Diploma in Art and Craft at William Carey University, Shillong Offline Course

India is known globally for her rich heritage of Arts & Crafts. The handicrafts sector poses a great role in the country's economy in terms of employment generation and earnings of foreign exchange through exports. Many agricultural and pastoral communities depend on their traditional craft skills. Craftspeople form the second largest employment sector in India, second only to agriculture. The handicrafts sector is a home-based industry which requires minimum of expenditure, infrastructure or training to set up. It uses existing skills and locally available materials. Inputs required can easily be provided and these are more in terms of product adaptation than expensive investment in energy, machinery or technology. As this sector is growing with the population so there are job opportunities for the fresher's. The future prospect for this course is bright. The bachelor degree in this course can help candidates to join as arts and crafts teachers in many institutes.