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Raymond’s CSR Initiative: Tailoring centre for under-privileged youth

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Raymond, India’s leading textile brand and world leader

in worsted fabric and garments has launched India’s first training centre to impart tailoring skills to under-privileged youth and tailors. Launched in Patna, Bihar by the State’s Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar the centre is geared to train 250 people in suit, shirt and trouser making in the first academic year.

Through this initiative Raymond aims to create a network of skilled stylist tailors across India for sharing of knowledge and ideas, while providing customers with quality tailored garments. The Raymond Tailoring Centre will train over 10,000 students in various aspects of tailoring including suit, shirt and trouser making over the next five years. The minimum qualification for admission is 8th standard pass. At the time of enrolment, the student will need to pay a fee of Rs 2,000 each for shirt making and trouser making course and Rs 5,000 for suit making course. The fee is refundable once the course is successfully completed. The initial course fee is to ensure that the centre attracts serious candidates in keeping with the high standards of its training modules.

Raymond launched its first such centre in Patna with the support of the Bihar government, and plans to extend this initiative to other states with 20 more centres over the next five years. Commenting on the initiative, Gautam Singhania, Chairman and MD, Raymond said, “The tailoring community is one of the key spokes of the textile and apparel industry. It is common knowledge that great fabrics can be made into great garments only by great tailors. However, it is important for tailors to be abreast of styling trends and be able to implement them in the garments to suit evolving customer tastes, given constant upgradation in fashion.”

Raymond will assist the trained students in placements in the 680 The Raymond Shops and other multi-brand outlets. Raymond will also provide them career opportunities in around 100 Raymond workshops which will be setup during this period.
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