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                        | Indian 
                            Textiles & Handicrafts Exports Promotion Organisation 
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                        | HISTORY 
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                            All India Momin Ansar Welfare Society (AIMAWS) 
                            is one of the oldest non-governmental organizations 
                            in the country. It was founded in 1990, at a meeting 
                            held in Faizabad and convened at the initiative of 
                            the Mr. Dr. Mohammed Seraj ANSARI. The newly established 
                            organization adopted the name "All India Momin 
                            Ansar Welfare Society (AIMAWS)". It established 
                            its headquarters in Faizabad and later it has been 
                            shifted to Lucknow, U.P. For many years, and throughout 
                            26 years , the AIMAWS represented and promoted the 
                            interests of the Monin Ansar and Weavers as well as 
                            down trodden community of the country.  |   
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                            in 2004, the AIMAWS has decided to represent 
                            textiles, handicrafts and handlooms industries to 
                            boost foreign exports from throughout the country, 
                            for that purposes, the AIMAWS has created and established 
                            Indian Textiles & Handicrafts Exports promition 
                            Orgnaization (ITHEPO) with aims to represent the 
                            society and worker, weavers, persons, businesses involved 
                            in the exports and industries. At the same time, vertical 
                            integration in textile enterprises changed the structure 
                            of the industry and broadened its scope: it has today 
                            become a multi-process industry. |   
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                            1997, the AIMAWS's headquarters were moved 
                            from Faizabad U.P. , to Lucknow U.P. for the purpose 
                            of facilitating national and international contacts 
                            and improving administrative services and communications. 
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                            of 2004, the AIMAWS's membership has expanded 
                            significantly and today embraces the major part of 
                            the districts and state's textiles, handicrafts and 
                            handlooms production. It thus reflects the process 
                            of nationalization which has taken place in textiles, 
                            handicrafts and handlooms manufacturing since the 
                            decades. Not only has the location of national textiles, 
                            handicrafts and handlooms industrial capacities undergone 
                            far-reaching changes, the readjustment process has 
                            also affected the structure of trade associations 
                            in the industry. Their former fragmentation is gradually 
                            giving way to a more concentrated and integrated framework 
                            of representation. |   
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                            response to these developments the AIMAWS in 
                            2004 created new sub-orgnaization "Indian Textiles 
                            & Handicrafts Exports Promotion Organization (Ithepo)". 
                            On the basis of its present structure and scope, the 
                            Aimaws is qualified to represent the broadest possible 
                            segment of the national's textiles, handicrafts and 
                            handlooms exports industries.  |   
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                                | Chairman-ITHEPO's 
                                  views on Textiles & Handicrafts Goods For full details
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 Dr. Mohammed Seraj ANSARIChairman-ITHEPO
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