Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan
{{Short description|Indian textile designer}}
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Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan is an Indian textile designer based in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. She has worked with weavers through the Ministry of Rural Development. She received the 2016 Nari Shakti Puraskar.
Early life
Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan grew up in Chennai, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu.{{cite web |title=Textile details |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fulltextiles1/?id=209 |website=CAIN |access-date=14 January 2021}} She studied textile design at the National Institute of Design and then set up a boutique shop.{{cite web |title=Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016 |url=https://www.upscsuccess.com/nari-shakti-puraskar-2016/#ms_kalyani_pramod_balakrishnan_tamil_nadu |website=UPSCSuccess |access-date=14 January 2021 |date=10 March 2017}} In 1995, she made a quilt called 'Survival in daily life' which was later exhibited at an exhibition in Ireland.{{cite web |title=Event details |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fullevent1/?id=56 |website=CAIN |access-date=14 January 2021}}
Career
Balakrishnan worked with 19,500 weavers from thirteen districts of Tamil Nadu during six years at the Ministry of Rural Development. She then began to help people with autism or cerebral palsy to learn to weave.{{cite news |title='Nari Shakti' awards for four from state |url=https://gulf-times.com/content/pdf/Dailynewspaper/Main2017_3_13486975.PDF |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=Gulf Times |date=13 March 2017 |page=24 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128105050/https://www.gulf-times.com/content/pdf/Dailynewspaper/Main2017_3_13486975.PDF |url-status=dead }} In recognition of her work, she received the 2016 Nari Shakti Puraskar from President of India Pranab Mukherjee.{{cite news |last1=Special correspondent |title=Four from State receive Nari Shakti awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/four-from-state-receive-nari-shakti-awards/article17430682.ece |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=9 March 2017 |language=en-IN}}
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Category:Indian textile designers