Dr. Ela Dedhia, Head of Department of Textile and Fashion Technology, gave an overview of the theme of the webinar. Due to the lack of exposure and awareness, people are not directly connected to handloom weavers and because of which weavers have been facing a lot of difficulties in marketing and selling their products. The main motto of the webinar was to have direct talk with handloom weavers and connecting them directly to potential customers, entrepreneurs and other field related professionals who can help the weavers through purchases or otherwise.
Dr Dedhia moderated the session including the questions raised by participants on YouTube.
Along with Dr Dedhia on the organizing committee included Dr. Pratima Goyal, Dr. Vishaka Karnad, Dr. Ritu Madhan, Ms. Neha Mulchandani, Ms. Vrinda Udiaver, Dr. Anjali Srivastav, Ms. Sanghmitra Navalgund and Ms. Vibhuti Khedekar. Edfly was the Technical partner and Textile Value Chain was the Media Partner. Ms. Sanghmitra Navalgund proposed the vote of thanks. The webinar was conducted through online video platform and telecasted on YouTube for the audience. The Video is available on YouTube. com/TFTNN.
There were two handloom weavers during the webinar.
Moharram Ali, Alias Hasham Turabi, a Banarasi Brocade handloom weaver from Banaras in Uttar Pradesh, India who is also a poet and an innovator. Mr. Alias Ali started by introducing himself as requested by Dr. Ela Dedhia. The introduction was very unique and sweet in shayrana andazz by Mr. Ali goes as
“Badlav ne Duniya Ka Badal Dala Sabhi Kuch,
Kayam Hai magar Ab bhi Vahi Shahane Banaras,
U hin Nahi Le jate hain Sab Sadi Yahanki,
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