Fibre2Fashion November Issue'17 | Page 52

INDIA MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS THE WAY FORWARD India has the strengths in terms of raw material availability, manpower availability, large domestic market, presence of complete manufacturing value chain and government support. This has enabled growth of the industry. To sustain the growth that the Indian textiles industry has experienced, it becomes imperative for industry to incorporate certain structural changes in it. A white paper from Wazir Advisors Pvt Ltd, titled ‘Achieving sustainable growth in textiles and apparel industry through manufacturing excellence’, has argued that achieving manufacturing excellence through sustainable development is the way forward for the Indian industry. The white paper has been authored by Varun Vaid, Anubha Sehgal and Vanshika Jain. 52  | FIBRE 2 FASHION NOVEMBER 2017