Archive · 8 Aug 2026
22 Ventures Receive National Awards on National Handloom Day
Every year, India celebrates a special day called National Handloom Day to honor people who make beautiful cloth by hand.
On this day, the President of India gave prizes to 22 special groups and people who make handloom items.
Handloom means weaving cloth on a loom using hands, not machines.
These prizes are called national awards, and they are a top honor in India's handloom world.
Three winners got the Sant Kabir Handloom Award, and nineteen others got the National Handloom Award.
The awards celebrate great weaving, new ideas, good designs, and smart marketing.
One winner was a start-up from Assam, a state in India known for silk.
This company showed how silk can be made from plants all the way to finished cloth, by growing plants and raising silkworms.
The winners were chosen carefully by experts to make sure the process was fair.
These awards help keep old weaving traditions alive while encouraging new techniques.
President Droupadi Murmu presented 22 awards at the National Handloom Day event in New Delhi.
The awards included three Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and 19 National Handloom Awards.
An Assam-based start-up, Marvella Associates, won a national prize in the start-up venture category from the Ministry of Textiles.
Marvella Associates' 'Soil-to-Silk' model showcases Assam's silk tradition, from cultivating plants and rearing silkworms to finished handloom products.
The awards fall under the Handloom Marketing Assistance component of the National Handloom Development Programme, honoring creativity, quality, and innovation.
- Who
- President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards to 22 ventures, including the Assam-based start-up Marvella Associates.
- What
- National awards recognizing excellence in India's handloom sector, comprising three Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and 19 National Handloom Awards.
- When
- On National Handloom Day.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- Why
- To honor creativity, quality, and innovation in handloom, ranging from weaving to start-up ventures, and to preserve traditional skills while embracing modern techniques.
- Total awards presented
- 22
- National Handloom Awards
- 19
- Sant Kabir Handloom Awards
- 3
- Presented by
- President Droupadi Murmu
- Organizing ministry
- Ministry of Textiles
- Award categories
- Weaving, innovation, design development, marketing, start-up ventures, producer companies
- Programme
- National Handloom Development Programme (Handloom Marketing Assistance component)
- Featured venture
- Marvella Associates' 'Soil-to-Silk' model, representing Sualkuchi, Assam