India, July 3 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Development Commissioner (Handlooms) today officially launched the "Handloom Hackathon 2025," a pioneering national competition set to revolutionize India's handloom sector. Organized in collaboration with the National Design Centre and Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi, the hackathon will be one of the key highlights of this year's National Handloom Day 2025 celebrations, reaffirming the government's commitment to preserving and modernizing the sector.

The Handloom Hackathon 2025 is scheduled to take place on August 2-3, 2025, at the Research and Innovation Park of IIT Delhi, where students, technologists, weavers, and professionals wil...