The AIACA,
All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association, (AIACA) set up as a membership-based apex body for the handloom and handicraft sector seeks to represent a range of organizations to engage in policy advocacy activities. In addition AIACA is also implementing a certification program for Indian Handicrafts under the Craftmark Initiative.

The ANT,
The ANT a registered charitable trust set up with a mandate to work towards development in the North Eastern region of India. Based in the refinery town of Bongaigaon in lower Assam, its work is concentrated in direct intervention with village communities, a resource organisation involved in capacity building and training of other development organizations and socially committed youth.

Tiwari, Sachin Kumar,
Tiwari, Sachin Kumar is a designer educated from the Indian Institute of Crafts & Design, Jaipur. His area of specialization is three dimensional design, i.e., dealing with hard goods. In the past he has done assignments in various craft clusters around India. He is presently working in Jaipur.

Turaga, Janaki,
Janaki Turaga is a sociologist whose interests are environment, development, textiles and crafts. With a Phd from Jawarlal Nehru University, New Delhi in Environment and Development she subsequently worked in the academia and development sectors in the fields of environment, development, livelihoods, micro-finance, biodiversity conservation, protected area management etc. Her current interests are textiles and crafts, with the focus on the issues that confront various textile and crafts traditions.

Tyabji, Laila,
Laila Tyabji is a craft designer, writer, and Chairperson of DASTKAR, the craft NGO she helped found. Laila has been working with grassroots artisans all over India  for over four decades. Many of her most rewarding projects involve creating new livelihood avenues through craft for pastoral & marginalised rural communities - bonded labour in Bihar, displaced villages in Ranthambhore, tribals in Orissa and Karnataka, victims of insurgency in Kashmir and, most recently,  craftspeople decimated by the Covid pandemic and subsequent lockdowns... Laila studied art in Baroda & Japan, &  has worked as a freelance designer in textiles, graphics, interiors , and the theatre. She writes regularly on craft, design, development and social issues. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Padma Shri in 2012 for her work in the craft sector, and was the first Asian to receive the AID TO ARTISANS Preservation of Craft Award in Néw York in 2003.“

Tyagi, Aashish Singh,
Aashish is a Filmmaker, Artist & Designer, having worked in Bollywood for 20yrs, some of the films he has worked on are  ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ , ‘ Krishh 3 ‘ and ‘100 years of Bollywood’ for Cannes Film Festival in France. He partnered with Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on various projects and worked closely with Rajeev Sethi on the T2, Mumbai International Airport Art project (biggest space for public art in South Asia). He later joined his core team. He was the Creative head for the World Bank Project with the Asian Heritage Foundation to main stream traditional art & craft and Handmade in India and Nepal. He is now back to his hometown Hapur to create sustainable solutions for livelihoods with communities around his ancestorial farms. He thinks the real stories are in Indian Villages. Hapur Organic Farm is the 1st Certified Organic Farm in Hapur District of Uttar Pradesh. Owned by Aashish Singh Tyagi and his family for generations