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Awards and Honours
Shrujan has been honoured with national and international awards. We have
also been invited to participate in international crafts exhibitions.
Such honours shine a light on our work in safeguarding, revitalizing and promoting traditional crafts and their contemporary expressions. More importantly, they send a message of hope and inspiration that crafts and craftspeople from remote corners of the world can also attain worldwide recognition.
Such honours shine a light on our work in safeguarding, revitalizing and promoting traditional crafts and their contemporary expressions. More importantly, they send a message of hope and inspiration that crafts and craftspeople from remote corners of the world can also attain worldwide recognition.
Rolex Award for Enterprise, 2006
Shrujan founder, Chanda Shroff became the first Indian Laureate to be honoured with this prestigious award.
Award of Excellence for Handicrafts, UNESCO, .2001
Awarded to two Shrujan master craftswomen, Rajiben Naranbhai Shamaliya and Jassiben Rupabhai Meriya.
Nari Shakti Puraskar, 2017
Presented by the President of India, this Award recognized Shrujan’s forty- eight years of work: empowering rural women through skill development and, creating sustainable livelihoods in the crafts sector.
Participation in international exhibitions
- UNESCO International Craft Exhibition, San Juan Capistrano, USA, 2002
- International Folk Art Market, Santa Fe, USA, 2004
- Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, Japan, 2018
- Xtant, Mallorca, Spain, 2024
