Jamdani Festival 2019 | Seminar
JAMDANI : PAST PRESENT & FUTURE
Date
Saturday, 7 September 2019
Venue
Women’s Voluntary Association (WVA)
House 20, Road 27, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
10 AM Session 1
Moderator: Raja Datin Paduka Fuziah binti Raja Tun Uda
Member, World Crafts Council Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR)
- Introductory speech
by Ruby Ghuznavi – Executive Member, National Crafts Council of Bangladesh (NCCB)
- Paper titled ‘Sonargaon: the old capital’
by Dr Abdus Samad – Asst. Professor, Department of History, Jagannath University
- Paper titled ‘From Village to Global Trade’
by Dr Hameeda Hossain – writer, rights activist, a founding member of Ain o Salish Kendra, & Vice-president, NCCB
- Paper on contemporary designs of Jamdani and weaving practices past and present
by Chandra Shekhar Shaha – designer, curator & Executive Member, NCCB
Q&A
12 PM Session 2
Moderator: Dr Firdous Azim
Rights activist and Chair, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University
- Paper on Jamdani collection at the V&A and other museums
by Avalon Fotheringham – Curator, Asian Department, V&A, London
- Paper titled ‘Can our future be handmade? The challenge of the craft economy’
by Ashoke Chatterjee – Honorary Advisor, Crafts Council of India
- Panel discussion on challenges of production and marketing fine Jamdanis
participated by two weavers (Abdul Jabber & Md Shafiqul) and Sk. Saifur Rahman – news analyst and General Secretary, NCCB
Q&A
2.30 PM Session 3
Moderator: Silmat Chisti
Managing Director, Bangladesh SME Corporation Limited & Member, NCCB
- Paper on statistical survey of weavers
by Mohammad Shafiqul Islam – Deputy Director, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
- Paper on Aarong’s perspective on the challenges of production & marketing fine Jamdanis
by Mohammad Ashraful Alam – Chief Operating Officer, BRAC – Aarong
- Panel discussion on financial constraints and sustainability challenges of Jamdani sector
participated by
Lila Rashid – General Manager, SME & Special Programmes Department , Bangladesh Bank
Mominul Islam – Managing Director & CEO, IPDC Finance Ltd.
Rokia Afzal Rahman – leading entrepreneur and a former Adviser (Minister) to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
Q&A
Speakers

Md. Abdul Jabbar
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Abdus Samad
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Ashoke Chatterjee
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Avalon Fotheringham
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Chandra Shekhar Shaha
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Hameeda Hossain
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Lila Rashid
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Mohammad Ashraful Alam
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Mohammad Shafiqul Islam
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Mominul Islam
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Rokia Afzal Rahman
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Ruby Ghuznavi
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Shafiqul Islam
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Sk. Saifur Rahman
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