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The Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (commonly known as ATIRA) is an autonomous non-profit association for textile research located in the Navarangpura area of Ahmedabad, India. It is the largest association for textile research and allied industries in India.
Upon completing her Ph.D., Chowdhry returned to India and joined the Ahmedabad Textile Industry Research Association in 1949 as one of its first four recruits. [2] Founded in 1947 by Vikram Sarabhai, scion of a family of textile industrialists based in Ahmedabad, ATIRA sought to apply scientific techniques in the research of industrial problems.
The following well known educational and research institutions are located in Navarangpura: Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association; Center for Environmental Planning and Technology; Gujarat University; L.D. College of Engineering; Mount Carmel High School, Ahmedabad; Physical Research Laboratory; Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre
Textile mills employed thousands of people from across the state, and the cotton garments manufactured were exported around the world. The prosperity of the industry was the mainstay of the city's economy. It is called the "Manchester of India". [citation needed] Thus, Ahmedabad is officially famous for its cotton textile works.
He was also noted for his philanthropy and has been noted for promoting great institutions like the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, National Institute of Design, the Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association and many more like Shardaben Chimanlal Educational Research Center, Chimanlal Lalbhai Centre for Management, Ahmedabad ...
Charles Correa, who became a partner of Doshi's, designed the Gandhi Ashram and Achyut Kanvinde, and the Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association complex. [126] [127] [128] Christopher Charles Benninger's first work, the Alliance Française, is located in the Ellis Bridge area. [129]
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