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The first chairman was R. K. Shanmugam Chettiar, also India's first Finance Minister. Padma Bhushan Kasturi Sreenivasan, who was the Director from 1955 till 1982 was instrumental in establishing SITRA as a major research institute and would later become chairman of National Textile Corporation.
Kasthuri Sreenivasan or Kasturiswami Sreenivasan (12 May 1917 – 5 July 1991) was an Indian textile technologist, industrial sociologist and prolific author. [1] [2]He was born in Karadivavi, a small village near Coimbatore.
His grandson Dalpatbhai Bhagubhai was also in cotton trading business in the 1870s. His son Lalbhai Dalpatbhai (1863–1912), Kasturbhai's father, established Saraspur cotton mill in 1896 addition to the traditional business of precious gems. [4] It became a part of the swadeshi movement in India.
Kasthuri or Kasturi is a major Kannada monthly family magazine [4] published in Karnataka, India, with headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is also published in Mangaluru , Gulbarga , Davangere , and Hubli .
K. R. Nagarajan is an Indian businessman, philanthropist and industrialist. [1] He is the founder and chairperson of the Ramraj Cotton. [2] [3] Under his leadership, Ramraj stepped into the textile business, predominantly selling white cotton shirts, lungis and dhotis.
CCI is a public sector agency responsible for equitable distribution of cotton among the different constituents of the industry and for aiding in the import of cotton. It was incorporated on 31 July 1970 under the Companies Act 1956. [5] CCI is governed by Textile Policy 1985 issued by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. [6]
National Textile Corporation is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. [1] It owns 23 working textile mills which produce yarn and fabric. The company was incorporated in April 1968.
The Ministry of Textiles is an Indian government national agency responsible for the formulation of policy, planning, development, export promotion and regulation of the textile industry in India. This includes all natural, artificial, and cellulosic fibers that go into the making of textiles, clothing and Handicrafts.