Technologies
Title: | Work process and product optimisation, Value creation and Livelihood augmentation for Sankheda craft based furniture making community |
Area: | Rural Technologies |
Focus Area: | Handicraft |
Developing Agency: | Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay |
Email: | sandesh.idc@iitb.ac.in |
Principal Investigator: | Prof. R. Sandesh, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Maharashtra |
Implementing Agency Link: | https://www.iitb.ac.in/ |
Brief Description
Description : | Sankheda is a wood craft in Gujarat which is renowned for its wooden lacquer furniture with distinctive patterns and vibrant colors. This craft is losing its market potential due to advancement of new processes & modernized furniture companies in the market. |