All India Handicrafts Board

All India Handicrafts Board

Abbreviation	AIHB
Formation	1952
Founder	Pupul Jayakar
Dissolved	2020

The All India Handicrafts Board (AIHB), was an organisation in India established in 1952, which aimed to advise the Ministry of Textiles on development programmes for handicrafts. Its early key figures included Pupul Jayakar, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Lakshmi Chand Jain and Fori Nehru. It was abolished by the Government of India in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Origins

In 1950 Pupul Jayakar was invited by Jawaharlal Nehru to study the handloom sector of the economy. ^[1] The AIHB was established in 1952. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Its first chair was Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay. ^[5] Other early key figures included Lakshmi Chand Jain, Kitty Shiva Rao and Fori Nehru. ^{[2] [6]}

Purpose

The AIHB aimed to advise the Ministry of Textiles on development programmes for handicrafts, and was an umbrella organisation, covering marketing venues across India, including Central Cottage Industries Emporium. ^{[7] [8]}

Disestablishment

The AIHB was abolished by the Government of India in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[9]

References

1. Davis, Richard H. (2008). "3. From the wedding chamber to the museum: relocating the ritual arts or Madhubani". In Mrazek, Jan; Pitelka, Morgan (eds.). What's the Use of Art?: Asian Visual and Material Culture in Context. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN   978-0-8248-3063-2.
2. Salvi, Gouri (1999). Development Retold: Voices from the Field. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 97–107. ISBN   978-81-7022-798-4.
3. Gupta, Anu; Mehta, Shalina (1 January 2016). "The Effect of Colonization and Globalization in the shaping of Phulkari: A case study of the Textiles of Punjab, India" . Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings.
4. Edwards, Eiluned (2020). "4. Branding Tradition: The Commercialisation of Hand Embroidery in Gujarat". In Harris, Jennifer (ed.). A Companion to Textile Culture. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 73–74. ISBN   978-1-118-76890-7.
5. Mozumdar, Sreya (2020). "6. Revitalising the crafts and creative enterprises sector". In Mahajan, Vijay (ed.). State of India's Livelihoods (PDF). New Delhi: Access Development Services. pp. 113–116.
6. McGowan, Abigail (4 March 2021). "Mothers and Godmothers of Crafts: Female Leadership and the Imagination of India as a Crafts Nation, 1947–67" . South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 44 (2): 282–297. doi:10.1080/00856401.2021.1876589. ISSN   0085-6401. S2CID   235304891.
7. Littrell, Mary A.; Dickson, Marsha A. (2012). "1. Artisan Enterprise, Fair Trade, and Business Social Responsibility and Accountability". Artisans and Fair Trade: Crafting Development. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. p. 16. ISBN   978-1-56549-321-6.
8. Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M. (1999). "Development schemes and State patronage". Embroidering Lives: Women's Work and Skill in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry. State University of New York Press. pp. 161–164. ISBN   0-7914-4087-7.
9. Nath, Damini (6 August 2020). "Abolition of handicrafts board a 'worrying' move, says NGO". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

Further reading

• Delhi, Publications Division (India),New (22 October 1961). AKASHVANI: Vol. XXVI. No. 43. ( 22 OCTOBER, 1961 ). Publications Division (India),New Delhi.
• "Kamaladevi Ji's vision for Development of Handicrafts and Handlooms through the Co-operative Movement". International Journal of Intangible Cultural Heritage. ISSN   2581-9410.