Gupta will from now on serve in the newly created position of head of quality assurance and implementation.

Kasekar is a textile chemistry alumni of VJTI in Mumbai. He holds over 17 years of experience in the textile industry with a special background in inspection and certification in supply chains. In his former position as business development manager, he was involved with supply chain stakeholders internationally, contributing to quality assurance requirements in the textile and leather goods industry.

The new position of head of quality assurance and implementation has been created taking account of the increasing workload GOTS is facing because of fast growing numbers of certified operations. "Given Gupta's substantial long experience within representing GOTS as well as contributing substantially to GOTS Quality Assurance and Implementation, we are happy that he is taking this next step," GOTS said in a press release.

GOTS is the stringent voluntary global standard for the entire post-harvest processing (including spinning, knitting, weaving, dyeing and manufacturing) of apparel and home textiles made with certified organic fibre (such as organic cotton and organic wool), and includes both environmental and social criteria.

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