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bullet Asia Pacific Crafts Demonstration In Conjunction With Malaysia National Craft Day, 2008
bullet Nusantara Craft Promotion
bullet Malaysia week in London, 2006
bullet WCC Asia Pacific Dialogue, 2006

bullet National Craft Day, 2006
bullet Archives
  bullet Betel Nut and Leaf Accessories - Exhibition
  bullet WCC -- Paris
  bullet LAOS -- PDR
bullet Embroidery

bullet UNESCO Crafts Prize - 2001

bullet Malaysia -Kuala Lumpur

bullet WEFT 2001

bullet Regional President's Tour of Central Asia 
bullet Golden Jubilee Celebration and WCC Asia-Pacific Region Business Meet

bullet The Regional Craft Improvement Workshop - Exhibition
bullet The Young Craftspersons Competition

bullet UNESCO Crafts Prize - 2003
bullet Kamaladevi Centenary Celebrations
bullet Kamaladevi Awards and Kamala Samman
bullet WEFT 2003

bullet WCC Asia Pacific 26th Regional Meeting -- Dhaka
bullet 1st Exhibition of Iranian Women Handicrafts
bullet International Congress on Bamboo (Bamboo Forum, Exhibition & Trade Fair)

bullet WCC Asia Pacific 27th Regional Assembly, Metsovo -- Greece
bullet An International Jewellery Convention -- "Grass to Gold"
bullet UNESCO South Asian Seal of Excellence 2004
bullet International Design and Product Development Programme / Workshop
bullet International Byers - Sellers Meet (IBSM)

Kamaladevi Awards and Kamala Sammaan
 

KAMALADEVI AWARDS

Four awards were presented to the craftspeople during the Centenary Celebrations. The awardees were honoured with a shawl, a certificate and a sum of US 105 dollars (INR 5000/-).

The following are the awardees:

1. EXCELLENCE IN CRAFTS SKILL

a. Smt. Masto Devi (Embroiderer from Chamba)
b. Shri. Dhiren Karmakar (Dokra metal worker from West Bengal)

2. CONTRIBUTION TO THE CRAFT FIELD

a. Shri. Chintalpathi Venkatapathi Raju (Etikopakka lacquerware from Andhra Pradesh)
b. Shri. Imran Hussian (Cane - Bamboo from Assam)


KAMALA SAMMAAN

The Kamala Sammaan award was newly instituted in the year 2003. The criteria for nomination to this award is that the person should have followed the footsteps of Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and contributed to the development of crafts and to the upliftment of craftspersons.

In 2003, the award was given to three awardees. They were presented with a silver medallion in the shape of a lotus, as "Kamala" means "lotus" in Sanskrit.

His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka Mr. T. N. Chaturvedi presented the awards to the awardees:

1. Mrs. Vijaya Rajan
2. Mrs. Jasleen Dhamija
3. Mrs. Siva Obeyesekere

Kamala Sammaan

  People standing from left

1. Mrs Vimala Rangachar - Secretary Craft Council of Karnataka

2. Mrs. Vijaya Rajan - KamalaSamman

3. Mr. C.V.Raju - Kamala Award

4. Smt. Masto Devi - Kamala Award

5. Mr. Dhiren Karmakar - Kamala Award

6. Governor of Karnataka Sri. T.N. Chaturvedi

7. Mr.Amit Dhawan - Kamala Award ( Asia Pacific )

8. Mr. Imran Hussain - Kamala Award

9. Smt. Siva Obeyesekere - Kamala Samman

10. Smt. Jasleen Dhamija - Kamala Samman

 
The Kamala Sammaan for the year 2004 was presented to Mrs. Vimala Rangachar - Chairperson of the Crafts Council of Karnataka. Mrs. Rangachar is a creative social worker and all through her life has been wedded to theatre, dance, music and handicrafts. She is also the Secretary of the MES College, Vice-President of the Natya Institute of Kathak and Coreography, Vice-President MEWS Ladies Club, Hony Secretaryof the Seva Sadan Orphanage and Secretary, ADA Rangamandira, Bangalore. The award was presented to her on 9th February, 2004 by the Governor of Tamil Nadu His Excellency Thiru PS Ramamohan Rao.
  Vimala Rangachar