CAREER GUIDANCE: FINISHED LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS.

One among the leading exports items from India, leather and leather products such as shoes, leather garments, leather goods of various types play a key role.The beginners who aim at becoming liaison agents should constantly probe news on the subject and save them for future reference.


 The writer of "CAREER GUIDANCE" has an experience of 40 years in leather, and leather products.He has travelled extensively, and he has been in abroad. He shall deal with the subject right from its history of leather, and industry, and how it  developed in India, every thin step by step, and it will help the novice to prepare for his future career. Please realise all the qualification you require is a command in English.No degree is needed. A twelth standard pass or fail, all the more essential.Remember English is must.


Following is interesting news how a small town AMBUR in Tamil Nadu which has roughly a population of less than a lakh people steers the leather industry and Ambur is established trade contacts more than 50 countries around the world.


This is how the product manufacturers, and buyers meet and find opportunities to market the merchandise.

otwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) participated in the 'Exhibition of Footwear Components, Accessories & Finished Leather' at Ambur Trade Centre, Ambur from 24th & 25th July 2010 at Stall No. Serv. Hall No.l.

                         Mr.N.M.Sayeed and Padmashree Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed

The exhibition was inaugurated on 24th July 2010 at 11.00 AM by Mr. K. Allauddin, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu on behalf of the Hon'ble Minister for Law Courts and Prisons, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Thiru. Durai Murugan in the presence of Thiru. C. Rajendran, IAS, District Collector, Vellore. The exhibition helped in identifying the huge opportunities existing in unexplored zones and establishing“The exhibition helped in identifying the huge opportunities existing in unexplored zones and establishing stronger ties with manufacturers in this region.” - Mr. M. Rafeeque Ahmed, Chairman, FDDI

The inauguration was a grand fanfare attracting most of the doyens of the footwear & leather industry that included, Mr. M. Rafeeque Ahmed, Chairman, FDDI & Chairman, Ambur Economic Development Organisation Limited, Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI, Mr. Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS, Secretary, FDDI, Mr. Habib Hussain, Chairman, Council for Leather Exports, Mr. P.V.Gopalakrishna, President, Indian Shoe Federation, Mr. B.D Bhaiya, President, Indian Footwear Components Manufacturers Association and other eminent personality of the trade.

 

The exhibition opened at the newly inaugurated Ambur Trade Centre where a total of 120 exhibitors, including footwear component manufacturers and leather industries, exhibited their products in 155 stalls.

The exhibition was supported by Ambur Economic Development Organization Limited (AEDOL), All India Skin and Hide Tanners Merchants Association (AISHTMA), Ambur Tanners Association (ATA), Council for Leather Exports (CLE), Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), Indian Finished Leather Mfrs. & Exporter The exhibition was supported by Ambur Economic Development Organization Limited (AEDOL), All India Skin and Hide Tanners Merchants Association (AISHTMA), Ambur Tanners Association (ATA), Council for Leather Exports (CLE), Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), Indian Finished Leather Mfrs. & Exporters Association (IFLMEA), Pernambut Tanners Association (PTA), Ranipet Tanners Association (RTA), South India Shoe Manufacturers Association (SISMA)and Vaniyambadi Tanners Association (VTA).

Leading experts offered informative seminars during the exhibition, which give participants a value-added opportunity to be enlightened on topics related to leather and leather products technology, quality control & inspection, and business solutions.