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One of the ar sans, Padma Shri
Abdul Gafur Khatri received a
cer ficate from the World Book
of Records London for crea ng
the longest Rogan Art on Fabric,
for the G20 Summit. He received
this pres gious award at the
hands of Shri Bhupendrabhai
Patel, Hon'ble Chief Minister,
Government of Gujarat. The
ceremony was also graced by
Smt. Smri Irani, Hon'ble Union
Minister for Women and Child
Development and Minister for
Minority Affairs of India.

On Na onal Handloom Day 2023, Shri
Balvantsinh Rajput, Hon'ble Cabinet
Minister of State, Commissioner of Co age
and Rural Industries, Government of Gujarat
and Shri Jagdish Panchal, Hon'ble Minister of
State, Commissioner of Co age and Rural
Industries, Government of Gujarat honored
30 talented Ar sans with State Award for
their excep onal work in the domain of
Handloom & Handicra .

Dr. Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII
felicitated Padma Shri Awardees, (4th from
R) Dr. Rajani Kant (GI Technical Expert); (3rd
from L) Shri Bhanubhai Chitara (Mata ni
Pachedi) and (4th from L) Shri Paresh
Rathwa (Pithora Pain ng) for their
outstanding contribu on in the field of
handicra , tradi onal cra and art.

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