BackJoint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles visited CSWRI

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 Smt. Monika Garg, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India along with Er K K Goyal, Executive Director, Central Wool Development Board, and Jodhpur has visited to Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute on 27.12.13. Dr. S.M.K. Naqvi, Director, CSWRI welcomed the visitors and briefed about various research activities going on in the institute. The guests have visited to rabbit sector, sheep sector, geo-textile shed, azolla farm, feed-block unit and wool plant.  The joint secretary reviewed the progress of ongoing R &D projects sponsored by CWDB. She appreciated the technologies developed by the textile division like value addition of coarse wool by converting them into technical textiles, handicraft development and woolen khadi fabric development. She stressed upon cluster development in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh state. She also ensured to continue support to R&D projects on sheep and wool at CSWRI.