India First Fashion Ecosystem- Atmanirbhar

India First Fashion EcoSystem- Atmanirbhar”, a Webinar by Industry & Alumni Affairs Unit, NIFT
HO, was live on, 11 Oct 2020, at 4.30 PM
Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang, Dean – NIFT chair the session and Prof. Dr. Raghuram
Jayaraman Raghuram Jayaraman, Head- Industry and Alumni Affairs, NIFT hosted the webinar.
These are related to the interesting insights shared by the industry experts, the panellists:
1.Mr Narendra Kumar Ahmed, Creative Head, Amazon, India.
2. Mr Venky Nagan , Group CEO, Asmara International Ltd, Hong Kong.
3. Mr Gaurav Arora, Director Manufacturing Excellence- Cambodia & Thailand, Adidas, Phnom Penh.
4. Mr Abhishek Jaiswal, Managing Director, Afion International, NCR.

Introducing Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang with over 35 years of experience now currently the dean of
nift she also happens to be the director of the daily campus she has many accolades and has the has
taught several students most of them who are alumni. she has taken left the campus and now the
new head office for the New York times.

Introducing Mr Narendra Kumar Ahmed Creative Head, Amazon, India from being listed in the square
magazine 50 best men's stores in the world as a designer he is in the fashion business in india apart
from being the creative designer launching amazing fashions in india.He has styled bollywood actors
stars and style bollywood's seminal films fashioned he has also been india's first fashion editor having
launched the l magazine to being a filmmaker and photographer with one of his films the marriage of
shanna patel opening the brisbane international film festival in 2017.

He continues to make forest into new and challenging fields with the launch of a sportswear brand
and cis by him made entirely from recycled plastic bottles.

Introducing Mr Venky Nagan , Group CEO, Asmara International Ltd, Hong Kong in the domain of
global sourcing and exports of fashion affairs. When he joined the Asmara group as country manager
Bangladesh and is now the CEO and managing partner of the asparagus group so Asmara group
serves fashion brand like Zara, best car overcoming rdi, urban outfitters, Taylor tom,taylor marco polo
group dynamites and others. Their value-added services include 3d design and fitting digital
monitoring of production and quality csr research and development on sustainable material
processes.

Introducing Mr Abhishek Jaiswal, Managing Director, Afion International, NCR. He is a hard-working

businessman. He is an entrepreneur and also speaks Japanese. In the field of garment manufacture
for the study of various production process design forecast market survey and study improvements
building a workplace of continuously evolving teams and dynamics is this foreign is this foreign. Year
by year in strength and business because of these skills that he has acquired over a period of time
he's worked as a country manager for a Japanese buying agency in India and lived and worked with
the Japanese people. For two years he also did a certificate course in Japanese language he started
his own manufacturing and exposed from the scratch.

Introducing Mr Gaurav Arora, Director Manufacturing Excellence- Cambodia & Thailand, Adidas,
Phnom Penh. he is adept in implementing innovative manufacturing techniques change management
and method standardization across different suppliers to implement the best methods across the
supply chain resulting in production of smb by focusing on material handling his expertise includes
gsd lean six sigma project management pdca living in the hookah world and many more so he has
worked with leading manufacturers. Has been a very good support and was instrumental when we to
build a good relationship in Cambodia.

Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang speech about india first fashion ecosystem atman
India has been a forerunner in various aspects of fashion be it natural resources or man-made fibres
we are well recognized for the workmanship and indigenous creativity we are the only country in the
world with life tradition and craft sector we are recognized for our niche area markets time has
collectively time has come to collectively realize the power of being self-reliant and lead the fashion
world with excellence and strength in hand woven and handspun offerings which are achieved by
practicing the virtue of self-reliance.

During the pandemic time in less than six weeks India set up a major sector of making PPE kits for
the world and for India there has been a great demand today and have a panellist who will talk about
how a strong India-centric self-reliant fashion ecosystem will make India a more stronger and an
economic power textile industry and fashion business employees more than is the second largest
employer after agriculture. it's the second largest starting with the uncertain trends and uncertain
times in pandemic where everyone is feeling what is going to happen. On a verge of a major
breakthrough because difficulties always bring times of great opportunity so my first question is in
reference to the prevailing situation.

1.Question: what is the significance of envisioning and developing a self-reliant india fashion
ecosystem?

Mr Narendra Kumar Ahmed Speech self-reliant fashion system

Answer: the pandemic is there and we have to accept it the first thing is accepting the idea that there
is a problem there are issues in the world and we need to deal with it.only way we can start looking at
it in a positive way. This is the time for great opportunity about the internet age and education in the
internet. the other thing india is the hub of activity around data around software around the backbone
of the world and the entire future of design moving from 3d to runways to virtual shows is all based on
technology. Technology that india this country would require a car would require a phone and require
in their own houses but every one of us will need clothes to wear so fashion is not going anywhere it
might have taken a temporary respite but the opportunities are so large given the fact that uh
technology is playing a big role environment is going to play such am large role. clothing is always
going to be there but it's going to reach you in new ways and those new ways are technology
sustainability and supply so i believe fantastic opportunity for the people who learn to make the most
of it and it has never been a time like this where the playing field has been levelled.

Mr Venky Nagan Speech about self-reliant fashion system

Answer: Basically, by developing this self-reliance they're going to bring extra confidence to our
customers we're going to boost our competence and it's going to be something which brings a long-
term impact to the industry. our exports as a percentage compared to other countries has not been
keeping pace or growing export is a good barometer of our competence so preparing ourselves this is
a time to literally regroup and re-look at our position and strengthen it. Indian brands government
industry colleges research institutions banks infrastructure ports power everybody working together
with one single mission so once this project is clearly defined it's going to bring in more fdi it could
bring in more joint ventures and bring in more transfer of technology and that is what what is going to
help us develop our competence.

Mr Abhishek Jaiswal speech on self-reliant fashion system

One of the things is research and development because if we consider the economic growth of any
country like after world war ii if we consider the growth of japan if you consider the growth of china
they have developed with a continuous r d process and i think we have a great example of maruti
suzuki who has developed in india made the cars and the travel in india and earth never process
because without which if they didn't have the setup here sujiki was nothing there in japan they come
to india they had a collaboration with indian people they developed their own things they researched
on what people like in india mileage the longevity and sustainability these things they studied then
they created one thing and this thing is everywhere in the market challenging the whole worl where
the suzuki product is challenging the whole world.

Mr Gaurav Arora speech on self-reliant fashion system

india is hit by Covid 19 and china so this is the best time we need to look this as an opportunity as
businesses are reforming and moving so we need to nail it and this would create more opportunities in
india and this would improve our economy as well and lastly we will reduce the dependency on
others.

Becoming atman or self-reliant is not only a dream it's a necessity for this country we are a huge
economy the world is coming to us!
Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang

These are the questions they asked and answered according to their experience.

Question:
1.what is the significance of envisioning and developing a self-reliant India fashion ecosystem?

2.How dependent are we and what is the suggested roadmap to become self-sufficient? how long will
it take for us to achieve this?

3.what reform and restructuring should government enforce or a successful mission in making the
Indian fashion business self-reliant?

4.what should industry and academia do to support India?

Design and the importance of design that there is a reason because everybody thinks that the world
perceives globally everybody brands and manufacturers or any buyer perceives that india last design
it was a very beautiful and skilful manufacturing destination but it is not a product design or a
development system young minds want to know is that what should the young designers do and focus
to develop a self-reliant India.

So, after watching this webinar. And getting to know all these important persons who is sharing their
experiences and knowledge with us. I think they are so inspiring making us to rise and asking us to
work hard and believe in yourself and achieve and do things which can also be helpful for our country
needs too.
And answering these questions they have their own opinion but having the same reply at the end.

And also we are well recognized for the workmanship and indigenous creativity we are the only
country in the world with life tradition and craft sector we are recognized for our niche area markets
time has collectively time has come to collectively realize the power of being self-reliant and lead the
fashion world with excellence and strength.

Thank You,
Ritika Ranjit

MD/20/504

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