First advisory committee meeting of BCDI was held on 21st September 2011 at BCDI, Agartala for providing vision towards projecting BCDI as a centre for excellence. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Dr. S. K. Panda, Chief Secretary, Govt of Tripura; Co-Chairman Sh. S. S. Gupta, Development Commissioner (Handicraft), Govt. of India; Member Secretary Shri. R. K. Srivastava, Executive Director, NCDPD. Other officials of state government were also present in the meeting.