej Textiles & Industries Ltd

Mr Raja Harbinder Singh

Country Manager
Carrefour Global Sourcing

Mr C Ramanadane
Deputy General Manager
Lakshmi Machine Works

Q&A Session

1300 hrs Summing up by the Mr Manish Bagrodia

Session Chairman

1300-1345 hrs Networking Lunch

1345- 1515 hrs Session II: Policy Support for Growth of Textile and Apparel Sector

Opening remarks by the Mr D L Sharma

Session Chairman Managing Director
VardhmanTextiles Ltd

Speakers
Mr Naishadh Parikh
Chairman
Confederation of Indian Textile
Industries (CITI)
 Mr Ujjawal Uke
Principal Secretary
Government of Maharashtra
Mr Devender Singh*
Principal Secretary - Industries
Government of Haryana

Mr Sanjeev Chopra
Principal Secretary - Industries
Government of Odisha

Dr J V Rao
Chief Executive Officer
Textile Sector Skills Council

1515 hrs Summing up by the Mr D L Sharma

Session Chairman

1515 - 1530 hrs Networking Tea / Coffee Break

1530- 1645 hrs Session III: Resource Optimization - Transaction Costs and
Productivity

Opening remarks by the Mr Anil Rajvanshi

Session Chairman Vice President
Reliance Industries Limited

Speakers Mr Rakesh Mehra

Vice Chairman
Banswara Syntex Ltd

Mr S N Modani
Managing Director
Sangam (India) Limited

Mr Atul Mittal
Managing Director
PP International

Mr I J Dhuria
Director
Vardhman Textiles Ltd

Q&A Session

1645 – 1655 hrs Summing up by the Mr Anil Rajvanshi

Session Chairman

1800 – 2000 hrs Networking Dinner

2000 hrs ----End of Proceedings for Day 1----

Day 2: 14 October 2016

1100- 1215 hrs Panel Discussion: Enhancing India’s textile and apparel export
competitiveness

Opening remarks by the Mr Hemant Bharat Ram

Panel Moderator Managing Director
DCM Textiles Limited

Panelists
Mr Rajeev Gopal
Senior Executive President and
Chief Marketing Officer
Birla Cellulose

Mr Mitesh Shah
Head of Cotton for South Asia & China
Louis Dreyfus

Mr V K Ladia
Chairman and Managing Director
Shree Rajasthan Syntex Ltd

Mr Munish Tyagi
Chief Executive Officer
Nuovatex Projects Co.

Q&A Session

1210 – 1215 hrs Summing up by the Mr Hemant Bharat Ram

Panel Moderator

1215- 1230 hrs Networking Tea/Coffee Break

1230- 1345 hrs Session:Technical Textiles: Potential Sector for Growth

Opening remarks by the Mr Prashant Agarwal

Panel Moderator JointManaging Director
Wazir Advisors

Speakers
Mr Rahul Dharmadhikary
Managing Director
CLARCOR India

Dr PKC Bose
Vice Chairman and MD
Saertex India Pvt Ltd
 Mr Sushil Kapoor
President and CEO
SRF Ltd

Mr M K Talukdar
Vice President
Kusumgar Corporates Pvt Ltd

Q&A Session

1340– 1345 hrs Summing up by the Mr Prashant Agarwal

Panel Moderator

1345 – 1355 hrs Summing up of the Conference by the Knowledge Partner

1355 hrs Conference Close and Lunch

*Speakers invited