The local weavers and artisans are working hard to make their unique Banaras saree, handicraft and other traditional products ready for the upcoming UP International Trade Show, scheduled to be held at Greater Noida from September 21 to 25. The trade show will not only be important for Kashi but for the entire state as through the display of their products, the entrepreneurs will attract the attention of the whole world as the buyers will see the skills and modern products of the traditional artisans. As many as 31 entrepreneurs associated with ‘One District One Product’ (ODOP), Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) from Varanasi have registered to take their product on the international platform.
Deputy Commissioner (Industries), Varanasi, Mohan Sharma said that for this trade show, a total of 31 entrepreneurs including 24 handicrafts ODOP, four MSME which include wood, stone carving and silk industries and three exporters from carpet industry and Banarasi silk saree have registered with the Industries department. He said that many types of facilities and concessions are being provided by the government for the trade show as per the rules. According to him, the state government is providing an international platform to entrepreneurs related to ODOP, Geographical Identification (GI) products and other products.
Sharma said that Varanasi products are ready to make a splash in the trade show. Banarasi silk brocade businessman Taj Ahmed is making special weavings to bring the country’s culture on the international platform with the help of loom. “The ghats of Kashi, Nandi, Trishul and the verse of ‘Matribhumi Vandana’ in Sanskrit have been specially woven on the Banarasi saree,” said Taj Ahmed, praising the Yogi government for providing him international markets.”We’re making special preparations for the trade how,” he said.
Another entrepreneur Deep Mala Rai said that we are taking various products made from jute and cloth to the international trade show, which are mostly prepared by women. “There are immense possibilities from this trade show. Due to the policies of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, we will move out of the market of Purvanchal (eastern UP) and reach the markets of the country and abroad,” he said. Kunj Bihari, national awardee craftsman of Gulabi (pink) Meenakari and Dwarika Prasad, state award winner artisan of soft stone undercut, said that with the help of Yogi government, the craftsmen are getting international market, due to which the vanishing heritage of Banaras is being kept alive as well as the artisans and weavers are getting a big global market.
BHU prof gets NAMS fellowship: Dr TP Chaturvedi working as senior professor at Faculty of Dental Sciences, Institute of Medical Science (IMS) in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has been selected for fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) for the year 2023. The NAMS is a non-constitutional, non-statutory advisory body to the government in matters related to National Health Policy and Planning and as a promoting agency for continuing medical education (CME) for medical and health professionals.
This fellowship will be provided on the basis of research work, patent, academic work and other social work related to medical fields and will be provided by NAMS every year to a few medical scientists. The fellowship will be provided to Dr Chaturvedi on October 7 at Bengaluru at the NAMS. Dr Chaturvedi was promoted recently as senior professor at BHU.
He enlisted in the top 2 percent scientist list of the world prepared by Stanford University, USA for 2021 and 2022. He got two patents for work on orthodontic materials. He published more than 120 research publications, three books and chapters of books which were cited approximately 1,800 times till date by national and international journals.