All India Handicrafts Board Explained

All India Handicrafts Board
Abbreviation:	AIHB
Formation:	1952
Founder:	Pupul Jayakar
Dissolved:	2020
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The All India Handicrafts Board (AIHB), was an organisation in India established in 1952, which aimed to advise the Ministry of Textiles on development programmes for handicrafts. Its early key figures included Pupul Jayakar, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Lakshmi Chand Jain and Fori Nehru. It was abolished by the Government of India in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Origins

In 1950 Pupul Jayakar was invited by Jawaharlal Nehru to study the handloom sector of the economy.^[1] The AIHB was established in 1952.^{[2] [3] [4]} Its first chair was Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.^[5] Other early key figures included Lakshmi Chand Jain, Kitty Shiva Rao and Fori Nehru.^{[2] [6]}

Purpose

The AIHB aimed to advise the Ministry of Textiles on development programmes for handicrafts, and was an umbrella organisation, covering marketing venues across India, including Central Cottage Industries Emporium.^[7]

Disestablishment

The AIHB was abolished by the Government of India in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

Further reading

• Book: Delhi . Publications Division (India),New . AKASHVANI: Vol. XXVI. No. 43. (22 OCTOBER, 1961) . Publications Division (India),New Delhi . en . 22 October 1961.
• Kamaladevi Ji's vision for Development of Handicrafts and Handlooms through the Co-operative Movement . International Journal of Intangible Cultural Heritage . 2581-9410.

Notes and References

1. Book: Davis . Richard H. . Mrazek . Jan . Pitelka . Morgan . What's the Use of Art?: Asian Visual and Material Culture in Context . 2008 . University of Hawaii Press . Honolulu . 978-0-8248-3063-2 . 84–85 . https://books.google.com/books?id=i7MdZK8vyKMC&dq=all+india+handicrafts+board&pg=PA84 . en . 3. From the wedding chamber to the museum: relocating the ritual arts or Madhubani.
2. Book: Salvi . Gouri . Development Retold: Voices from the Field . 1999 . Concept Publishing Company . 978-81-7022-798-4 . 97–107 . en.
3. Gupta . Anu . Mehta . Shalina . The Effect of Colonization and Globalization in the shaping of Phulkari: A case study of the Textiles of Punjab, India . Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings . 1 January 2016 . subscription.
4. Book: Edwards . Eiluned . Harris . Jennifer . A Companion to Textile Culture . 2020 . John Wiley & Sons . Hoboken . 978-1-118-76890-7 . 73–74 . https://books.google.com/books?id=lJb0DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22All+India+Handicrafts+Board%22+2020&pg=PA73 . en . 4. Branding Tradition: The Commercialisation of Hand Embroidery in Gujarat.
5. Book: Mozumdar . Sreya . Mahajan . Vijay . State of India's Livelihoods . 2020 . Access Development Services . New Delhi . 113–116 . 6. Revitalising the crafts and creative enterprises sector.
6. McGowan . Abigail . Mothers and Godmothers of Crafts: Female Leadership and the Imagination of India as a Crafts Nation, 1947–67 . South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies . 4 March 2021 . 44 . 2 . 282–297 . 10.1080/00856401.2021.1876589 . 235304891 . 0085-6401. subscription.
7. Book: Littrell . Mary A. . Dickson . Marsha A. . Artisans and Fair Trade: Crafting Development . 2012 . Kumarian Press . Sterling, VA . 978-1-56549-321-6 . 16 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Mh9n_9hsNmIC&dq=Central+Cottage+Industries+Emporium&pg=PA16 . en . 1. Artisan Enterprise, Fair Trade, and Business Social Responsibility and Accountability.
8. News: Nath . Damini . Abolition of handicrafts board a 'worrying' move, says NGO . 28 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301073045/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/abolition-of-handicrafts-board-a-worrying-move-says-ngo/article32281124.ece. 1 March 2022. The Hindu . 6 August 2020 . en-IN.