Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
FounderFounder of Crafts Council of India
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay is the founder of Crafts Council of India[1], an Indian non-profit working on arts & culture and livelihood from Chennai.
Crafts Council of India
Born in 1964 from freedom fighter Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay's crusade for India's handmade traditions, the Crafts Council of India is a volunteer-driven national body headquartered in Chennai. It documents and revives endangered crafts, trains and honours master artisans, runs the Kamala craft shops, holds annual textile and craft showcases, and connects thousands of artisan families to markets and design inputs through its network of affiliated state councils.
Crafts Council of India reports the following, on its own site:
- Spans ten affiliated State Councils, touching thousands of artisan families across 28 states
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- Based in
- Chennai
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- Press
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References
- [1] “Following the direction of our founder, Kamaladevi ji, volunteerism is at the core of CCI.” — Crafts Council of India. Source
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