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SEG Rural Livelihood and Entrepreneurship Development, Unnat Bharath Abhiyan Project – No. R P 03525G funded Kumaraguru College of Technology for “Pilot launch of Low-weight modified Jacquard, Improving the livelihood of handloom weavers”. The pilot launch project distributed 12 low weight modified Jacquard for handloom to the beneficiary village Samathur on 31st January 2025. Dr.G.Ramakrishnan, Professor – Fashion Technology , Principal Investigator, Dr.B.Poongodi, Professor, KT Business School & Dr.C.Velmurugan, Professor & Head , Co-Principal Investigators of the project organized the distribution ceremony in the august presence of the village Panchayat authorities and the manager of the Samathur Handloom Weaver Cooperative Society at The Centre for Weavers, Chinna Aranmanai, Samathur, Anamalais Taluk, Coimbatore District.

2020-2021
S.No.	Title	Funding Agency	Duration	PI	Amount
1	TPM Implementation support and guidance of 5’S, Value Stream Mapping, creating a website for	M/s.Bakgiyam Engineering (P) Limited	Ongoing	Dr. Vinayagasundaram R	100000
2	Facebook Marketing for Diwali Sales	Amog Foods	1 month	Dr. Poongodi B	Goodwill
3	Digital Promotion for Tiny Treasure- A Baby Boutique – to display & promote their products	Tiny Treasure- A Baby Boutique	1 month	Dr. Shripria V	Goodwill
4	Active And Sustainable Packaging Business Solution For Mangoes	TVS Flexol Packaging India P Ltd., Chennai	3 months	Dr. Poongodi B	206500
5	PROJECT JAMAKALAM-An effort towards to invigorate the 200-year-old handloom tradition	Atmanirbhar Bharath Centre for Design, Min. of Culture	Ongoing	Dr. Poongodi B	1250000

2019-2020
S.No.	Title	Funding Agency	Duration	PI	Amount
1	Investigation on Key Performance Indicators (KPIS) Of Low Performing Khadi Institutions and Development of Growth Strategies for their Business Advancement	ICSSR	Ongoing	Dr.Jaisankar S	5.5 lakhs
2	Impact Analysis on Climatic conditions due to the development of Highway roads and Infrastructure	ICSSR	6 months	Dr. Mary Cherian (Co-PI)	3 Lakhs
3	FDP on Entrepreneurship	EDII Ahmedabad	6 months	Dr. Mary Cherian	200000
4	Air Quality and Blower Efficiency- Consultancy on air quality performance and blower efficiency along with reports on performance study of dust bag filter	Indo Shell Foundry Limited	12 months	Dr. Vinayagasundaram R	28512
5	Branding and Promotion of Kovai Kora Cotton Sarees	State Department of Handlooms and Textiles, TamilNadu	24 Months	Dr.B.Poongodi	150000

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2017-2018
S.No.	Title	Funding Agency	Duration	Principal Investigator	Amount (in Lakhs)
1	A Study on Assessing Market Potential for Sakthi Safety Lockers	Shakthi Service Finance Limited, Coimbatore	6 Months	A Latha	2.06
2	An Empirical investigation of problems and prospects of textile merchants to invest in Tex Valley for their Business Growth and Development ,	ICSSR, Govt. of India, New Delhi	18 Months	Dr.P.Nalini	5.50
3	Field Study & Lean Awareness Program	EDII, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Chennai	4 days	Dr.S.Jaisankar	0.33
4	EDI-TN Regional Startup Activation Program 2017-Grand Finale – Boot Camp & Conclave	EDII, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Chennai	4 days	Lakshmi Meera	6.08
5	Nodal hub – Western Region for the Institutional Entrepreneurship Development Program of Entrepreneurship Development Institute	EDII, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Chennai	1 day	Lakshmi Meera	1.84
6	Entrepreneurship Training Program (NEEDS)	EDII, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Chennai	42 days	Sandeep Frank	14.87

2016-2017
S.No.	Title	Funding Agency	Duration	Principal Investigator	Amount (in Lakhs)
1	Micro mkt study of brand SFL in the Pollachi cluster	Shakthi Service Finance Limited	3 Months	Dr Mary Cherian	0.80
2	Market Development And Penetration For Hotel Tiffinys Coimbatore	Hotel Tiffinys Coimbatore	4 Months	Dr V Kaarthiekheyan	1.24
3	Brand Association with reference to wedding silks	The Chennai Silks- Coimbatore	5 Months	Dr V Kaarthiekheyan/ A.Latha	1.27
4	Designing and Developing a performance budgeting system	Bakgiyam Industries	1 year	Dr. V.R.Nedunchezhian / Dr. Senthi kumar A / Anshul Saxena	1.29

2015-2016
S.No.	Title	Funding Agency	Duration	Principal Investigator	Amount (in Lakhs)
1	Market Potential Study For the Syona Brand (A Product of Roots)	Roots Industries Ltd	2 Months	Dr P Nalini	0.53
2	ExxonMobil Lubricants Retailers Survey	Ramesh Marketing	12 Months	Dr S. Jaisankar	0.72
3	Enhancing Livelihood of Handloom Weavers through Technology Upgradation and Training in Samathur Block, Pollachi in Tamil Nadu”	DST SEED	24 months	Dr.Poongodi B,	15.65

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