All India Craft Competition 'Craft Karigar'

• Minimum age of 18 years is required to participate.
• All professional artists, school-college teachers and students, academics, students of art & craft institutes, and all craft lovers, anybody who has an Inclination for art & craft.
• Members of the 'Selection Committee' are not allowed to participate.

Your craftwork should Not Exceed 3 feet in any dimension.

You are free to choose any medium for your craftwork.

• Fill the Online Registration Form with all necessary and required details.
• The image of your craft-work has to be uploaded at the time of registration.
• There is no participation fee for 'NSAC Members' to participate in the All India Craft Competition.
• Those who do not have NSAC membership will have to Pay a Participation Fee of Rs 200/- to participate in the competition and at the time of registration fill the participation fee transaction details.
• Read all the Rules related to the 'All India Craft Competition' carefully before participating.
• The information given by you should be complete and true.
• The last date for submission is March 31st, 2026 (Tuesday).
• Registration can accept through online only.
• You can also apply for Life Time Membership of NSAC

The All India Craft Competition 'Craft Karigar' is organising by Nav Shri Art & Culture Organisation. The panel of selection committee for the competition has been constituted with experienced and expert professionals from the field of art & crafts. The selection committee holds full authority to evaluate the craftworks submitted by the participants, and its decisions at each stage of the competition will be final and binding.
The minimum age of 18 years is eligible to participate in the All India Craft Competition

• All professional artists, school-college teachers and students, academics, students of art & craft institutes, and all craft lovers, anybody who has an Inclination for art & craft.
• Members of the 'Selection Committee' are not allowed to participate.

'Craft Karigar'
The theme of this competition is open and creative. You are free to create any form of craft with your own hands, using new and innovative ideas. The only requirement is that your creation should reflect your imagination, originality, and uniqueness — something that makes you stand apart from others.. The craft work must be original and recently created. It should not be a copy of any existing work. Submissions must be the participant’s own creation and must not have been entered in any other competition, either before or after this event. Your craftwork should Not Exceed 3 feet in any dimension. You are free to choose any medium for your craftwork.

• Fill the Online Registration Form with all necessary and required details.
• The image of your craft-work has to be uploaded at the time of registration.
• There is no participation fee for 'NSAC Members' to participate in the All India Craft Competition.
• Those who do not have NSAC membership will have to Pay a Participation Fee of Rs 200/- to participate in the competition.
• Read all the rules related to the 'All India Craft Competition' carefully before participating.
• The information given by you should be complete and true.
• The last date for submission is March 31st, 2026 (Tuesday).
• Registration can accept through online only.
• You can also apply for Life Time Membership of NSAC

• 50 craft-works will be short-listed by the selection committee out of all over entries.
• 20 works out of the short-listed craft-works will be nominated for the final round.
• The winners will be selected out of 20 nominated craft-works.
• All the participants & winners will get the information through our website www.artNculture.org

The result will be declared on April 30th, 2026 (Thursday).

• 1st Prize : 11,000/-
  + Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery
• 2nd Prize : 5,100/-
  + Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery
• 3rd Prize : 3,100/-
  + Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery
• Consolation Prizes (3) : 1,100/-
  Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery

• Top 20 Nominated Artists Get an Opportunity to Participate in Group Exhibition on the National Level (Free of Cost)
• Prizes cannot be substituted or exchanged. Winners are solely responsible for any applicable taxes, fees, or additional costs incurred.
• Attendance at the Prize Distribution Function is compulsory for all winners; otherwise, the prize will be cancelled.

• A Participation certificate will be given to all the participants.
• The soft copy of the certificate will be sent to the participants on their registered email.
• If any participant wants a hard copy of the participation certificate at their address, then they have to pay courier charges.

• It is compulsory to submit original craft-work of the top 6 nominated participants to the organisation committee by the given due date.
• Artwork may be submitted personally or sent through registered mail/courier to the following address:
• Nav Shri Art & Culture Organisation
  Cottage No. 5, Basement, West Patel Nagar,
  Near Metro Pillar No. 230, New Delhi – 110008
• While sending the craft-work by courier or post, the participants will have to pay the courier or postage charges.
• The organisation will not be responsible for any damage to the craftwork during transit, and no claims will be entertained in this regard.
• Participants disqualified at any stage for any reason will have no claim to any rewards.

• The submitted winner's craft-work is considered as the organiser's properties and there will be no claim by any winner for the craft-work presented in the 'All India Craft Competition - Craft Karigar'
• By handing over the craft-work to the organizer, you represent and warrant that the material does not infringe any copyright, trademark, property right, the privacy of a person or right of publicity, or any right of any third party. And has full and unrestricted right to transfer the contents of 'Nav Shri Art & Culture Organisation' free of any claims or encroachments and clear too.
• The organisation is not liable for any legal responsibilities due to artists’ negligence.

• Upon submission of their registration or works, participants acknowledge the validity of the rules & regulations.
• Participants must follow the organiser's arrangement; Otherwise, the organiser has the right to withdraw the prize eligibility of the participants
• Those who have copied the actions of others will themselves be responsible or accountable.
• The decisions of the selection committee will be final, and no appeal will be taken.
• The competition organisation committee has the ultimate authority to interpret the rules and regulations and has the right to make any changes to them as necessary.
• Any changes to the rules and regulations of the competition will be updated on the organisation's website www.artNculture.org
• The organisation will not be responsible for any loss of artifacts due to natural calamities like floods, erosion of the earth, etc.