The classroom was a loom. The teacher was a woman.
How Shruti Foundation built a skilling movement in Ramgarh Shekhawati — one workshop, one woman, one rug at a time
Our Impact
200+
Women trained
100%
Free to join
500+
Rugs created
10+
Workshop Held
Where the learning happens
A heritage space transformed into a learning centre
Inside the beautiful havelis of Ramgarh Shekhawati, Shruti Foundation established dedicated skilling centres — spaces where women of all ages come together to learn, practice, and teach each other.
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Free to all women in the community
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Heritage haveli rooms repurposed as looms
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Multiple looms set up for simultaneous learning
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Elders, youth and children learning together
Awareness and intake
Women are invited from the village — no experience needed, no fee required
Phase 1
Rags to Rugs workshop
Hands-on: sorting waste cloth, loom setup, first knotting techniques
Phase 2
Skill development
Pattern design, colour work, finishing — guided by senior women weavers
Phase 3
Showcase and sell
Women display work at Vedaaranya exhibitions and begin earning income
Phase 4
How learning unfolds
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Education that becomes enterprise
Born from the skilling centre
Vedaaranya Rugs
The women who learned to weave at the skilling centre now create and sell under the Vedaaranya Rugs brand — a direct outcome of the education programme. Every rug sold funds the next batch of learners.
The change we are building
Before the programme
No vocational skill or craft knowledge
Dependent on irregular daily wages
Isolated from community decisions
Waste fabric discarded with no reuse
No financial awareness or savings
After the programme
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Certified artisan, skilled in loom weaving
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Steady cooperative income from rug sales
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Community leader and peer mentor
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Waste upcycled into market-ready products
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Financially literate, manages own earnings
