1. TEXTILE ENGINEERING

2. HOD – TEXTILE ENGG. (Message) It has been a great privilege for me that Management of PIET and Director have created a good platform to share the current activities and achievements of the Department of Textile Engineering through the most efficient electronic media, E-Newsletter. I want to establish global leadership in the field of Textile and develop competent human resources for providing service to industry and academia. I extend my warm greetings to all textile students, faculty and staff for their untried effort to achieve mission and vision of the department.

3. Editor’s View It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of this e-news letter, a mode of communication which suites best to the 21 st century for carrying messages about important events, happenings and achievements to all concerned. It will also be effective in creating a sense of belongingness among faculty and students. I am sure it will be a huge success providing the desired results sooner than expected and new ideas will find a platform to bloom.

4. Part of PIET Family - Textile Department Its been a pleasure for the whole department to be an integral part of PIET family.

6. International conference attended by Textile students An International Conference on “Innovations in Textile” was attended by Students of Textile Department on 7 th Nov. 2015 in Jawahar Lal Nehru Govt. Engg. College, Sundernagar, H.P. Various dignitaries spoke on different aspects in textile which resulted in the addition of knowledge of students.

7. Govind Singh Textile student of 3 rd year won Bronze medal in KUK university for Best Physique in Dec, 2015. Student of 3 rd year won 2 nd Prize in Volleyball held at IITM, Murthal in September, 2015. Gagandeep Singh

9. Shubhi Jain Won 2 nd Prize in Card making and T- shirt painting Competition in Maestro’s 2k16.

11. Short Term Course Faculty of our department attended QIP Sponsored 4 days short term course on “Textile Structure and Structural Composite” from 15 th -18 th February in IIT Delhi.

12. Paper Presentation An organization is known by its Head and a Department by its HOD. A paper on “Impact of colour-emotion on textile application” was presented by our HOD in National Conference on “Fashion Apparel & Textile” held on 4 th March, 2016 which was organized by Amity School of Fashion Technology at Amity University, Noida, U.P. He also published an article recently named as “Acoustic Textiles, A new era of noise control” in Asian Textile Journal, Pg. 65-70, Vol. 24, No. 11, Nov, 2015. ISSN: 0971 3425

14. Home Tex Tech Expo Textile students visit the Home Tex Tech Expo on 12 th March which was being held in Panipat at Anaj Mandi. Leading manufacturers and importers of textile machinery and accessories from all over India and abroad participated in this exhibition.

15. SEMINAR Conducted by : “ATE Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.” Date: 30.03.2016 Topic: Advancements in Textile Machinery Speakers : Vikash Sharma, Dipanjan Ghosh, Nikhil Yadav, Ashwani Koul

17. Students placed in Arvind International Limited with a package of 3 lakhs. Mohd. Monir-uz-zamman Kartik Jhamb

18. Students placed in Nahar Group of Industries with a package of 2.16 lakhs. Bindiya Rani Parul Deepak Vikas Kumar

19. Students placed in Sara Internationals with a package of 2 lakhs. Bindiya Rani Parul Deepak Vikas Kumar

20. Students placed in B. L. Internationals with a package of 2.40 lakhs. Deepak Shankar Harwinder Shakti

21. Mohd. Asif got placed in Magnum Resources with a package of 2.16 lakhs.

22. Samarjeet Singh got placed in Oswal Spinning Mills with a package of 2.28 lakhs.