A MoU has been signed between Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore, and Indian Textile Accessories & Machinery Manufacturer's Association (ITAMMA), Mumbai to establish a common facility centre for textile engineering at the KCT campus. This will be done under the Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
Through the MOU, both will establish testing and quality control facility for engineering and plastics design corner for product design and development training for manpower capability development, knowledge corner, data centre and library technology/product development for the benefit of the textile accessories and machinery manufacturing industry situated in and around Coimbatore.
KCT is an autonomous institution affiliated to Anna University Chennai offering 13 undergraduate (BE, BTech.) and 14 post-graduate (ME, MTech, MCA, MBA) programs of study. All eligible UG programs have also been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Nine of the 13 academic departments have been recognised as research centres by Anna University for doing research leading to PhD Degree.
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