Thiagarajar Group of Institutions

Madurai,South india



Description
The Foundation serves to identify, protect, enhance and popularise the traditional arts and crafts of Tamilnadu. It aims at identifying craftspersons in need of revival, support, promotion and tapping new talent especially among women and youth.
Target Groups
This sector helps to develop, 23 million artisians who are degraded by
society because of their poverty and low social status.
Unemployed youth,college dropouts,relocated communities,families and amateur craftspersons.
Training
In the first stage,
concentration and focus will be on development of traditional crafts and crafts persons.
In the second stage,
as a latent function, the foundation intends to give training to aspiring college students who have interest in crafts work, as this could be a source of supplementary
occupation and income.