Saturday, July 11, 2009

Fashion Technology and Entrance Exams

NIFT Undergraduate & Postgraduate Programe in Design:

1. NIFT - Fashion & Apparel:

Specialisations: Leather Design (LD), Fashion Design (FD)

Eligibility for NIFT Fashion & Apparel: 10 + 2 from a recognized Board of Education

Duration: 4 years

Centres: FD at all NIFT centres and LD at New Delhi & Kolkata

Seats in FD: 210 (30 seats each at all NIFT centres), Seats in LD: 60 (30 seats each at New Delhi & Kolkata)

The Fashion & Apparel curriculum provides for a thinking and learning-by-doing environment through an intense study incorporating research, analysis, creativity and individualism. Equipped with a cohesive design philosophy, professionals are able to anticipate and address concerns and issues of the emerging fashion scenario.

Instrumental in bringing about a paradigm shift in design perception in India by:
• Addressing the needs of both couture and prĂȘt a porter clothing in India
• Professionalising and categorising apparel design into niche segments
• Integrating textiles and leather into apparel and lifestyle products

2. NIFT - Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories:

Specialisations:
• Accessory Design
• Personal Products & Interior Accessories
• Footwear & Leather Products
• Jewellery & Precious Products
• Interior Products, Handicrafts, Mix Media & Glass

Eligibility for NIFT Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories: 10 + 2 from a recognised Board of Education

Duration: 4 years

Centres:
• Accessory Design at New Delhi
• Personal Products & Interior Accessories at Bangalore
• Footwear & Leather Products at Chennai
• Jewellery & Precious Products at Gandhinagar
• Interior Products, Handicrafts, Mix Media & Glass at Hyderabad

Seats: 150 (30 seats each at New Delhi , Bangalore , Chennai, Gandhinagar & Hyderabad)

The Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories is one of its kind undergraduate programme in the country. A strong industry orientation is reflected in its credo 'Design for Business', with the most successful industry education interface in student learning.

Each NIFT centre provides national leadership in the area of its specialisation. This enhances the intensity and depth of each category of specialisation and addresses design, management, marketing and technological issues, within specific product categories.

3. NIFT - Fashion & Textiles:

Specialisations: Knitwear Design (KD), Textile Design (TD)

Eligibility for NIFT Fashion & Textiles: 10 + 2 from a recognized Board of Education

Duration: 4 years

Centres: KD at New Delhi , Chennai, Kolkata & Mumbai. TD at New Delhi , Bangalore , Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad & Kolkata

Seats KD: 120 (30 seats each at New Delhi , Chennai, Kolkata & Mumbai) TD: 180 (30 seats each at New Delhi , Bangalore , Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad & Kolkata)

The Fashion & Textiles programme offers a broad-spectrum education in textiles to develop creativity, originality and design application in apparel and home fashion industries, and enable access to a wide range of career opportunities.

Contributing significantly towards sensitising three major industry segments to International textile trends and design

• Home Textiles
• Apparel
• Knitwear

4. NIFT - Fashion Communication:

Eligibility for NIFT Fashion Communication: 10 + 2 from a recognized Board of Education

Duration: 4 years

Centres: New Delhi & Mumbai

Seats: 30 seats each at New Delhi & Mumbai

As fashion scales new heights, communicating the ethos behind the design innovations and their interpretations becomes a vital aspect of the business. With the explosion of international retail stores and brands and an evolving domestic fashion scenario, it has become imperative to have visibility and a unique brand identity. The programme addresses this niche by enhancing the students' command in all disciplines of visual communication. It creates professionals who can provide communication solutions for fashion in the most creative and financially viable manner.

5. NIFT - Postgraduate Programme in Fashion Management:

Eligibility for NIFT PG in in Fashion Management: Graduation from a recognised University or Diploma in Accessory/Fashion Design/FIT from NIFT only

Duration: 2 years

Centres: New Delhi , Bangalore , Gandhinagar, Hyderabad & Kolkata

Seats: 150 (30 seats each at New Delhi , Bangalore , Gandhinagar, Hyderabad & Kolkata

The programme focuses on change and innovation management, IT, integrated-marketing, winning strategies, e-business, internet and other converging technologies, export supply chain management and retail technologies.

The students undertake six to eight weeks of Fashion Industry Internship Training at the end of the second semester and a two-week Craft and Industry Market Survey in the third semester. In the fourth semester, students undertake the Diploma Project wherein they work on real-life problems of companies, which sponsor these research studies.

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