Developing Entrepreneurs
Collaboration with National Level Institutions
NABARD took the initiative to collaborate with National Institute of Fashion Technology, an institute of international repute in fashion technology, to provide its modern and market savvy students an opportunity to interface with the rural artisans and benefit from their native and traditional skills on the one hand and provide the traditionally skilled artisans to utilise the designs developed by these students in making products of high quality standards and with a competitive edge on the other hand. On a pilot basis a grant assistance of Rs.9.50 lakh was sanctioned for conducting eight programmes (two each in four states, viz,. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal ) on design development and skill upgradation during the year 2004-05. The programme has been successfully implemented in Karnataka on wood inlay work in Mysore and sisal fibre craft in Chamrajnagar districts and in West Bengal on Kantha Stich and Solapith (Kuhila Shilpa) in Birbhum district.
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| Kantha Stitch : Mouse Pad |
Kuhila Shilpa : Flower Pot |
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