Prem Bery

Prem Bery, also spelled Prem Berry, was an Indian social worker and director of exports of ready-to-wear clothes at the Central Cottage Industries Emporium (CCIE), in Janpath, New Delhi, India. She co-founded the 'Refugee Handicrafts', with Fori Nehru, Achamma Mathai and Kitty Shiva Rao in 1947, and took up the post of its honorary secretary in 1949, three years before it merged with the CCIE. In her role as director, in 1953 she was sent to London to manage an Indian handicrafts exhibition during the Coronation of Elizabeth II. Back in India she was typically responsible for hosting state visitors.