Corporate Profile

Our Vision

An Empowered Artisan Community Thriving in an ‘Enabling’ Environment

Objectives

• Develop and promote handicrafts.
• Undertake marketing of handicrafts.
• Promote and establish showrooms, organize exhibitions, cause wide publicity of Handicrafts and
• Undertake welfare activities for the benefit of the artisans.

Marketing

• ‘Lepakshi’ Retail Showrooms.
• Craft Bazaars, Exhibitions, Craft Melas and EXPOs
• Participation in Domestic & International Trade Fairs
• Opening of new sales outlets etc.
• Reciprocal arrangements with other State Handicrafts Developement Corporations.

Promotion & Development

• Training of artisans for upgrading their skills, increasing production base and revival of languishing crafts.
• Common Facility Service Centres (CFSCs) at Onipenta, Kadapa District & Bobbili, Vijayanagaram District. To Provide infrastructural facilities, Tools, Machinery & Design inputs to the artisans.
• Design and Technical Workshops to Provide design and technological inputs to the artisans.
• Publicity through Electronic and Print Media, Brochures, Hoardings, Ad. Films, Website, etc.

Welfare

• Pensions are sanctioned to the old & economically poor artisans above 60 years, from out of internal resources
• State Level Excellence Awards to the outstanding artisans.