Diversified products from NE on special display at IITF

Rhino-shaped tie and brooch pins, copper bookmarks, hand-woven sling bags, bamboo purses, ethnic jewellery and exotic pickles are some of the unique products from the northeast at a special display at the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) here.
These diversified products are being showcased under a programme implemented by the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and jointly sponsored by India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) and National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) under their CSR initiative.
Master trainers and designers were engaged for imparting three months training in all the eight identified pockets of the northeast and developing market driven products.

The costume and tribal beads jewellery as well as the decorative items, paper weights, pen stands, card holders, brooch pins and tie pins have been made by school and college dropouts under the jewellery design and making skill development programme of Oil India Limited's CSR initiative and further incubated at IIE.
In most of the products, the creators have tried to infuse some of the Assamese traditional themes like 'save rhino campaign', ancient monuments of Assam like the 18th century amphitheatre Rang Ghar, tea leaves and tea gardens etc.
"It was a great journey for these 150 tribal women who got trained weaving on modern looms for upgrade of handloom with infusion of design inputs from expert designers and master crafts persons. The fabrics and products developed by them are being displayed at IITF before 4.9 million prospective buyers. Thanks to NSTFDC-IIFCL for supporting this initiative," he told