CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgement xiii List of Abbreviations xvii SECTION-I Artisans of India: Tradition and Development 1 Artisans: Heritage and Contemporary Issues 1 2 Actors in Artisan Development: An Overview 46 SECTION-II Artisans and Traditional Knowledge 3 Rehabilitating Indigenous Knowledge Systems: The Case of Vaastu 81 4 Indigenous Knowledge: Resource for Sustainable Development 97 5 National Knowledge Commission: Need for a Holistic Approach 108 6 Traditional Knowledge and Development : The Case of Tribal Crafts 121 7 Promoting Ethnic Crafts: A Tourism Perspective 143 SECTION-III Technology, Empowerment and Skill Development 8 Intergenerational Occupational Mobility of Village Artisans in Kerala 157 9 Artisans and Construction Technology: Response to Shrinking Employment 166 10. Empowerment and Welfare of Artisans: The Kerala Experience 185 11. Do Skills Matter in Wage?: A Study of Rural Workers 195 12. CSR in Skill Development: Case for Traditional Artisans in India 202 SECTION-IV Inclusive Development: Towards Artisan SEZs 13. Social Exclusion of Traditional Artisans: A Framework for Inclusive Development 235 14. Rehabilitation of Traditional Communities: Artisan SEZs for Inclusive Development 275 15. Artisan Special Economic Zone: A Roadmap for Inclusive Development 303 SECTION-V Inclusion, Participation and Mobilisation of Artisans 16. Financial Inclusion of Disadvantaged Sections: Reflections on the Artisan Credit Card Scheme 318 17. Towards an Artisan Pan 341 18. Participatory Artisan Plan: Framework for Community Engagement 380 19. ICT for Artisan Mobilisation, Employment and Entrepreneurship 402 SECTION-VI Towards Development Action 20. Artisan Special Plan: Concept and Approach 414 Index