Symbiosis Institute of Design, Symbiosis International, Pune

Imagine working in an environment where style and creativity are the focus. If this sounds like your ideal career, you may want to consider earning a degree in fashion design. Fashion design is a highly competitive and exciting industry where only the most talented professionals advance. My elder sister has done Fashion Designing from LPU itself so there are certain key highlights as I am not aware about Symbiosis Institute. Fashion designing emphasizes on the following traits :
1. Design Foundation :Full focus on the design aspect of all branches of fashion like Garments, Accessories, Crafts, Dyeing, Printing, Embellishments etc.
2. Skill Development:High focus on developing design thinking and intensive practical training through exploration of courses like Elements of Design, Design process, illustration, garment construction, design process etc.
3. Software Skills: Curriculum is equipped with 21st century digital technologies in design
4. Industry Immersion: Trainings, projects and guest lectures collaborated with industries help to learn from real life situations. Different kinds of areas which could be explored in fashion Designing :
a)KNITWEAR DESIGN
The course shall equip students with understanding and application of photography in accordance to fashion industry
b) PERIOD COSTUME WORKSHOP
Develop period costumes for films, theater and other visual media. C)SEMINAR ON SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Provide hands-on experience by understanding the latest trends in fashion and designing of garments by working with industry experts using the latest technology. D) STUDY TOUR-CRAFT STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT
Gain practical experience through working on the real time craft practitioners
LPU is also a fascinating ground for fashion start ups. Some names include Nidhi & Ankita brand name Akhyan, Sumandeep hand brand name SumanHanda Design, Abhishek Harshbardhan brand name Harshbardhan, Aditi Brand name Pankh, Tanvi Bansal Modian Designer House. LPU has faculty from premier design institutes to sharpen design visualization and execution. Labs and equipment to simulate the industry environment with practical exposure to the fashion industry right from design to merchandising. Option of specialisation in Design or Technology. Quality learning has created skilled professionals that are recruit-able much before they graduate. There are 15+ global brands for placement and training,16+ labs to stimulate industry environment and 20+ lifestyle products created every year.

There are many other universities which are good for this programme. I would say Lovely professional University is good based on all the aspects. Moving beyond the brick and mortar classroom, Lovely Professional University expose you to experience from around the world using online platforms, alumni networks etc. LPU curriculum is benchmarked with some of the best universities of the world, but continues to retain its uniqueness and innovativeness. It is up-to-date and linked closely with employer demands making the graduates best fits. Based on this programme a student has the career opportunities like Visual Merchandiser, Apparel procurement manager, Fashion retail store manager, Fashion designer in Export/ buying/ Retail houses, Apparel and design production manager, Fashion educators (teaching) or entrepreneur of fashion boutique, owner of production house of fashion apparel, Fashion stylist and many more options are there. The workshops are conducted for hands on experience on graphic design, knitting technology, digital marketing, design portfolio, fashion design and grooming, fabric draping etc. LPU organizes various styling workshops as well as Mega fashion shows which are very helpful to the students. Major companies in this field are:- Michael Kors, Armani Exchange, SatyaPaul, Genesis, Tommy Hilfiger, Raymond, Ginni&Jony, Gant, JCT, Monte Carlo, Duke, Neva, U-V & W, Rage, Shopper's Stop, DNMX, Pantaloons, HiDesign, Madame, Derby, York, Rituwear, Mufti, Diva, Nahar, Lagoona exports, Vinayak exports, matrix clothing etc.