men and encourage younger generations of the Ojha families to adapt to and safeguard their ancestral craft practices, the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) has conducted a workshop. The institute will also be creating a digital repository of the traditional artifacts to trace the design evolution of the Ojha craft.
The workshop focussed on training the younger generations of the Ojha community in the traditional Dhokra crafts under the supervision and training of the master craftsman who was chosen from the Ojha community.
The institute will be creating a digital repository of all the artifacts created in the workshop by using photogrammetry and 3D digital printing which will be useful for the researchers for further studies as well as for the visitors from all over the world to get insights into the cultural heritage of the Raj Gonds and associated communities and their traditional practices.