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Reliance’s R|Elan fabric 2.0 gets a Huemn touch at Lakme Fashion Week
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Limited’s R|Elan fabrics 2.0, which showcased its innovations at a meet a couple of months ago, has this time partnered with ready to wear home grown label Huemn. The latter presented a collection made from R|Elan fabrics 2.0 at the Lakme Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI on 11 October.
Amongst the fabrics Huemn used for the show include: the eco-friendly R|Elan GreenGold, made from recycled PET bottles, R|Elan Kooltex, combining style with sustainability and R|Elan SmarTex – a revolutionary fabric that enables wearers to stay fresh, active and comfortably cool. It has multiple functional properties like – cool to touch, odour control and UV protection – all in one fabric. By further integrating ethical practices into its design philosophy, Huemn aims to reduce textile waste further, while enhancing garment performance.
“Founded on the principles of inclusivity and empowerment, Huemn constantly navigates the shifting social landscape, unlocking new perspectives through each collaboration and pushing the boundaries of design,” Said Reliance Industries president – polyester Hemant D Sharma. “At the core of Huemns’s vision is the power of the human mind, which shapes culture and communities. This collaboration is a perfect example of how R|Elan’s advanced fabric technology’s performance and sustainability creates a one of a kind experience.”
As part of the collaboration, Huemn embraced eco-friendly fabrics like R|Elan The label, started in 2012 has been making fashion waves ever since its launch. Multi award winner and collaborator with several top brands, designer Pranav Mishra of Huemn, a graduate of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore has been the driving force of the brand. Huemn’s latest collab with R|Elan created a fashionable stir on the ramp, during Lakm? Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI.
For each amalgamation it’s a fresh narrative for Pranav and with R|Elan’s sustainable and innovative textiles, the partnership was just perfect, says a press release. The high-performance fabrics of R|Elan by Reliance Industries were turned into trendy gear and exhibited Huemn’s characteristic touches.
The collection reflected the signature elements of Huemn when relaxed statement pieces appeared on the runway. The hand drawn prints were eye catchers, while the inclusive fits and styles offered a variety of options for the unisex buyers. Keeping in mind Indian crafts, there was a profusion of handcrafted textures and surfaces, along with traditional Indian craft techniques, like embroidery that brought a great mix of design. The highlight of the line was the intense fashion innovation for each garment that was directed towards amazing
performance, sustainability and comfort. The Huemn designs were versatile and will resonate with a cross section of buyers.
Said Huemn co-founder & creative director Pranav Misra: “At Huemn, our goal is to create a dialogue that resonates beyond fashion—connecting with people on a deeper level, and reflecting the times we live in. With R|Elan we had yet another opportunity to push the envelope in terms of both design and sustainability, creating pieces that are as responsible as they are relevant. The Huemn X R|Elan collaboration is a dynamic union of creative vision and technological innovation. It is poised to inspire consumers to rethink fashion.”
The Huemn label is a homegrown brand from India that offers contemporary, unisex, handcrafted clothing, which will always be relevant as it is inspired by the social, political and cultural atmosphere of the times., says the press release.
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Samsung certifies 1,000 Maharashtra students in AI and coding
The South Korean electronics giant marks its first large-scale skilling push in the state, with women making up nearly half the national programme’s enrolment
PUNE: Samsung has put 1,000 students in Maharashtra through a certified training programme in artificial intelligence and coding, the largest such drive the South Korean electronics company has run in the state and a signal that corporate India’s skilling ambitions are moving well beyond the boardroom brochure.
The certifications were awarded under Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC), the company’s flagship corporate social responsibility programme, which launched in India in 2022 with the stated aim of democratising access to future-technology education. The 1,000 graduates were drawn from four institutions: 127 from Savitribai Phule Pune University, 373 from Pimpri Chinchwad University, 250 from D.Y. Patil University’s Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology and 250 from Anjuman-I-Islam’s Kalsekar Technical Campus. All completed training in either AI or coding and programming, the two disciplines Samsung has identified as the critical pillars of the digital economy.
The programme does not stop at technical training. Soft-skills development and career-readiness modules are baked into the curriculum, a deliberate attempt to close the gap between what universities teach and what employers actually want.
“India’s digital growth story will ultimately be shaped by the quality of its talent pipeline,” said Shubham Mukherjee, head of CSR and corporate communications at Samsung Southwest Asia. “As technologies like AI move from the periphery to the core of industries, skilling must evolve from basic training to building real-world capability. This milestone in Maharashtra reflects how industry and academia can come together to create a future-ready workforce that is both globally competitive and locally relevant.”
The Maharashtra drive sits within a rapidly scaling national effort. Samsung Innovation Campus trained 20,000 young people across India in 2025, hitting its stated target for the year. Women account for 48 per cent of national enrolments, a figure the company cites as evidence of its push for an inclusive technology ecosystem. The programme is implemented in partnership with the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India and the Telecom Sector Skill Council.
Samsung, which is marking 30 years in India this year, runs SIC alongside two other initiatives, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow and Samsung DOST, as part of a broader effort to build what it calls a generation of innovators with both the technical depth and the problem-solving mindset to thrive in a fast-moving digital world.
A thousand certified students is a tidy headline. Whether they find jobs that match their new skills is the harder question, and the one that will ultimately determine whether corporate skilling programmes like this one are genuine pipelines or well-photographed gestures.
