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

- Streamlining implementation of flagship scheme of Ministry targeting credit facilitation to MSME in Textiles.

-Strengthening Cotton TVC, MMF and alternate fibres inputs from field

- supporting the Technical Textiles; all 13 segments.

- 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

- 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