About Seminars

Handloom Export Promotion Council organizes seminar/ workshop in order propagate information useful for the manufacture and trade of handloom fabrics. The primary objective is to create awareness among the exporting community on vital areas such as visual merchandising, designing for international markets, marketing prospects for Handlooms in International Trade, Customs procedures, Foreign Trade Policy, Export Procedures, Product innovation etc.

Such workshops/seminars are organized under MDA Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India at various Handloom clusters/ export centres to disseminate knowledge on various domains of export trade. Organizing such programmes will facilitate weavers/manufacturers/exporters to be innovative and come up with products based on latest design trends, reorient their strategies for strengthening their presence in existing markets and penetrate into new markets.

Seminar for the year 2025-26


Sl.No. Date Centre /Region State Topic Remarks
1 09.10.2025 Karur Tamilnadu Heimtextil 2026 Color Trends and Visual Merchandising Completed
2 15.09.2025 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh Sustainable development and export potential of Andhra Pradesh Handloom Completed
3 05.11.2025 Erode Tamilnadu Product diversification with innovative designs of exportable products of Erode Completed
4 07.11.2025 Panipat Haryana Heimtextil 2026 Color Trends and Visual Merchandising Completed
5 08.01.2026 Maheswar Madhya Pradesh Strategies To Promote Handloom Export Completed
6 28.01.2026 Rookee Uttarkhand Export Awareness and Facilitation Completed
7 06.01.2026 Trivandrum Kerala Product diversification and Handloom Exports from Thiruvananthapuram Completed
8 07.02.2026 Bhagalpur Bihar Handloom to Export – Awareness and Facilitation Completed
9 18.02.2026 Shillong Meghalaya Export procedure and documentations Completed

Up coming seminar for the year 2025-26

Sl.No. Proposed Month Centre /Region State
1 Mar Dimapur Nagaland
2 Mar Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir
3 Mar Gadag Karnataka
4 Mar South Goa Goa
5 Mar Leh Ladakh
6 Mar Sitapur Uttar Pradesh