The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) here will hold Graduation Show 2015, an exhibition of students’ works and projects, on Tuesday.
NIFT-Kannur Director Rajeev Pant said at a press conference here on Monday that the graduating batch of Knitwear Design course at the institute will organise the show at Dinesh Auditorium here at 6 p.m. on June 2. At the show, 11 designers will showcase their collections through a ramp walk by models. Students of courses such as Textile Design, Fashion Technology, Fashion Management, and Design Space would present their graduation projects on the occasion of their convocation, which would be held at the auditorium at 5 p.m. on June 3. As many as 143 students from five graduating departments of NIFT will pass out from the institute on Wednesday, he added.
Mr. Pant said the NIFT had started with two undergraduate courses in 2008, namely Bachelor of Fashion Technology in Apparel Production, and Bachelor of Design in Textile Design with 51 students. The number of courses in the institute had increased now with the Bachelor of Design Course in Knitwear Design, Masters in Design, and Masters in Fashion Management. He said that the NIFT here was tasked to do a diagnostic study of khadi and village industries sectors by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission to recommend proposals for improving the plight of workers in the sectors. The report would be submitted soon, he said.
To a question, the NIFT-Kannur Director said that placement of students from the institute was high.
