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Giresh Dhar

"Hello, my name is Giresh Dhar and I was born on March 29, 1961 in the valley of Kashmir. I have spent most of life in Kashmir. I was always attracted to the scenic beauty of the valley. Nothing was planned about my life. I accepted things as they came when I was growing up. I was inclined to enter the field of textile handicrafts. So, after my schooling and college, I was trained as a Textile Engineer. Then I worked as production manager for one textile company. I worked for about 3 or 4 years and during my tenure I was assigned to the very tough task of quality control. This was the time when I thought, why not try my own hand at textile handicrafts? I was already familiar with the system and how it worked, so I joined hands with another partner and established a manufacturing and export house under the banner of Integrated Cotton. We have two factories in Tamil Nadu and one factory here in Delhi. We have had a tremendous response from our buyers.

"I slowly decided to organized artisans from my valley to make Kashmiri goods. I feel the goodness of Kashmiri lies in its exquisite hand-woven shawls or throws or rugs. And being Kashmiri by birth I thought this way I can keep up with the tradition of Kashmir and help exhibit the rich traditional style of my Valley."