• Charkha and Pottery Art Workshop organized at Pearl Academy, Rajouri Garden.
• As the chief guest, KVIC Chairman Shri Manoj Kumar inspired the fashion designing students to adopt Khadi.
• KVIC Chairman Shri Manoj Kumar reiterated the Prime Minister’s ‘Khadi for Nation, Khadi for Fashion’ mantra.
National,7 th August 2025,( TGN ) :On the occasion of National Handloom Day, a special program dedicated to Khadi and Indian handicrafts was successfully organized at Pearl Academy, Delhi-West (Eros Building, District Centre, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi) on Thursday. Shri Manoj Kumar, Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India attended the event as the Chief Guest and gave the students the mantra of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, ‘Khadi for Nation, Khadi for Fashion’ and called upon them to take Khadi from local to the global stage. He opined that 11 years ago, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had taken a pledge to uplift Khadi. His resolution completely transformed Khadi. To fulfil the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’, everyone has to make collective efforts and make more efforts. Together we must strive to make India the world’s third largest economy. We have to make India completely poverty free on the strength of ‘Make in India’. A capable India will write the success story of self-reliant India. Now it is our turn to take a resolution. We will produce Swadeshi — we will sell Swadeshi — we will buy Swadeshi!
KVIC organized a live demonstration of 50 traditional and Peti charkhas in this program. The students of fashion designing learned the intricacies of spinning yarn by operating the charkha. Also, a pottery workshop was organized through electric pottery wheels, in which the students learned to make traditional pottery. On this occasion, Pearl Academy President Smt. Aditi Srivastava, Regional Campus Director Smt. Ruchi Sharma, Faculty Professor Smt. Bela Gupta and a large number of students were also present. Along with observing the exhibition of handloom and craft products made by the students, Shri Manoj Kumar toured the entire campus and interacted with the students.
In his address, Shri Manoj Kumar said, “Pujya Bapu had once mentioned that Khadi is not just a cloth, but an idea. Decades after Independence, when Khadi was slowly fading, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi reiterated ‘Khadi for Nation, Khadi for Fashion’ mantra in ‘Mann Ki Baat’. This mantra gave birth to the ‘Charkha Kranti’. Presently Khadi is not limited to Gandhi Cap or dhoti, but has reached the fashion runway of the global stage.” Listing the achievements of KVIC, he reiterated that the total production of Khadi and Village Industries in the financial year 2024-25 was Rs 1,16,599 crore and sales was Rs 1,70,551 crore, through which 1.94 crore people got employment. In the last 11 years, production in the Khadi and Village Industries sector has increased 4 times, sales 5 times and employment by 49 percent. This unprecedented progress is an example of economic and social change under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
Motivating the students of fashion designing, he said that fashion is not just glamour, but also responsibility. When young designers will include Khadi in their designs, they will not just create trends but will strengthen the livelihood of the villages and artisans of the country and establish India’s identity across the world.
Smt. Aditi Shrivastava, Chairperson of Pearl Academy said, “This event in collaboration with KVIC is an invaluable experience for our students. The spinning of yarn on the Charkha and the pottery workshop have connected them to the deep handicraft tradition of India and inspired them to think towards sustainable fashion.”
This event has taken a historic initiative in integrating Khadi and Handloom with modern fashion and has given new energy to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s mantra of ‘Khadi for Fashion’ for the youth.
