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Aditi Ranjan
Aditi Ranjan
	Aditi Ranjan (née Shirali) at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in 1977
Born	Aditi Shirali; 25 February 1952 (age 72)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Occupations	Textile designer; author; design educator;
Organization	National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Known for	Textile design education
Notable work	Handmade in India; Textile and Bamboo Crafts of the Northeastern Region
Spouse	M. P. Ranjan (m. 1981; died 2015)
Awards	Kamala Samman Award with M. P. Ranjan

Aditi Ranjan (née Shirali; born 25 February 1952) is an Indian textile designer, educator and researcher involved in the field of Indian crafts.^[1] She taught textile design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad from 1974 to 2012.^[2] Ranjan is known for her book Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian Handicrafts based on Indian arts & crafts that she edited along with her partner and fellow design pedagogue, M. P. Ranjan.^[3]^[4]

Work

She is involved in the study of weave structure and fabric construction. She also documents and researches on textiles, crafts, and the diverse material and visual culture of India.^[5]^[6] Some of her notable works include:

Textile and Bamboo Crafts of the Northeastern Region (1983)
Chikankari Embroidery of Lucknow (1992) with Ashok Rai^[7]
Navalgund Durries of Karnataka (1992) with Chandrashekar Bheda^[8]
Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian Handicrafts (2009) with her husband M. P. Ranjan.^[9]

Aditi Ranjan has been an educator in the discipline of textile design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad since 1972.^[10] From 2011 to 2016, she was engaged in a research project on the textile traditions of the North-east India, with the support of the Outreach Programmes at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and commissioned by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Delhi.

Ranjan has also curated a private collection of saris and shawls for the textile gallery, the Ahmedabad Trunk at the House of MG, a heritage resort in Ahmedabad.^[11] Art of the loom, an exhibition put up in 2019 at the Ahmedabad trunk, was a notable curatorial work by her. This exhibition showcased handloom textiles from the personal collection of Leena Sarabhai Mangaldas and Anjali Mangaldas.^[12]

Handmade in India

The book was written from 2002 to 2007. It offers a detailed documentation of India’s art and craft traditions. The project was conceptualised by the Ranjan duo and involved extensive fieldwork across the country. The book is an official directory of all the crafts and was published by the Department of Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles and the Government of India.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] Aditi and M. P. Ranjan were honoured with the Kamala Samman Award in 2014 for the book.^[3]^[5]

References

^ "Meet the nine grande dames of craft in India". Architectural Digest India. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Design in India". Bangalore International Centre. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Kumar, Sujatha Shankar (11 April 2014). "Bonds with tradition". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Wangchuk, Rinchen Norbu (8 April 2022). "3 NID Grads Use Stories to Save Over 250 Dying Crafts & Help 200 Artisans Earn More". The Better India. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Kumar, Sujatha Shankar (14 August 2015). "A tribute to the design wizard". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Exploring the People and Processes Behind India's Block Printing Tradition". The Wire. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Rai, Ashok; Ranjan, Aditi (1992). Chikankari Embroidery of Lucknow. National Institute of Design.
^ Bheda, Chandrashekar; Ranjan, Aditi; Design, National Institute of (1992). Navalgund Durries of Karnataka. National Institute of Design.
^ "Crafts of India: Handmade in India by Aditi Ranjan; M.P. Ranjan: Good Hardcover (2014) | ThriftBooks-Atlanta". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (11 October 2020). "'Naturally Anuradha' boutique of organic handloom products opened in Guwahati - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Design Thinking". Design thoughts. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Bagchi, Shrabonti (12 January 2019). "The sari specialists". mint. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Aditi and M.P. Ranjan". www.platform-mag.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ sumedh (14 February 2021). "Biography". D'Source. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ Raje, Aparna Piramal (11 December 2020). "Creativity meets commerce". mint. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Tunstall, Elizabeth Dori. "India: design futures of everyday pluralism". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 August 2022.