The Synthetic &: Art Silk Mills" Research Association (SASMIRA) is a co-operative venture set up by man-made textile industry as multipurpose, multifunctional institute to serve its scientific and technological needs. Sasmira was established on January 12, 1950. The Institute “Sasmira’s Institute of Man-Made Textiles” (SIMMT) was established in the Year 1961 with Textile Technology & Textile Chemistry and Knitting Technology was added later in the Year 1984.