LoomMitra — Trust from Loom to Market
Rural weavers can't easily reach digital markets, and buyers have no way to verify what's truly “handloom”. Meanwhile, cooperatives still run on paper registers and lose bargaining power. LoomMitra gives every woven product a scannable digital identity — connecting weaver, buyer, and cooperative on one page.
Three broken links in the chain
The handloom economy runs on trust — but today that trust has no infrastructure.
Weavers stuck behind middlemen
In clusters like Chanderi and Pochampally, most weavers sell through layers of intermediaries — each layer taking margin, leaving the weaver with a fraction of the final price and no direct link to buyers.
Buyers can't see authenticity
Powerloom fakes carry “handloom” tags with no way to check. There's no QR to scan, no story of who wove it, and no traceability from loom to shelf — so genuine handloom loses its premium.
Cooperatives lack digital tools
Member registers and production records live in paper ledgers. Cooperatives can't see who's producing what in real time — making it impossible to aggregate supply or negotiate better bulk prices.
One passport. Three sides of trust.
A simple three-step loop that connects the people who make, buy, and organize handloom.
Weaver creates a digital product passport
Each saree or fabric gets its own passport — the weaver's story, photos of the work, fabric and loom details, and a unique QR code printed on the tag.
Buyer scans QR to see authenticity + story
One scan opens the product's timeline — who wove it, where, and every verified event along the way. Full transparency from loom to market.
Cooperative dashboard aggregates the data
Member-level production visibility in one place, so cooperatives can pool inventory, respond to bulk orders, and bargain from a position of knowledge.
What's in the box
Six building blocks, designed to work on cheap phones and patchy networks.
Independent weaver onboarding
A weaver joins with just a phone number and their cluster — no paperwork, no gatekeepers.
Digital product passport
Fabric type, loom details, the weaver's story, and product images — one living record per product.
QR-based authenticity check
Every passport gets a unique QR. Buyers scan to verify it's real handloom, not a powerloom copy.
Event-based traceability timeline
Verified events — CREATED, QC_PASSED, LISTED — build an auditable journey from loom to market.
Cooperative dashboard
Members, products, and bulk orders in one view, replacing paper ledgers with live visibility.
Marketplace-ready foundation
The same passports power future D2C storefronts and B2B bulk-order flows — no rework needed.
Grounded in real clusters
Not a generic platform — designed around two of India's most storied weaving regions.
Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh
Handwoven lightweight sarees
Chanderi is famous for feather-light sarees woven from a fine silk and cotton blend, prized for their sheer, glossy texture. LoomMitra can be piloted with a Chanderi cooperative: each saree leaves the loom with a QR-based passport, so its origin travels with it to any market.
Pochampally, Telangana
Ikat patterns, GI-tagged
Pochampally's ikat tradition — patterns dyed into the yarn before weaving — carries a Geographical Indication tag. QR-linked product passports let export buyers verify that GI authenticity instantly, turning a legal protection into visible, scannable trust.
Walk through the full flow
This is a clickable prototype showing the end-to-end workflow: a weaver creating a passport, a buyer scanning the QR, and a cooperative watching it all come together on one dashboard.
Start walkthroughPrototype only – no real orders, built for Indian Handloom Hackathon 2026.