As an employee of the firm, I participated in workshops organised to encourage local entrepreneurs to develop bamboo-based products. I was keen to know the design approach of the firm with a unique vision of identifying and disseminating technologies for economic enhancement of craftspeople and small and medium-scale entrepreneurs and also to enhance the skills and quality of goods produced in the cane and bamboo sector of North East India. I was also involved in conceptualising a new product range for bathroom accessories, considering the local crafts and the species of bamboo. I travelled extensively in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura to understand the skills of people, their culture, and their long association with the material. I attended a workshop organised by NID and BCDI in Agartala on the making of musical instruments from bamboo.