The Indian Institute of Handloom Technology have been set up with the following objectives:
a) To undertake experimental and research programmes.
b) To lay down the highest possible technical standard of training for the handloom industry and to devise short term and long term training programmes for technical personnel to be employed in the handloom sector.
c) To devise channels of service in order to built up the closest possible liaison between the Institutes and handloom production units.
24 Weavers' Service Centres and 5 Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology play a very vital role in the Research and Development, imparting training to weavers to upgrade their skill and increase productivity in the handloom sector. They have also been instrumental in evolving innumerable new designs and reviving tradition