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An Industrial Designer            Women in Uravu working on the quilled bamboo-strip craft
          student at IIT Bombay,           In Kerala, bamboos are found in abundance in the forest and home gardens. Wayanad
          Antik Mallick (Product           is one of the major districts in Kerala known for its thick bamboo forest with around 25
          Design 2015 -17)                 variety of bamboos.
          investigated  the quilled
          bamboo-strip craft,              URAVU is one of the largest employment generation bodies in the district.
          particularly their tool-kit      It generates various beneficial opportunities for the artisan’s communities, tribal,
          at URAVU(non-profit               women etc. Today URAVU has 10 micro-enterprises consisting of 20 members each
          organization based in            running successfully under them. There are around 200 artisans involved in these
          Wayanad,Kerala) as a             clusters out of which 90% are women. They made baskets, rice keeping containers and

          component of his Post            the products of everyday use and have started using their techniques to make jewelry
          Graduation Project.              since 20-25 years. Soft bamboo is used to make jewelry.
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