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Indian and UK students hope to revive traditional footwear

11/05/2015
Indian and UK students hope to revive traditional footwear

University of Northampton students have joined forces with the Indian Institute of Technology in Gandingar (IITG) for a project on modjadi shoes. Engineering students from IITG developed ideas to reverse the decline in sales of the traditional Indian shoes, visiting Northampton Museum and Art Galleries’ footwear archives to gain an understanding...

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