New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Bharat Tex 2024, India’s largest global textile event, is set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 26. The event promises to showcase the country’s textile capabilities and generate momentum throughout the entire Indian textiles ecosystem.
The event will feature over 3,500 exhibitors, over 3,000 buyers from over 100 countries, and more than 50,000 trade visitors. Leading global textile companies such as Coach, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, and others have confirmed their presence. The event will cover over 22 lakh sq ft exhibition area spread across two venues at Bharat Mandapam and Yashobhoomi in the national capital.
Bharat Tex is organized by a consortium of 11 Textile Export Promotion Councils and supported by the Ministry of Textiles. It has a unified Farm to Fashion focus and aims to position India as a global powerhouse in textiles. The event will cover the entire value chain and focus on trade, investment, sustainability, and resilient supply chains.
Major Textiles States in the country including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and others are participating with dedicated pavilions and government representations. The exhibition will feature apparel, home furnishings, floor coverings, fibres, yarns, threads, fabrics, and more.
Other attractions of the show will include dedicated pavilions on sustainability and recycling, art demonstrations, interactive fabric testing zones, product demonstrations, and showcase of global fashion trends. Additionally, there will be a global scale conference with 350 speakers to deliberate on issues and challenges faced by the global textiles industry.
A Textiles Grand Innovation Challenge to identify new and innovative futuristic circular solutions, with high potential to be replicable and scalable in India’s Textiles and Apparel industry, will also be launched at the event. A specially curated pavilion in Bharat Tex will narrate the story of Indian textiles as an unbroken continuum – from the past to present to the future.
Bharat Tex 2024 is shaping up to be a landmark event, bringing together global stakeholders in the textiles industry to showcase India’s strengths and discuss the future of the sector. With the participation of buyers from 100 countries and over 100 international speakers, the event is set to make a significant impact on the global textiles industry.
