Hyderabad: Facilities Management Council, in association with IT, E & C, Department is organizing a three-day IT Handloom Mela here at Phoenix Arena Art & Culture Centre at TSIIC Park opposite HSBC TSIIC Park, Phase 2, HITEC City.
GHMC Zonal Commissioner Hari Chandana, Nasscom chief Srikanth, CRO, IT Dept Srinivas Rao, and president of FMC Satyanarayana Mathala graced the inaugural function.
The Mela features Gadwal, Pochampally, Siddipet, Ikkat Pattu Sarees, Handicraft Products, Handloom Kurthas and many others. This was being organized as part of the series of IT Handloom Melas. They are organized with the sole aim of furthering the cause of Handlooms and motivate IT employees to wear handloom clothes at least once a week every Monday.
The mela, which goes close to IT employees enable them to visit, explore and purchase handloom clothes and start wearing them every Monday. The response to the several melas organized in the last couple of years has been overwhelming, said Satyanarayana Mathala. (NSS)