Promoting and developing traditional artisans and craft skills in a contemporary environment
Delhi Crafts Council is a registered, voluntary non-profit organization working for the promotion and development of traditional artisans and craft skills in a contemporary environment.
Sustainable livelihoods is the Council’s first priority, in a sector recognized as the second largest source of employment in India after agriculture. This is supported by emphasis on marketing, design, identification of and support to young talent as well as sensitive intervention for the revival of languishing crafts.
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about our founder
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
1903 - 1988
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
We pay tribute to the extraordinary vision of our patron founder, late Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay on her birth anniversary (3rd April). We remain committed to her ideals in the service the crafts community of our country. A monograph on our founder Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Through the Vastra Shilpi Samman it is Delhi Crafts Council’s endeavour to honour the unseen artisans whose contribution to the creation of the final textile is critical and yet unrecognised.