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| name = Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan<br />
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| caption = Balakrishnan receiving the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]]<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Textile designer<br />
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'''Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan''' is an Indian textile designer based in [[Chennai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. She has worked with weavers through the [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ministry of Rural Development]]. She received the 2016 [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan grew up in [[Chennai]], the capital of the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="CAIN">{{cite web |title=Textile details |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fulltextiles1/?id=209 |website=CAIN |access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref> She studied textile design at the [[National Institute of Design]] and then set up a boutique shop.<ref name="UPSC">{{cite web |title=Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016 |url=https://www.upscsuccess.com/nari-shakti-puraskar-2016/#ms_kalyani_pramod_balakrishnan_tamil_nadu |website=UPSCSuccess |access-date=14 January 2021 |date=10 March 2017}}</ref> In 1995, she made a quilt called 'Survival in daily life' which was later exhibited at an exhibition in Ireland.<ref name="CAIN" /><ref name="CAIN2">{{cite web |title=Event details |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fullevent1/?id=56 |website=CAIN |access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Balakrishnan worked with 19,500 weavers from thirteen districts of [[Tamil Nadu]] during six years at the [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Ministry of Rural Development]].<ref name="Hindu" /> She then began to help people with [[autism]] or [[cerebral palsy]] to learn to weave.<ref name="GY">{{cite news |title=‘Nari Shakti’ awards for four from state |url=https://gulf-times.com/content/pdf/Dailynewspaper/Main2017_3_13486975.PDF |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=Gulf Times |date=13 March 2017 |page=24}}</ref> In recognition of her work, she received the 2016 [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] from [[President of India]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]].<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last1=Special correspondent |title=Four from State receive Nari Shakti awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/four-from-state-receive-nari-shakti-awards/article17430682.ece |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=9 March 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian textile designers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Chennai]]<br />
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[[Category:Nari Shakti Puraskar winners]]<br />
[[Category:Indian weavers]]<br />
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