Member Associations/ Associate Members / Affiliate Members

Sub: Inviting Applications for CITI Birla Economic & Textile Research Foundation Awards for 2024-25

Dear Sirs/Madam,

Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has been encouraging excellence across the value chain of textile production since 1993-94 through the CITI Birla Economic & Textile Research Foundation Awards.

CITI Birla Economic & Textile Research Foundation Awards are aimed at:

• Carrying out inclusive economic investigation on topical and long-term problems of the textile industry;
• Spread and promotion of research in Textile Industry by way of grant of awards, Certificate of Merits and others

This year the Board of Trustees of CITI-Birla Economic and Textile Research Foundation have decided to grant four Awards of Rs. 50,000.- each to the textile mills who have achieved excellence in award topics as listed below:

Award I: Innovative Water Management and Conservation.

 Award II: Leadership in Renewable Energy Integration

 Award III: Excellence in Carbon Emissions Reduction

 Award IV: Excellence in Waste Reduction and Circular Innovation Leadership

Textile mills are invited to apply for the above-mentioned awards using the attached questionnaires and send the duly filled application to our email mail@citiindia.org latest by Tuesday, 10^th January 2025.

Applications received from textile mills will be scrutinized by a Jury appointed for the purpose. The decision of the Jury for the grant of Award shall be final and binding.

You are requested to kindly circulate the information among your member mills with a request to submit their application on email by timeline stipulated above.

Thanking you,

 With Best Regards,

 (Chandrima Chatterjee)

Honorary Secretary