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Rashtriya Fashion Pradyogiki Sansthan
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1986 |
Budget | ₹120 crore (US$14 million) (FY2022–23 est.)[1] |
Director | Tanu Kashyap, IAS[2] |
Students | 11,514[3] |
Location |
Various
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Campus | Urban |
Language | English (primary) Hindi |
Colors |
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Affiliations | Ministry of Textiles, Government of India |
Website | nift |
Bhopal
Bhubaneswar
Chennai
Daman
Delhi
Gandhinagar
Hyderabad
Jodhpur
Kangra
Kannur
Kolkata
Mumbai
Raebareli
Panchkula
Patna
Srinagar
Shillong
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is an autonomous[4] institute offering courses in fashion, technology, and management. Its head office is located in New Delhi, India.[5]
NIFT was established in 1986 under the Ministry of Textiles of the Government of India. It was declared as a statutory institute in 2006 and empowered to grant its own degree by the NIFT Act of the Indian Parliament.[6]
Along with the Ministry of Textiles, NIFT is in the process of creating a India specific size chart.[7]
The new digital disruptive pattern camouflage uniform adopted by the Indian Army in 2022 was designed in association with NIFT.[8]
National Institute of Fashion Technology currently has 18 campuses spread across the country. The first campus was established in 1986 in Haus Khaz, New Delhi. The campuses at Chennai, Kolkata, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Mumbai were set up in 1995, followed by the Bengaluru campus in 1997.[9] The campus in Bhopal was set up in June 2008,[9] Bhubaneshwar in 2010,[10] Jodhpur in 2010,[11] Kangra in 2009,[12] Kannur temporarily in 2008 but permanently in 2012,[13] and Patna in 2008.[14] Raebareli in 2007, Shillong in 2008, Srinagar in 2016,[15] Panchkula temporarily in 2019 but permanently in 2022.[16] Daman became the latest edition in the NIFT network established in 2022.[17]
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NIFT offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programmes in design, management, and technology.[20]
The list of programmes offered by NIFT are mentioned below: