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2019-2020 Printed by : www.censer.in, 9810213218 : www.censer.in, by Printed NATIONAL INSTITUTE REPORT ANNUAL th www.nift.ac.in OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY 34 National Institute of Fashion Technology A Statutory Institute governed by the NIFT Act 2006 Ministry of Textiles, Government of India NIFT Campus, Hauz Khas, Opposite Gulmohar Park, New Delhi - 110016 34th Annual Report 2019-20 CONTENTS 3 Organisational Setup NIFT Campus Report 6 Introduction 60 Bengaluru 8 Foundation Programme 65 Bhopal 10 Fashion Design 70 Bhubaneswar 12 Leather Design 75 Chennai 15 Textile Design 84 Gandhinagar 18 Knitwear Design 94 Hyderabad 20 Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories 99 Jodhpur 22 Fashion Communication 104 Kannur 24 Fashion Management Studies 108 Kangra 26 Fashion Technology 111 Kolkata 29 Design Space 116 Mumbai 31 PhD and Research 123 New Delhi 34 Continuing Education Programmes 129 Panchkula 35 Admissions 130 Patna 36 Student Development Activities 135 Raebareli 38 International and Domestic Linkages 139 Shillong 42 Cluster Development 142 Srinagar 45 National Resource Center 145 Accounts Report 46 Information Technology 203 NIFT Campuses Address 47 Enterprise Resource Planning 48 Campus Placement 52 Convocation 53 Faculty Orentation Training and Development 55 Projects at NIFT 57 Corporate Communications Cell 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 ORGANISATIONAL SETUP BOARD OF GOVERNORS Members as on March 2020 S. No. Name & Designation of BOG Members 1 Mr. Ravi Capoor, IAS Secretary (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles & Chairman, BOG-NIFT 2 Ms. Saroj Pandey Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 3 Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha 4 Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha 5 Mr. Vijoy Kumar Singh, IAS AS&FA, Ministry of Textiles 6 Mr. Jogiranjan Panigrahi, IRS Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles 7 Mr. Madhu Ranjan Kumar, IRSS Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development 8 Mr. Shantmanu, IAS Director General, National Institute of Fashion Technology NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 3 NIFT OFFICERS Head Office as on March 2020 Mr. Shantmanu, IAS Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Prof. Dr. Varsha Gupta Director General Director (NRC) & Information Head (Corporate Communication Technology Cell) Prof. Dr. Suhail Anwar Syed Ashraf Prof. Dr. M. K. Gandhi Director Admin (I/c) and OSD Establishment Head (ERP) Head Projects Ms. Richa Gaharwar, IRS Mr. N. S. Bora Prof. Dr. Raghuram Jayaraman Chief Vigilance Officer Joint Director Head (Industry and Alumni Affairs) Mr. B.K. Pandey Ms. Rajni Shah Prof. Dr. Usha Narasimhan Chief Account Officer & Director Asst. Board Secretary & Legal Head (Cluster) (F&A) (I/c) Officer Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang Prof. Dr. Monika Gupta Prof. Dr. Archana Gandhi Dean (Academics) Head (Continuing Education & Head (Research) Diploma Programme) Prof. Vijay Kumar Dua Prof. Binwant Kaur Prof. Dr. Sudha Dhingra Head (Academic Affairs) Head (International & Domestic Head (FOTD, FDP & Bridge) Linkages) CHAIRPERSONS of Academic Departments as on March 2020 Mr. Nitin Kulkarni Department of Prof. M. Annaji Sarma Department Prof. Dr. M. Aravendan Department Design Space of Fashion Management Studies of Leather Design Prof. Dr. Anupam Jain Department Prof. R. Russel Timothy Department Prof. Dr. Ruby Kashyap Sood of Fashion Communication of Fashion Technology Department of Textile Design Prof. Dr. Malini Divakala Prof. Dr. Vibhavari Kumar Department of Fashion Design Foundation Programme Prof. Dr. Yathindra L. Department of Prof. Sunitha Vasan Department of Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories Knitwear Design 4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 NIFT OFFICERS Campuses as on March 2020 BENGALURU JODHPUR PANCHKULA Ms. Susan Thomas, IRS Campus Dr. Vijaya Deshmukh Campus Mr. D. K. Rangra Joint Director Director Director BHOPAL KANGRA PATNA Prof. Dr. A. K. Khare Campus Sh. Aakash Dewangan, IRS Prof. Sanjay Shrivastava Campus Director (I/c) Campus Director Director Prof. Dr. Sameer Sood Joint Mr. D. K. Rangra Joint Director Director (I/c) BHUBANESWAR KANNUR RAEBARELI Mr. Shovan Krishna Sahu, IRS Dr. Puneet Sood Campus Dr. Bharat Sah Campus Director Campus Director Director Mr. Akhil Sahai Joint Director Dr. Binaya Bhusan Jena Joint Director (I/c) CHENNAI KOLKATA SHILLONG Prof. Dr. Anitha Manohar Col. Subroto Biswas ( Retd ) Prof. Monika Aggarwal Campus Campus Director Campus Director Director Mr. B. Narasimhan Joint Mr. Khushal Jangid Joint Mr. Mrinal Sajwan Joint Director Director Director (I/c) GANDHINAGAR MUMBAI SRINAGAR (J&K) Dr. Arindam Das Campus Prof. Dr. Pavan Godiawala Dr. Bharat Sah Campus Director Director Campus Director (I/c) Mr. N. B. Vaishnav OSD Mr. Brijesh Deore Joint Director Mr. Shankar Kumar Jha Joint Director (I/c) HYDERABAD NEW DELHI VARANASI (Sub Centre) Mr. Vijay Kumar Mantri, IAS Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang Mr. S. K. Jha Joint Director Campus Director Campus Director (I/c) Dr. G. H. S. Prasad Joint Ms. Neenu Teckchandani Joint Director (I/c.) Director NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 5 INTRODUCTION BRIEF HISTORY Set up in 1986, NIFT is the pioneering institute Through its journey, NIFT has strengthened of fashion education in the country and has its academic strategy. Invigorating thought been in the vanguard of providing professional leadership, research stimulus, industry focus, human resource to the textile and apparel creative enterprise and peer learning have industry. A leader in fashion education, NIFT reinforced the institute’s academic bedrock. integrates knowledge, academic freedom, critical independence and creative thinking. For three Fostering a new generation of creative thinkers, decades, the institute has stood as a bastion of the institute is empowered to award degrees academic excellence and as a key enabler of in undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral developing competent professionals. It was made studies. Articulating the ideology of world-class a statutory institute in 2006 by an Act of the Indian learning practices, the institute has entered into Parliament with the President of India as ‘Visitor’ strategic alliances with leading international and has 16 full-fledged, professionally managed institutes. It has thus, provided a firm foundation campuses all across the country. for fashion education in the realms of design, management and technology. Academic inclusiveness has been a hallmark of NIFT and a catalyst in its expansion. The institute Over the years, NIFT has also been working as a brings together a wide range of aesthetic and knowledge service provider to the Union and State intellectual orientations. While the early instructors governments in the area of design development included leading progressive scholars from Fashion and positioning of handloom and handicrafts. Institute of Technology, New York, USA, the in- The vision of the institute embraces challenges and house faculty was drawn from a distinguished provides the impetus in setting highest academic group of intellectuals, who created dynamic standards. NIFT continues to strive to be nothing pathways for effective learning. The rest is history! but the best. Now, the institute boasts of a robust community of leading practitioners, education enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, creative thinkers, researchers and analysts. 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 OUR VISION We at NIFT shall offer, at all our campuses, a learning experience of the highest standards in fashion pertaining to design, technology and management and encourage our remarkably creative student body to draw inspiration from India’s textiles and crafts while focusing on emerging global trends relevant to the industries we serve. OUR MISSION We at the National Institute of Fashion Technology will: • Provide a transformative educational environment for talented young men and women to nurture their inventive potential and to acquire distinctive skills valuable to self, industry and society • Offer a stimulating, modernistic and evolving curriculum that spans the vast spectrum of India’s artistic heritage yet remains firmly contemporary, incorporating disruptive technologies • Value and celebrate cultural and individual diversity in our students, faculty and alumni, always emphasizing the power of fellowship • Be a global leader in the dissemination of innovative and project based pedagogies in design, management and technology for all facets of the textile, apparel, retail and accessories industries, through the promotion of rigorous and cutting edge research • Enable our faculty and students to have intensive interaction with educational institutions, fashion houses, start-up hubs and corporations relevant to our programmes • Bring forth graduates who stay committed to exacting standards of professional excellence and personal integrity NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 7 FOUNDATION PROGRAMME Foundation department aims at offering cross- natural philosophy, fundamental, existential and disciplinary environment to the entrants by way of normative postulates, themes, values, emotions enhanced interaction and experience. The transition and ethics. Emphasis is also given on developing course will develop a culture among NIFT students problem solving skills and critical thinking skills. to prepare them for life as skilled and socially aware General electives in music, dance and theatre, are designers and fashion technologist.