The India ITME (International Textile Machinery Expo) awards will be presented on December 8, 2022, a part of the event to be held between Dec 8-13.

The awards recognise the significant contributions that have influenced positive change in the textile engineering sector of India. The winners will be felicitated with cash awards, trophies, and certificates depending on the award category.The awards aim at recognising talent and felicitating winners in the categories of ginning, spinning, weaving and weaving preparatory, processing and finishing, garmenting, printing, accessories for textiles and technical textiles. They also cover technology for pollution control, textile engineering and research excellence.

The ITME society has brought on board reputed leaders from different sectors of the textile industry to be part of the jury for awards selection. Members of the jury panel include Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, chairman and managing director at Lakshmi Machine Works and a former chairman of India ITME Society; Uday Gill, group chief strategy officer for fibers, Indorama Ventures, a top textile fiber expert having a knack for identifying hidden gems from across the globe and successfully leading acquisitions; Updeep Singh, president and CEO for Sutlej Textiles and Industries, a genius in textiles and a resourceful personality in textile technology; Manohar Samuel, advisor R&D for Reliance Industries, an expert in core dynamics of fibers and a passionate researcher, brand developer, and value chain builder.