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The Future of Ikat with WeLoom Ikat weaving is a centuries-old craft, but artisans face low income, slow production, and limited market access. Despite a $1.5B global market, demand outpaces supply due to complex weaving processes and restricted buy

Weaving Tradition, Empowering the Future! 🧵✨ AI is transforming Odisha’s Ikat handloom industry—not by replacing artisans, but by empowering them! ✅ Handloom weaving stays traditional ✅ AI enhances dyeing, design, quality, & marketing ✅ More jobs

Threads of Legacy: Weaving Tradition with Innovation! ✨ India’s textile heritage is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, each weave telling a story of culture, tradition, and artistry. From the bold, blurred magic of Ikat to the divine precision of Patol

From Weloom to Laryaa: Building What I Needed Most A few months ago, I started building Weloom — an AI-powered platform for the Ikat industry. It was born from my love for the craft and my first-hand observation of real challenges: 🧵 Declining ski

🌱 Climate Action Opportunities to explore this weekend👇 🥷🍃 Dive into 5 weeks of intensive learning with 10 masterclasses, 15 hours of interactive sessions, and a network of 50+ peers! This all-women #ClimateNinja cohort is a collaboration betwee

Meet the man who started at 22 and is worth 27,000 CR today. 1. At 24, Ajay Piramal had to take over his family's textile - Morarjee Textile Mills, in Bombay after his father passed away. To worsen things, his elder brother parted ways and took thei

#FabricOfChange Spotlight (Day 9 of 15) Honouring: Aishwarya Sharma, Fashion Activist & Sustainability Strategist. She doesn’t just wear climate values. She helps brands embody them. 🌿🧵 Today, we spotlight Aishwarya Sharma, a changemaker who’s

Meet the man who started at 19 and built a 17,000 CR business empire. 1. Born into a Marwari family in Hisar (Haryana), Balkrishan Goenka (BKG) was born to a father who traded and exported food grains. But he wanted to do something of his own. At 16

Meet the man who left his high-paying US job and built a 60,000 CR company in India. 1. Anand Deshpande had been an ace student. He cleared the entrance exams for NDA and MANIT but opted to study computer science engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He mad