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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