A team of faculty members, along with Rector NTU Dr. Arshad Ali, visited Crescent Textile Mills to discuss the possibility of joint research and development with CTM executive director Mr. Ahmad Shafi. Rector NTU offered Mr. Ahmad Shafi to become part of DICE Textile steering committee as Chairperson Industry which he accepted. It was decided to work jointly on the mutual R&D projects and make interaction of NTU and CTM teams more frequent.