Modern, yet Traditional by Times of India (Delhi)
Modern, yet Traditional by Delhi Times May 01 2017 : The Times of India (Delhi) The IFFD India Runway Week 2017 kicked off with a melange of modern and traditional fabrics and designs SoCHE #Barmer #embroidery Bringing work of women around the border areas of Barmer to the Delhi ramp, this collection showed Kalavat hand […]
IRW ’17: Indian handlooms take the ramp to revival by ANI
IRW 2017: Indian handlooms take the ramp to revival New Delhi [India], Apr 29 (ANI): In the current melange of high-street labels and fast fashion, India Runway Week (IRW) Season 8 saw Indian handlooms weave its magic on the ramp on Day 1. […] Bringing a summery tint to the ramp, the models for SoCHE […]
Weaving Into The Modern Fabric by Sunday Guardian
Sunday Guardian, Listings, 24th April, 2017
Reach Out, Make An Effort Save Indian Handicrafts by SHEROES
Reach Out, Make An Effort Save Indian Handicrafts! Kanika Pal, founder SoCHE foundation (which stands for Solutions for Clean and Healthy Environment) talks about the determination and effort it takes to change the world while driving innovation in handicrafts and getting everybody together for their own benefit to make the world Go Green. A vision to create A bridge between rural […]
Giving wings to ‘Kalavat’ hand embroidery from Barmer by Samachar Jagat
While Barmer, in Rajasthan, is famous for its hand block prints, which are inspired from the Sindh region of Pakistan, there is another very unique hand embroidery referred to as ‘Kalavat’ which has not seen the light of day. SoCHE Foundation, a Delhi-based social enterprise, is working towards bringing Barmer’s Kalavat hand embroidery to the […]
Diwali Gifts: Craft tales by Mint Lounge
“Mirror Kalavat in Tribal Style: During her travels, Kanika Pal, founder of the SoCHE Foundation, which works on environmental sustainability and traditional livelihoods, stumbled upon a relatively unknown embroidery craft, Kalavat, practised by women in the villages near Barmer, Rajasthan. The neckpieces have been designed by Pal.”
Meet Kanika Pal who is impacting the lives of 3000 potters in Delhi through her initiative
After a decade’s experience in Corporate Social Responsibility, Kanika Pal started SoCHE Foundation(Solutions for Clea nand Healthy Environment) in September 2015 and quit her well paid job with an aim of nurturing the link between environment conservation and social upliftment. Kanika has always been inclined towards environment conservation but her vision captures a different angle which was overlooked […]
Urban Biodiversity Roundtable
As we crossed the 400 ppm mark of CO2 in atmosphere globally, 2015 became the hottest year, bringing impacts of climate change right at our doorstep. The frequency of extreme weather patterns in the country continued to rise dramatically. At the moment Chennai is faced with severe floods, Delhi with pollution levels ten times above […]
SoCHE Foundation at 16th Annual Sustainability & CSR Conference, Hyderabad
In the two day 16th Annual Sustainability & CSR Conference in Hyderabad, Kanika Pal, Chief Thinker of SoCHE Foundation was invited to speak about strategic CSR. Excerpts of her talk: India has witnessed a number of programmes, plans and schemes being launched in the last 18 months. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Digital India, Skill India, Pradhan Mantri […]