“GAURANG” personifies elegance and captivating the beauty of traditional handlooms and weaves, created using Jamdani technique with pure zari on cottons and silks. Traditional motifs, inspired by the sculptures of South Indian temples, floral and geometrics drawn from the nature are the hallmark of the creations. Immense care is taken to preserve and accentuate the aesthetic appeal of its beautiful textures. Gaurang took up the challenge of reviving the traditional handlooms and bringing them back in vogue. It took two painstaking years to regain the popularity for the handlooms. GAURANG supports around 500 handlooms across India in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh etc. reviving the traditional weaving technique of “Jamdani”. Jamdani is a brocaded fabric woven with discontinuous extra weft yarns. The age old horizontal tapestry technique is imbibed in creating our Jamdanis so that like the tapestries we get the exact effect of a drawing on fabric. GAURANG is an avid exponent of varied textures and rich borders in the weaves. Be it cotton saris with a silk border or a muga tussar border with a khadi body, the creations are an enchanting fusion of tradition and craftsmanship. GAURANG has transformed the total outlook of a khadi sari in terms of texture, designs, color and finish using jamdani weave, bringing it at par with international design standards which appeals even to the younger generation. The analysis of the study brought some new insights to the research. It states the love of indigenous weaves in always there in the crowd of intellectual people and he believes that bringing back happiness in the weaver communities is the true fabric of culture and revival of tradition.The research aims in deducing Gaurang Shah’s efforts and endeavor in contemporizing Jamdani which has become his U.S.P, his passion of working with weavers to sustain their craft in a better way. The research includes few research tool of observation, interviews, field visits and audio visual interactions. The research will help in archiving Gaurang’s contribution towards the survival of these craft and analyse his U.S.P for further future outcomes.

Indian weaving possesses an intrinsic value that extends beyond mere monetary gain and profitability. It serves as a vital connection to the past, preserving cultural significance and ensuring its endurance for future generations. This study aims to safeguard the traditional expertise imparted by the weavers in Indian villages, with a specific focus on documenting the Sungudi Srees of Thoonganagaram, a captivating city in Tamil Nadu, India. By exploring and contemplating cultural phenomena, it aims to address the challenges associated with cultural erosion and harness the intellectual potential of the weavers. Collected comprehensive data on saree production, an ethnographic research approach accompanied by visual documentation was employed. The ultimate objectives of this endeavor are to enhance the income generated from these products, sustain the valuable skills involved, and safeguard traditional weaving knowledge.

In August 2021, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) and the St. Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research (SECAR) conducted a marine archaeological assessment at site SE-504 in St Eustatius' Oranje Bay. Instead of a wreck, a collection of mainly eighteenth-century objects was found.

Ensuring high quality and safety of food products has become a key factor on one hand to protect and improve consumers health and, on the other one, to gain market share. For this reason, much effort in the last year has been devoted to the development of integrated and innovative Agriculture and Food (Agri-Food) supply chains management systems, which should be responsible, in addition to track and store orders and deliveries, to guarantee transparency and traceability of the food production and transformation process. In this paper, differently from traditional supply chains which are based on centralized systems, we propose a fully distributed approach, based on blockchain technology, to define a supply chain management system able to provide quality, integrity and traceability of the entire supply chain process. The proposed framework is based on the Hyperledger Fabric technology, which is a permissioned blockchain system: a prototype has been developed and, by using some use ca...

This thesis investigated how the image of Japan was exploited and adapted to the needs of 16th century Europe during the Counter-Reformation. Through the mediation of the Society of Jesus, active in the Archipelago since 1549, Japan has taken on well-defined traits in the European imaginary. On the one hand, those of a culture with which dialogue took place with simplicity on the basis of a - supposed - religious similarity, and on the other, that of a still "wild" world that was to be tamed through the religious and cultural colonization carried out by the Fathers. This idea became predominant during the 1580s, when the Jesuits conducted an embassy of four young princes to the main Italian courts to make their narration immediately identifiable: the idea of Japan and its representation would have to match perfectly. The journey, which lasted from 1582 to 1587, with the return to Japan only in 1590 due to the changed political conditions of the Archipelago, was the first m...

This study has objected to locate the determinants affecting consumer buying behavior towards Nepalese industrial products in Nepal. Consumer Buying behavior is dependent variable and price fairness, accessibility, opinions, and status are the independents variables. The primary as well as secondary sources of data is used to reach the opinions of the respondents regarding price, availability, opinions, and position in Nepal. This study is based on respondents from particular area from Kathmandu Valley. To achieve the purpose of the study, structured questionnaires had been prepared. This study shows that price fairness is positively correlated to consumer buying behavior. It signifies the fair prices on Nepalese products leads to increase in consumer buying behavior. It indicates that higher the availability of Nepalese products, higher would be the consumer buying behavior. In addition to this, the study shows that status is positively related to consumer buying behavior. It indic...