Achievements - Milestone

Achievements - Milestone

1.	Awards
	FDDI has been awarded ISO 9001 in 1995 by BVQI, ISO 14001 in 1999 and ISO 17025 for laboratories in the year 2002.
2.	Placement
	Since inception, FDDI has been making 100% placement of students who have undergone long-term courses in FDDI. This is being achieved year after year from last 12 years.
3.	Training of Foreign Scholars
	FDDI provided special training for Reebok staff in the year 1996. Sri Lankan students were trained for one year in Footwear Technology at Colombo in collaboration with IDB, Sri Lanka. The successful students were awarded FDDI diploma in the year 2000 FDDI conducted one year intensive course for Philippine scholars in the year 2001. The students from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh are attending regular courses at FDDI.
4.	Design / Development
	FDDI has designed & developed Bamboo Footwear for Handicrafts Commissioner
5.	Consultancy
	FDDI has provided consultancy for development of quality systems and environment systems for various clusters for handicrafts for award of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. FDDI has successfully completed the LIDCAP assignment for setting up of Common Facility Center at Hyderabad.
6.	Approval of Testing Center
	The laboratory services have been approved by WALMART, USA, HUDSON Bay, Canada, GE Motors, India, Defence, Railways, DGS&D, BIS etc.
7.	Museum
	FDDI has set up an International Footwear Museum at FDDI Campus, NOIDA. It is opened to the general public for information & knowledge. The display includes historical footwears, ethnic footwears, tools, equipments, components, raw materials and relevant cultural materials. This will be supplemented by historical inputs & traditional samples of folk & tribal tradition. Illustrative materials i.e. photographs, painting, digital panels, transparencies will be added to make it an integrated dissemination center. International Footwear Museum at FDDI Campus, Noida is an asset to cater the need of students, faculty, and scholars in their educational & academic pursuit on one hand and the common visitors as place of attraction.
8.	Branch in Mumbai
	FDDI has set up an International Design Studio at NOIDA, with the state-of-the-art hardware and software to provide latest and accurate product development, on the international market lines, to the major contributors in footwear exports from the country. FDDI intends to support the SME sector, in a similar fashion as it has been facilitating the major players, with an aim of providing world-class design services so as to enable them in collecting export orders during various Int’l shoe fairs where exporters display their products. FDDI has setup, FDDI branch consisting of Satellite Design Studio, with FDDI International Design Studio at NOIDA acting as mother studio, at Mumbai where major clusters of SMEs exists. The Satellite Design Studio will be major part of FDDI branch. In addition, FDDI will conduct short term courses for training of youth from weaker section for better employment. Training of workers for skill upgradation will improve the quality & productivity of small scale industries. FDDI will also provide consultancy for acquiring latest technology & for improvement of productivity & quality. Mumbai has been identified as one city that has significant population of small and micro enterprises located in Dharavi.
9.	Long Distance Education in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
	Workers in unorganized sector is mostly of backward community and the rural populace. To educate these workers is a real challenge. FDDI has started distant learning programme for the benefit of workers in collaboration with IGNOU who is already in the process of distance learning programme. Open learning & distance education by IGNOU has taken a giant step. Gyan Darshan and Gyan Vani on T.V. Educational channel and on F.M. radio have made mark in the education in the country. The major part of theoretical training will be given through correspondence / T.V. channel / F.M. radio / computer Email. The practical training will be arranged by FDDI at different clusters located all over India. Under this proposal, workers working in different industry across the country will be given training and exposure and will be awarded diploma after evaluation of up-gradation. The courses – CUTTING, CLOSING, LASTING & FINISHING are being launched from July, 2006
10.	Common Facility Center
	FDDI has set up a Common Facility Center to help & encourage Small Scale Industries units, cottage industries by providing capital intensive sophisticated footwear machines on a nominal rent. The facilities equipped with cutting, closing, component making, lasting – flat lasting, force lasting, direct vulcanized moulding, direct injection moulding, EVA Injection moulding, PU/TPU injection moulding, Goodyear welted plant etc. The center has facility of power supply backup, compressed air and water supply.
11.	Display Centre for Ethnic Footwear
	FDDI was designated agency for a scheme related to ethnic footwear under ILDP of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India during the Ninth plan period. The scheme has also been included under ILDP during the Tenth plan period. FDDI initiated interventions in Rajasthan & Punjab and completed surveys in Punjab, Haryana & Gujarat. The survey of artisans in Leh is likely to be completed by December 2004. In view of diversity of products and culture heritage FDDI has set up a permanent display centre for these items. The display center is in FDDI campus. Besides display of products from different regions it provides a platform for foreign buyers and thus impacting exports of the products.
12.	Revival and Upgradation of Traditional Footwear in Leh
	FDDI has initiated a baseline survey of artisans making traditional footwear in Leh. The product is known as “Papu Shoe” and is being made from local material and its special characteristic is that it can withstand extremely low temperature. The survey is likely to be completed by December 2004 and thereafter appropriate interventions for upgrading its quality etc. will be undertaken with the assistance under ILDP.
13.	Focus on Sports Shoe Technology
	The Indian Footwear Industry currently produces about 850 million – shoes pairs per annum in leather and non-leather segments. Exports from India are projected to cross the US$1000 million mark shortly in total estimated market size of India being US$6 billion. FDDI has set up of the Sports Shoe technology center in the FDDI complex with the following objectives : The technical inputs to the trainees have to be continuously updated. The future technological trends & its exposure to the trainees in related field. Scope of research & development activities.
14.	Ethnic Footwear
	FDDI is promoting Society for Marketing of Artisans & Rural Things (SMART). Punjabi Jooti has been taken up along with Mojari of Rajasthan for skill up-gradation of artisans. In addition to skill up-gradation, assistance for international marketing is being provided.
15.	Strengthening of FDDI Sub Centres
	The facility spectrum has been upgraded to enable the sub-centers to play a larger role in the whole developmental process of the industry. Under these projects CAD/CAM facility has been provided in Chennai, Mumbai & production facility has been provided at Bangalore Centre.
16.	Artisan Skill Development
	FDDI provided consultancy to KVIC for setting up of Common Facility Center for upgradation skill of artisans at various places including, Ambala, Kalyani. Artisans Skill Development Programmes have been undertaken at Saharanpur & Hazaribagh, after setting up of Common Facility Centers at both places. Further, skill upgradation has been undertaken at Saharanpur, Jaipur, Alwar etc. under HRD Mission.
17.	FDDI make the web presence by launching its website www.fddiindia.com
18.	FDDI has been made paperless by adopting ERP solutions.
19.	Research & Development
	Developed special footwear for leprosy patients on request of Leprosy Mission, New Delhi. Specifications and samples were developed for occupational shoes used by police personnel all over India. Specifications and samples were supplied to Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). As per the direction of BPR&D, police departments of different States including Delhi Police, Punjab Police, Andhra Police, Maharashtra Police etc. are using the footwear as per the specification and samples developed by FDDI. Specifications and samples are also developed for MTNL staff on request of MTNL Mumbai. MTNL Mumbai has been providing the footwear as per FDDI designs from last four years. FDDI has developed flying boots of latest technology for Air Force Officers. The design and patterns and prototypes were supplied to Airforce in the year 1999. Since then, Airforce is procuring as per the FDDI design and all flying officers are using most comfortable footwear. FDDI has developed boots CFF for paratroopers for Defence Biod-Engineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL) Bangalore. FDDI has developed casual walking footwear (Janata type low cost footwear) for Tandupatta collectors for Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Co-op Fed. Ltd., Raipur, Chhattisgarh. About 1250000 pairs have been procured till date and Tendupatta collectors are happily using the walking footwear. FDDI has developed school shoes for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools.