Mr Premal Udani presented the memento and bouquet to the Minister and Mr Nilesh Mehta gave memento and bouquet to Mr Gautam Singhania. Girls dressed in traditional outfits such as sarees and ghagra cholis matched with ornaments like maang tikas, jhumkas and bangles from the four regions of India, walked on to the stage with the bouquets and mementoes. The music played in the background, representing the four regions of India, added zing to the proceedings.
The host of dignitaries attending the opening ceremony on the first day included Mr Stephen Higginson, Editor & Creative Director, International Textiles, ITBD Group, Mr Justin Huang, Secretary-General, the Taiwan Textile Federation, Mr Kailash Bhatia, CEO, Color Plus, Mr Ramesh Poddar and Arvind Poddar of the Siyaram Group, and other leading exporters and manufacturers.
Speaking at the inaugural function, Mr Shankar Sinh Vaghela, Union Minister for Textiles, said, “the trade fair would provide an opportunity to Indian fabric manufacturers to showcase India's distinct strengths and advantages to discerning buyers of the world. As we all know, the world's focus is increasing on India. The growing importance of the region as a main consumer of raw materials like fabrics, trimmings and embellishments has now been recognised by global manufacturers and suppliers. India's vast and growing apparel industry needs access to top quality and globally competitive raw material supplies.”
“The world scenario is fast changing with the imminent abolition of quota restrictions and emergence of trade blocks. India has the distinction of producing and exporting some of the world's finest fabrics,” Mr Vaghela pointed out.
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