The artisans from Bastar who are known globally for their unique and much sought after work are set to go an extra mile with them getting ready to be trained in Rajasthani craftwork in Jaipur.
The Indian Crafts Institute, Jaipur would impart training to Bastar craftsmen in the craft design practices prevalent at the national level and the technology associated with them by including even their children to receive the training.
Manager of Chhattisgarh Handicrafts Development Board in Jagdalpur B K Sahu said that the Craft Design and Technical Certificate course to be offered for 2013-14 is a year-long course offered by the Indian Crafts Institute, Jaipur.
The eligibility for the craftsmen and their children for taking up the course is that they must have atleast passed 12th Standard examination. The course would be offered free of cost in financial assistance from Chhattisgarh Handicrafts Development Board , he said.
Sahu said that applications had been invited from the craftsmen in a prescribed proforma by the Regional Office of Chhattisgarh Handicrafts Development Board in Jagdalpur by June 20 to enroll for the course.
He said that the information regarding the course can be obtained from the regional offices of the Chhattisgarh Handicrafts Development Board in Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma and its headquarters in Raipur.
The interviews for the candidates who are desirous of enrolling for the course had been proposed at the headquarters of the Chhattisgarh Handicrafts Development Board in Raipur on July 1 this year, he said.