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DR. Ela Dedhia INCHARGE PRINCIPAL COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE NIRMALA NIKETAN
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INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR – SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
An International webinar on SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND PROCESSES was held on 4 th July, 2020 by the Department of Textile and Fashion Technology of College Home Science, Nirmala Niketan, Affiliated to University of Mumbai, NAAC Accredited A Grade. Delegates included students, teachers, professionals, and others related to this field at National and International level.
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he webinar was inaugurated by Dr Geeta Ibrahim, Principal of the college where she appreciated the department for organizing the international webinar, she added that it is definitely the need of the hour. The term ‘sustainable’ is what we all have to look towards and work at. Dr. Ela Dedhia, Head of Department of Textile and Fashion Technology, gave an overview of the theme. She mentioned that each and every one present on this platform are having a common thread which is – Sustainability, in the form of raw materials used, or the processing, delivery and marketing of the merchandise. Wherever we are, we are connected to sustainability and are working toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Dr Dedhia moderated the panel discussion including the questions raised by participants on YouTube. She Welcomed all the participants on YouTube and gave a brief introduction of the panelist. Edfly was the Technical partner and Textile Value Chain was the Media Part-
ner. The webinar was conducted through online video platform and telecasted on YouTube for the audience. The Video is available on YouTube.com/TFTNN. There were two esteemed panelists during the webinar. Dr. Anagha Vaidya Soocheta, is Head of Department of Applied Sustainability and Enterprise Development, faculty of engineering, university of Mauritius. She holds 38 years of successful career as academician, researcher and administrator. She started her presentation mentioning about the 17 UN SDG goals which were unanimously adopted by the member states, with an aspiration to achieve it by 2030. Sustainability can be broadly defined as the ability of something to maintain itself by preserving resources and energy over a long term rather than exhausting them quickly in a short time. She quoted the definition for sustainability by Brundtland Commission of the United Nations, 1987 that meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In her talk she said that pillars of Sustainability are Economic viability, environmental preservation and social equity. Government has introduced new laws for companies and businesses. Millions of products are there in the market but few are fully sustainable and designers play a big role in product development where the made products will have minimum impact on the environment and also improve the society. So there should be effective planning and execution of sustainable product design by careful selection of raw materials, its efficient use, planning for the final disposal, shortening the production time and drive in new products and process of innovation with diversification. While talking about Green Production she said it helps to keep check on wasted resources in production to increase productivity. It also brings down cost and deduct impact on environment and focus | SEPTEMBER 2020
