The Man Made Textile Research Association
MANTRA, established in 1981, is one of the eight national level Textiles Research Associations (TRAs) and one of the leading TRAs in man-made fibres, linked to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, and recognized as SIRO by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. MANTRA is registered under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 and Society Registration Act, 1860.
To cater to the ever incrasing quality control needs of growing MAN-MADE TEXTILES industry around the city of Surat in South Gujarat, in late nineteen seventies an idea was mooted to set up a full-fledged independent Research ssociation for the region. MANTRA was to be set up on similar lines as other National Textile Reserch Associations.