The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata, organised a two-day workshop on computer aided design for weavers and artisans of Odisha from August 23 to 24 here.
It is a part of the project “IT Oriented Handloom Sector Development Programme for Creative Design, Development and Deployment by Artisans/Weavers and Enhancement of Marketability through Web Portal for Handlooms of Jharkhand and Odisha State,” sponsored by DeitY, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India in association with the State Department of Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts.
Joint Director and Chief Investigator of the project Goutam Kumar Saha informed that CDAC Kolkata has set up four state-of-the-art Computer Aided Design Centres across Odisha namely at Bhubaneswar, Nuapatna, Bargarh and Sonepur.
Total 320 master trainers from Odisha will be trained. Certificates for six months full-time CAD training were distributed on August 24
to first batch of 21 weaver trainees by Saha.
The trainees also received monthly stipend of Rs 7,500 from the Government of Odisha. Prof Sobha Rani lakra from NIFT Bhubaneswar was chief guest. Officials from the State Department of Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts, including Textiles Dept Director and Deputy Director were present.