About Us

Sanskara-PY was started in 2002, by Alka Mittal and Pankhuri Agarwal, with the purpose of providing a wide platform to unknown artisans; and to provide free education to needy children. It tries to use the skill and expertise of the artisan and moulds it into contemporary forms and products of utility. Over the past years we have been utilising the talent of artists from:

• Raghurajpur (Orissa)

• Pipli (Orissa)

• Nuapatana (Orissa)

• Jajpur (Orissa)

• Kendrapada (Orissa)

• Baripada (Orissa)

• Khurja (Uttar Pradesh)

• Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh)

• Mithila (Bihar)

• Chennai (Madras)

• Imphal (Manipur)

Our effort is to recognize and develop existing traditional art in a more utilitarian fashion, thereby providing artists a new approach to showcase their work, and to a larger audience. Among the national platforms we have been able to provide these artists, also include:

• Akshay Pratihshtan, Delhi

• Deep Mela, Hyderabad

• The Society Exhibition, Mumbai

• Amara, Lucknow

All earnings from our humble efforts are used to promote free education in low income families of Ludhiana, Punjab and Cuttack, Odisha.