Exhibition on Khadi Home & Apparel collection in Bengaluru on Sept 16-17

New Delhi, Sept 15 (KNN) A two-day event ‘Aavartan’ is being organised by the Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK) at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC) from September 16,2022.

The event will showcase home and apparel collections designed for a pan-generational audience by the in-house designers of CoEK. Khadi Institutions have also been invited to market their fabrics and sarees.

During the course of the event, CoEK will also be conducting three interactive sessions on Relinking Khadi, Khadi for new Generation and the DNA for Khadi to discuss sustainability and legacy of Khadi. 

With the aim to promote Khadi and art, CoEK is collaborating with Kalyani Sarada, a young contemporary dancer and choreographer, based in Bengaluru to perform a special choreographed piece ‘Aavartan’ on September 17, 2022.

The two-day event aims to integrate Khadi with other art forms to take the ‘Khadi Spirit’ to a broader audience and interpret Khadi with newer meanings. The event will focus on connecting Khadi with Youth through the exhibition and the sessions and give Khadi Institutions a platform to showcase their products. 

The Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK) was conceived by the Ministry of MSME to support Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in association with the National Institute of Fashion Technology, with the intention to reach out to young audience and global market.

The centre has been set up as a hub and spokes model at Delhi as hub; Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Kolkata and Shillong as spokes.  (KNN Bureau)