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Golden Jubilee Celebrations

Shri D.Krishnamurthy, Chairman, SITRA delivering a special address on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations held on 21st February, 2007

SITRA's Monumental Main Building

Foundation stone of SITRA was laid by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 25.12.1955. and the building was declared open on 13.10.1958 by Dr. S.Radhakrishnan, the then Vice-President of India.

High Speed Shutteless Weaving Machines

SITRA Weaving Laboratory is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art high speed shuttleless weaving machines. Picanol rapier GTXPLUS, Toyota air-jet JAT 710, Sulzer projectile PU and Dornier air-jet LWV 4/E

SITRA's RAC Meeting

The Research Advisory Committee Meeting was held on 26th March 2013 at SITRA and was presided over by D.Krishnamurthy, Chairman, Council of Administration, SITRA

Recent addition to Yarn Lab

A Recent addition to our Yarn Laboratory the State-of-the-Art Uster Classimat - 5 is commissioned and ready for tests

SITRA's CoE Meditech

SITRA has been designated as the Centre of Excellence for Medical Textiles. With infrastructure support provided by the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of Inda, SITRA Meditech will be offering the following facilities at one place for the convenience...

Research & Development

SITRA has established a very good reputation in serveral fields related to textile. Achievements and contributions made by SITRA towards the advancement of knowledge on textile science and technology as also for the improvement of the textile industry...

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SITRA, an acronym for The South India Textile Research Association, and established in the year 1956, is governed by a Council of Administration consisting of member representatives of the Industry, Government and Scientists. SITRA is sponsored by the Industry and is partly supported by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. SITRA is one amongst the chain of laboratories in the country. It is sponsored by the Textile industry and supported by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. READ MORE

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Mr. Winston Isaac, Principal lead Assessor, Bureau Veritas, giving lecture on 50001:2011 Energy Management Systems to the delegates of the seminar on 20.7.2013
Dr.K.V.Srinivasan, Vice Chairman, Council of Administration, SITRA receiving the Hon'ble Union Textile Minister Dr.Kavuru Sambasiva Rao on the occassion of his vist to SITRA on 26.06.2013
Shri S.V.Arumugam, Chairman, CITI, receiving the Hon'ble Union Textile Minister Dr.Kavuru Sambasiva Rao on the occassion of his vist to SITRA on 26.06.2013
Hon'ble Union Textile Minister Dr.Kavuru Sambasiva Rao, presided a special meeting for various organisations of the Textile Industry along with the Joint Secretary, Ms. Sunaina Tomar and the Textile Commissioner, Shri A.B.Joshi organised by SITRA on 26.06.2013
Dr. Prakash Vasudevan, Director, receiving the Hon'ble Textile Minister Dr.Kavuru Sambasiva Rao on the occassion of his vist to SITRA on 26.06.2013
Shri R.K. Srivastava, Under Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, inspecting the knitted cloth as explained by Shri K.Balasubramaniyan, Assistant Director in the Knitting Division during his visit on 1.18.2013
Shri S.Thiruppathi, Senior Scientific Officer explaining the functioning of the Face Mask Making Machine to the Under Secretary Shri R.K.Srivastava, GoI.
Shri R.K. Srivastava, Under Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, Inspecting the Warp Knitting Machine along with Shri S.Kadirvel, Assistant Director
Shri A.Sivaramakrishnan, Special Officer, welcoming the delegates for the Seminar on Energy Conservation for Industries organised by SITRA on 7.2.2013.
Shri S.Sivakumar, Head & incharge of Textile Chemistry, given a momento at PSG College of Tech. for his presentation on 6.7.2013
Dr. K.P.Chellamani, General Manager - Projects delivering the Inaugural Address for the Training Programme on Medical Textiles under the ISDS Programme on 15.02.2013.
Shri Sakthivel Perumalsamy, Head of Medical Textiles, SITRA and other Dignitaries on the occassion of inaugural session of the one day seminar on Investment Opportunities in Medical Textiles held at Madurai on 19.03.2013
Shri D.Krishnamurthy, Chairman, Council of Administration, SITRA, presiding the Inaugural Session of the 49th Research Advisory Committee Meeting held at SITRA on 26.3.2013.
Dr.Prakash Vasudevan, Director delivering the Welcome Address for the One-day all India Medical Textiles Stake-Holders Meet organised by SITRA and sponsored by the office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai on 24.03.2012
Dr.Nalla G. Palanisamy, Chairman, KMCH, releasing the Stake Hoders Catalogue on the occassion of the One-day all India Medical Textiles Stake-Holders Meet organised by SITRA and sponsored by the office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai on 24.03.2012
Dr.Nalla G. Palanisamy, Chairman, KMCH, and other Dignitaries visit the stalls at all India Medical Textiles Stake-Holders Meet held at SITRA on 24.03.2012
Dr.K.V.Srinivasan, Vice Chairman, SITRA delivering the Key Note Address on the occassion of the Workshop on Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme organised by SITRA on 25.05.2012
Eng. A.Thangavelu, Chief Engineer, TANGED CO, releasing a book on Practical Guide to reactive Power Management in Industries published by SITRA on the occassion of the Workshop on Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme organised by SITRA on 25.05.2012
Shri. D.Shanmuganandam, Deputy Director, delivering the vote of thanks on the occassion of the Workshop on Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Scheme organised by SITRA on 25.05.2012
Shri A.Sivaramakrishnan, Special Officer, delevering the welcome address for the training programme on Energy Management in Spinning Mills on 25.06.2012
Dr. K.Sajjan Rao, Training Co-ordinator, SITRA delivering the welcome address for the "Two-day Workshop on Textile Technical Know How" for NTCL Management Trainees on 2.7.2012.
Shri Chockalingam, Executive Director, NTC, delivering the inaugural address for the training programme for All Trade Unions of NTC on 13.06.2012
Meeting of Shri V.Srinivas, Joint Secretary, Mot. New Delhi, with the Shri D.Krishnamurthy, Chairman, SITRA, Dr. Prakash Vasudeven, Director and other Department Heads of SITRA on 31.08.2012.
Participants of the Two-Day Workshop on Energy Audit for Final Year Students of Energy & Environmental Engineering Dept. of TNAU held at SITRA on 27.9.2012
Dr.Prakash Vasudevan, Director, SITRA and other officials on an official visit to Ethiopia met Mr. Seleshi Lemma, Director General, Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute at his office. October, 2012
A high level meeting of Dr.Prakash Vasudevan, Director, SITRA and other officials with Mr. Ato Tadesse Haile, State Minister for Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Ethiopia. October, 2012
Dr.Prakash Vasudevan, Director and Dr. K.Sajjan Rao, Training Co-ordinator along with the pariticipants of the SITRA's 61st International Training Programme held at SITRA from October to December 2012.
Pariticipants of the SITRA's 61st International Training Programme under going training at the Physics Laboratory at SITRA from October to December 2012.
High level meeting with Smt. Kiran Dhingra, Secretary, Ministry of Textile on her visit to SITRA on 5.12.2012
The inspiring speech by the former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on the occossion of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of SITRA on 21.02.2007.
Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former President of India and Shri G.K.Sundaram, former Chairman of Council of Administration of SITRA on the occassion of the Golden Jubliee Celebrations on 21.02.2007.
Shri G.K.Sundram, former Chairman of SITRA being Felicitated by Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, on 21.02.2007.
Shri T.V.Ratnam, former Director of SITRA being Felicitated by Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, on 21.02.2007.
Ms. Indra Doraiswamy, former Director of SITRA being Felicitated by Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, on 21.02.2007.

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Golden Jubilee Celebrations

SITRA's Monumental Main Building

High Speed Shutteless Weaving Machines

SITRA's RAC Meeting

Recent addition to Yarn Lab

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