Observing the Champaran Agitation Centenary Week, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) organised an interaction session ‘Indigo talks’ on Thursday.
During the programme the eminent speakers and technical experts interacted about the Indigo Dye Painting known as Nandana Print. A workshop was also organized on the occasion by Master Craftsmen.
Mohan lal Cheepa, Vice Chancellor of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya was the Chief Guest of the programme.
The event began with a brief introduction about Champaran Agitation Centenary Week by Vishaka Agarwal, course Coordinator-Textile Design. She informed the students about the history of Champaran Agitation which was led by Mahatma Gandhi to protest against the commercial extraction of natural indigo.
She further informed that NIFT is holding various events across 15 campuses from April 16 till April 21 to mark the occasion of the centenary. The objective is to disseminate information regarding the Champaran agitation and to understand and contextualize indigo dye and its significance to Indian culture and fashion.
Besides, ‘lec- Dem’ an illustrative exhibition to highlight the history and use of Indigo as natural dye and Champaran agitation is flagged off from NIFT Patna which will later travel to six NIFT campuses in the coming months, she added