DASTKARI HAAT SAMITI Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
Operational Districts: South
Operational States: DELHI
AchieveMents: The organization
Dastkari Haat Samiti, is a national association of crafts people with members from all states of India. It functions independent of grants for its general activities and administrative work which come from contributions made by its members and basic infrastructural support provided by public spirited persons.
Dilli Haat
The Samiti conceived of and worked for the establishment of an innovative marketing infrastructure for traditional artisans known as Dilli Haat. It was set up in 1994 jointly by Delhi Tourism, the Ministry of Textiles and the New Delhi Municipal Corporation. This crafts marketplace is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional village market.
Crafts Council of Sri Lanka and UNESCO have used the Dastkari Haat Samitiââ¬â¢s expertise to model Colombo Pola on the Dilli Haat Concept. Concept papers have been sought by Nepal and South Africa.
Regular design assistance & Desigh projects across the country
Bazaars across the country around 120
Dill Haat, New Delhi, Bombay, Pune, Hydreabad, Goa, Ahmedabad, Srinagar, Bangalore, Triputi, Indore, Gowhati, Cochin, Bhopal, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow
International Events
Dastkari Haat Samiti has done design development workshops with Pakistan, Vietnam, Srilanka, South Aftrica. Thailand, Nepal, South Asian Conturies. Given them trainings, skill developments, marketing stratergies
Craft Maps of India
24 Craft Maps representing and describing each State of India have been created and Published by the Samiti at an estimated cost of 70 lakh Ruppes. The Map Exhibition was held at Dilli Haat 2005 inaugurated by President Abdul Kalam. It was then taken to the Frankfurt Book Fair. In India it was taken to Kalakshetra in Chennai and National Institute of Design, Ahemdabad. Half the Map exhibition was taken to Dilli Haat at Trafalgar Square in 2005
Dastkari Haat Samiti, flamboyantly integrated its artistic Craft Maps, Beautiful graphics in an exhibit to portray the boundless variety of Indian craft traditions. Finally the Maps were donated to Crafts Museum, New Delhi. Its value is approximately 70 lakhs.
Art in Action in Oxford 2006 and 2007 Some of the major programmes to present our best before an international audience have been our collaborative ventures with Delhi Tourism to take Indian crafts and crafts people to Trafalgar Square, mounting a major exhibition of arts, crafts and textiles at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Art in Action fair held at Waterperry House near Oxford, UK.
Our participation was a great success as India was highlighted in a major way for the first time, and has resulted in the Samiti being invited again in 2007. In 2007 Shabir Ali Beig won the ââ¬ÅBest of the Bestââ¬Â prize
UN Interpretations of the Eight Millennium Development Goals
In collaboration with the United Nations in India,Dastkari Haat Samiti mobilized the creativity inherent in the Craft Sector to translate the eight MDGs into eight exclusive works of high artistic merit. The works representing skills in art, craft and textiles were commissioned for United Nations Day, 24th October, 2007
2011 May India Africa Summit 200 women craftswomen went to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 200 women craftswomen were invited to Addis Abba on the occasion of the India Africa Summit. The name of this historic exchange was coined Handcrafting Hope
