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annual report 2010-1111. Two project under Mega ClusterScheme i.e. Common Facility Centre(Process facilities) and Testing Centre(up-grading <strong>of</strong> existing testinglaboratory in the field <strong>of</strong> Metal, Wood,glass and Resin) is undertaken.12. An Exposure visit 10 Artisans & 03<strong>of</strong>ficers from Balkhati (Orissa) isorganized for the manufacturing &finishing activities.NATIONAL CENTRE FOR DESIGN &PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NCDPD),NEW DELHINational Centre for Design & ProductDevelopment (NCDPD) has been set upwith an objective to fill up the gap in theareas <strong>of</strong> Design and Product Developmentby the O/o Development Commissioner(Handicrafts), <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Textiles</strong>, Govt. <strong>of</strong>India. The other objectives <strong>of</strong> the centre isto build and create design orientedexcellence in the handicraft sector andwithstand global competitiveness. Anindependent society has been set up andthe members <strong>of</strong> the Managing Committeeincludes eminent handicraft exporters andpolicy makers. Development Commissioner(Handicrafts), <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Textiles</strong>, Govt. <strong>of</strong>India, is ex- <strong>of</strong>ficio Chairman <strong>of</strong> NCDPD.Besides providing design & productdevelopment services, the activities <strong>of</strong>NCDPD have also been diversified intodifferent areas such as Skill/CapacityDevelopment, creating Infrastructuresupport at clusters such as setting up <strong>of</strong>Common Facility Services, Raw MaterialBanks, Resource Center, Design Center,Design Bank, Supply Chain Management,Market linkages by setting up MarketingOutlets etc. Presently more than 25international & national designers andmarketing consultants / experts areworking full time and equal number onpart time basis at NCDPD so to run theaffairs <strong>of</strong> NCDPD on purely commercialand business lines.Activities for Financial year 2010-11●HRD Programmes in rest <strong>of</strong> India250 programs at 30 locations■ Target : 5000 ArtisansAchievement upto March 2011- approx. 4300 artisansAchievement upto 30th Sept'10 - 700artisans●HRD Programmes in NER50 programs at 3 locations Guwahati(Assam)-20, Itanagar (ArunachalPradesh)-15 & Dimapur (Nagaland)-15.■ Target : 1000 artisansPrograms started in Oct'10Achievement upto March '11 -Approx: 985● HRD Programmes at BCDI,Agartala50 programsTarget : 1000 artisans.Achievement upto Sept'10 - 5000artisansAchievement upto March'11 : 500artisans●●●●●Workshop/Seminar for Cane &Bamboo during Gandhi Shilp Bazarin Chennai in the month <strong>of</strong> May'10:Activity completed.2 Integrated Design Projects forCane & Bamboo at BCDI, Agartala– Ongoing activity : Target : 100artisansProject under AHVY scheme forintegrated development <strong>of</strong> Woodcraft artisans in Saharanpur : Baseline survey being started.Study Tour abroad (China) : Activityapproved and to be undertaken.Stone Craft Museum in Tamil NaduAssembly Building at Chennai– Presentation made beforeHon'ble Minister <strong>of</strong> <strong>Textiles</strong> andHon'ble Chief Minister <strong>of</strong> TamilNadu171
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