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[1] [2] c. 27000 BC – Impressions of textiles, basketry, and nets left on small pieces of hard clay in Europe. [3] c. 25000 BC – Venus figurines depicted with clothing. [3] c. 8000 BC – Evidence of flax cultivation in the Near East. [4] c. 6000 BC – Evidence of woven textiles used to wrap the dead at Çatalhöyük in Anatolia. [4]
The textile industry in India traditionally, after agriculture, is the only industry that has generated huge employment for both skilled and unskilled labour in textiles. The textile industry continues to be the second-largest employment generating sector in India. It offers direct employment to over 35 million in the country. [25]
The Institution of Textile Engineers and Technologists, simply known as ITET, is a Bangladeshi professional organisation of technical personnels with institutional qualifications in textiles education. [1] It is the oldest and most influential of its kind in the country. [2]
Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (earlier known as Government Central Textile Institute), [1] [2] is a state government founded textile engineering college in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the oldest and premier textile Institute of North India , established in 1914. [ 3 ]
The Millson Award for Invention [12] recognizes outstanding contributions to textile technology, the Harold C. Chapin Award [13] is presented for exemplary service to AATCC, and the J. William Weaver Paper of the Year Award [14] goes to the authors of the best peer-reviewed manuscript published in AATCC Journal of Research during the year
Textile arts and fiber arts include fabric that is flexible woven material, as well as felt, bark cloth, knitting, embroidery, [1] featherwork, skin-sewing, beadwork, and similar media. Textile arts are one of the earliest known industries. [1] Basketry is associated with textile arts. [2]
In 1967, the Institute was upgraded to polytechnic and renamed Government Institute of Textile Chemistry and Knitting Technology, Ludhiana. The present Institute is an amalgamation of two old Institutes viz. Government Hosiery Institute, Ludhiana (established 1926) and Government Institute of Dyeing and Calico Printing Ludhiana (established 1923) located in the same premises.