Track: Masters Thesis Competition

Abstract

Textile industry plays important role in our country's economy. In the textile industry, handloom weaving sector is one of the most important sectors, have the potential to produce employment. However, this sector is ignored in terms of development. Due to lack of development in this field, the workers were forced to use traditional methods and equipment for their task, which was time consuming and hard work. Workers suffered a lot of health problems due to the practice of traditional techniques of weaving. This leads to loss of interest by workers in this field and their migration to other areas of work. It also seriously affects the socio-economic conditions of rural people. Besides, directly or indirectly it does affect the economy. It is also very time-consuming task. So, an ergonomic and technical improvement was important for upgrading traditional weaving.

This work identified the issues with traditional weaving process of  Maheshwar handloom sector and propose solution provide a better working condition to the workers involved in the Maheshwar handloom weaving sector. Further, the work also focuses to provide a viable and feasible solution to reduce ergonomic risk factors and satisfy workers of Maheshwar handloom weaving sector by earn profit and also increase productivity and provide efficient work.