


Yarn (structural detail and relative density calculations of yarns popularly used in Indian Handloom) Raw Material (natural and synthetic fibres used in textile)

In this course, one can get a comprehensive insight on following topic. An advanced learner will get something which is purely derived from extensive working experience and field studies.ĭebal Banerjee designs this course which is a handloom practitioner and textile designer having 13 years of experience. An intermediate learner will get more clarity and new knowledge on Indian Handloom. This course is offering comprehensive learning of Indian Handloom where a beginner will get a deeper understanding. Books and blogs are there who are hardly touching the Designing, Production, Costing and any other detail what a designer or an entrepreneur needs to understand. The Office also oversees implementation of Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act, 1985 through its Enforcement Wing, with the regional offices at Chennai and Ahmedabad.There is no organised knowledge source to understand Indian Handloom when it comes to the technical understanding of handloom textile. WSCs also sponsor weavers in various trade fairs, Expos, to help them in establishing direct market linkages. They provide design input to the weavers through their designers, arrange training programmes for the weavers in various pre weaving, weaving and post weaving disciplines such as winding, warping, sizing dyeing, dobby jacquard pneumatic weaving, design making (CAD), dyeing, etc.

Weavers’ Service Centres play a pivotal role in skill up-gradation, capacity building and disseminating the technological interventions for reducing the drudgery to the handloom weavers and better productivity, thereby improving earning of the weavers. It is assisted by 25 WSCs function across the country. It is headed by an officer of Additional Secretary level having its headquarters here. At present it is functioning under the Ministry of Textiles. The Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms was set up as an attached non-participating office on 20th November, 1975 under the Ministry of Commerce. In this regard, the Office of the DC has called for bids from agencies or firms to supply, implement and maintain the retail software system. The DC has already started the process for upgradation of the software system. DC to upgrade software to monitor sale of handloom products New Delhi, Jan 27 (KNN) The Development Commissioner (DC) for Handlooms in the Ministry of Textiles will install software solutions for daily monitoring sales of different handloom products by different agencies.
