ACTIVITIES

• Elementary training on woolen carpet weaving is conducted for beneficiaries falling under backward/economically backward class category with full funding from National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation, a Govt. of India Undertaking under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

• Post training assessment of trainees is conducted through Assessing Body registered with Handicrafts and Carpet Sector Skill Council (HCSSC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India.

• Artisan Registration Cards are issued in favor of pass-out trainees by Handicrafts and Handloom Department (Kashmir) after they qualify the Trade Test conducted by the department.

• By virtue of Registration Cards, artisans become eligible for availing benefits from various developmental schemes of the Government.

• As many as 1200 persons (all females) from different districts have been trained till date.

• Elementary training on woolen carpet weaving is conducted for beneficiaries falling under backward/economically backward class category with full funding from National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation, a Govt. of India Undertaking under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

• Post training assessment of trainees is conducted through Assessing Body registered with Handicrafts and Carpet Sector Skill Council (HCSSC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India.

• Artisan Registration Cards are issued in favor of pass-out trainees by Handicrafts and Handloom Department (Kashmir) after they qualify the Trade Test conducted by the department.

• By virtue of Registration Cards, artisans become eligible for availing benefits from various developmental schemes of the Government.

• As many as 1200 persons (all females) from different districts have been trained till date.

• Short Term Skill Up-gradation and Capacity Building training Programmes on Silk Carpet weaving on Modern Carpet Looms was conducted in different craft concentrated areas with financial assistance under the concerned schemes of Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India.

• The objective of such training courses was to upgrade the skill of weavers and give them necessary inputs on important subjects such as different types of Raw Materials, Modern method of carpet designing, Dyeing, Quality/GI certification etc.

• Silk carpets worth Rs. 62.37 lakhs, whose minimum price was fixed @ Rs. 900/ 1000/1100 per square feet, developed by different batches/groups of trainees during the period of their training, were sold through open auctions in presence of Designated Auction Committee constituted by the Govt. for the purpose./span>

• As many as 9000 persons, majority of them are females, have been trained till date.

06 months certificate course on carpet designing through software is conducted on need basis. The objective of this course is to impart necessary training on carpet and Kani shawl designing through software to concerned persons.

• By using this modern technology, one can meet fast changing market requirements within minimum possible time.

• 250 persons have been trained by the Institute from time to time till date.

The Institute played a pivotal role in the introduction of Design Software for creation of carpet designs which has eased design work enormously as it used to take months together for a group of persons comprising of Naqash (Designer), Taleem Writer and a Taleem Copyist to make carpet design of standard size and transfer the design drafted on graph paper into the coded pattern known as taleem in the local language.

Design Studio equipped with latest digital equipments, including few reputed Design Softwares, has been established in the Institute.

1500 carpet and 300 Kani Shawl designs have been developed in the digital form with the application of different design softwares.

With a view to preserve old/traditional carpet designs, which are available in the form of manually written taleem papers (coded pattern), the Institute has created a Design Bank in the digital format for the carpet craft.

The digitization of Taleem papers of more than 400 old/ traditional carpet designs, which were available in manually written taleem papers, has been done till date.

• Sample dyeing (with Azo-free dyes) facility of silk yarn in the hank form, with lot size of 5 Kgs, is being provided with the help of Arm Spray Hank Dyeing Machine so that dyeing is carried out under controlled conditions for achieving better results.

• Chemical Tests such as color fastness to Rubbing and Washing to check the quality of dyeing on given raw material are also conducted on need basis.

• The facility of natural /vegetable dyeing of Pashmina shawls, stoles has recently been introduced by the Institute.

• The facility of Design Workstations, installed with Carpet Design Software, is available for trained persons on nominal monthly rentals at the Institute.

• Design Library enriched with Books/ Magazines/ Journals of international fame and other related publications including documentation reports of various studies, projects conducted/implemented by the Institute is available for reference and use.

National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India has accorded approval to the proposal of this Institute under “Technology Up-gradation Scheme” for 20 beneficiaries, falling under economically backward class category.

• The objective of the scheme is to provide requisite infrastructural and handholding to concerned Industrial Cooperative of EBC’s so that they can work independently. This initiative is expected to improve their income as they can sell their products (silk carpets) on their own terms & conditions.

• The implementation of the project is in progress at Soafshali area (Kokernag) of Anantnag District wherein 20 Carpet Weavers who have formed one Industrial Cooperative In the name of Ahanger Carpets Industrial Cooperative Ltd.

• Under this project, in addition to Skill Up-gradation training on Silk Carpet Weaving, 05 Modern Carpet Looms alongwith Sitting Benches, Raw Material, Working Tools and other necessary accessories/items have been provided free of cost to concerned members of Industrial Cooperative. Further, with a view to provide better working conditions to the concerned beneficiaries a Big Hall installed with Modern Carpet Looms whose monthly rentals for a period of 03 years shall be paid under the project, has been made available.