Related Keywords: designs and product diversification, GI tag, make product more saleable commodity, Ministry of Textiles, NIFT Hyderabad, premier fashion technology institute, technical expertise, to help the weavers and artisans community
NIFT Hyderabad, a premier fashion technology institute making efforts in its own way to help the weaver’s community and artisans. Apart from offering suggestions and technical expertise for designs and product diversification, NIFT Hyderabad helped a total of nine such communities, three each in the undivided Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
In Andhra Pradesh, they helped Pedana Kalamkari (block printing in textiles using natural dyes) in Krishna district, Budithi brass and bell metal craft in Srikakulam district and in Telangana it was Nirmal painting to get GI tag.