Friends, I share this information with you with request to contact Keltron with maximum support.
Keltron, a public sector undertaking of Kerala, India is taking up a project to support the dying community of artisans and traditional handicrafts using ICTs. Keltron is planning to set up a major portal for supporting artisans working in traditional crafts and handicarafts in Kerala as a support to marketing their products. Kerala has a very rich traditional art forms, handicrafts made of various material including sandalwood, bamboo, timber, rubber wood, handloom, coir, cocnut shells, mud, brassmetal etc. However, these artisans are facing extinction today for want of demand in the domestic market. Unless supported, these artisans would switch to other professions and alongwith them these traditional artforms will die as these have been inherited from one generation to another. The persons belong to the lowest strata of society, a large portion would be women and this is not going to be a profit venture. Keltron, therefore, thought to take up as a promotional venture, a portal which will help them to exploit demands for such products in other countries. While Keltron is setting up the portal on their own, they need support for front ending the portal so that it has visibility in markets in different parts of the globe. People/organisations/NGOs/ businessmen interested in participating/ joining/assisting in the project or for further information may respond to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ajay Kumar Secretary (Industries) Kerala Tel 91 471 333028 Fax 91 471 333115 ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
