A variety of products right from clothes to home décor items, prepared by local artisans of the State will be available under one roof for the next 10 days at Jharcraft Expo-2019, organized at Union Club by Jharcraft.
The expo, inaugurated by Ranchi Member of Parliament Sanjay Seth on Tuesday evening has a total of 12 stalls, which includes products displayed by not just Jharcraft but also Jharkhand State Khadi and Village Industries Board, TRIFED, and other local artisans making products of lac, terracotta, jute, dokra and much more.
The MP visited every stall and appreciated the products displayed by the artisans.
Of the 12 stalls, Jharcraft has two stalls for displaying its products while the others have been allotted free of cost to the other artisans and organizations.
Managing Director of Jharcraft, Deepankar panda said, “The Expo is organised keeping in mind the upcoming festival of Durga Puja. The idea of organizing the festival at Union Club is to target the Bengali population as this festival is very important for them."
He added, “We have allotted the stalls free of cost to promote the local artisans from the interior areas of the State and provide them a good market to sell their products.”
Jharcraft will be organizing another seven day expo in Baligunj area of Kolkata which will begin on August 29, Thursday.
Another Expo will be organized at Hotel Radission BLu in Ranchi from September 7 to 12.
"A grand exhibition cum sale is also to be organised from September 16 to 30 at Dilli Haat in New Delhi," Panda said.
Jharcraft has been given stalls from Ministry of Textile at Dilli Haat. "We are going to take 100 artisans from Jharkhand who are associated with Jharcraft, to provide them a market at national level," Panda said. Jharcraft is working towards strengthening its market for which a number of expos are scheduled in the future days. Also, new emporiums are coming coming up across the country.
Earlier this month, a new emporium was inaugurated at Lokhandwala Complex in Mumbai. There is a plan of revamp of the Jharcraft store situated in Camac Street in Kolkata which is likely to be launched by the end of September. Also, a new store franchise is coming up in Ramgarh soon.