Introduction

The Clothing Industry Training Institute was established under the Act No. 3 of 1984 to bring about improvements in the Clothing Industry and to ensure an adequate supply of properly trained personnel at all levels in the industry. IDA / World Bank, financed the project for the establishment of CITI. Fielden House Productivity Centre, Manchester, UK, provided the consultancy services for five years to develop the operational activities. Subsequently the JICA extended their project type technical co-operation for the upgrading of services, for a period of 5 years, commencing from the year 1995.

From the inception of the Institute it was under the purview of Ministry of Industrial Development until it was brought under the Ministry of Tertiary Education & Training, at the end of December 2001. At Present it is functioning under the Ministry of Textile industry Development and managed by a Board of Governors who’s members represent the Ministry, Garment Industry, Associations and Academies.

Main Services of the institute

• Training (Internal)         - Full time and part time courses
• Training (External)        - Visits to Industry on requests
• Training (Customized )  - On Industrial requests
• Consultancy                 - Based on Industry requests in the areas of
  • Quality Management
  • Apparel Technology
  • Productivity Improvement
  • Marketing & Management
  • Sewing Attachment Technology
  • Modular Manufacturing
• Technical Services      - On the request from Industry and Government

Students learning at the Institute

Digitizing

 

Computer Aided Designing

Pattern Making

Courses

Full Time

• Diploma in Clothing Technology
• Certificate in Clothing Technology
• Certificate in Garment Production Management
• Work Study for Apparel industry
• Pattern Cutting Grading and Styling Development Course
• Computer Aided Pattern Drawing and Maker Making (Lectra/Gerber)
• Quality Control for sewing Industry
• Sewing Machine Mechanic Course
• Sewing Machinist Instructor Course
• Jigs and Attachment technology course
• Merchandising Management Course
• Production Supervisory Management course
• Supply chain Management for merchandising

Part Time

• Diploma in Clothing Technology
• Work-study and Factory Management course
• Pattern Cutting Grading and Styling Development Course
• Certificate on Garment Qual;ity Management
• Merchandising
• Industrial engineering for production management
• Basic Product development and design Course
• Sewing Machine Maintenance Course
• Middle Management Production Techniques

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