Asian Leather was founded by Shri Nari Kalwani in 1992 and since then it has evolved into a company producing international quality leather handbags, wallets, purses and other small leather goods for international brands of Europe, UK and Latin America. As a “Government of India recognized Star Export House”, Asian Continue Reading
A Kandasamy, Managing Partner, Smatu Footwear, Chennai, Tamilnadu
“Skill development is the need of the nation. We employ skilled workers to ensure quality. We are in this leather field for more than 15 years with a production capacity of 600 to 700 pairs per day. As we export we are more Continue Reading
Tata International Ltd is a leading global player in the area of finished leather and leather products with an environment-friendly production facility at Sriperumbudur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. LSSC launched RPL-Type IV, Best-in-Class Employer Scheme at their premises on 24th July 2018 in the presence of Mr.R. Ramesh Kumar, CEO – Continue Reading
IndiaSkills 2018 competitions recently concluded at Delhi with a grand finale held on 6th October 2018. This is India’s largest skills event aimed at encouraging youth to explore different traditional and modern trades. It also prepared them to perform on the global stage at WorldSkills 2019 at Kazan, Russia. A Continue Reading
LSSC conducted the first Governing Council (GC) for the year 2018-19 on 4th August 2018 at Chennai. The meeting was held in the presence of Shri Habib Hussain, Chairman, Leather Sector Skill Council; Shri R. Ramesh Kumar IAS, CEO – LSSC; Shri Nari Kalwani, Member; Shri Israr Ahmed, Member; Shri Continue Reading
The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) organized an Open House Meet with Dr. Anup Wadhawan, IAS, Secretary, Department of Commerce in Chennai on October 22, 2018. Various issues concerning Foreign Trade Policy, GST etc., were raised in this meeting.I had the opportunity to represent CLE in this Open House Continue Reading
Our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s initiatives in skill development to leverage the demographic dividend can be realized more impactfully if we look at recent global trends in leather industry. The churn in global trade resulting in higher duties for Chinese products and a strong dollar presents a great Continue Reading
LSSC has been given the mandate of accelerating apprenticeship adoption in the leather industry. Apprenticeship is the best way for the youth to enter the industry through work-integrated training. It is also a win-win strategy for the company to engage apprentices and groom them as per their job requirements. Earlier Continue Reading
To understand the current focus on skill-based training in the industry we spoke with some of the entrepreneurs and employees across the industry.Mohit Awasthi – Sr. Production Manager – Mehra Group, Kanpur (U.P.)
New workers who come to us are already skilled, I have been in this field for 12 years. Continue Reading
Dawar Group was started in 1977 with retail business in footwear and it was only in 1983 that they started manufacturing under the brand name of Shoe Style . Dawar Footwear Industries was started in 1986. Since then, Dawar Group has been exporting to many countries besides catering to the Continue Reading