Kamaladevi Puraskar 2015

Presentation of awards to young craftspersons – Pragati Batham, Maipuri, Uttar Pradesh for Tarkashi for metal wire work; Deepika Soni, Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh for traditional  brass ware; Samrat Fauzdar, Bankura, West Bengal for Ganjifa playing cards; Ramu Debnath, Sepahijala, Tripura for cane and bamboo basket ware; Tabassum  Afreen, Bidar, Karnataka for Bidri craft; and Bilquis Akhtar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir for Ari embroidery

Chief Guest:  Shri Ashoke Chatterjee, Advisor, Crafts Council of India

Awards to be distributed by Ms Syeda S. Hameed

There will be a display of craft made by the awardees