In December 2011, under the umbrella of SAMVIT SUDHA®, the PARIJNAN FOUNDATION® launched a Go-Green all-women initiative – the Parijñānāshram Handmade Paper Project in Shirālī.
Cotton and hosiery scraps, which are otherwise dumped in landfills, are used as the raw material for making our Handmade Paper. The process is eco-friendly and does not involve any felling of trees. All fabric scraps from the Fabric Unit and paper scraps from the Paper Conversion Unit are converted into handmade paper – a near zero waste process.
At the Handmade Paper Project Unit, the girls have become skilled and independent in the making of handmade paper from start to finish. The sheets are cut and creased by the girls at the factory, which are then sent to the Conversion Unit for making into elegant and stylish paper products. At the conversion unit, they have mastered the skills of screen printing, block printing and marbling.
SAMVIT SUDHA’S handmade paper unit has also entered the corporate world to create customized gifts like writing pads, diaries, gift bags and envelopes, to cater to different gifting options.
