The company, which supplies cloth for various brands, including Calvin Klein, Ed Hardy, and Tommy Hilfiger, posted net profit of 1.25 billion rupees ($15.26 million) for the three months ended Sept. 30, from 695.8 million rupees a year earlier.

The Ahmedabad-based firm also said its quarterly revenue from operations rose 2.9% to 21.7 billion rupees.

Arvind's textiles segment's revenue rose 1.8% to 17.6 billion rupees, while its advanced materials unit reported a 5.1% rise to 3.1 billion rupees.

The company's expenses, meanwhile, rose 3.5%.

Arvind expects cotton input costs to soften ahead and said that the approaching wedding season could see domestic markets remaining strong.

Peers Vardhman Textiles and KPR Mills reported a 57.4% and 16.1% fall in profit, respectively, for the September quarter.

($1 = 81.8900 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Priya Sagar in Bengaluru; editing by Uttaresh.V)