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‘Design is not merely art; it is the driver of the chariot of development’

PNS

Jharkhand will give a platform to tribal designers from all over the world, said Minister of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes Welfare,  Champai Soren, while holding a virtual meeting with designers of many countries of India and the world here on Tuesday.

Soren said, “We should not consider design merely as art, it is the charioteer of the chariot of development. A better design can give direction and height to development.” The Minister asked all the designers to prepare such designs for the development of the tribal society of Jharkhand, especially in the field of education, culture, health tourism, traditional knowledge perception, livelihood and skill development, so that development can get a new direction. Congratulating Sudhir Horo of Tribal Forum, the Minister said that this has been possible due to his efforts.

On the occasion, 35 designers from Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, Bangalore and other places of the country, including Deborah Jama from London, Prashant Kokle from Finland, Anupam Poorti from Dubai, participated in the virtual meeting. Neelima Topno on Education, Archana Shefali on Research, Usha Barla on Health, Shobharani Lakra on Livelihood. Sudhir Horo conducted the meeting.