The audience left spellbound when India’s leading designers Rohit Bal, Anju Modi, Payal Jain and Poonam Bhagat showcased their ground-breaking modern twists to Khadi ensembles in colours of white, black, indigo, green and saffron at the show named ‘Khadi — Transcending Boundaries’.
The event was held on the occasion of the International SME Convention 2018, under the aegis of Khadi Village and Industries Commission (KVIC) at NSIC Ground in New Delhi on Monday night here. The Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) had organised the International SME Convention 2018, in which representatives of altogether 36 countries took their active participation.
Union Minister of State for MSME Giriraj Singh, who was the chief guest, said that it was a matter of pride for Ministry of MSME that KVIC had organised such a marvelous show. “We, in fact, brought Khadi from village to global level, following Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Khadi for Nation, Khadi for Fashion and Khadi for Transformation’,” he said.
Echoing similar views, KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said that it was the biggest exposure of the Signature Fabric so far as it caught the attention of the representatives of altogether 36 countries and won accolades from all of them.
“What else could be a better spotlight for Khadi, when the representatives of international bodies of Small and Medium Enterprises watched the full show and later appreciated it whole-heartedlyIJ Khadi is all set to reach new heights in coming days and we will leave no stone unturned to make it most popular fabric of the world,” he said.
Among other prominent national and international personalities, who witnessed this grand Khadi Fashion Show, were Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, lok Sabha MP Meenakshi lekhi, World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises President Gian Franco Terenzi, Africa SME Forum Chairman Dogad Dogoui, Association of Ghana Industries President Yew Adu Gyamfi, ad guru Prahlad Kakkar, MSME Secretary Arun Kumar Panda and KVIC CEO Preeta Verma.
On April 14, a Khadi Fashion Show was also held at Indonesian Embassy here , in which leading Indian designers Rina Dhaka,Charu Parashar and Varun Bhal displayed their Khadi collections.
To popularise Khadi, noted fashion designer Gavin Rajah would choreograph a 20-minute textile event at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on April 30.