Bhubaneswar, September 20, 2026:Odisha Craft Odyssey (OCO) launched Chandua: Canopies of Labour, a bilingual publication documenting Odisha's appliqué traditions and the communities, knowledge and

labour that sustain them, during the valedictory session of the OCO Symposium 2026, Mapping

Transitions: Art, Craft, and the Ethnographic Turn, held at the Odisha Research Centre (ORC) Auditorium,

Bhubaneswar.

The publication was unveiled in the presence of Shri Vishal Kumar Dev, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary,

Energy and E&IT Departments, Government of Odisha, as Chief Guest, and Shri Rajeev Sethi, Indian

Designer & Scenographer and Padma Bhushan Awardee, as Guest of Honour. The launch marked the

culmination of the day-long symposium, which brought together artists, researchers, designers, cultural

practitioners and institutional voices to examine the evolving relationship between art, craft and

ethnographic practice.