VoL Desk, March 08, 2022: President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented Nari Shakti Puraskar to Padma Yangchan from Ladakh today.

The award has been presented for preserving and reviving the lost cuisine and hand-weaving techniques of Ladakh and promoting it internationally, tweeted the President of India office.

Padma Yangchan is an owner of a designer studio and a café owner, who revived the lost cuisine and clothing of Ladakh. She started her own designer brand called “Nazma’.

Padma’s cafe is based on the idea of
sustainable agriculture, with a personal kitchen garden of fresh organic farm produce in the café compound itself. The cafe serves handcrafted food and is preserving the existing undocumented Ladakhi cuisine and recipes.

Her vision is to let the people experience the culture of Ladakh. She is also preserving and modifying the hand weaving techniques and art of Ladakh, making it more suitable for both national and international markets.