VisioNxt प्रयोगशाला: NIFT
The event was focused on how this initiative has progressed impressively, enabling outcome-based research and giving actionable trend insights into Indian textile, fashion, and retail sectors.
The initiative has a great value proposition and offers multiple use cases such as academic courses, knowledge sessions/workshops, and trend-related consulting services, which are value accretions to tackle the changing tech landscape.
Venue: at Nishta Bhavan, Churchgate, Mumbai.
The event had an address from the Director of 'NIFT Mumbai,' Prof. Dr. Sharmila J. Dua, underpinning VisionNxt. She alluded to "how the tool has played a transformative role in reshaping/reimagining India's fashion industry.
VisionNxt empowers the industry with scientific data-driven valuable insights by drawing the attention of the industry's collaborative research and cutting-edge innovation while celebrating India’s fashion identity, which is in a good place today".
Textile Commissioner Ms. Roop Rashi graced the occasion, stressing how the coveted platform’s uniquely innovative approach has democratized easy and free access to fashion designers and weavers, importantly underreached, small-scale/underpenetrated artisans, to help trend forecast, which can be a game changer/force multiplier across India's fashion ecosystem.
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She made it a point to highlight its acceptance and utility on the ground level, having already hit a decent number, 20,000 downloads or thereabouts."
The exercise was to create greater sensitization within the fashion industry of the journey of VisionNxt in a brief period since it was introduced officially, considered with pride to be India’s first AI- and EI-driven fashion forecasting platform driving tangible results, given that AI is already a buzzword.