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IIT professor launches low-tech crafts venture
A chance encounter with a bunch of bamboo baskets and the merchants who sell them 30 years ago changed the course of A.G. Rao’s life and work.
On a visit to what was then part of Bihar, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), professor was impressed with the shape and design: tetrahedronal, with three curved triangular sides and triangular base.
The design of the basket is very modern even by today’s standards, says Rao, a professor of industrial design. To think I bought this for only Rs1.60.
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