B.Des Fashion Design

The position of Head of Department (HoD) or Associate Professor in universities like UPES School of Design can be held without a PhD under certain exceptional cases mentioned below:

Exceptions of UGC Guidelines: UCG guidelines permit those with experience in the relevant field and having given so much to the discipline to also become faculty as it is not mandatory for them to have a PhD. This holds more ground in professional or design disciplines, where experience is more precious than qualification.

A legacy appointment was made before these rules came into effect-based requirement for the Ph.D. stipulated by the UGC effective July 2023.

Qualification Equivalence for Design Disciplines: In several creative and applied sectors such as design, institutions will award qualifications such as a master's and a wealth of professional experience the place a candidate may hold, having undergone evaluation on eligibility for such reference standings.

Institution Autonomy: UPES being a private university under Indian laws, enjoys certain autonomy with regard to recruitment. The university is expected to follow UGC norms but is very flexible in recruiting a high-profile industry professional as faculty, which is what design education normally relies on.

If you seek clarification on certain cases, UPES is available for contact or you could look up faculty recruitment policies and profiles to understand what guidelines are invoked during the recruitment of faculty of the School of Design.

To get admission in top BDes Fashion Design colleges, the candidates must keep the following points in their minds:

• Try to score as much as you can in the entrance exam. For merit based admission, try to score at least above 85% marks to be on a safer side. 
• The candidates must have a passion for designing. They will need to pass a designing and situation test, so they should have adequate designing skills. 
• The candidates must appear confident during both the situation test and group discussion round. 
• The candidates should practice GDs in a proper environment. This will help them improve their GD skills significantly. 
• The candidates should have very clear and fluent communication skills. They should be able to communicate clearly with the interviewers. 

All the NIFTs and reputed private colleges grant admission on the basis of entrance exams conducted by the institute. The general admission procedure followed by these institutions are discussed below. 

• Application: The candidates will have to apply for the entrance exam. If separate application forms for individual colleges are available, then the candidates will have to apply there as well. 
• Entrance Exam: The entrance exams for this course are generally conducted in the months of January - February. Some colleges also conduct entrance exams in the months of April - May.
• Result and Cutoffs: After the entrance exam, the conducting body will release the results of the individual candidates along with the cutoff marks required for qualifying the exam. 
• Seat Allotment: The candidates who have qualified the entrance exam will be allotted seats in different colleges depending on their ranks. 

The admission to BDes Fashion Design course is either merit based or entrance based. Admission to National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFTs) is on the basis of the entrance exam conducted by the NIFT board. A few private colleges also grant merit based admission. 

• Most of the private colleges offering this course generally admit students on the basis of marks scored at the 10+2 level. 
• Application to the College: The candidate will have to apply to the college through the application forms available in their official website. Some colleges also offer offline forms through their campus. 
• Generation of Merit List: On the basis of marks scored at the 10+2 level, a merit list of the shortlisted candidates will be prepared and published by the colleges. 
• Counselling and Document Verification of the Shortlisted Candidates: The shortlisted candidates will be called for counselling and document verification process. The candidates will have to show all the relevant documents to prove their eligibility. 
• Enrollment: The candidates clearing all the above mentioned steps will be granted admission to the course.