Mr. B B Paul

Former Director, Weavers’ Service Centre, office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. Mr. Paul was born a weaver’s family in West Bengal. He studied Handloom Technology and Project Planning & Infrastructure Management and attended professional HRD Training programmes in IIT New Delhi &NIRD.He has taught in Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, then joined in Weavers’ Service Centre as Designer and retired in 2015 as Zonal Director after serving for 40 years.Post-retirement, he has worked as Consultant in Ministry of Textiles for three years. He is presently working as a consultant in Taneira, a Titan Group of Companies.

During his tenure, he has implemented various schemes and cluster development programmes. He was instrumental to formulate India Handloom Brand and revived cultivation of coloured cotton and documented tribal textiles in Tripura.

He was deputed to Nepal as Handloom Expert and to Cambodia for establishment of Asian Textile Museum under Mekong Ganga Co-operation. He has visited USA for promotion of handlooms and has extended services to SAARC for craft documentation and related workshops in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. He is also associated with many NGOs, institutions related with promotion of handlooms. Mr. Paul is a recipient of National Award in 1991.