Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC), India’s vocational training provider for the apparel industry was awarded the ‘Best Training Institution-National’ by Franchise India at ‘Indian Education Awards 2015’ on June 10 at a function held in Taj Vivanta, New Delhi. ATDC has been selected for this award for its contribution to large scale quality skilling of Indian youth specially women in rural and semi urban areas for meeting the rapidly changing skill requirements of apparel sector with real time industry relevant skill modules and new learning solutions.
With its training programs, the institute has succeeded in providing wage employment for youth specially women having dedicated verticals to work with Ministry of Textiles for ISDS Project, DGE&T, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, for longer duration vocational courses and AICTE, Ministry of HRD and RGNIYD, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports for B. Voc. Courses.
ATDC is being recognized nationally for its innovative training initiatives like creation of brand ‘SMART’ (Skills for Manufacturing of Apparel through Research & Training), Launch of ATDC-JUKI Tech Innovation Centre, ‘Product Specialty Centers’, and so on. Today, ATDC is a largest vocational training provider for the apparel sector in the country with about 176 ATDCs including 65 ATDC vocational institutes, about 115 ATDC-SMART Centres offering state-of the- art vocational programs in India. ATDC has also received the ASSOCHAM Award for ‘Best Institute: Innovation 2015’ and ‘Best Vocational Institute 2014’ and is also a recipient of UK-India Skill Forum Award in 2011.
