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April – May 2010

highly user-friendly hank dyeing machine has Abeen evolved in MGIRI with the potential of saving the dyeing workers from drudgery, imperfection and low productivity.

This batch processing machine has the capacity of handling 5 kg yarn in a 8 hour day and has the innovative added functionality of drying the dyed yarn, if necessary. The design improvement is due to a team headed by Mr Deep Varma.

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Contents

‹ Khadi & Textile Division: Its objectives & activities .... 2

‹ Editorial: Quality control and quality guidance for micro-industries .... 3

‹ Recent events .... 4

‹ Visit by distinguished persons to MGIRI .... 5

‹ Forthcoming events .... 5

‹ ‘Udyami Kendra’: Advanced industrial facility centre at MGIRI .... 6

‹ Staff orientation – V .... 7

‹ MGIRI in news …. 8

A National Institute under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India

Physical laboratory (quality assurance laboratory)

Dyeing section

Khadi & Textile Division: Its objectives and activities

Registration details:Title: MGIRI Newsletter Editor: Dr T Karunakaran Printer: MGIRI, Wardha Periodicity: Monthly Publisher: Dr T Karunakaran Nr.: MAHBIL 05736 / 13-1-2009-TCLanguage: English / Hindi Place of publication: Wardha Post Regn. Nr.: WDA / 60 / 2010-12

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Objectives

Current technology focus

Technologies completed with major impact

Facilities

Identification of problems in the khadi and textile sector and their amelioration through science, technology and management based innovations.

Improvement of quality and productivity in khadi sector by introducing appropriate methods including downsizing of relevant well established industrial technologies.

Its operational objectives include?acting as a hub to network the khadi related institutions?developing machineries suitable for decentralized khadi clusters?providing leadership in 'product design and development' to add value thus enhancing the market

?Improvisation of charkha and effecting corresponding potential of khadi

changes in solar charkha.?creating quality norms, quality testing network and

?Design and fabrication of more versatile hank dyeing quality guidance systems for khadi sector

and mercerization machines.?dissemination of technologies through modern

?Technology development for the pre-spinning methods of training including incubation and thus

operations of desi wool and silk besides cotton.?creating sustainable model of technology transfer

?Design and development of woven khadi fabrics and costumes according to market trends; extension of knitting technology to khadi sector and introduction of fancy and blended yarns into khadi sector – & establishing replicable models of design studio. The extensive design studio at MGIRI has already come up with more than two hundred designs now beginning to be disseminated via web.?Development of the technology of dyeing and finishing of cotton, wool and silk khadi with priority with natural dyes and eco-friendly chemicals.

Follow up of the breakthrough 'MGIRI-solar charkha' with textile technological aspects suited to the solar yarn:

Well equipped quality assurance laboratory, with more than two dozen testing instruments, for determination of quality parameters from fibre to garment, is available in MGIRI. The other facilities include:mini central sliver plant, solar charkha workshed, handloom workshed with dobby / jacquard, semi automatic looms, CATD facilities, design studio, hank dyeing m/c, calendaring m/c, stain removing unit, water softening plant, jigger dyeing m/c, 2-bowl padding mangle etc. Part of 'Mini Solar Charkha Cluster'

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Pre-spinning unit

Typical costume and woven designs

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or the rural industries in India, the trinity: innovation, Fquality and productivity are the inevitable mantras for their global emergence. Quality obviously is the winner's trait. The concept of 'quality' comes into being only after one takes cognizance of standards; and standards provide global mobility to goods and services besides acceptability in a competitive market.

In the case of an organised industry quality testing and quality guidance are built into the system. The small and micro industries have no other go but to access such facilities from the designated laboratories in their region – often sending samples over long distances and getting the tests carried out at very high costs. Our claim is: the absence of an MSME friendly network of quality testing and guidance network is a basic cause for many categories of micro / small industries not reaching their full potential. Let us take the case of food and related products.

Where no export is involved the matter is dealt with either by Agmark certified labs (for food, spices, grains, drinks, vegetables, oils, etc) or through FPO (Food Product Order) certified labs – particularly when packaged foods are involved. For herbal products or drugs the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) certified labs become relevant. The most important category of labs, namely the BIS-certified labs, cover a much wider range of products that also include the items covered by the FPO and those related to Agmark certified laboratories.

Global standards are covered by ISO 17025 and the corresponding testing / accreditations are done through only the so called NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) accredited labs. Although India has hundreds of NABL accredited laboratories for testing / calibration there is a need to make them much more accessible through innovative methods.

To bring in global competence among the rural industries of India the problem of access to quality

testing facilities and 'quality guidance' have to be addressed immediately. Mere wishful thinking will not be of any help and truly innovative approaches have to enter. Yes, the quality tag Q-TAG has to stand for 'Quality Testing and Guidance'. One of the aims of MGIRI will be to evolve workable approaches to usher in a quality-guidance system.

MGIRI has made attempts to innovate, in a limited way, by introducing the concept of in-house testing facility for two industrial categories: namely soap industries and microbial process based fertilizer industries wherein a test-kit along with the standardized reagents help the entrepreneur to carry on simple tests to maintain the quality of production.

The above efforts are only a drop in the ocean. Even the KVIC's scheme of assisting micro industries can be of only partial help since the support is very small. What we need is an effective network consisting of: quality testing centres accessible to micro industries while at the same time organizing quality enabling infrastructure including packaging, certifying and surveillance system.

The question is: how to do it for micro-industries that are in large numbers and span innumerable categories and are located in remote and inaccessible areas of the country? Let us take the example of food processing. How to provide quality testing support to these units? How to enable them with advanced facilities? How to provide them FPO and similar certifications- particularly when thousands of SHGs want to participate? A lot of innovations and networking will be necessary.

For example: MGIRI has planned to use a roving “testing-cum-facility system” to assist about 25 to 50 units in one district. The “mobile facility” will park in front of a unit during scheduled intervals for the twin purposes of providing advanced facilities like packaging along with quality guidance. While the testing lab in the van will be concentrating on quick quality tests using the laboratory on wheels the production unit will be using the advanced facilities like packaging, labeling etc. For tests involving longer periods samples will be collected for detailed test in the MGIRI campus.

The concept of Industrial Estate and mini-clusters with focus on advanced facilities including quality testing seems to be a sure way of attacking the problem. The challenge is quite a big one. We hope to come back to the reader after a few consultations across the country besides discussions at governmental level. Meanwhile the proliferation of GMP labs for assisting 'good manufacturing practices' across the country is an encouraging sign.

– Editor

EDITORIAL: Quality control and Quality guidance for Micro-industries

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Proposed forest cluster Lekha Dist Gadchiroli being provided hands on training on pachaguavya products, mosquito coil, etc (4-5 March 2010).

Menda

Bio-processing team participating in ‘Investment Opportunities in Food

Processing in Maharashtra’ organised by Ministry of Food Processing Industries

(8 May 2010)

MGIRI scientists participation at NABL training at Okhla on 26 May-1 June, 2010.

Problems being studied by Director MGIRI along with Mr Deep Varma among building

element industry in Amrawati.

RECENT EVENTS

Director MGIRI delivering a lecture on ‘Our Planet in Crisis’ organised by Indian

Academy of Social Sciences in Hyderabad (10-14 March, 2010).

Mrs Pragati Ghokale, PSO, M&S providing a demonstration of the www.ruralhaat.com

to the participants of Kamalnarayanan Bajaj Foundation (4-5 April 2010).

Rajiv Gandhi Engineering College representatives working out collaboration with MGIRI to create ‘Fly Ash Clusters’ in

Chandrapur. (5 April 2010).

Mr TD Gupta, PSO, Rural Craft & Engg Divn, MGIRI providing design & skill dev. training in-collab. with DCH-Northeast on product diversification & product value

addition of carved & non-carved wood on 4-24 March 2010 at wood working cluster

at Morey, Chandel, Manipur.

Hands on session for KVIC workshop participants on the process of colour dyeing with soft and stiff finishing

(8-13 March 2010).

Inauguration of the project ‘Solar charkha field trial’ held at ndMGIRI by Senior Gandhian Shri Mulchand Badjatyaji (2 from

right). Dr Vibha Gupta opined that solar charkha will be a turning point in the history of khadi (8 April 2010). Shri Arun Lele and Shri Bhaiya Mashankar are also seen in the picture.

Ministry of MSME

garment cluster, packaging industry and

building elements were discussed.

organised a consultation at KVK, Durgapur, Amaravati

on 8 May 2010. MGIRI’s proposal on

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Mr Hansaraj Ahir,

MGIRI

MP (Chandrapur) and Member of MSME Board addressing the Seminar ‘Societal entrepreneurship approach for Gadchiroli & Chandrapur’ in on 5 April 2010. He led a team of industrialists, officials and scientists

to MGIRI to explore the possibility of fly-ash industries, briquetting industries and NTMFP industries in Chandrapur

and Gadchiroli.

Mr Ramdas Sharma, Member of KVIC, along with Mr S Narayanan, Member of MSME Board, discussing with MGIRI staff in Gandhi Smiriti Bhawan (26 March 2010).

Visit by VIPs from KVIC, Khadi Mission, MSME Board and Planning Commission

Shri Balvijayji, former Secretary of Vinobha Bhave made an extensive visit to the various divisions of MGIRI campus (27-3-2010)

nd Mr Chandan Saha (2 from left), Advisor Plannning rdComission and Mr S Naraynan (3 from left), Member

MSME Board interacting with an entrepreneur (26-3-2010).

Events Duration Collaboration with

Orientation visit to NEERI, VNIT, Go-Vigyan Anusandan Kendra , all in Nagpur

3 May

Visit by a team of the Chemical Division of MGIRI to KVIB Pondicherry to set up Quality Control Laboratory for Soap

3 – 5 May KVIB, Pondichery

Visit to Karaikudi Sarvodaya Sangh to explore new product development 6 – 7 May Karaikudi Sarvodaya Sangh, Kandanoor, Tamilnadu

Workshop on opportunities in food processing 8 May Ministry of Food Processing, Government of India

Presentation on web-based marketing by M&S division of MGIRI 21 May Vidarbha Handicraft Development Welfare Association, Nagpur

Training on NABL: ‘Measurement uncertainty’ at NITE, Noida, ‘Internal audit’ at TUVSUV, Okhla

26 – 28 May and 29 May – 1 June

NABL

Training programme on solar yarn production 22 – 30 June –

Training on ICT introduction to the SHG group 24 June Aroha Sanstha, Nagpur

Consultative meeting at Kripalpur on ‘Solving problem related to Desi wool spinning on Ambar Charkha’ conducted by SSO, K&T division

24 June Himachal Khadi Ashram, Kripalpur, Tehsil Nalagarh, Dist. Solan, H.P.

Meeting with Financial Advisor KVIC , Mumbai 26 June –

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Craft innovation workstation

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‘UDYAMI KENDRA’: Advanced Industrial Facility Centre at MGIRI

ith a view to develop innovative industrial models that could be globally competitive, MGIRI has chosen the WWardha region itself to carry out a pilot project on rural

industrialization as part of the phase-I of project 'VIDARBA'. Since Wardha is deficient in infrastructure needed to kick-start the process of industrialization in a few selected directions MGIRI decided to create certain minimum necessary infrastructure under the name of Advanced Facilities Centre (AFC). The AFC is now known by the Hindi name 'Udyami Kendra'.Advanced Engineering Work Centre (AEWC)

It was noticed that though there is enormous potential for micro enterprises to come up they cannot afford certain advanced facilities (eg. to create costly moulds, dyes, jigs and fixtures besides advanced designs and sophisticated processes of fabrication) necessary for bringing out products of global standard.

The facility has the necessary modern machineries like numerically controlled lathes, milling machines etc. capable of ultra-high precision and capable of attaining very high productivity.

Such facilities are also necessary for bringing out newly designed machines into the market in crucial areas of rural industries – particularly where no entrepreneur is willing to manufacture the machines.

Design StudioTwo types of design studios have been set up in MGIRI: ?d e s i g n s t u d i o suitable for khadi & craft?d e s i g n s t u d i o suitable for engineeringThe design studio for textile and crafts has more than 20 workstations and equipped with software related to Computer Aided Textiles Design (CATD) and costume designs.

The Engineering wing of Design Studio is evolving necessary software that helps create not only drawings related to real life design innovations but also for their visualisation.

Craft innovation workstationUnder MGIRI's Rural Craft & Engineering division a model of 'Craft Innovation Workstation' has been made functional. This consists of ten artisan's huts in which artisans from different parts of the country could be trained for 3 to 6 months. This will

help them in cross-fertilization of ideas pick up technologies and get equipped with organizational capabilities including marketing.

Innovation CenterThe Centre is multi-disciplinary in nature a n d h a s b e e n established to take up design innovations both fo r mach ines and processes. A number of innovations, worked out during 2009-10, have been tested in the field in Khadi as well as food processing sectors.

Incubation CentreThe major objective of MGIRI's Incubation Centre is to create first generation entrepreneurs in a number of innovative rural industrial directions whose potentials have not been realized so far in terms of rural employment / rural enrichment.

The target groups / beneficiaries:?innovators?graduates / technicians from colleges, universities and other training institutions, having innovative and creative industrial ideas / projects for commercialization?individual entrepreneurs with new product ideas.

The incubation centre has two types of programmes:1. programmes based on the pattern of the schemes operated by the DC-MSME.2. Short Incubation Programme (SIP) for small and micro entrepreneurs.

Quality control & guidanceQuality control and guidance system for micro and small industries have not yet been fully worked out in the country in favour of the rural sector. When such facilities are established they will be able to provide:?support to micro and small enterprises to produce quality products and become globally competent. ?savings in terms of time and money presently spent in accessing costly testing facilities available at far away locations.MGIRI's labs are being equipped to provide testing and quality guidance in the following directions:?chemical testing for plant extracts, herbal drugs and other products, bio-manure, cosmetics, shampoo, soap / detergent, hair oils besides soil and water; and chemical analysis related to fabric etc. ?biological testing to investigate microbial contamination in herbal drugs / plant extracts / herbal products etc. ?mechanical testing for physical properties of fibre, yarn and fabrics.

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- ‘Solar Fab Mart’ model of cheaper garments- solar yarn based hosiery products- solar yarn based rare textile products including medical textiles

Soft and stiff finish technology was transferred to Shree Kshretriya Gandhi Ashram, Barabanki, U.P. by establishing a viable commercial Common Facility Centre through the initiative of Dr R B Chavan of IIT Delhi, (former Consultant, MGIRI) in collaboration with the KVIC.Quality norms and codes brought into khadi sector through the efforts of Dr R B Chavan and hand books created in Hindi and English. The concept has been introduced in the Khadi institutions through the KVIC.

The following projects funded by the KVIC are in progress: 1. Muslin khadi – S&T intervention to revive traditional manufacturing technologies2. MGIRI skill development centre – S&T intervention for revival of traditional manufacturing technology3. Improvement in existing tools and implements in KVI sector (charkha modification)

The following programmes have been carried out:- soft and stiff finish technology- dissemination workshop- auto-texture and design as per the latest market trend- dissemination workshop- DPR for production of naturally colored cotton

The following programmes are under formulation:- Capacity building for quality testing of raw materials under ADB sponsorship- Dissemination workshop on ‘Durable soft finish technology’- Web based design support system for KVIC certified and uncertified institutions- Revision of existing course content of KVIC for its training centres

Contact: Mr T R Kar, Dy. Director (Khadi &Textile)MGIRI, Maganwadi, Wardha -442 001 Telefax: 07152-243 350

Collaboration with KVIC

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MGIRI staff visiting Go-Vigyan Anusandan Kendra, Nagpur (3 May 2010).

MGIRI staff interacting with the staff of VNIT, Nagpur and visiting bio-reactor project. Dr Krishnamurti of NEERI, Nagpur interacting with MGIRI staff (3 May 2010).

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