UNEP India, NIFT team up to offer sustainable fashion course module

13th October 2021, Mumbai:

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP India) and the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) have teamed up to present a curative 'Elective course on Design Innovation for Sustainable Fashion' to students of this apex institute.

Just to put it in quick context," Up until now over 20 batches of this elective course are up & running across 17 NIFT campuses all over India".

It is imperative to state that, The textile industry unarguably is one of the largest global industries & is a large-sized global opportunity, with an estimated market size of roughly USD 3.3 trillion, amounting to some 2 per cent of the global GDP. Additionally being one of the largest job creators accounting for one in six people in the world working in this sector.

It is in furtherance to India consistently working on a host of initiatives on sustainability at different levels in the textiles sector per se. 

The joint statement unequivocally emphasises that "This profound collaborative initiative will help the (Textiles) Ministry to chart a mid-term roadmap for a sustainable textile hub in Surat for assisting sustainability and circularity in this sector".

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