National Institute of Fashion Technology Mumbai Navi Mumbai Answered Questions

Hi, NIFT is undoubtedly the best Institute in India and is well reputed internationally as well.nNIFT Alumni are always given an edge over the other colleaguesnYou can apply for scholarships, which is given on the basis of merit, financial background or bothnIn Design course, you do have a lot of projects and submissions. Yes, it does involve extra expenses. On an average you'll be spending approximately 6-7000 on them. But they do add to your portfolio and are totally worth it.nIn terms of package, you can expect a min of 23-25000 INR pm in hand.nYou do have a lot of spare time during the course. So, you can always utilize them to earn few extra bucks.nIf you are very much interested in design and strongly want to pursue it as your profession, Ill say yes. But if you are not sure about it, don't take it forward. Design is too much of hard work and extensive research and getting practical as well as balancing the artsy side. Most don't find it suitable and that become their the worst decision. So if you really want to ask if its worth, ask yourself will you able to? And how interested are you? All the best.

Hi, NIFT Industry Linkage unit facilitates on-campus placements for graduating students of NIFT to enable them to start their career in challenging positions. Leading national and international companies participate in placements to recruit NIFT professionals.
The profile of companies attending placements have expanded substantially with diverse segments of Industry like large retailers, brand marketers, manufacturers, consultancy organizations, e-retailers, textile mills, home furnishing companies, design BPO's, technology solution providers, international brands and startup firms.
For the placements 2016, the major recruitment was done by retail companies followed by brands. A total of 39% of the total graduates recruited were placed in retail companies. This was followed by Fashion Brands (20%), Designers / Design houses (19%), export houses / buying houses and agencies (16%).
Some of the companies that came with the highest package are Amazon: 1.2 Lacs/month, Raymonds: 35,000 40,000. Other companies include Decathalon, Myntra, Laguna, Must Garments and so on.

Hi,
What specifically you want to know about NIFT? It's a government college with 15 centers all over India which are - New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Gandhinagar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Patna, kangra, Bhopal, kannur, Raebrareli, Jodhpur, Shillong, Srinagar . NIFT syllabus pattern is same as of FIT, New York. It's the best option for fashion designing in India and second best in terms of design after NID. Following are the programmes offered by NIFT:
1 - B.DES - fashion designing ( FD )- textile designing ( TD )- accessory designing ( AD )- leather designing ( LD )- fashion communication ( FC )- Knitwear designing ( KD )
2 - B.TECH
3 - M.DES
4 - M.F.M. ( master's of fashion management )
5 - M.TECH
For all of these courses the fee is around 95 thousand per semester and 10 to 15 thousand is a one time admission fee. NIFT have a centralized campus placement system. On an average a bachelor's students get a starting salary package between 3 to 10 lakhs and 4 to 25 lakhs for master's student.
I hope this information will help you out.

Here are a few things you'll be learning -
Fashion Studies
History and Philosophy of Design
Communication Concepts & Processes
Writing Skills
Consumer Behavior in Fashion
Multimedia
Graphic Design
Visual Merchandising
Photography
Design Methodology
Publication Design
Exhibition Design
Fashion Styling
Fashion Journalism.
Because of this, the jobs can also vary. Editing, styling,visual marketing, graphic design, costume design, content creating, journalism, photography, videography, interface design are some of the options you have.

You can give the entrance exam, and if it doesn't work out you can take a year off and try again.
To learn about the courses you can check the links
https://www.nift.ac.in/sites/default/files/2017-11/Prospectus2018 (Final) 10 Nov.pdf
https://www.nift.ac.in/ugprogrammes