ACTIVITES
1. Memorial Lectures
- B. M. Das Memorial Lecture every year during the Foundation Day Celebrations on 14th August
- Sanjoy Sen Memorial Lecture on 14th January, the birthday of our late President for several decades
- Moni Banerjee Memorial Lecture on 15th March, the birthday of our late Founder-General Secretary of our Association
- S. S. Dutta Memorial Lecture on 2nd February every year during IILF at Chennai.
2. Publications
ILTA have published the following text books related to leather & allied industry:
- An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Testing of Leather by Prof. S.S. Dutta
- Practical Aspects of Manufacture of Upper Leathers by M. Dey
- An Introduction to the Principles of Leather Manufacture by S. S. Dutta
- Analytical Chemistry of Leather Manufacture by K. Sarkar
- Comprehensive Footwear Technology by Mr. Shome Nath Ganguly
- Treatise on Fatliquors and Fatliquoring of Leather by Dr. Samir Dasgupta
- Synthetic Tanning Agents by Dr. Samir Dasgupta
- Hand Book of Tanning by Prof. B. M. Das
- ILTA have been publishing its 75 years old monthly technical journal namely Journal of Indian Leather Technologists’ Association (JILTA).
3. Awards & Scholarships
- ILTA presents awards in the name of Prof. B. M. Das Memorial, Sanjoy Sen Memorial, Prof. J. M. Dey Memorial, Prof. Moni Banerjee Memorial and Prof. S. S. Dutta Memorial Medals to the top rankers at the University Graduate and Post Graduate levels.
- Also, ILTA presents Prof. J. Sinha Roy Memorial Award for the author of the best contribution for the entire year published in the monthly Journal of the Indian Leather Technologists’ Association (JILTA).
- From the year 2023, ILTA has started to present a Scholarship namely Prof. Moni Banerjee Memorial Scholarship to a student of B. Tech / M. Tech in Leather Technology who is meritorious but financially crippled.
4. IULTCS Congress
The International Congress of IULTCS used to held in different locations of the world once in two years. In its 128 years long history, for the first time the Congress was held in January 1999 outside the developed countries and that too in India at CLRI, Chennai. Indian Leather Technologists’ Association organized the Congress under the able leadership and guidance of Late Sanjoy Sen, the then President of ILTA and IULTCS and Dr. T. Ramasami, the then Vice-President of ILTA and Director, CLRI, Chennai.
In the year 2017, the 34th IULTCS Congress was again successfully held at Chennai, India for the second time.
5. LEXPO (Leather Goods Fair)
In order to promote and provide marketing facilities, to keep pace with the latest design and technology, to have better interaction with the domestic buyers, ILTA has been organizing LEXPO fairs at Kolkata from 1977, Siliguri from 1992 and Durgapur from 2010. To help the tiny, cottage and small-scale sectors industries in marketing, LEXPO fairs give the exposure for their products. Apart from Kolkata, Siliguri and Durgapur, ILTA have organized LEXPO at Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Guwahati, Jamshedpur and Ranchi. It commensurate with the time, demand and new perspective of the modern-day leather users.
According to the change of global market scenario and buyer’s perception, ILTA planned to organize LEXPO at Kolkata in the year 2022 in a new shape with the quality Manufacturers and Exporters of Leather Goods from all over India who were also keenly interested to develop a domestic market for their products.
With the above objectives, ILTA in collaboration with ILPA organized the 41st Edition of Kolkata LEXPO at Kolkata Ice Skating Rink from 8th to 16th January, 2022 where a large number of quality leather goods consumers visited that exhibition cum sale.
6. International Seminars
- Golden Jubilee Celebration: ILTA celebrated its Golden Jubilee with a yearlong programme from 14th August’ 2000 to 13th August’ 2011 consisting with different memorial lectures along with the first conference of South East Asian Countries at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata.
- Diamond Jubilee Celebration: ILTA celebrated its Diamond Jubilee with a yearlong programme from 14th August’ 2010 to 13th August’ 2011 which included National Seminars, B. M. Das Memorial Lecture, Sanjoy Sen Memorial Lecture, Prof. Moni Banerjee Memorial Lecture, Prof. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Lecture and 3 day’s AICLST (Asia International Conference on Leather Science and Technology) at Hotel ‘The Stadle’ at Salt Lake City, Kolkata.
- Platinum Jubilee Celebration: ILTA is going to celebrate its Platinum Jubilee with a yearlong programme from 14th August, 2025 to 13th August, 2026 along with the 14th Asia International Conference on Leather Science & Technology (AICLST) at Kolkata as it was done during the above couple of celebrations.
7. Post-COVID Activities
During this session when the global fraternity were passing through a recession period, ILTA has been able to carry out its activities with new mission & vision to support the Indian leather fraternity. The following activities have been undertaken by ILTA during this period.
8. Technical Webinars
- On “Leather Facts”, deliberated by Dr. Dietrich Tegtmeyer, Mr. N. Shafeeq Ahmed & Dr. K. J. Sreeram on 30.09.2020
- On “Indian Footwear Industry – Pre-COVID & Post-COVID and Way Forward”, deliberated Mr. P. R. Aqeel Ahmed on 01.12.2020
- On “Leather Fact”, deliberated by Mr. Egbert Dikkers & Dr. Wouter Hendriksen on 12.03.2021
- On “Branding of Leather”, deliberated by Mr. Claudio Maffioletti, Prof. Dr. Ashok Banerjee & Mr. Gualtieri Gualberto on 26.03.2021
- On “Vegan is Leather”, deliberated by Mr. Gualtieri Gualberto on 24.02.2024
- On “Future of Bisphenols”, deliberated by Dr. Olga Ballus on 09.05.2025
9. Talks on HRD (digitally & physically) :
- “Future Employment Opportunity in Footwear Industry”, deliberated by Mr. Irshad Mecca & Mr. Jose R. Suarez on 09.12.2020
- “Motivational Speech” deliberated by Dr. Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay on 26.02.2021
- “Peace at a Premium”, deliberated by Mr. Utpal Chatterjee on 03.09.2024
- “Career Build Up”, deliberated by Dr. Arijit Banerjee, Mr. Subir Verma & Mr. Ramesh Juneja on 24.09.2024