Success in international market depends not only on building the brand image of the product but also the brand image of the country. Transformation of a company from a contract manufacturer to a brand is a welcome step but there is a need for sustained brand building campaign of the
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As per latest available data, export of leather, leather products and footwear from India have grown from Rs.338947.08 million in April 2017 – February 2018 to Rs.365623.45 million in April 2018 – February 2019, thereby growing by 7.87% in Rupee Terms. During the current year, we have been able to
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“Today, Indian leather industry is all set to achieve excellence and face international competition with confidence and consistent quality. Last few years have seen remarkable development in capacity building through skill-based training that aligns with the needs of the industry. We have benchmarked the training curriculum at the global level
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In the job fair held at Gorakhpur on 14th January 2019, LSSC selected 122 candidates for various job roles. A total of 179 candidates from the ITIs attended the interview. The event was held at Convention Hall & Deeksha Bhawan Meeting Hall, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and it was
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The event was held on 31st December 2018 in the presence of Mr. Ranjan Kumar, General Manager – Manufacturing and Mr. Rishikesh Kumar, Sr. Manager – Personnel & Admin. Mr. Ranjan presented the history of Bata and their employee’s contribution and how RPL helps in recognizing the skills and knowledge.
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Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI) Chennai inaugurated a Productivity Management Centre (PMC) at CFTI Chennai campus on 14th December 2018 in association with URS. Shri. Habib Hussain, Chairman, LSSC was the guest of honor at the event.
The Leather and Footwear industry needs to improve productivity and enhance manufacturing competitiveness for
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Author: Abhijit Das, Mirams Training Services (I) Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and RPL Type- 4 for Best in Class Employers (BICE) are two important schemes from the government in extending formal recognition and certification of existing skills and knowledge. In the leather sector, we have been implementing
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Author: Arun Kumar Gaikwad, Center-In Charge, FDDI, Hyderabad
Leather industry has great potential for innovation in product design and development for catering to domestic and international markets. And, this is largely unexplored in our country! India needs many footwear and leather accessories designers who can cater to new markets by coming up
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