Indian Institute of Crafts & Design

Need for the creation of an institution of excellence that ischarged with the mission of developing the craft sector in an integratedmanner. Design, defined in the broadest possible sense, shall be the disciplineused and nurtured by this institute to effect the envisaged developmentmission and to realise its objectives.

It is in order to generate a new cadre of highly motivated and creatively oriented designtechno-managers in sufficient numbers, that this institution needs to be broad based in its constitution and its activities. All the existing agencies currently working in the area of crafts promotion and development would be greatly benefited from drawing on this trained human resource which would provide them with the kind of specifically trained competence that is not available in the country today.

The creative facilitators generated by this Institute would catalyse productive action in direct collaboration withgroups of craftspersons at multiple centres that are widely distributed and decentralised. These catalytic change agents will be the seeds that will provide the roots for a sustained programme of growth and development of both the crafts sector and of the craftspersons involved that would be qualitatively far superior to what we have hitherto experienced.