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Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: July 19: With the numerous options and career prospects coming in scene the decision for the perfect career option has become much more crucial. Archana Pandey who currently works with Gini and Jony (Pvt Ltd) and had passed out from National Institute of Fashion Technology (N.I.F.T), Gandhinagar in the year 2005 shares with us some of her views about the course and its future prospects.
“The course I chose gave me a great platform to practice my creative skills,” she reasons her decision of joining a fashion designing course.“ The course has so many options, which taught me how to do things differently and also helped me utilize my analytical skills. This course is interesting only if you have always garnered an interest in the field,” she elucidates. On asking her about the course structure and its importance to train a student to become a professional designer, she thinks that the course has a very comprehensive composition, which encompasses every aspect right from theoretical to historical to creative. “The entire course is planned in such a way that it helps to enhance one’s skills which are quite useful in the professional field later in life,” she explicates.

Apart from the theoretical and analytical skills that the course generates, it also helps the students to gain a lot of practical knowledge as most of the colleges organize events throughout the course period, which gives the students a great platform to showcase their talent. These courses also help the students to learn the practical aspect of business. “The fashion shows and workshops that are organised on designing helps us to apply the knowledge which we gain during the tenure of the course,” she enlightens us.

The various subjects in the course provide a psychological background about the society for which you are designing. For example one of our subjects is “Indian art appreciation” which helps us to understand the values and ethics of our own cultural setup and then incorporate our innovative pattern accordingly keeping in mind the requirements and the acceptance of the society as a whole,” she says. The other subjects in the course, which presents an overall picture of the industry, are Modern art appreciation, Fashion art appreciation and Prospective art.

According to Archana one of the key skills that all the aspiring fashion designers must posses is that of good drawing skills as eventually fashion designing is all about sketching the perfect outfit and having good drawing skills. “There have been many changes in the course structure since the time I had joined, today the course has become much more technical and now the span of the course has also increased, it has now become a full fledged four year course, while when I was pursuing it was just a one year course,” she explains. “The degrees which they give now is also different and includes an information technology angle to it, AMIT (Apparel Management and Information Technology), Fashion Design and Information Technology (FDIT) are a few of the courses that are being offered today. In a way these courses are helping to expand the industry,” she adds.

The career is bright ahead with wide options and the demand in the industry is also growing. Also most of the reputed colleges today offer many on campus placements

Various Colleges offering the course:

1. National Institute of Fashion Technology
2. Pearl Academy of Fashion
3. National Institute of Design
4. International Institute of Fashion Technology
5. Mangalore Institute of Fashion Technology
6. Wigan Fashion School
7. National Institute of Fashion Design
8. J.D. Institute of Fashion Technology
9. Apeejay Institute of Design
10. Sophia B.K.Somani Polytechnics

Who can Apply:

The XII pass out from any stream with more than 50% marks is eligible to apply.

How to Apply:

The institutes have their application forms which can be downloaded from their website. It can also be seen in the leading newspapers in the time of November.

Some information about the colleges:

National Institute of Design: The sprawling green 20-acre campus of the National Institute of Design (NID) on the west bank of the river Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, presents a picture postcard scenario, starkly in contrast to the din of traffic on the neighbouring Mumbai-Kandla highway.
Set up 1961, NID today is the premier design hotspot of the country, providing research, service and training in industrial design and visual communication. It is still relatively small, with about 250 students. Courses, There are three main streams – 1.Industrial design 2.Communication designs which includes video programming and film, animation and graphic design; and 3.Textile and apparel design. NID has advanced courses of each compressed into two and a half years to three years duration for graduates of architecture, engineering, fine and applied arts. The other, of four and a half years duration, is for school leavers. And that’s NID’s trump card. Academic evaluation at NID is a system of constant performance review by an internal jury. No marks and examinations here.
NID Campus, Paldi, Ahemedabad, 380007.

National Institute of Fashion Design

NIFD the premier fashion design institute of India was first opened at Chandigarh in July 1995. It is the only institute in this region providing the upcoming fashion designers with a campus equipped with fully air-conditioned class rooms, technically designed labs, computers, a well stocked library and above all team of dynamic and friendly faculty from all reputed institutes throughout India and other renowned guest faculties i.e. individuals specialised in their respective fields.
They are dedicated to infuse creativity and professional out look in their design conscious students. Their faculty is highly professional. They also have scientifically designed labs equipped with modern technology.In the designing industry constant market research & its application are the most vital business elements. For the primary purpose of promoting scientific training NIFD offers one year & two year Diploma courses & also imparts training in Computer Aided Design to help them discharge their professional duties with a degree of efficiency & integrity. More than 500 students have graduated from the diploma courses & about 300 from the short-term courses

Head Office,
NIFD Campus, 2-B, Madhya Marg, Sector 27, Chandigarh - 160 019 Phone 657958 Fax 640944
Zonal Office
14-B, Camac Street, Calcutta 700 017 Phone: 033 280 7277 /78
CF-173, Sector 1, Near Swimming pool Salt lake City, Calcutta - 700 064 Ph: 3371924, 3214375
35, Dr. Abani Dutta Howrah - 6 Ph : 665 1117 / 1761

National Institute of Fashion Technology

Established by the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India in the year 1986, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has emerged as a premier institute in the country to train professionals who can meet the requirements of the Apparel Industry.
The National Institute of Fashion Technology is a college of design, management and technology catering to the needs of the rapidly growing readymade garment industry which has to meet the challenges of the global market. It is established to act as catalyst for the professionals in the Indian fashion industry. It seeks to impart training and skills comparable to prevailing international standards.
NIFT aims to provide the best in international levels of instruction, with regular inputs from industry and technical collaboration with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, the Nottingham Trent University (NTU), U.K and IFM, Paris. The Institute has opened its doors to the best in education, research and training.

Wigan Fashion School

Wigan & Leigh College, UK, is a 140 year old further education institute present in 23 countries – with a worldwide reputation for quality education. Wigan & Leigh College, UK, has identified Calcutta as a major hub to groom world class fashion through their division, Wigan Fashion School
Wigan Fashion School, 41, Hazra Road, Calcutta – 700 019 Tel : 4765620/5655.

Smriti Mishra