Education for Artisans: Past, Present and Future

 

Speakers: Judy Frater, Founder, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya (KRV), the first design school in India for traditional artisans; In 2014 she set up the Somaiya Kala Vidya  institutionally enlarging the education and expanding it to others regions.
Prakash Naran Siju, carpet weaver, graduate of KRV, and advisor of Somaiya Kala Vidya; Jaspal Kalra, design
academician and social entrepreneur. Founding member and Executive Director, Kalhath Institute, Lucknow;
Ashoke Chatterjee, former Executive Director, National Institute of Design, and Trustee, Prabhat Education Foundation,
Ahmedabad; and Shobita Punja, writer, educator, thinker and teacher

 

Moderator: Ms Ritu Sethi, Editor, Global InCH Journal of intangible Cultural Heritage and Asia InCH encyclopedia;
and Founder-Trustee, Craft Revival Trust

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In the light of the Government of India’s National Education Policy 2020, the discussion will explore educational
avenues for traditional artisans. The discussants will examine educational paradigms where traditional oral
learning and apprenticeships have been deepened and extended through the layering-on of formal education for artisans

 

(Collaboration: Craft Revival Trust; and Global InCh Journal)