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PRADEEP NAHATA, MD, KARNI EXPORTS, JAIPUR, SHOWED A LONG HANDWRITTEN LETTER ADDRESSED TO MoT. HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED ISSUES, HE ASKED THE MOT TO GIVE BACK THE PARTICIPATION FEES WITH PROPER COMPENSATION BECAUSE THE FAIR WAS A TOTAL FAILURE FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW. HE TWEETED IN SERIES ABOUT THESE ISSUES TAGGING PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.
Pradeep Nahata, MD, Karni Exports, Jaipur
Sachin Sureka( L), Marketing Manager and Vishaal Verma, Divisional Manager – Merchandising, Shahi Exports
( L-R) – Pradeep Joshi, Merchandiser; Vijay Jaiswal, DMM and Prakash Bisht, Store in-charge, Orient Craft
Jitesh Chandra, Senior Fabric Manager, Trend Setters International, Delhi near one of the booths, but nobody was there to clean-up. None of the councils took care of this. We are fed-up and are not going to come here again for sure.” She briefed that the organizing body was busy impressing the Prime Minister and managed the whole fair in a poor way.
Gujarat-based exhibitors were very much keen before the show as they had a strong belief that this mega event will promote Ahmedabad or even Gujarat in an international scenario, especially apparel manufacturing which is a growing segment, but things did not turn out well. Amit Gordhandas, MD, Dassani Global Group, Ahmedabad said,“ On day one, some of the buyers left from the fair ground as they didn’ t get their badges. I saw more than 150 overseas buyers waiting for the badges and they were so upset that they‘ shouted’ at the staff. We were here in an international show and the conditions we saw here were much lower than the general Indian standards. Many buyers even left the fair grounds to use decent washrooms elsewhere.”
Exporters also raised questions on CII, the organizer of this event as well as Gandhinagar as a place for such a show. Vivek Khandelwal of Patterns India, Jaipur and Past President of Garment Exporters Association of Rajasthan( GEAR), shared,“ Gandhinagar is not the right destination for overseas buyers. Primarily it is an overseas show, and overseas buyers prefer to land directly in Delhi and have a show there, rather than going to other cities via Delhi. Secondly, AEPC is a better organization with vast experience of organizing shows, but CII doesn’ t have that kind of exposure or experience. General facilities and ambience here were not quite satisfactory; for example, halls were not interconnected. I don’ t find any reason that why the show was done here.”
Pattern India from Jaipur highlighted expensive embroideries, denims and yarn dyed in its display as Vivek feels that these three products are high in demand. Anant Jain, Partner, Ratan Textiles, Jaipur, also voted for Delhi being a better place to do the show and raised questions over the timing of the show as July-end was a better option.
Jitesh Chandra, Senior Fabric Manager of Trend Setters International, Delhi stated,“ Buyers were less in this show compared to Delhi-based shows while we were expecting more buyers because of the combined efforts of all export promotion councils.” The company used many value addition techniques like embroideries, lace work and printing in its collection.
Pradeep Nahata, MD, Karni Exports, Jaipur, showed a long handwritten letter addressed to MoT. Highlighting all the above mentioned issues, he asked the MoT to give back the participation fees with proper compensation because the fair was a total failure from his point of view. He tweeted in series about these issues tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
30 Apparel Online India | JULY 16-31, 2017 | www. apparelresources. com