Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts)
Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) INTRODUCTION The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) is an attached office of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Its Headquarters are at West Block No.7, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066. It is a central nodal office to work for a) Socio-economic upliftment of the artisans and b) Supplement the efforts of the State Governments for promotion and development of handicrafts within the country and abroad and It has 6 Regional Offices at New Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai and Guwahati, and 5 Regional Design & Technical Development Centres at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Banglore and Guwahati. There are 52 Handicrafts Marketing and Service Extension Centers at Burdwan, Gangtok, Siliguri, Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar, Deoghar, Madhubani, Ranchi, Agartala, Aizwal, Gauripur, Jorhat, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Shillong, Agra, Saharanpur, Almora, Barabanki, Varanasi, Indore, Bhuj, Surat, Nagpur, Jagdalpur, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Gwalior, Panaji, Mangalore, Mysore, Port Blair, Nagercoil, Salem, Pondicherry, Tirupati, Vijay Wada, Trichur, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Hosiarpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Rewari, Kullu, Anantnag, Baramula, Leh, Srinagar, Udhampur and Jammu. In addition to above, there are Field Administrative Cells at Dharward (Karnataka), Guwahati (Assam) and Srinagar (J&K). Besides Development Centre for Musical Instruments at Chennai, Bamboo & Cane Development Institute, at Agartala (Tirpura) and Twelve Carpet Weaving-cum-Service Centres at Allahabad, Anantnag, Barelly, Baramulla, Barmer, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jammu, Patna, Pulwama, Varanasi and Warrangal are under its control. The following Institutions are also working for the Development of Handicrafts in association with this office. Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Bhadohi (UP). National Center for Design Product Development (Society), New Delhi and Moradabad.
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