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Abbreviation | SITRA |
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Formation | 25 December 1955 |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Purpose | Textile Research |
Headquarters | Coimbatore, India |
Region served | Asia, Africa |
Official languages | English |
Chairman | Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu |
Website | www |
The South India Textile Research Association, often known by acronym SITRA, is a textile research association established in 1956 at Coimbatore, India. SITRA is an Industry sponsored research institute supported by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It is considered to be one of the best equipped textile research organisations in the world and its members apart from India include Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.