The Indian Institute of Fashion Technology, Established in the year 2001, has been imparting professional training to the students. It has now evolved into a state of art, ultra modern and premier, multi disciplinary Training Institute in the core areas of Fashion and Apparel Technology and Management. IIFT till date has trained thousands of students in the area of Fashion & Apparel Technology including candidates sponsored by Govt. of India, Minister of Industries, SISI, Ministry of Defence, World Bank aided projects. The Institute is located in Vijayanagar, which is in the heart of Bangalore city. IIFT has established 5 Branches in the Districts of Karnataka, namely Belgaum, Bijapur,Chamrajnagar, Hassan and KGF with the support of Govt. of Karnataka. IIFT is also conducting short term courses at the campus of associated colleges. The colleges are Maharani Lakshmi Ammani College for women-Malleshwaram, NMKRV College for women-Jayanagar and Vidhya Vardhaka Sanga College, Basaveshwaranagar.

Career Opportunities in Fashion and Apparel Industry: Today's fastest growing industry is none other than "Fashion and Apparel" offering the population with varieties of opportunities in variety of fields. The apparel industry is the second largest employment provider in India and has been a great foreign exchange revenue earner. The government of India has announced its ambitious plan targeting $ 50 billion by 2010 from the present earnings of $ 4 billion. This is focused to apparel export market. Besides it is estimated that the domestic market will grow to the tune of Rs. 23,000 crores, during the same time span from the present Rs. 2000 crores. But there is an acute shortage of highly trained professional with skill sets required by the apparel industry today.

The Government of India and various state governments have recognized the importance of this employment intensive and employment generating sector of the economy and have initiated various steps to encourage investment in this industry, including setting up of APPAREL PARKS in various cities across the country. One such apparel park is coming up in Bangalore, which will house 108 export garment factories each having a capacity of approximately 400 machines, this one single apparel park due to be started by this yearend will generate approximately 50,000 new jobs in various departments and in different capacities. These jobs will be available only to those who have prepared themselves for this opportunity by getting trained in the field of Fashion and Apparel Technology. Fashion as a cycle never completes and always stands for creativity and talent. Being one of the necessities of life, it depicts one's personality and status. The competition factor has added a lot to this industry and helps one to be a path breaker plus set his/her own fashion trends. The competition between the customers to present themselves in a better way has added spice to this. Fashion industry provides opportunities for illiterates to the highly qualified personals. It provides chance to work for government, non-government and self-employment sector.

Eligibility:

BSc in Fashion & Apparel Design (3 Years):

• For Ist Semester: A pass in 10 + 2 / PUC / 2 Year Job Oriented Course in Fashion Designing / Technology.
• For Lateral Entry (Direct 3rd Semester) 3 years Diploma in Apparel Design & Fabrication Technology / Costumes and Fashion /designs / Textile Technology / Handlooms

Bachelor of Fashion Management (3 Years):

10+2

Master of Fashion Management (2 Years):

Any graduate

PGDM (1 year):

Any graduate

Diploma (1 year):

10^th pass

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