Advisor Imnatiba with others during the launching of ‘Digital Intervention on Handloom & Handicraft Sector for Livelihood Enhancement of Artisans of NE States’ at NIELIT Auditorium Kohima on September 24.
Kohima, September 24 (MExN): The project ‘Digital Intervention on Handloom & Handicraft Sector for Livelihood Enhancement of Artisans of NE States’ was launched by Advisor, Industries and Commerce, Labour and Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Imnatiba at NIELIT Auditorium Kohima on September 24.
NIELIT Director, L Lanuwabang while highlighting the project said that the Nagaland state is the first state to take up the project in the North East. It was launched with an aim to develop appropriate process technologies that produce value added products with quality up gradation, quality control and technological up gradation and to strengthen packaging and delivery of products so that it will increased shelf life and access to markets, prospects of artisans and entrepreneurs are to be enhanced and develop marketing and distribution channels and linkages to create an overall conductive environment for entrepreneurial growth.
He informed that the project outcome was to accelerate artisanal growth through training, support services, linkages technology and digital market development, creation of repository of artisans in the state. A total of 5920 youths and women practicing either handlooms or handicrafts from Nagaland will be trained in through this project’s facilities. The project outcome will be promoting the product globally by Dynamic Web Portal with e-commerce facilities for worldwide marketability, the director added.
Addressing the launching programme, a DIPR report stated that Advisor Imnatiba said, ‘importance of digital was much needed at this time of pandemic which has become a part and parcel in the society.’ He said that digital intervention on handlooms and handicrafts sectors for livelihood will enhanced many artisans in the state. He stated that Government of Nagaland is giving much importance to handloom and handicraft artisans so that our rich culture would be upgraded at greater heights.
While encouraging the Department of Industries and Commerce and NIELIT for implementing the project successful and sustainable digital for the business and entrepreneurs, he expressed hope that through their cooperation and support many opportunities would be open for the artisans and entrepreneurs to build up their innovative and traditional skills.
He added that through this initiative it will give a value addition in the handlooms and handicrafts sectors. Further, he encouraged the departments to make used of the facilities to enhance livelihoods through this projects.
Commissioner and Secretary Industries & Commerce, Kekhrievor Kevichusa said that NIELIT Kohima has been supporting the department of industries and commerce as a start up incubator and in various requirements of at IT fields.
He said that through this project’s facilities, it will be able to highlights and promote not only to the department but also to the artists and artisans in Nagaland to enhance their skills.
Nagaland being the first digital intervention project in the NE, the facilities projects will be available not just for the trainees but also to the interested entrepreneurs to facilitate linkages for marketing to any producers, he reiterated.
He stated that the department was on the process to identify how to formalize the protection of intellectual property relating to traditional motive and symbols, in which he encouraged to make use of the digital intervention facilities to stress on this aspects to protect Naga motive and symbols in design and branding.
During the programme, Advisor Imnatiba also launched MIS portal and released the digital literacy book. The programme was organized by NIELIT in collaboration with the department of Industries and Commerce, welcome address was delivered by NIELIT Joint Director, Daniel Meren and vote of thanks by NIELIT Dy Director, A Morimenba Amer. The project is implemented by National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Kohima and sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and information Technology, Government of India.
