Author Description

About Book: This book contains some essays about common traditional Indian products that have been used for ages in everyday life and are now considered essential to the native ways of life. Many of these products are still in use today, demonstrating indigenous identities and the transcontinental exchange of cross-cultural ideas, goods, and services too. However, most of these are regarded as having started out as native, need-based social inventions and innovations. Dear Readers, if you have any improvisational suggestions, please share them with the author so that they can help improve the content of this book. Happy reading, with a pleasant smile! About Author: Dr. Santosh has a background in Hard Material Application and is a product designer. He has a PhD from the Utkal University of Culture-UUC, Bhubaneswar, and a professional postgraduate diploma from the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design-IICD, Jaipur. Household items and traditional handicrafts are the main areas of specialization. He has about 16-17 years of varied professional experience and is an explorer, researcher, designer, scholar, and author. Currently, he teaches different core design subjects to the students of B.Des, M.Des, and Doctorate at the Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan (a deemed university with NAAC's A++ grading) as an Associate Professor (Design). For his professional contributions to the design sector, Dr. Jha has won a few international and national-level awards and honors from the government and other organizations of repute.