Costume Design

B. Tech in Fashion Technology is a 4 year program and has variants like Bachelors in Fashion Designing. The course is completed over duration of eight semesters. The mode of admission is through an Entrance Examination carried out by different universities. B. Tech Fashion Technology graduates can choose from jobs like Costume Designing, Styling, Apparel Management and sectors like garment industries, textile machinery manufacturing industries etc. A fresh graduate of this course can expect a salary of between 10,000 INR 15,000 INR which would only increase with experience in the field.
Advantages or benefits of B.Sc Costume Design and Fashion course
They can go for higher degree programs in respective subjects such as Masters degree, etc.
They can become fashion consultant. They must be of the aware of the latest trends and happenings in the fashion industry along with knowledge in costume and fashion designing.
He / she should be sensitive towards changing trends.
They can become Professor or Lecturer in costume and fashion designing in both private and Government colleges and universities.
Plenty of job opportunities are available for B.Sc Costume Design and Fashion graduates such as Fashion Designer / Costume Designer in Textile, Garments, Leather Industries, Jobs in Media as content writer for Fashion Industries.

Hi Siba,
Fashion designing is the art of designing clothing, fashion, accessories, etc. They design garments which are functional as well as attractive and in keeping with trends, market predictions and the climate. They have knowledge about fabric, weave, draping qualities, material, color and design and the changing trends.
On the other hand, the apparel designing is a more technical term pertaining to the specific act of creating clothing from nuts to bolts.They are trained in fabric printing, dyeing, embroidery and design development. They work as design developers, color specialists, hand painters and printing supervisors.
For fashion designing, following opportunities exist in the following sectors:
Export houses dealing with garment/textile/handloom exports
Retail and wholesale garment businesses in mens/womens/children clothing in sportswear/casual wear, etc.
Haute CoutureGovernment/Semi government-handloom/textile manufacturers
Fashion show organizers/Fashion publishers
TV/Film fashion program producers/comperes/costume designers, etc.
With Film production unitsTeaching design
For apparel designing, following opportunities exist in the following sectors:
Design studios
Textile mills
Export houses
Textile dyeing and printing units
Fashion garment houses
Export units
Freelancing for government and private firms
Cottage industries, small scale industries
Entrepreneurship
For more details, please refer to the following links:
https://www.shiksha.com/careers/fashion-designer-45
https://www.shiksha.com/careers/textile-designer-105