Includes bibliographical references.

CONTENTS:
Preface;
Acknowledgement;
List of Abbreviations;
SECTION-I Artisans of India: Tradition and Development.
1. Artisans: Heritage and Contemporary Issues.
2. Actors in Artisan Development: An Overview.

SECTION-II Artisans and Traditional Knowledge.
3. Rehabilitating Indigenous Knowledge Systems: The Case of Vaastu.
4. Indigenous Knowledge: Resource for Sustainable Development.
5. National Knowledge Commission: Need for a Holistic Approach.
6. Traditional Knowledge and Development: The Case of Tribal Crafts.
7. Promoting Ethnic Crafts: A Tourism Perspective.

SECTION-III-Technology, Empowerment and Skill Development.
8. Intergenerational Occupational Mobility of Village Artisans in Kerala.
9. Artisans and Construction Technology: Response to Shrinking Employment.
10. Empowerment and Welfare of Artisans: The Kerala Experience.
11. Do Skills Matter in Wage?: A Study of Rural Workers.
12. CSR in Skill Development: Case for Traditional Artisans in India.

SECTION-IV Inclusive Development: Towards Artisan SEZS.
13. Social Exclusion of Traditional Artisans: A Framework for Inclusive Development.
14. Rehabilitation of Traditional Communities: Artisan SEZS for Inclusive Development.
15. Artisan Special Economic Zone: A Roadmap for Inclusive Development.

SECTION-V Inclusion, Participation and Mobilisation of Artisans.
16. Financial Inclusion of Disadvantaged Sections: Reflections on the Artisan Credit Card Scheme.
17. Towards an Artisan Pan.
18. Participatory Artisan Plan: Framework for Community Engagement.
19. ICT for Artisan Mobilisation, Employment and Entrepreneurship.

SECTION-VI Towards Development Action.
20. Artisan Special Plan: Concept and Approach.
Index.