Course components include :
SANJHI PAPER CUTTING CRAFT SKILL TECHNIQUE
Skill learning and exploration of a traditional North Indian paper cutting craft technique from Uttar Pradesh, with its applications in product design.
You will learn paper cutting and pattern making inspired by the surrounding natural environment that instills a deep personal connect to the immediate natural world.
Learning skills through nature based activities and exercises will enable you to create cut out 2 D design patterns along with exploring different ways of using sanjhi craft cuts using botanical materials.
At MW we believe that learning is about unique self journeys and fostering inner awareness with a strong rootedness in Nature.
We look forward to having you with us. Thanks for your registration and interest.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR FORM. THANK YOU.
*The Course will begin at 9:30 am on 2nd September and end at 5 pm on 6th September 2026. It is mandatory for all resident participants to arrive on Campus latest by 2nd September before 7 pm. Dinner will be provided for all participants arriving at the Mountainwind Ecoversity Campus on 2nd September between 7-8 pm after which the dining hall closes.
*Participants may only leave after the Course ends at 5 pm on 6 September or on the 7th September morning after breakfast (8-9 am).
The MW Campus facilities will close thereafter at 9 am.
* Please note that it is mandatory for all non-local participants to stay on Campus for the entire duration of the Course.
*To maintain and respect the integrity of the Course and its process, participation in the full schedule is required without exception.
*The residential Course will include facilitations around learning sanjhi paper cutting craft and its design applications.
*The Course will be conducted in English with some translated Hindi in parts.
**This Course is for people from the age of 17 years and above.
* This Course is limited to a maximum of 8 participants only, on a first come first serve basis, only once the application is accepted by us and a non-refundable payment for the same has been received.
*Please note that the MW Campus is a tobacco, drugs, chemical and alcohol free area. Plastic use is as limited as possible and not encouraged. Please do take back any plastic packaging that you may bring with you as we have no waste management facilities in our village for plastic. Anyone wishing to smoke may go outside the Campus boundary to smoke.
*Laundry facilities are unavailable on the MW Campus for short term Courses.
*Please note that our dining hall timings and cuisine are fixed and food/tea is made available only during the stipulated time periods. We request all participants to adhere strictly to the same.
*Please note that we are a self-sustaining, not-for-profit Ecoversity/organisation that depends solely on fee donation in the form of Course facilitation fees (calculated as per actual expenses) or financial and material contributions from individual donors as support for what we do.
*Your registration will only be confirmed after a non-refundable payment of INR 13,000/- has been made to the Himalayan Rilung Foundation, which covers all our expenses of all meals, tea, shared 4 bed fully furnished dormitory accomadation,administration, maintenance, facilitators' fees and expenses and all course materials for the 4 days at cost.
* If for any unavoidable reason we are unable to conduct the Course, your payment will be refunded fully and you will be informed in advance of the Course.
* We have a MW Community WhatsApp group of all participants where all registered and confirmed participants will be added after the deadline date to facilitate logistical support and coordination during the Course.
*Travel expenses to and from the MW Campus are to be borne by the participants themselves. You will receive a detailed email outlining the daily schedule and Campus facilities after you submit this form and make the payment. Please contact us (Vipin la # 8544755851) if you would like us to help you to book a shared taxi from Chandigarh or Kalka railway station/airport with other participants to help reduce your travel expenses.
