Design in India

Dear Shivani, Greetings! There is a plethora of opportunities waiting to embrace a fashion designer. Some of the options include (as said by Vanshika, a make up artist), starting your own studio/ brand/ label, assisting a renowned designer and becoming a part of the team, working with a retail brand or an export house. You can also do styling or can work as an illustrator or can opt for visual Merchandising/ Window display etc. You can find an extensive list @ http://www.cindrebay.com/blog/career-options-fashion-design/ and https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-job-options-after-diploma-in-fashion-designing
I hope you find this information useful. All the very best for your future endeavours!

Fashion Design has now become an established career option in India, thanks to the various NIFTs and other Institutes that offer this undergraduate degree. India is a growing economy with a young population and that means that the numbers of a fashion conscious consumer are only going to increase. This assures of certain growth of the industry as well. That said, be clear in how you look at Fashion. If you are looking at 'Fashion' as is commonly understood, you are looking at celebrity designers like Manish Malhotra etc. And at Haute Couture. However the profession is far more wider than that because. A vast majority of the people don't wear Couture. A better term to explore would be apparel, which is what regular people like you and me wear and that is a huge growth market. Employment cane be gained in companies like Madurai Garments, Future Group, ZARA, Biba etc. There is a lot of scope for a good and successful career in such companies. As you are in Class XII-th currently, you should prepare for the entrance exam of various Fashion Institutes and complete a Bachelor's programme at any of these institutes of choice. There are many Institutes offering courses in Fashion/Apparel design starting from NIFTs to various good private institutes like Pearl Academy and IIAD. For IIAD, please log on to https://www.iiad.edu.in and get in touch with any of our counsellors who will personally guide you to the best way to clear the IIAD Entrance Exam.
All the best.

That is a very interesting query, because most people tend to concentrate on Fashion Design. What people forget that India has glorious tradition of a textiles which is far, far older than fashion. India has always been a world leader in textiles from almost the time of Harappan Civilisation. Even today, India is very well placed in export markets because of its textile manufacturing and design capacities. Government policies are also very conscious of the importance of Textiles to our exports, GDP as well livelihoods and we have a full-fledged Ministry of Textiles (Minister Smriti Irani) and a textile handicrafts commission as well. So, all this might have helped you understand the importance of textiles in the Indian scenario. If you pursue a course in textile design from a reputed institute (like NID), the career prospects are immense and very satisfying. You can work in the export sector (e. g : Shyam Ahuja, Arvind Mills etc. ). Or the handloom sector, of which India is a treasure trove (e. g Woman Weave Handloom, Maheshwar and Varanasi Silk Weaving Atelier, Varanasi etc.). Depending on your preferences. You can also choose to be a studio based Textile designer or artist if you are more interested in experimental work (e. g. : Ganga Maki Studio, Ashdeen Lilaowala, Nancy Parker, London etc.).

In India, with an increasingly young population who has a global exposure and aspirations, the demand for accessories is only going to increase. However, be aware that this is a highly specialized course which is very closely associated with the fashion industry. Internationally too, accessories will be always in demand, although their markets are very specialized with in depth courses for footwear and leather goods as separate programmes. Many institutes in India offer Accessory Design courses which also incorporate Lifestyle Accessories, but I personally feel that it is better to take a focused course if you are interested in accessory design specifically and not dilute it with doing interior products and lifestyle accessories. This might need some research and you will have to look at a course that takes care of this.