How CtoK is helping Kashmir's craftspeople become sustainable entrepreneurs

Connecting Valley to the world: CtoK has supported 30 plus artisan-led enterprises and worked directly with more than 300 artisans

The summer unrest that gripped the Kashmir valley in 2009 and 2010 paralysed livelihoods of thousands of crafts persons with few opportunities and guidance. It was this that led to the birth of Commitment to Kashmir (CtoK). Launched in 2011 as a charitable trust under the Trust Act of India, the idea was conceived by the late LC Jain, former member, Planning Commission and crafts visionary. CtoK is an initiative to support a new generation of crafts people from Kashmir become independent and sustainable entrepreneurs. 

Speaking to Business Standard, Shruti Mittal, project manager, CtoK says, “our vision is to provide