M. Sankar Of LMW Limited Receives Honorary Membership From TAI
The prestigious 78th All India Textile Conference, organized by The Textile Association of India (South India Unit) in collaboration with the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), was held on 21 – 22 November, 2025 at Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore.
During the event, Director – Operations, LMW Limited, Mr M Sankar, was awarded with the Honorary Membership of The Textile Association (India) for his valuable contributions to the textile industry. He received the award from Shri T Rajkumar, Vice Chairman, Council of Administration, SITRA and Chairman, Sri Mahasakthi Mills Limited. The event was graced by several prominent industry leaders, technicians and academicians.
M Sankar, Director (Operations), LMW Limited (Formerly Lakshmi Machine Works Limited)
A brief profile of M Sankar
M Sankar, born in 1957, hailing from Pondicherry, has done his school education in Pondicherry. He pursued his passion for textiles by graduating in Textile Technology from AC Tech, Madras University in the year 1980.
Joined LMW in the year 1985 as Engineer, Marketing in the Sales Department and today he serves as the Director (Operations) of Textile Machinery Division at LMW.
- 2008 – Directorship on the Board of LMW’s wholly owned Stepdown Subsidiary of LMW Limited in China, LMW Textile Machinery (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
- 2015-2018 – Chairman of LMW Textile Machinery (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., China
- 2022 – Directorship of LMW’s wholly owned Stepdown Subsidiary “LMW Global FZE”, Dubai, UAE
- 2023 – Director (Operations) at LMW Limited
- Involved in ensuring that LMW stood as No. 1 textile machinery supplier in India
- Actively involved in establishing LMW’s Global presence and Instrumental in developing and enhancing the brand equity of LMW in the Chinese market
Apart from his official duties, his momentous contribution to the industry is evident with the various notable responsibilities,
- Former member of CII’s Textile Sub Committee, Southern Region
- Former member of the National Committee, CII
- Presently, he serves as a CII, Delhi, Capital Goods Committee member
- Present Vice President of the AC Tech Alumni Association
- Vice Chairman of INDIA ITME Society
- Past Chairman and Permanent Invitee of the Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association (TMMA), India
With over four decades of experience in Strategic Management, Sales, and Marketing, he is an expert in bringing together diverse verticals like Manufacturing, R&D, Supply Chain and Quality into delivering High End Technology to customers, thereby transforming LMW Textile Machinery Division into the preferred supplier of state-of-the-art textile machinery across the globe.
