Srinagar, Apr 16: A two-day capacity building cum training programme on the design and manufacture of leather goods was organised at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine at its branch in Srinagar under the Atal Incubation Centre (AIC-IIIM) and CSIR-Integrated Skill Initiative.
Dr Zabeer Ahmed, Director, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu who is ex-officio Chairman of AIC-IIIM Bio-Innovation Foundation, inaugurated the programme in which more than 60 participants were provided knowledge and imparted training on the different avenues of income and livelihood generation in the domain of leather technology through production of value-added products. The two-day programme included a practical demonstration for manufacturing leather goods like pouches, sling bags and other range of products.