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Saini, Harminder
- Skill Mapping of Production Workforce in Small Scale Knitwear Units of Ludhiana
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1 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
1 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 12, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 170-174Abstract
The Indian Knitwear industry has an overwhelming contribution in the GDP of the country. Small firms are an important source of employment in India and employ a sizable share of the labour force. Ludhiana Knitwear Industry is very versatile and is manufacturing various types of products. The production workforce plays an important role in determining the quality and quantity of products being made hence, the present research is focused to find out the existing skill sets and skill gaps in production workforce of ten small scale knitwear units of Ludhiana. Data collected from 150 respondents reveal that the production labour was uneducated and lacked vocational qualification, machine knowledge and self understanding of the work. The skill gaps existed in areas pertaining to qualification, efficiency and machine knowledge.Keywords
GDP, Knitwear, Production Workforce, Skill Sets.
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- Preferences of Young Women for Designing of Pouches Using Shekhawati Motifs
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1 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
1 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 13, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 509-515Abstract
The present study on preferences of young women for designing of pouches using Shekhawati motifs was carried out in Ludhiana city. Twenty shapes of pouches were sketched and five shapes were finally selected for designing pouches. A line of twenty pouches using Shekhawati motifs was developed using CorelDrawX4. Preferences of ninety young women, representing the target segment of consumers selected purposively from three localities of Ludhiana city were taken. Women preferred polyester fabric (mean score 4.23) for pouches. Silver and golden colours were most preferred with mean scores 4.34 and 3.14. Respondents preferred multi-coloured combination for motifs (mean score 2.67). Amongst the embellishments, tassels were most liked for pouches with mean score 12.28. Out of twenty developed designs of pouches with Shekhawati motifs, most preferred ten designs of pouches were prepared.Keywords
Preferences, Young Women, Designing, Pouches Using, Shekhawati Motifs.References
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