Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani today shared in Lok Sabha(Lower House) details of NIFT’s placeme

NIFT’s placement takes sharp nosedive across centres Campus placement of graduates in all 15 branches of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) during 2018-19 tumbled sharply! Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani made this revelation at the Lok Sabha (Lower House) today.

Irani’s claims once again validated the findings of apparel resources.com on NIFT’s poor placement record this year, which appeared in the news under the

headline ‘Pressure on placements!’ (https://bit.ly/2RpQpTA), three weeks ago.

In her written reply to a question in the Parliament, Irani underlined out of the 15 NIFT branches, 11 could not even provide jobs to half its graduates through placement compared to last year.

What’s more centres like New Delhi and Bengaluru, where fashion retail sector, IT and apparel manufacturing are very vibrant, NIFT’s campus placements in these two metro cities decline by 61 per cent and 59 per cent respectively!

This year’s campus placement by NIFT is in sharp contrast to that of 2017-2018. Refer to the details in the table below for more clarity.

Sr. Cam 2015- 2016- 2017- 2018No. pus 16 17 18 19 Place Place Place Place ment ment ment ment (%) (%) (%) (%) 1 Beng 50 98 97 38 alur u 2 Bho 34 80 82 39 pal 3 Bhu 47 61 79 27 bane swar 4 Che 42 83 87 38 nnai 5 Gan 40 83 77 46 dhin agar 6 Hyd 41 64 86 41

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

erab ad Jodh pur Kang ra Kan nur Kolk ata Mu mba i New Delh i Patn a Rae bare li

43

48

89

51

37

48

59

24

42

46

50

22

66

77

98

50

48

73

77

37

42

80

98

37

33

53

81

46

30

45

66

21

15 Shill ong

33

52

67

30

Source: Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India Over the years, NIFT has become a favourite destination for fashion designers, creative managers, tech-savvy fashion professionals of not only leading companies in fashion business but also for those in technology, FMCG, media, journalism and consulting.

Even as NIFT’s placement is on the decline, other top private institutes claim to have made substantial progress in this aspect over the years. Even DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute has seen continuous growth in the placement of textile and apparel students. Just a few days back, a Dhaka-based company, Noize Jeans has hired 31 Indian students from

fashion technology and textile technology departments/courses from this institute, which is the highest hiring by a foreign company from any India’s textile or apparel institute so far.

We are awaiting NIFT’s response on the issue of placement....Will update you as soon as we get to hear from them; keep an eye on this space.

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