Silpa Sadana (SS)is a crafts institute located 3 km away from Santiniketan in Sriniketan(SN). The object of Sriniketan is to bring back life in its completeness to the villages, making them self-reliant and self-respectful, acquainted with the cultural tradition of their own country, and competent to make efficient use of modern resources for the improvement of their physical, intellectual, and economic condition. Tagore, Rabindranath, 1928. Sriniketan today comprises the following departments within its broad ambit: Palli Siksha Bhavana (Agricultural Science Institute) Palli Sangathana Vibhaga (Rural Extension Centre) Department of Social Work Palli Charcha Kendra (i) Silpa Sadan. Silpa Sadana commenced work in 1922. It is aimed at revitalising decaying crafts as well as innovating craft-related activities to introduce them to local artisans. It has, broadly, a training aspect, a production arm (marketing) aspect, and a development aspect. In its training aspect, SS (Crafts Centre) offers a 3-year diploma course in nine different specialisations to about 80 regular students. Most of the products of the SS are sold at its Sales Emporium in SN and through counters put up at the Pous Mela, Magh Mela, and the Rathindra Shilpa Mela held once a year. Predictably, the SS has become the provider of bric-a-brac to Visva Bharti, in terms of its convocation scarves, uniforms, dress materials, parchments for certificates, files, bookbinding materials, and some furniture, as per the needs of the university. Apart from this, four traditional village weavers, enlisted from nearby villages, produce handloom fabrics on a piece-rated basis upon receiving raw materials from SS.