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An MBA after a Fashion Design degree can open up newer career avenues for you undoubtedly. It depends where you want your career to head. An MBA after a degree in Fashion Design and maybe a couple of years work experience can help you if you want to move towards the marketing side of fashion or into the fashion retails industry. Also, if you wish to take up a senior role in an organization like Levis, Adidas, Zara or even luxury brands like Prada etc. an MBA may offer you a multi-disciplinary and strategic edge, that will enhance your basic Fashion Design qualification. However, do choose your management institute, and the specialization there, carefully to maximize, it is in your career path.

It is definitely possible, but each fashion institute has its own eligibility criteria. Some may allow admission to a candidate hailing from any educational background while others would prefer a candidate who has done graduation in design field itself. You will have to check the criteria of all the colleges that you are interested in. For example: Pearl Academy will not consider your application for the Masters programme, but NID and NIFT would accept the application as the admission criteria is solely dependent on how you perform in the entrance exam. You can find a rank wise list of top design colleges in India by clicking on this linkhttps://www.shiksha.com/design/fashion-design/ranking/top-fashion-design-colleges-in-india/94-2-0-0-0
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Yes, it is. You could appear for UCEED exam that is the IIT entrance exam for B. Des courses for all the IITs that offer an undergraduate Design degree. To appear in UCEED, the eligibility is clearing class XII-th in any stream. Why I recommend the UCEED for you is, because as your interest is in Car Design, having a B. Des degree from a technology institute works better, as you get exposure to the engineering side of things as well. After your undergraduate degree you could take up a dedicated Master's degree specialization in Automobile or Transport Design. There are a few private colleges who offer this Master's programme in India besides the Master's programme at NID as well. Internationally too, there are many Institutes and Universities offering dedicated courses in car / automobile design, where the eligibility is not stream specific and anyone clearing Class XII-th can apply.

Bachelors in Journalism and Mass Communication degree is enough for a person to fetch a job of any interest or of any field. I am listing you some of the excellent fields that you can pick it from:
1. Sound Engineer.
2. Film Director.
3. Public Relations Officer.
4. Sound Mixer and Sound Recorder.
5. Special Correspondent.
6. TV Correspondent.
7. Producer.
8. Radio Jockey/ RJ.
9. Screenwriter.
10. Art Director.
11. Editor.
12. Event manager.
13. Video Jockey.
14. Fashion Photographer Cartoonist.
15. Illustrator.
16. Critic.
17. Photojournalist.
Also, on completing your post-graduation in Mass Communication, you can look forward to working with the following types of companies and areas:
1. AIR - All India Radio.
2. Circulation and Public Relations.
3. Central Information Service.
4. Legal Affairs Department.
5. Journals.
6. News Agencies.
7. Press Information Bureau.
8. Photography Companies.
9. TV channels.
10. Radio telecasting companies.
11. Websites periodicals and magazines.
12. Newspapers.
13. Advertising agencies.
14. Books and Novels.
15. Blogs.
16. Broadcasting corporations.
The above information shall definitely help you make an informed decision. I hope you'll take a wise step. Good luck.

I think, you should start by honing your observational skills. Start looking around and noticing things in great detail, whether it is how things look, or how they function. Get into details of material, color, construction (or manufacture) of things around you. A lot of the questions in the NID entrance are nothing but a test of your aptitude to de-code and deconstruct the world around you. Also, because Design is a visual field, it is important to be able to present your thoughts, ideas, analysis in a visual form, so a good grip of being able to communicate through drawing (not necessarily 'sketching' ) is also a useful skill to have for the NID exam.

To become a Fashion Designer, it is important you choose a good course in Fashion Designing as your starting point. Many institutes in India offer Fashion Design programmes like NIFT, IIAD, Pearl Academy etc. Starting salaries can vary depending upon which industry sector you choose to work in. You could go into the corporate sector by joining industries like Madurai Garments (Aditya Birla Group), Levis, Zara etc. Or you could choose to work for a renowned Design Studio of any Designer like Tarun Tahiliani, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Ritu Kumar etc. The corporate sector starts with a better package but then the experienced gained by working under a known Designer is also a compensation that cannot be measured in terms of salary alone. You can talk to some fresh graduates to get a better picture. Eventually it depends on you as to what you make of your career. You could even be an entrepreneur and start your own venture, where the money is no consideration at all.

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.).

Yes, IIAD (Indian Institute of Art and Design) offers multiple scholarships to deserving students. These scholarships are primarily merit based and at the entry level (First Year) are offered to student's basis their class XII-th performance. That said, IIAD is one of the very few institutes which offers a continuing scholarship in the subsequent years as well, called the Sir Edward Newton Scholarships, to meritorious students basis their overall performance (academic and all round) in their preceding year of study. For more details and individual consoling and guidance please log on to https://www.iiad.edu.in and get in touch with our counsellors.