Innovative special female footwear that changes its colour in day & night itself and ‘Multifunctional and Low-Cost Footwear for Millennial Women’ developed by FDDI was the center of attraction
A two days international conference on the topic ‘Vision 2047: Sustainable Developments towards Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (VSANB- 2022) was hosted by Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Chandigarh (Banur) at its campus on 23rd and 24th December, 2022.
More than 150 academicians, scientist and research scholars from various Universities, colleges of different States across the country and abroad participated in this academic event through online and offline modes which was organized by Society for Science & Nature, Lucknow.
Prof. Ram Lakhan Singh, Vice Chancellor from Jharkhand State University was the ‘Chief Guest’ of the event, whereas, Dr. A. K. Pandey, Scientist, Agriculture Research Institute participated as ‘Special Guest’. Mr. Anoop Singh Rana, Head of School of Leather Goods & Accessories Design, FDDI presided over the event.
Eminent academicians, scientist and research scholars who congregated at this significant event included Dr. Dharmendra Kumar, Research Scientist, Mewbourne Institute of Science, Oklahoma University who shared the views on ‘Energy & Technology Transition: Impact on Society’. Dr. Dipankar Diwedi, Scientist, Berkley National Laboratory shared the views on ‘Water Security in Changing Environment: Challenges & Solutions’. Dr. Mahesh Kumar, Associate Professor, Kebri Dehar University, Ethiopia shared the views on ‘Marketing Journey 1.0 to 5.0’ and Dr. Bhavna Arora, Research Scientist, Berkley National Laboratory shared the views on ‘Impact of Sustainable Ground Water Management Strategies on Nitrogen Loading’.
A panel discussion was also organized during which experts discussed the issues, challenges and opportunities on the way of making India Atmanirbhar in the coming 25 years. It was followed by question and answer session during which the queries raised were replied by the experts.
Under mentorship of Mr. Ravi Shankar, HoD, School of Footwear Design & Production (FDP), an innovative special female footwear that changes its colour in day and night itself developed by Ms. Ekjot Kaur, a student of FDP -2019 of FDDI Chandigarh was center of attraction for the visitors.
The strips of this special female footwear are basically white, but in sunlight it change into pink. The classic all-white upper is treated with photochromic inks when exposed to sunlight that transform into a patchwork of vibrant colours, making every step radiant. There is a special pigment in the dye used on the footwear which reacts to UV light. This causes the colour of the footwear to change and is called photochromism. The footwear only remains colored when exposed to the Sun.
Under the supervision of Mr. Varun Gupta, Jr. Consultant-Footwear, FDDI, Fursatganj campus, the students of B. Design namely, Ms. Aashi Jain, Ms. Yashashvi Gupta & Mr. Virat Dubey presented research poster on ‘Multifunctional and Low-Cost Footwear for Millennial Women’ along with the research product named as ‘Chameleon Footwear’ was also the center of attraction and declared as best research poster.
This footwear has detachable uppers which can be changed as per the mode and discretion of the wearer. The wearer can adjust the heel height of the footwear as per her choice. As the name suggests the footwear can be changed as per the occasions and the want of the wearer.
This a low-cost footwear having a total of 6 uppers and 3 levels of heel height opens the door to utilize the footwear in 6*3=18 styles, so the wearer can use the single footwear at the place of having 18 new pair of footwear (i.e. 18 in 1).
During the technical sessions, research papers were presented by eminent academicians out of which Prof. Mushtaq Mir, Dr. Khursheed Ahmad Dar, Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Mr. Anoop Singh Rana, Mr. Harsvardhan, Dr. Pooja Singh, Ms. Divya Bhatia and Mr. Gaurav Singh were awarded as best paper and poster presenters.
Delegates and research scholars from Punjab Agricultural University, NIFT, institutions from Telangana, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan have marked their presence in this conference.
