Quack! Online

By Bilal Saya, TMM3
I believe there is a vast gap between what we are taught and what happens in practical life in the textile industry of Pakistan. We are being taught all about textiles form spinning to weaving to non-woven and many more, certainly more than what people know in the industry but we don’t get the chance to interact with people from the industry. We don’t know what people from the industry are currently focused on, what are their main concerns is it cheaper powergeneration or labour shortages or quality control in their respective fields like spinning, knitting etc. Product development is also a major concern like for example if a student wants to make running shoes like nike and addidas do. We know that the material used is mostly textiles but we don’t know how it is produced there are other numerous products like these which we can learn to produce with the knowledge that we are taught at TIP. Focusing on these issues and raising student awareness will be the main objective of the society.

So far these are the activities we plan on doing. We need your feedback and support to make it better. Read the rest of this entry »

Textile Institute of Pakistan Announces Spring 09 Admission check out today’s DAWN page 15, an excellent effort by new admission committee…

By Waqas Bin Azhar, TMM4

I would like to start with the time, time just before TIP, when I was searching for some of good business schools in news paper, publications etc, then I found TIP ad in the Jung newspaper and thought to apply for it and fortunately cleared the test and interview. Since I had no information about TIP therefore I asked to some of people in textiles, they told to go for it, fortunately I did not find any chance to ask some of out of textile business people, any way I got admission in TIP and was very happy as I found very good environment in fact I was very much happy to see the top class and really quality faculty. But as the time passes, instead of increase in the happiness, the level of frustrations increases. You must be thinking that if I’ve been suffering from this stage then why I wrote this article so late??

The reason is, this frustration is now being overflowed and compelled me to put up my thoughts on Quack… I will be discussing those issues which need attention. These issues are related to the concern of existing student body. Read the rest of this entry »

TIP management, faculty, staff and students welcomed their new president Mr. Tariq Ikram replacing Dr. Zubair Bandukda as Mr. Tariq addressed them all for the first time ever first TISF slot of Fall Semester 2009.

Mr. Tariq has served as the chairman of Export Promotion Bureau having the the distinction of being the first Pakistani to be appointed as CEO of Reckitt and Colman in Pakistan at the age of 37.

In his brief speech, the newly appointed president discussed about the decline of textile and apparel industry and said that it is mainly because of a significant difference between our imports and exports. He further clarified that this difference can only be minimized if we start supporting our textile industry. He stressed over the need of educated people in the industry and discussed TIP rankings as an institute in HEC and other comissions.

Mr.Tariq believes that textiles play a very important role in Pakistan’s economy and exports and without supporting this industry, we can not even survive as a country. Later, he highlighted a number of textile graduates of TIP going extremely well in the textile industry. He seemed very optimistic about the future of TIP and textile industry at large. To have an idea about TIP, Mr. Tariq announced a SWOT analysis within students, faculty and even the board of directors. To tell you more about Mr. Tariq and his career, we have found a brief PDF document mentioning his achievements throughout his career.

We wish him good luck for his tenure at TIP and would like to see TIP touch the skies of quality research and academia under his supervision and guidance.

An Interview with the Hamid.k.Lateef(C.E.O Textile Testing International) on the Modern challenges in the Textile industry & the role of Testing

(Requirements of Modern Textile Industry)
Both industrialized and developing countries now have modern installations capable of highly efficient fabric production. In addition to mechanical improvements in yarn and fabric manufacture, there have been rapid advances in development of new fibers, processes to improve textile characteristics, and testing methods allowing greater quality control. Textile fabrics are judged by many criteria. Flexibility and sufficient strength for the intended use are generally major requirements, and industrial fabrics must meet rigid specifications of width, weight per unit area, weave and yarn structure, strength and elongation, acidity or alkalinity, thickness, and porosity. In apparel fabrics design and colors are major considerations, and certain physical properties may be of secondary importance. In addition, the various tactile properties of a fabric, described as its “hand,” “handle,” or “feel,” influence consumer acceptance.

The textile industry increasingly employs research and development in the area of quality control. Medieval craft guilds were concerned with maintaining high quality standards, and later textile mills established rigid systems of inspection, realizing that a reputation for supplying fault-free goods encouraged repeat orders. Modern quality control has been assisted by development of techniques and machines for assessing fiber, yarn, and fabric properties; by the introduction of legislation regarding misrepresentation in many industrialized countries; and by the establishment of rigid specifications by a growing number of buyers. Specifications have been established for the purchase of industrial fabrics, for textiles used by the military and other branches of governments, and for similar purchasing methods adopted by some retailers and other large buyers. In consumer-oriented areas, the public is becoming aware of product testing and is beginning to require proof that products have met certain test standards. Read the rest of this entry »

Four years of progressive education, lots of exacutive and technical training programs, learning about change management and so on – makes you think you’re ready to take the bull called life by its horns, right?  Stop right there!

You are venturing into an industry that feels strongly but negatively towards change. If you feel you study in a terrible institution, change your attitude. You’re better than most of the people you will encounter in the textile industry. They’ll feel threatened by you, try to bring you down at every step, prove you wrong and stupid and treat you like a nobody. Some people will even prove to you what an idiot you are if you suggest a free upgrade in the ancient word processing software they make everyone use. Those presently studying –  if you enter the industry demotivated, you’re dead, because you haven’t seen what demotivation is – yet.

Take the bull called life by its horns and tame it. Nobody ever made anything better by not doing anything about it. Difficult people and situations are an essential part of life. Learn to deal with them by embracing their sorry existence, and you can be sure you’re on the right track!

By Zain ul Abdin, TMM-4

Well, here I am finally trying to do something (which I guess may be lucky enough to be looked into), after staying super free for two months, doing nothing at all other than just counting on days one after another!! I’m not unhappy about how the time is passing by, infact I think its totally fine with me for I’ve been listening to one of our teacher’s advice after all, which was: ” These are your last vacations, & perhaps you’ll probably not get any of these again in your life once you graduate, so why not spend sometime at home, sit back and relax!” That’s exactly what I’ve done this summer, or maybe I was made to do this, as all of my plans went the other way, & I had to find out a way to satisfy myself.

But, what I had planned out this summer was totally different. Having left one year of my undergraduate studies, I had planned to visit the industry as an internee just like all my other mates… the only difference was that I wanted to visit some place other than the textile industry (since I’m a marketing & management student after all & I have been visiting several textile mills in the previous years too). And that’s where the story begins… I had applied to… a very well renowned company of Pakistan I should say, for the summer internship in their marketing department. At the start it all went fine… I, quite easily got plenty of the “internship placement” letters from the internship office and appeared in the internship test of the company, did well in the test, as it was not so hard & then, was called for the interview just few days after the annual dinner. The General Manager of that company personally took the interview in groups as the internees were in some good numbers… and when our group (the one I was in) turned up to him, what he needed to ask from us first, was a simple piece of information before starting the interview: the institute name & the CGPA. Read the rest of this entry »