Construction begins at Fashion Technology Park

Chitleen K. Sethi
Construction activity has commenced at the Fashion Technology Park, Mohali, whose
foundation stone was laid last
month by the Punjab Chief
Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh.
Spread over 14 acres, the
Fashion Technology Park (FTP)
presents a unique eco-industrial
model where a community of
manufacturing and service
businesses in fashion industry
would collaborate to improve
their economic performance in
every possible aspect.
Designed by Hafeez Contractor,
the park will have a residential
area, an amphitheatre, retail and
business areas other than the
knowledge
centre.
We have
discharges to the
environmental
project includes
scheme, water
architectural
treatment units,
park J.S. Kochar
The park, in form
commercial,
The intellectual
the heart of the

incorporated all components to ensure zero emission/

environment and maximum benefits for a sustainable
development in Mohali. The prominent features of the
in-house sewage treatment plant, rainwater harvesting
treatment and recycling scheme, energy efficiency through
design, CNG based co-generation sets, solid waste
extensive landscaping and plantation, says CEO of the

The park will

have a
residential area,
an amphitheatre,
retail and
business areas
other than the
knowledge
centre

and intent, integrates four domains of the intellectual,

industrial and collective endeavour.
domain The Business School of Fashion (BSF) forms
park.

Some of the key

initiatives of BSF include empowerment of the self-help
groups of rural
women of Punjab by organising, centralising and
integrating the Phulkari skill set at the grassroots level. The initiative targets to provide and
sustain the work and employment of the rural Punjabi women practicing the art, Kochar
says.
We are also establishing back-end manufacturing support in Ludhiana, along with the
knitwear and shawl manufacturers club. A formal memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with both the entities for mutual cooperation has already been signed, he adds.

The park has also started strategic alliances with eminent fashion designers. Already MoU
has been signed with the House of Valaya.