Fashion Design

Hi Pawan!
You don't need to essentially join a coaching centre in order to crack NIFT Entrance Exam. You can get admission at a NIFT completely on the basis of self-study. You need to follow an effective NIFT Entrance Exam Preparation Strategy that will separate you from rest of the test takers. Apart from your dedication and sincerity, knowing few practical tips will help you to a great extent in cracking the entrance exam. Read below the top tips on how to crack the entrance exam and secure a seat at the prestigious institute:
1)Develop Observation & Visualisation Skills-The most crucial purpose of the exam is to test candidates creative and imaginative skills. Apart from that, the questions are framed in order to judge their general awareness, observation skills and visualisation as well. It is a common myth among students that only good sketching is essential to crack the entrance exam. This is not true, as developing the aforementioned skills is equally important. You need to work on enhancing this skill set first.
2) Improve your Speed-Having exceptional drawing skills and creativity is useless if you don't have speed. The whole idea is to be able to present your imagination and uniqueness in the exam in the limited time duration. You should work on enhancing your speed so that you can answer all the questions in the given time.
3) Solve Sample Papers- Practice sample papers as much as you can. This will give you an idea about the types of questions that are asked in the exam. You will know the overall difficulty level of the entrance test as well. Moreover, this will aid in increasing your speed to a great extent. Solving previous years papers will also let you know the sequence in which you should answer different sections. Practice NIFT Entrance Exam Sample Papers.
4) Improve General Awareness-It is not necessary that you cram up your mind with each and every General Knowledge book. Awareness about current happenings is more important. For this, read newspapers daily. Moreover, you should also know about famous designers who have contributed in this challenging field. Spend time on reading fashion & design books/magazines. You need to develop a genuine passion for this domain.
5) Don't waste time in Erasing & Redrawing-In the limited hours given to you for completing the exam, you have to make sure that you do not waste time in erasing and redrawing, which most of the candidates do.

Hi,
You can go for B. Design (Fashion) after class 12th. Eligibility for B. Design (Fashion) in most of the top universities is pass with 50% aggregate marks in 10+2, and you might have to qualify some entrance test of the university, (it may vary with the university you choose).
Main aim of this degree is providing extensive input in both the design and technology which is necessary to begin a career in fashion industry. It will be advisable if you do your degree from a well-known university and that provides prime placement opportunity, outstanding industrial exposure and professional enhancement training. I can enlist some university for your help -
Lovely Professional University, National Institute of Design- Ahmedabad, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pearl Academy, Delhi etc. I hope it helps.

Hi Quresh!
Footwear designing is a very creative field. One should have an open mind, creative ideas and a flare of getting inspired by any entity. Also one should be very patient as it takes time to establish oneself in the industry. Prospects are extremely good if you have a capability to sell yourself. Footwear designers may get appointed as designers, buyers, management trainees, assistant managers, and managers in different areas of production, marketing etc. Nowadays even freelance designers are also in demand. Premier institutions that offer courses in footwear designing are:
Footwear Design & Development Institute, Noida and ChennaiCentral Leather Research Institute( CLRI), Chennai)Central Footwear Training Institute (Chennai, Agra)National Institute of Fashion Technology (New Delhi, Gandhinagar, and Chennai)Government Leather Institute, Agra