Ms.
ROOP RASHI Textile Commissioner, Government of India, Ministry of Textiles IA&AS
1994. Director General Audit prior to joining MoT.
Work Ethos: Vibrant Approach
to Sustainable Textiles with Rejuvenation
& Automation: Vivid Initiatives to Kindle Apparel Sector (VASTRA VIKAS)
Experience:
Across domains, Central, State Government and Commodity sector, Internal
Controls covering Policy, Program implementation, and strengthening Assurance.
- Secretary
(Finance FR) , Govt of Karnataka, Bengaluru.
World Bank, ADB, Financial Inclusion, Direct
Benefit Transfer, Integrated Financial Management System, SME Financial sector
engagements; commissioning Fiscal Policy Institute, Bangalore.
- Commodity Sector: Board Director with Coffee Board of India, Ministry of Commerce & industry. Nodal officer for India at the International Coffee Organisation, initiatives to develop the strengths of the commodity across the value chain in domestic as well as export markets; coordination with the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), Europe(SCAE),Japan (SCAJ),Australia and South Korea to actualise Farm to Foreign connect, branding strategies including GIs, represented as delegate in the International Coffee Conference 2010, co-ordination of three India International Coffee Festivals & Conferences in India with ~ 400 International delegates; development of Value addition schemes for expansion of Domestic demand as a buffer for buffer against international fluctuations for this export oriented commodity.
- As Textile Commissioner, being the field interface
with the Textile Value chain, she has been contributing to the Policy
Perspectives and Program delivery across fibres and domains covering
Traditional, Modern and Technical Textiles strengthening/ supporting
Responsible Manufacturing along the value chain covering:
- Initiatives to strengthen the Indian Textile
Value Chain as a supply source by deciphering gaps
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Streamlining implementation of flagship scheme of Ministry targeting credit
facilitation to MSME in Textiles.
-Strengthening
Cotton TVC, MMF and alternate fibres inputs from field
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supporting the Technical Textiles; all 13 segments.
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R&D Academia and cluster level initiatives for various segments. Innovation
and integration of Research outputs from leading institutions in Textile and
allied spaces (IITs, TERI, TRAs, State Institutions etc.) is being fostered to
contribute to Hon'ble PM's Vision of Five F's- weaving therein concerns of Sustainability
and Circularity while enabling textiles to continue enabling livelihoods
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Collaboration among various segments of Value chain by stronger stakeholder
interfaces from Textile Machinery, Fibres, manufacturing Value chain viz.,
CITI, CAI, CMAI, SGCCI, FICCI, CII, TERI, WTC, EPCs, alongwith International
agencies for domestic interfaces- like ICAC, the United Nations of Cotton’,
World Bank, GIZ, ICF, UN Agencies, Missions, Consulates, branding
initiatives, academia and trade etc.
- Ensuring Vertical integration with the levels
of governance (Centre, state, local) .
- Technical support through Textile Committee
to Handlooms as well as issues relating to Quality Assurance: As ex-officio Vice Chairperson of Textile
Committee, she has initiated structured tripartite framework involving State
Governments for augmenting value returns to producers through GI with support
of NABARD, SIDBI, IIM to enhance product definition, develop assurance by
involving Technical Institutions and market interfaces for authorised GI
producers of Handlooms and crafts. Initiative for Post Consumer Textile Waste
in pipeline.
Experience
in Internal Controls and Assurance through Audit: She has led audit of United
Nations Organisation, Food and Agriculture Organisation and Embassy Mission
Audits in South East Asia. Domestically covered Power sector unbundling,
Revenue, Shipping, Ports, Logistics, credit institutions, NBFCs, Automation and
IT Systems.
She
has traversed wide set of portfolios gaining experience from Policy and
Execution in Development Administration (State Administration) as well as
Policy Programme Implementation in the Commodity sector (Commerce Ministry,
Govt. of India).
Enable
Textiles to Enable Livelihoods