Aditi Ranjan
Aditi Ranjan is an Indian textile designer, educator and researcher involved in the field of Indian crafts. She taught textile design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad from 1974 to 2012. Ranjan is known for her book Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian Handicrafts based on Indian arts & crafts that she edited along with her partner and fellow design pedagogue, M. P. Ranjan.
Work
She is involved in the study of weave structure and fabric construction. She also documents and researches on textiles, crafts, and the diverse material and visual culture of India. Some of her notable works include:Textile and Bamboo Crafts of the Northeastern Region Chikankari Embroidery of Lucknow with Ashok RaiNavalgund Durries of Karnataka with Chandrashekar BhedaHandmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian Handicrafts with her husband M. P. Ranjan.Aditi Ranjan has been an educator in the discipline of textile design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad since 1972. From 2011 to 2016, she was engaged in a research project on the textile traditions of the North-east India, with the support of the Outreach Programmes at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and commissioned by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi.
Ranjan has also curated a private collection of saris and shawls for the textile gallery, the Ahmedabad Trunk at the House of MG, a heritage resort in Ahmedabad. Art of the loom, an exhibition put up in 2019 at the Ahmedabad trunk, was a notable curatorial work by her. This exhibition showcased handloom textiles from the personal collection of Leena Sarabhai Mangaldas and Anjali Mangaldas.