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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21

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

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35 Annual Report
2020-21

CONTENTS
2 Organisational Setup NIFT Campus Reports
5 Introduction
69 Bengaluru
7 Foundation Programme
75 Bhopal
9 Fashion Design
81 Bhubaneswar
13 Leather Design
91 Chennai
17 Textile Design
99 Gandhinagar
21 Knitwear Design
103 Hyderabad
23 Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories
111 Jodhpur
27 Fashion Communication
117 Kangra
31 Fashion Management Studies
122 Kannur
34 Fashion Technology
128 Kolkata
41 Design Space
136 Mumbai
44 PhD and Research
146 New Delhi
48 Continuing Education Programmes
152 Panchkula
49 Admissions 153 Patna
50 Student Development Activities 160 Raebareli
51 International and Domestic Linkages 166 Shillong
54 Cluster Development 169 Srinagar
57 National Resource Center 172 Accounts Report
58 Information Technology 229 NIFT Campuses Address
59 Enterprise Resource Planning
60 Campus Placement
62 Convocation
Faculty Orentation Training

63 and Development
64 Projects at NIFT
66 Corporate Communication Cell
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY - ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 1

ORGANISATIONAL SETUP
BOARD OF GOVERNORS Members as on March 2021
Name & Designation of BOG Members
Mr. Upendra Prasad Singh,

Secretary (Textiles), MoT & Chairman, BOG-NIFT
Ms. Saroj Pandey

Hon’ble M.P. Rajya Sabha
Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse

Hon’ble M.P. Lok Sabha
Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

Honble M.P. Lok Sabha
Mr. Vijoy Kumar Singh,

AS&FA, MoT
Mr. Shashank Priya,

AS&FA, MoT
(for the 51st F&AC held on 25th November, 2020 and 51st BOG
meeting held on 22.12.2020)
Mr. Jogiranjan Panigrahi

Joint Secretary, MoT
Mr. Madhu Ranjan Kumar,

Joint Secretary, MHRD
Mr. Shantmanu,
Director General, NIFT
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NIFT OFFICERS Head Office as on March 2021
Mr. Shantmanu, IAS Syed Ashraf Prof. Dr. M. K. Gandhi

Director General Registrar and Board Secretary Head (ERP)
Col. Agendra Mukul Prof. Vijay Kumar Dua Prof. Dr. Raghuram Jayaraman
Director Admin Head COE Head (Industry and Alumni Affairs)
Ms. Richa Gaharwar, IRS Ms. Rajni Shah Prof. Dr. Rupa Agarwal
Chief Vigilance Officer Asst. Board Secretary & Legal Head (Cluster)
Officer
Mr. B.K. Pandey Prof. Dr. Malini Divakala Prof. Dr. Sibichan K. M
Chief Account Officer & Director Head (Continuing Education & Head (Research)
(F&A) (I/c) Diploma Programme)
Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang Prof. Binwant Kaur Prof. Dr. Sudha Dhingra
Dean (Academics) Head (International & Domestic Head (FOTD)
Linkages)
Prof. Dr. Shinju Mahajan Prof. Dr. Anupam Jain Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha
Head (Academic Affairs) Head (Projects) Head (Publication)
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Prof. Dr. Preetha Hussain

Director (NRC) & Information Head (Corporate Communication
Technology Cell)
CHAIRPERSONS Academic Departments as on March 2021
Prof. Dr. Shalini Sood Prof. Dr. Rajiv Malik Prof. Dr. Usha Narasimhan
Department of Design Department of Fashion Department of Leather Design
Space Management Studies
Prof. Dr. Vibhavari Kumar Prof. R. Russel Timothy Prof. Dr. Vasantha
Department of Fashion Department of Fashion Department of Textile Design
Communication Technology
Prof. Dr. Purva Khurana Prof. Dr. Varsha Gupta

Department of Fashion Design Foundation Programme
Prof. Dr. G. Chirangeevi Reddy Prof. Dr. V. Yasodha Kumari

Department of Fashion & Lifestyle Department of Knitwear
Accessories Design

NIFT OFFICERS Campuses as on March 2021
BENGALURU JODHPUR PANCHKULA
Ms. Susan Thomas, IRS Dr. Vijaya Deshmukh Dr. Puneet Sood
Campus Director Campus Director Campus Director (I/c)
Prof. Dr. Yathindra Mr. Anil Kumar Mr. D. K. Rangra

Joint Director (I/c) Joint Director Joint Director
BHOPAL KANGRA PATNA
Col. Subroto Biswas ( Retd ) Sh. Aakash Dewangan, IRS Prof. Sanjay Shrivastava
Campus Director Campus Director Campus Director
Mr. Akhil Sahai Mr. S. K. Jha

Joint Director Joint Director
BHUBANESWAR KANNUR RAEBARELI
Mr. Shovan Krishna Sahu, IRS Dr. Puneet Sood Dr. Bharat Sah
Mr. Ajit Kumar Sahu Dr. Bhaskarankam Mr. N. S. Bora

Joint Director Joint Director Joint Director
CHENNAI KOLKATA SHILLONG
Prof. Dr. Anitha Manohar Ms. Monika Aggarwal Mr. Arindam Das
Mr. B. Narasimhan Mr. Brijesh Deore Mr. Mrinal Sajwan

Joint Director Joint Director Joint Director (I/c)
GANDHINAGAR MUMBAI SRINAGAR (J&K)
Prof. Dr. A K Khare Prof. Dr. Pavan Godiawala Mr. Javid Ahmad Wani
Mr. P. K. Jha Mr. Khushal Jangid

Joint Director Director Joint Director
HYDERABAD NEW DELHI
Mr. Vijay Kumar Mantri, IAS Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang

Campus Director Campus Director (I/c)
Mr. L. Madan Kumar Reddy Mr. Amit Kumar Singh


INTRODUCTION
Brief History
Set up in 1986, NIFT is the pioneering institute analysts.
of fashion education in the country and has
been in the vanguard of providing professional Through its journey, NIFT has strengthened
human resource to the textile and apparel its academic strategy. Invigorating thought
industry. A leader in fashion education, NIFT leadership, research stimulus, industry focus,
integrates knowledge, academic freedom, critical creative enterprise and peer learning have
independence and creative thinking. For three reinforced the institute’s academic bedrock.
decades, the institute has stood as a bastion of
academic excellence and as a key enabler of Fostering a new generation of creative thinkers,
developing competent professionals. It was made the institute is empowered to award degrees
a statutory institute in 2006 by an Act of the Indian in undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral
Parliament with the President of India as ‘Visitor’ studies. Articulating the ideology of world-class
and has 17 full-fledged, professionally managed learning practices, the institute has entered into
campuses all across the country. strategic alliances with leading international
institutes. It has thus, provided a firm foundation
Academic inclusiveness has been a hallmark of for fashion education in the realms of design,
NIFT and a catalyst in its expansion. The institute management and technology.
brings together a wide range of aesthetic and
intellectual orientations. While the early instructors Over the years, NIFT has also been working as a
included leading progressive scholars from Fashion knowledge service provider to the Union and State
Institute of Technology, New York, USA, the in- governments in the area of design development
house faculty was drawn from a distinguished and positioning of handloom and handicrafts.
group of intellectuals, who created dynamic
pathways for effective learning. The rest is history! The vision of the institute embraces challenges and
Now, the institute boasts of a robust community provides the impetus in setting highest academic
of leading practitioners, education enthusiasts, standards. NIFT continues to strive to be nothing
entrepreneurs, creative thinkers, researchers and but the best.

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

FOUNDATION PROGRAMME
Foundation Department aims at offering cross The general electives enhance the fundamental
disciplinary environment to the entrants by cognitive orientation of student encompassing the
way of enhanced interaction and experience. whole of the individual’s or society knowledge and
This transition programme develops a culture point of view. These include natural philosophy,
among students and prepares them for life as fundamental, existential and normative postulates,
skilled and socially aware designers and fashion themes, values, emotions and ethics. Emphasis is
technologists. The Foundation Programme is also given on developing problem solving skills and
offered to both the design as well as technology critical thinking skills. General electives in music,
students. The Curriculum during Foundation dance and theatre, are introduced to engender
Programme of design programmes focus on performances by group of students. The premise
representation techniques, arts, craft and design of each piece is well argued and supported by
sensibilities, design concepts, methods, processes research and reading and the general electives
and orientation towards Fashion. Subjects taught help students to communicate effectively and
during Foundation Programme of technology appropriately.
programme include material exploration, data
handling techniques, product development, fabric Industry connects & projects
sciences and fashion orientation amongst others.
During the first year of study, students are engaged
The Foundation Programme pioneers use of digital with a range of facilitators including motivators,
design technologies and communication mediums. Industry experts, practitioners, trendsetters,
The experience provides students the necessary performing artists, theorists and designers.
space for augmenting their passion through The programme helps students develop an
skilling, collaborative value creation and provides independent personality and allows them to adapt
them with a strong foundation that is required for and learn for themselves in a rapidly changing
their Bachelors degree. The experience gained social and economic environment.
during first year inculcates holistic development
amongst the student community. The Foundation Programme curriculum is
designed in such a way that the industry exposure
The programme also includes courses that directly is provided to students on a regular basis. All
and indirectly support personality development. campuses arranged sessions with stalwarts
Along with major subjects, general electives from the industry and many campuses were also
are introduced from foundation level to allow successful in participating in live industry projects.
students to strengthen their co-curricular abilities.
Expert sessions were arranged in varied areas to

provide interesting perspective to the students best practices and projects executed in previous
on courses that they were engaged in. A number semesters.
of workshops were arranged specifically for • Digital Design and Communication -1 –The
students of Foundation Programme on areas training was offered on 17th Oct, 2020 and
like Spatial Mapping, Fashion Styling, Fashion anchored by Mr. K K Babu. The objective of this
Forecasting, Street Art and Body Painting, Design training was to understand photography basics,
Process Jewellery and Fashion, Fashion and Image Post Processing, Photopea, discussion
Makeup, Surface Technique & Fashion, Home and demonstration about Free Mobile apps for
Fashion, Yarn, Recycle Material, Trend Spotting photography & Image editing and Free canvas
and Cool Hunting, Capacitor & Transformer, faculty license application procedure.
Data Management Techniques, Development of • Geometry – The expert sessions by senior faculty
Surfaces and Intersection of Solid, Development were conducted online for other faculty teaching
&Importance of Pattern Making & Garment the subject.
Construction in Garment Industry, Materials &
Manufacturing Processes in Industry, Overview Awards and Student Achievements
of Basics of Art Appreciation & Role of Culture
in Art, Understanding of Colour, Ideation process • Jayita Poddar, student from NIFT Bhubaneswar
in Integrated Design Project, Story Telling and was awarded 2nd prize in ‘Face Makeup
Synthesis for Creative Thinking. Competition’ in the event, Meraki – Epitome of
Creativity, held in December 2020.
The students were also encouraged to attend • The following students Delhi received funding
webinars and participate in workshops and online for product development under the Design
events that were offered by other organizations Innovation Centre, a grant received by NIFT Delhi
during the pandemic. campus from MHRD Govt. of India.
1. Ananya Vaishya
As part of the curriculum, industry visits and 2. Satyam Chandra Dey
outdoor academic activities are conducted 3. Nehal Vijay
to provide holistic exposure to the students. 4. Anushca Gangwar
However, with most activities being turned • Ms. Arushi Gugaliya from NIFT Jodhpur, Chitran,
to virtual mode, due to the pandemic faculty II Prize, Shaheed Bhagat Singh college, University
members in the department worked tirelessly & of Delhi, 20-28 September, 2020.
left no stone unturned to explore opportunities • Mr. Akarshan Agrawal from NIFT Jodhpur,
and bring at par benefit to the students. A number Toycathon 2021, Shortlisted for grand finale,
of special interactions with the industry and virtual Ministry of education's innovation cell, Ministry
visits were arranged at most campuses. of women and child development, Ministry of
Textiles, Ministry of MSME, Ministry of IB, Ministry
Faculty training/workshops of C&I, AICTE, 30 January - 26 June 2021.
• Ms. Saloni Singhal from NIFT Jodhpur was
To ensure that all faculty of Foundation Programme selected as Mascot for International Yoga Day -My
are trained in relevant areas the following Training dream India in 2021 drawing competition, Ayush
of Trainer Workshops were conducted by the Ministry Danik Bhaskar.
department. • Students of Kangra created designs of wall
paintings that were executed all over Kangra
• Creative Thinking Skills (CTS) – The training was District to celebrate the 50th Statehood of
offered between 15th July to 17th July, 2020 and Himachal Pradesh.
anchored by Dr. Kaustav Sengupta and Dr. Usha • Mr Manan Agarwal a student of Srinagar won
Narasimhan. The objective of this training was to the fashion based event as Mr. Prayagraj held in
understand the overview of the curriculum of CTS, Prayagraj.
revisit the main areas of CTS to add to the material • Ninety one students of Chennai actively
bank and understand theteaching pedagogy. participated in the Voices of Youth’ – Reimagine
• Self and Society – The training was offered world post COVID19, - a creative Illustration
between 13th July to 14th July 2020 and anchored initiative by UNICEF India in association with
by Dr. Kaustav Sengupta and Dr. Usha Narasimhan. InkLink Trust”. The works of FP students Simran
The objective of this training was to get acquainted Samit Sawant and Barshita Panda was selected to
with the overview of the curriculum and deliverables be featured in the coffee table book. The artwork
of Self and Society, sensitizing the participants of Ann Henin DK got published in The Hindu
towards society, social issues and research tools, newspaper as part of World Art day.
discussion on creating an ambience of collective
consciousness and community building and share

FASHION DESIGN
As the flagship programme of NIFT since its Design and Illustration, Apparel Development
inception, the Fashion Design department has with Pattern Making, Draping and Garment
played an influential role in shaping Indian fashion Construction as the core components and Value
through generations of successful designers Addition for different industry segments. A
and entrepreneurs who have been leading the combination of manual, technological and digital
industry with their creative and business acumen. inputs develop skill competencies for actualizing
Over the last 35 years, the overarching objective designs in different categories for specific market
of the programme is to enable the integrated segments. The two Deepening Specialization
development of future professionals who will pathways are Luxury & Couture, and Image
contribute to the growth of the apparel industry Creation & Styling for extended career choices,
through a global outlook with an Indian soul. targeting high-end limited edition segment &
Partnering with the retail and exports industry, Image Creation and Styling focusing on celebrity
associating with the handcrafting sectors, and culture and social media respectively
also in niche and emerging areas of digital and The department also offers three interdisciplinary
technical design, several graduates venture into Minors viz. Fashion Explorations, Fashion
entrepreneurship. The Fashion Design department Representation for undergraduate students and
at NIFT has distinguished itself through its Fashion Process for the post graduate students.
progressive approach to design education and
association with the Indian fashion industry. The Workshops/ Training programmes conducted
department has 72 faculty members across 16
campuses, namely Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, • Prof. Dr. Malini Divakala organized two online
Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, seminars on ‘Future of Fashion in the Post Covid
Kangra, Kolkata, Kannur, Mumbai, New Delhi, Era’ by Michael Kampe, Creative Director Lee
Patna, Raebareli, Shillong, Srinagar and Panchkula. Jeans, Antwerp and ‘Sustainability as a Trend for
Luxury Fashion’ by Neha Celly, founder NeCe
Curriculum Gene.
• A customized five-day workshop on ‘Performance
The curriculum includes Major subjects that follow Clothing: The Role of smart textile innovations
pathways for sequential and seamless learning in high-demand performance clothing’ was
with focus on current industry realities as well as conducted by industry experts from Arvind Ltd.,
emerging sectors. Creative ideation finds practical Adidas and Mirachem Industries as well as eminent
expression through core subjects that include academicians from IIT, Delhi and internal expert

Prof. Monika Gupta. The workshop was attended comparison with Siro yarn’ in Indian Journal of
by 25 faculty across 13 campuses. Fibre and Textile Research. He also published a
• Three Training of Trainers programs were paper on ‘Camouflage Fabric: Fabric for Today’s
conducted: ‘Pedagogical Approach to Fashion Competitive Era’ in Textile & Leather Review.
Design Education’ on innovative ways of curriculum • Dr. Madan Lal Regar published two papers
delivery in the areas of design, illustration & titled ‘Approaches for the Sustainable Textile
image creation by Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha; ‘Apparel and Fashion’ and ‘Impact of Corona Crisis on
Development’ by Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang and Global Textile Supply Chain’ in the International
‘Value Addition on Textiles for Fashion’ by Prof. Conference on Advances in Textile Fashion and
Dr. Malini Divakala. Crafts (ATFC) 2021 organized by NIFT Jodhpur
• In addition, several webinars were conducted • Dr. Madan Lal Regar & Dr. Aditi Mertia, with FD 6
and attended by the department faculty on fashion semester students made a poster presentation on
education and the industry ‘Earth Impressions: Study on Mud Resist Printing
and The Impact of The Global Pandemic of 2020
Papers published/ presented on Mud Resist Print’ in ATFC 2021
• Ms. Nayantara Singh, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Aditi Mertia, Assistant Professor published presented an article on ‘Organic Cotton: Need of
a paper ‘Digital Transformation: A Response to the Hour’ in the international journal, Textile Value
Agile Fashion Industry’ in International Conference Chain. She also wrote 2 articles tilted ‘Worsening
on Advances in Textile Fashion and Crafts (ATFC- Condition of Kashmir Crafts’ and ‘Namda: The
2021) organized by NIFT Jodhpur. Dying craft of Kashmir’ for Valley Observer
• Dr. Aditi Mertia, and Dr. Madan Lal Regar, newspaper.
Assistant Professor made a poster presentation on • Dr. Paramita Sarkar NIFT Kangra has written
‘Sindhi Embroidery- Acknowledging the Ancestral an e-book titled ‘The Journey of the Crow’ for
Art’ with FD 6 semester students in International Amazon Publication
Conference on Advances in Textile Fashion and • Dr. Rajarshi Sengupta, Associate Professor NIFT
Crafts (ATFC-2021) organized by NIFT Jodhpur. Kangra co-authored a paper with Dr. Ruth Barnes
• Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha NIFT Delhi has contributed and Dr. Sarah Fee on ‘The Fine Art of Indian Chintz:
to the ‘Sustainable Fashion Glossary 2020’ created Then and Now’ organized by the Textile Museum
by Condé Nast in partnership with the Centre for of Canada in partnership with Royal Ontario
Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, Museum, Canada.
University of Arts London • Mr. Satyendra Kumar Mishra, Associate
• Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha’s article titled ‘Kala Professor NIFT Patna published a book chapter
Cotton: Cotton of Resilience’ was published in in ‘COVID-19’s Impact on Fashion Design
Fibre2Fashion (print and online). Education’ in COVID-19 & Emergency e-Learning:
• Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha’s abstract on ‘Ecology of Consequences and Experiences, Star Publication,
Khadi Denim’ to the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Agra, U.P.
World Textiles has been accepted. • Ms. Pratheepa Raj, Assistant Professor NIFT
• Ms. Shresha, Assistant Professor NIFT Delhi is Chennai has written a textbook on ‘Fashion
the faculty facilitator for Subh-Griha, TrendByte- Designing’ for Std. XI, SCERT Samagra Shiksha
Insight young 20X21Book. under the scheme of vocationalisation of school
• Dr. Japjee Kaur Kohli, Associate Professor, education. Publication is awaited.
NIFT Gandhinagar published a paper titled • Shangrella Rajesh, Assistant Professor , NIFT
‘Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Skill Gaps in the Kannur published a paper titled ‘Influence of
Apparel Industry of India: A Case study of Fashion Social Media Marketing Strategies in Niche Start
Design programme’ in the Staff and Educational up Models: A Consumer Study on Fashion Brands’
Development International Journal, 2021, 24(1). in the International Journal of Textile and Fashion
• Dr. Japjee Kaur Kohli, Ms. Aarti Solanki, Associate Technology (IJTFT).
Professor and Mr. Bhaskar Banerjee, Associate • Shangrella Rajesh published ‘Rediscovery of
Professor co-presented a paper on ‘Study of handloom cluster with reference to sustainability
global denim apparel brand’s green marketing and empowerment’ in International Research
initiatives promoting sustainability’ in the National Journal on Advanced Science Hub, Vol. 2, Special
Conference on Sustainability in Business Practices Issue ICSTM 12S.
(2020) • Shangrella Rajesh presented ‘Fashion Business
• Dr. Madan Lal Regar, published a paper on ‘Effect Model – Change from unconventional creations
of Solvent Treatment on Siro and Ring Spun TFO to sustainable trends: Upcoming designers
Polyester Yarn’ 2021 in Tekstilec perspective’ in International Fashion Colloquia
• Dr. Madan Lal Regar published a paper on 2020, Jaipur.
‘Migration characteristics of Eli-twist yarn and its • Shangrella Rajesh presented a paper on ‘Ethical

Factors influencing attitude towards Fashion YouTube Live
counterfeit products’ ICSSC 2020, Alagappa • Mr. Ravi Joshi, Assistant Professor, NIFT
University, sponsored under Rusa phase 2.0 Gandhinagar presented his recent paintings in the
scheme 22 Jan 2020. exhibition ‘Décollage’ at The India Art Platform
• Om Soorya, Assistant Professor, NIFT Kannur, in collaboration with Anupa Mehta Arts Advisory,
published a paper titled ‘Appropriation of Mumbai
Indigenous Cultural Expressions: A Critical • Dr. Japjee Kaur Kohli was invited as interview
Reading of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art’ panelist for the selection of Assistant Professor,
in the International Journal of Central University of Fashion Design by FDDI.
Kerala. ISSN 2321-8010 Volume 6 Issue 02. • In addition to the 23 faculty who are PhD holders,
• Om Soorya published ‘Fashioning Indigenous 21 are pursuing their doctoral studies.
Cultural Expressions in the Neo Liberal World’ in • Prof. Dr. Malini Divakala & Ms. Ruhee Das
Malayalam Research Journal. ISSN-0974 1984.Vol. developed, an indigenous half- scale dress form
13 Issue 3 Sept.-Dec. 2020, p. 5045-5056. with materials available at home for Online
• Dr. Vidya Rakesh, Associate Prof. NIFT Rae Bareli deliverance.
published a paper on ‘Artificial Intelligence: New
face of Luxury promotions’ in Gradiva Review Industry Connect
Journal, UGC CARE List Group II ISSN NO: 0363-
8057 Vol. 7, Issue 3, pp 49-70) in March 2021. The curriculum provides scope for integrating
• Mr. Vivek Jangra, Assistant Professor NIFT Rae classroom projects with industry briefs. In 2020-
Bareli presented a paper on ‘Thermoelectric 21 the department facilitated several such live
Energy Harvesting: A Sustainable Approach’ in projects. To encourage purposeful design learning
the National Conference on Sustainable Growth in through application, 64 students of 7th semester
Textiles (NCSGT-2020) held at Textile Technology across 11 campuses participated in a classroom-
Institute, Kanpur in 12 -14 Aug 2002 based project with Byogi, a clothing brand under
The Art of Living Foundation for designing product
Faculty Achievements lines namely Spiritual Clothing, Yogawear and
Upcycled Clothing
• Prof. Dr. Malini Divakala, was invited as a panel A two-week industry internship project was also
member for a discussion on ‘Sustainable Design undertaken with TCNS wherein 365 students
and Development of Handlooms of Telangana’ across 14 campuses participated in this classroom
organised by the Telangana State Govt - 7 August project. The 3 best collections were prototyped.
2020. The association with TCNS continued wherein in
• Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha has actively initiated the April-May 2021, 147 students of 6th semester
establishment of the Publication Unit at NIFT across 5 campuses undertook a live assignment
• Sr Prof Banhi Jha was invited as a panelist on in the subject Fashion Design & Illustration with
the ‘Fashion Values’ Round table programme – a options of either ‘Sustainability’ or ‘Craft’ to study
Sustainability Education programme developed forecasted trends to create a range.
by Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CRB) at London 573 students of 7th semester undertook Industry
College of Fashion and its partners Kering, IBM Internship. 307 students completed their
and Vogue Business. The outcomes were launched Graduation Projects with export units, retail
in an event at London Fashion Week brands such as Reliance Retail, Benetton, Louis
• Sr. Prof. Banhi Jha was invited by Zee TV for its Philippe, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, Arvind
EPIC channel as expert on Indian costumes on the Ltd., W-TCNS, Joy Mitra Designs, Pasch Designs,
programme ‘Veshbhusha’ to talk on the ‘Salwar Remanika Apparels Private Limited, Moh Studio,
Kameez’ Nykaa, Richa & Co., Pankaj & Nidhi, Archana
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar was invited as keynote Kochhar, Ka-Sha India, Medhya, Matrix Clothing to
speaker in a webinar on ‘Trainers Capacity name a few.
Development’ organized by ITI, Joginder Nagar
• Dr. Murugajothi was a speaker on self and Projects/ workshops Undertaken
personality development on ‘The Power of
Negative Space: Who you are and what you are’ • Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha and Ms. Anuttama
on the NIFT Chennai Instagram page. Chakraborty, Assistant Prof NIFT Delhi designed
• Ms. Pratheepa Raj gave a talk on NIFT Chennai and developed prototypes for school uniforms
Instagram page for the Master class series on ‘I for tribal students of Eklavya Model Residential
design through Pattern making technique’ Schools, Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
• Ms. Pratheepa Raj gave a talk on ‘The Hindu- • Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha and Ms. Anuttama
Tamil’ news on the topic ‘’Uyarvukku Uyar Kalvi’ Chakraborty designed a technology-embedded
career guidance for fashion design courses on ‘smart’ jacket for the Food Safety officers of Food

Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). empowerment, in Feb-March 2020.
• Ms. Sobharani Lakra Assistant Professor, NIFT • Dr. Kruti Dholakia, Associate Professor NIFT
Bhubaneswar designed uniforms for the trainees, Gandhinagar conducted a 15 day workshop on
faculty and staff of World Skill Centre Bhubaneswar hand embroidery for training 25 women.
• Ms. Sobharani Lakra worked on the study of • Dr. Aditi Mertia is the coordinator of the project
crafts and development of designs for the support on skill improvement training for 150 Pakistani
of producer groups for quality jute diversified migrant women artisans of Universal Just Action
products on a commercial scale. Society (UJAS), an NGO in Jodhpur
• Ms. Sobharani Lakra worked on the project • Dr. Madan Lal Regar co-chaired a technical session
for commercialisation of innovative handloom in the International Conference on Advances in
products developed by NIFT Bhubaneswar in Textile Fashion (ATFC-2021) at NIFT Jodhpur
collaboration with CSB, Bangalore and Handlooms, • Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi. Jha chaired session in the
Textiles & Handicraft Department, Government of e-conference on ‘Advances in Textile, Fashion and
Odisha Crafts ATFC-2021’ organized by NIFT Jodhpur
• Ms. Pratheepa Raj, Assistant. Professor designed • Dr. Paramita Sarkar was the moderator for
the academic dress of IISER Tirupati the webinar on ‘Khadi: The New vision of India’
• Prof. Dr. Malini D., Ms Fatima Bilgrami, Mr. G. M. organised by NIFT Kangra.
Reddy & Ms Shoba Uppe, NIFT Hyderabad have • Ms. Shangrella Rajesh, Assistant Professor has
undertaken a project for ‘Society for Elimination of been Resource person for the 6 day online virtual
Rural Poverty (SERP) Faculty Development Program in association with
• Dr. Japjee Kaur Kohli, Associate Prof. and Mr. Bengaluru Central University on ‘Advanced Pattern
Amit Phogat, Assistant Prof, DFT conducted a 21 Making and its importance in a designer’s life’.
day workshop on tailoring aimed at training women
artisans for skill development and empowerment,
in Jan-Feb 2020.
• Dr. Japjee Kaur Kohli and Ms. Jalpa Vanikar,
Assistant Professor NIFT Gandhinagar conducted
a 15 day workshop on Patchwork aimed at
training women artisans for skill development and

LEATHER DESIGN
Department of Leather Design at NIFT Chennai, at PG level in full time mode for 1 year duration
Kolkata, New Delhi and Rae Bareli, caters to the in order to cater to the growing demands for
professional human resource requirements of the professionals and needs of the human resource
Fashion Industry sectors in specific to leather and requirements in the Leather Products industries, in
allied products industries focusing on apparels, addition to its regular design degree programme
footwear, leather goods, luxury products, lifestyle
products and handicrafts. The Curriculum and Deliverance
This is a unique programme offered by Department The 4 year professional design degree
of Leather Design of NIFT that intends to create programme offered by the Department of
prepared and well-rounded professionals as Leather Design emphasizes on the integration
Designers, ProductDevelopers, Product Stylists, of design concepts in garments, footwear and
CAD experts, Design Merchandisers and Design leather products with material knowledge to
Entrepreneurs for the Fashion Leather products, respond to the requirements of specific target
Luxury goods and allied product sectors in markets. Exposure to the industry through field
National and International Business. trips, tannery training and industry internship is
an important part of the curriculum.
The department also caters to the customized
needs of the industries viz. activities like Market The multidisciplinary approach of the curriculum
and Fashion trend research & analysis, New develops ability in students to handle different
Design & Product Development;Human Resource materials for different product types in leather
Development activities like Skill development by and combination materials as per the needs and
organizing various workshops, Short Duration preferences of various market segments and
training programmes (SDPs) both in-house and target customers both in national and international
outreach mode, Management Development markets. The professional expertise is developed
Programs (MDPs), Project Consultancies, etc. by imparting the required knowledge, skills,
creative exploration and practices built within
The department also offers continuing education the curriculum through four subject categories,
programmes in part time mode in 3 months, viz. Majors, Deepening Majors, Interdisciplinary
6 months and 1 year durations, and diploma Minors and General Studies.
programmes at UG level for 2 years duration and

The Majors, Deepening specializations and the the 27th (Saturday) and 28th (Sunday) of June
Floating Majors ensure the requisites are imparted 2020 between 18.00 to 21.00 hrs IST (both days).
at different levels with each graduating semester A training certificate was issued for the successful
to create and groom the necessary prepared participation in the workshop.
design professionals and entrepreneurs for the
Fashion Product sectors. • Ms. Vijayalakshmi R, Assistant Professor
completed the module on “How to Prepare
Besides Design and Product Development pathway, Your Manuscript” on June 30th 2020 in Research
allied career pathways have been incorporated Academy.
into the curriculum to spread the menu of career • Dr. M. Aravendan, Professor & CP-LD, attended
choice across the various categories of the fashion a Three Days’ International Virtual Workshop on
products sector. These allied career pathways are "Structural Equation Model & Confirmatory Factor
envisaged through the Interdisciplinary Minors. Analysis using AMOS " by Dr. R. Ravanan, Joint
Director of Collegiate Education, Chennai Region,
Industry connects and projects India, scheduled from 3rd July to 5th July 2020
between 18.00 to 21.00 hrs IST (both days). A
• The Leather Design Department signed an MOU training certificate was issued for the successful
with CLRI to synergize expertise on 12.Jan.2021. participation in the workshop.
This was facilitated by Prof. Dr. M. Aravendan,
earlier CP and faculty Leather Design Dept. • Dr. M. Aravendan, Professor & CP-LD, attended
Chennai. a Training Program on "Honing Skills and
• Faculty from the Delhi campus, Mr. E. Sivasakthi, Strengthening Research Publication Aptitude"
and Ms. Dolly Kumar have coordinated projects by Dr. Dileep Kumar M., Professor – Research,
on ‘Punjabi desi jutti’ craft under ‘Upgrading the Africa Business School, Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/ Crafts for University, Morocco, scheduled on the 8th July
Development (USTTAD)’ project and project for 2020 between 1730 to 1900 hours IST via Zoom.
designing of 50 kg jute bag for Food Corporation
of India respectively. Ms Tulika Mahanty also faculty • Dr. M. Aravendan, Professor & CP-LD, attended
from delhi was the PIT for designing of Uniforms a Three Days’ International Training Programme
for the employees of Dedicated Freight Corridor on "Crisis and Disaster Management" from 10.0
Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) am to 12.0 pm, 9th July to 11th July 2020, hosted
• Mr. D. Rajashekar, faculty Leather Design by the National Institute of Disaster Management
Dept. Kolkata, coordinated project on Fashion in collaboration with the Department of Social
Leather Accessories Design, a 1 Year Coursethat Work (Aided), Madras Christian College. A
sponsored by West Bengal Minority Development. training certificate was issued for the successful
Corporation, Ministry of Minority Development. participation in the workshop.
Corporation, Govt. of West Bengal.
• Ms. Vijayalakshmi R., Assistant Professor
Workshops / Trainings conducted attended an online Workshop in Fashion
Illustration organized by department of Fashion
• Prof Usha Narasimhan PhD: Creative thinking Design NSFTID from July 6th to July 11th 2020.
skills (CTS) TOTjointly conducted through online
mode in July 2020. • Dr. M. Aravendan, Professor & CP-LD, attended a
National Workshop on "Statistical Tools in Research
Workshops and Trainings attended using SPSS" on 20th & 21st July 2020 by Dr. R.
Ravanan, Joint Director of Collegiate Education,
• Ms. Vijayalakshmi R. Assistant Professor Chennai Region and organized by Mother Teresa
attended 7 – days National level online workshop Women's University Research & Extension Centre,
on “Dynamics of Research in Social Sciences” from Chennai. The training certificate will be issued on
15th May to 21st May 2020 which was organized 5th August 2020 for the successful participation in
by the students for Holistic Development of the workshop.
Humanity (SHoDH), Himachal Pradesh & Himachal
Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur. • Ms. Vijayalakshmi R., Assistant Professor
participated the “Go back to the Roots - Story
• Dr. M. Aravendan, Professor & CP-LD, attended telling through Textile Design on July 25th 2020
a Two Days’ International Virtual Workshop on organized by VIT Fashion Institute of Technology,
"statistical data analysis and interpretation using (VFIT) VIT, Chennai.
spss" by Dr. R. Ravanan, Joint Director of Collegiate
Education, Chennai Region, India scheduled on • Ms. Vijayalakshmi, Asst. Professor – LD attended

8 days online seminar on “Textile Industry and • Paper titled “Inclusiveness of the Differently
Covid – 19 organized by the department of Abled: Challenges and Opportunities in India”
Textile Industry and Apparel Design at Bharathiyar by Bharat Singh, Asst. Prof at LD Raebareli was
University from 4th January, 2021 to 12th January, published in the journal National Seminar in 2020.
2021.
• Prof Usha Narasimhan PhD: Paper - ‘Fashioning
• Mr. T. R. Sankara Narayanan, Asso. Prof. & Identity - A Study from Urban India’., accepted
CC-LD, Dr. M. Aravendan, Prof. – LD and Ms. for publication as chapter in edited book by Brill
Vijayalakshmi R., Asst. Prof. – LD attended a Publication in 2020, publication date as informed is
workshop on January 19, 2021 and January 27, - 17th July 2021. E-book ISBN - 978-90-04-44659-5
2021 “Introduction to Machine Learning & AI” by /Paperback ISBN - 978-90-04-44658-8.
Blackstraw is organised by NIFT, Chennai.
• Mr. E. Sivasakthi: Authored a chapter titled ‘A
• Ms. Vijayalakshmi R, Assistant Professor – LD novel approach towards design and development
participated in the UGC SYRIDE sponsored 7 days of Indian men’s work place casual footwear with
online programme on Environmental Sustainability specific reference to sizing’ in the book titled
and Research Ethics organised from 03/02/2021 ‘Recent trends in traditional and technical textiles
to 11/02/2021 by the Department of Textile and (conference proceedings) published by Springer
Clothing, School of Home Science. with ISBN No.978 98115 9995 8 in the month of
September 2020.
• Dr. M. Aravendan, Professor-LD, Mr. T.R.
Sankara Narayanan, Asso. Prof. - & CC – LD & • Ms. Tulika Mahanty: Paper titled ‘Study on
Ms. Vijayalakshmi R. attended the final day of the preferences for type of embroidery and inﬂuences
Workshop on Introduction to Machine Learning & on its purchase decisions among college going
AI by Blackstraw from 10:00 am to 1.00 pm on girls’ authored by Tulika Mahanty was accepted
February 9, 2021 organised by NIFT Chennai. on 13/02/2021 for publication in UGC care journal
Ensemble., A bilingual peer reviewed academic
• Ms. Tulika Mahanty, attended one week Online journal, ISSN (online) 2582- 0427.
Faculty Development Programme on LaTex from
13th to 19th July 2020 conducted by Jamshedpur • Ms. Tulika Mahanty: Presented research paper on
Women’s College in collaboration with Spoken the topic ‘Marketing of tribal art and craft products
tutorials IIT Bombay. in the light of globalization and modernization’ in
the National E-Conference on ‘Empowering Tribal
• In addition the faculty from Chennai attended Women: Entrepreneurship & Skill Development, a
many webinars in the areas of their expertise that way towards Atmanirbhar Bharat’ on 5 Dec, 2020.
added to their course deliverance. The paper is published in UGC CARE Journal
(Scopus indexed)- Wutan Huatan Jisuan Jishu,
Papers published by faculty ISSN:1001-1749.
While faculty from the department published and Papers presented by faculty
presented papers, 3 faculty have completed their
PhDs and the rest of the faculty are pursuing their • Ms. Vijayalakshmi R. Assistant Professor
PhDs which are at various stages of completion. participated as a presenter for the paper entitled
Me. Tulika Mahanty has also completed her Pre- “Developing Jacquard Woven Saree with Kurumba
Thesis. The list of papers published by the faculty Tribal Painting” in “First International Conference
is as below – on Science Technology and Management (ICSTM-
Online)” on December 5, 2020 and December 6,
• Mr. Sankara Narayanan.T.R, CC LD published a 2020.
research paper on 18th June, 2020, in the IJRAR
(e-ISSN 2348-1269, Vol:07,Issue 2) on Covid- • Prof Shinju Mahajan PhD co-presented with Ms
19:Impact on Design Education. Tanushree Chatterjee a paper titled ‘PVC Flex
Banners and mapping it’s afterlife reuse and
• Ms. Vijayalakshmi R. Assistant Professor published recycling in Delhi NCR’ in the Textile and Fashion
a research paper in the International Research Innovation Congress held on 16th April 2021.
Journal on “Advanced Science Hub (e-ISSN 2582-
4376) manuscript entitled “Developing Jacquard Specific Relating to Curriculum Deliverance
Woven Saree with Kurumba Tribal Painting”
Volume -02 Special issue 12S for the month of • All facuclty of the department across the four
December 2020. campuses adapted a dual mode of deliverance

simultaneously both offline and online for inputs College, Kolhan University, Jharkhand.
during the session January – June 2021, and also
prepared demo videos and uploaded the same • All four campuses organized Artisans Awareness
for access to LD students in both July-Dec 2020 Workshop and Craft Demonstration workshops
and Jan-June 2021 sessions due to the pandemic through online mode and conducted the Crafts
situation. Research and Documentation also through online
mode due to the prevailing pandemic situation.
• CLO3D -Virtual Design studio was introduced for
students to simulate garment designs.
Faculty Achievements
• Ms. Tulika Mahanty, was nominated to be the

Member of the Board of studies for the department
of Fashion & Accessories Design for a period of 3
years (2020-2023) in Jamshedpur Women’s College
, Jamshedpur, Kolhan University, Jharkhand.
• Ms. Tulika Mahanty, was nominated to be

the Member of the Board of Studies for the
Department of Home Science for a period of
2 years (2020-2022) in Jamshedpur Women’s
College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
• Ms. Tulika Mahanty was invited as resource

person and to present live demonstration on
new business ideas/products in a National Level
ONLINE workshop on “Small Business ventures
a means of Women Empowerment” on 9th& 10
June 2020 in the Dept. of Home Science, Women’s

TEXTILE DESIGN
The Textile Design programme equips students them to traditional practices.

with the knowledge and hones their creativity
and understanding of design applications for In an endeavour to equip students to design textiles
the Apparel and Home Fashion industries. The for a specific product category, Textiles for Apparel
programme builds upon the integration of & Fashion Accessories and Textiles for Home &
creative forces of design with textile technology, Spaces are offered as the Deepening Specialisation
and also keeps in mind the historical, social and options for the students from semester-IV. In each
cultural contexts in which the designers work semester, the Major and Deepening Specialisation
today. The Textile Design department at NIFT is integrated to strengthen the knowledge base
has distinguished itself through its unique and with strong industry orientation in the three
innovative approach to design education and core areas, viz., weaves, prints and surface
through its proximity to the Indian fashion and embellishment which shall prepare the graduates
textiles industry. The department has 76 faculty to contribute effectively in the respective industry.
members across 13 campuses. At present, around
1300 students are pursuing Textile Design in 13 The Textile Design department offers three
campuses viz., Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, interdisciplinary minors to the other departments,
Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, viz., Textile Structure and Surface, and Textile
Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai and Patna. Appreciation for undergraduate students,
and Textile Manufacturing and Sourcing for
The Curriculum and deliverance postgraduate students to provide a comprehensive
understanding of textiles and their application in
The Textile Design programme primarily focuses different fields.
on Weaves, Prints and Surface Embellishments on
textiles, using both hand and digital skills through Industry Connects and projects
an application-oriented approach. The curriculum
structure is designed to instil a strong textile In the session 2020-21 about 200 experts from
foundation with an increased industry interface by the domestic and industry abroad have been
way of visits, industry-linked projects, and lectures invited virtually for lectures across the campuses
by industry experts. The curriculum addresses new with the objective of sharing their knowledge and
emerging areas such as technical textiles, smart experience with the students. Some of the areas of
fabric technology and futuristic textiles in order the presentation were, Printed Textiles and retail,
to respond to the emerging industry needs. The Print Design for USA Bedding, Design and CAD,
students also get exposure to a craft environment Latest Development in Dyeing Process and ETP
by way of craft cluster initiative, which sensitizes Process, Electronics in Embroidery, Sustainable

Textiles, Circular Economy, Smart Textiles & The company and the campus worked in tandem
Wearable Technology, Information Technology remotely for the design development whereby
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, Application the industry experts periodically reviewed the
of Natural Dyes on Textiles, Handloom sarees of work of the students online and selected the best
India, Traditional Rugs and Carpets, Storytelling designs. Some of the companies associated with
for increasing the social media presence of the classroom projects include, like Aarnavi, Aditya
artisan for improving sales, Rich heritage of Indian Birla Fashion and Retail, AQUARELLE INDIA, M/s.
traditional textiles and their evolution,Bhutanese Arvind, Atlas Exports, Ambadi Enterprises,Amiya,
Textiles, Textile Conservation Importance, Baragaon Weaves, Button Masala, Byogi project
Present trends in Home Textiles, Understanding -Art of Living, Casilla Living,Creative Dignity,
market requirements and Trends for Apparel Earthwhile,East & Grace,Eco Tasar, Fortuna colours
and Fashion Accessories, Ethical sourcing for & prints, Gazebo,Geisha Designs, Himadri Hans
sustainable fashion brands, UI/UX Design, Design Handloom, Jaypore,Jogira Foundations, Kritikala,
opportunities in weave design development in Llysas,Meka furnishings Pvt. Ltd, Natural Fibres
Apparel with a 4 shaft loom, Concept of Zero waste Export, Nahar Industries, Nakhrali, Pink Peacock
in textile industry, Innovation in Textiles, Fabric Couture, Prakash Art Creation, Raasleela Textiles,
manipulation & its innovative use in wearable Raga Designs, M/s Raj Overseas, Rewind Roots,
art, Smocking and its variations on conventional Rouka by Sreejith Jeevan, Rohin Design Studio,
and unconventional material, Textile of Assam Texware Technology, 23 Designs & Sourcing Pvt
and northeast, Latest Trends in Textiles, Industry Ltd,etc. Most of the companies awarded the
Nuances, Prospects of Indian Jacquard Industry, certificate of appreciation to the toppers as well
The Intellectual Technologies for Textile Design, AI as participation certificates to all the students.
and Its Application in Textiles, Textile Conservation
and Restoration, Luxury Fashion: An Insight to the Apart from the academic pursuits, the Textile
Luxury Fashion Business and Merchandising, IPR Design departments in various campuses across
and its importance in Textiles,etc. the country actively involved in various textile
consultancy projects. Many Textile Design faculty
Pandemic was forcing everyone to stay indoors. members from different campuses are involved
However, it was business as usual in textile in the project for “Setting up Design Resource
design departments across the campuses. Craft Centre in Weavers Service Centre” for DC
demonstrations by renowned artisans were (Handlooms)Ministry of Textiles, Government
organised remotely in Ajrakh block printing, Hand of India and the first Phase of the project was
Block Printing of Bagh, Patola weaving of Rajkot, completed in February 2021. Several faculty
metal embroidery & Gotapatti embroidery of members are also campus coordinators for
Jodhpur, durrie weaving, Kalakshetra sari weaving, 'Upgrading The Skills And Training In Traditional
etc., to acquaint the students with the heritage Arts/ Crafts For Development' (USTTAD) Project,
crafts of India. To ensure field-based learning, a Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.
common virtual industry Tour/visit to Trident India The other projects that the Textile Design faculty
was organised for all the Semester - IV students members are associated include National Textile
across all campuses to observe the Rotary Printing Museum Project, VisioNXT project and Face
process as part of the course, “Print Design: Hand & lifting execution of work in MoT, Udyog Bhavan
Digital” which provided an immersive experience for Ministry of Textiles, Bagh Print Project "One
to a total of 500 participants who also could clarify District One Product" and MPHSVN Project for
their queries with the industry experts. Government of MP, Project of Uniform Design
for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited,
Textile Design department across campuses etc. Several faculty members have contributed
undertook various other activities connecting with to imparting online Design development training
the industry including classroom projects to provide to the handloom/handicrafts artisans while few
a real-time learning environment to the students. of them contributed towards Online Faculty
In the new curriculum, the Design Projects in Print Development Program to the University college
Design, Surface Design and the Weave Design in teachers.
the deepening specialisations areas of Fashion
Accessories /Home & Spaces are envisaged as Faculty training/workshops
industry-linked classroom projects. The objective
is to comprehend a realistic design brief and apply Since the early pandemic, the faculty members were
design thinking, creative and technical capabilities tasked to implement teaching in distance learning
to develop an industry-ready design collection. modalities and to ensure remote participation and
All the campuses tied up with premium industries learning of students. Two In-house Training of the
for classroom projects to obtain the design brief. Trainers programmes (TOT) were conducted

remotely for Textile Design faculty members “Textile structures for improved impact resistance
across 14 campuses on the topics, viz., “Digital by sequential padding with STFs" and Prof. Kislaya
Print Editing Techniques & Visual Research” Choudhary-TD Mumbai has submitted a patent
and“Paradigm Shift: Innovative Methods & Tools idea which are currently under process for Patent/
to Teach Textile Design Online” in the month of Design Registration.
June and July 2020 respectively by the in-house
faculty members & invited experts. Special CAD Research paper presentations and publications.
training sessions were offered by the faculty
subject anchors to all the faculty members teaching Faculty across campuses have published 23
the courses at various campuses to ensure that research papers in international journals and 12
the students could cope up with the hybrid mode research papers in national journals. A total of 18
of learning. The training sessions accelerated the research papers were presented in the international
process of transforming the teaching practices E conferences & 6 research papers in national E
and helped in transacting various Textile Design conferences. Overall Thirty book chapters in the
courses in distance learning modalities by means core areaswere contributed by the Textile Design
of digital technologies and organisation of learning faculty members across all the campuses.
experiences for the students.
The following faculty members have undertaken
Adapting to technology and e-learning formats, and completed PhD:
several Textile Design faculty members have not
only attended relevant Webinar sessions offered • Ms. Ananya Mitra Pramanik, Assoc. Prof - TD
in various geographical locations, but also have Delhi completed her PhD in Sustainable textiles
served as resource persons and also organised from GD Goenka University in November 2020.
several Webinars for the varied audience.Further, • Dr. Janmay Singh Hada, Asst. Prof - TD Jodhpur
many faculty members have pursued relevant was awarded PhD in September 2020 on the
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to learn topic, "Capacity building of Kota Doria Handloom
new skills which were offered by the various through design Intervention"
reputed global providers in response to the • Mr. Ravikumar R, Assoc. Prof - TD Bengaluru
pandemic and isolation measures put in place completed his doctoral research from Gandhigram
in most countries. Few of the faculty members Rural Institute University and was awarded PhD in
attended virtual Short term E-training programme March 2021
and E-Faculty development programme offered • Ms. Richa Sharma, Assoc. Prof - TD Bengaluru
by Reputed organisations. completed her Doctoral research on the topic,
“Study On The Effect Of Luminescence Of Photo-
Faculty Achievements Luminescent Specialty Pigments On Textiles For
Home Fashion” and was awarded PhD degree
Prof. Dr. Sudha Dhingra - TD Delhi has been from NIFT in 2020.
appointed as the Director – “Centre of Excellence • Mr. Srikanth Gella, Assoc. Prof - TD Hyderabad
for Khadi” – a hub and spokes model Khadi has submitted his PhD thesis titled “Textiles and
revitalising programme to be housed at 5 NIFT Cultural identity: A critical analysis of the role of
campuses sanctioned by Ministry of MSME to Kasavu Sari” in IGNOU, New Delhi
support KVIC. Prof. Dr. Ruby Kashyap Sood-TD • Ms. Vijayalakshmi. T, Asst. Prof - TD Kannur
Delhi has been appointed as a member of the completed the PhD from Bharathiyar University in
Advisory Board of The Journal of Dress History, a the area of Costume Design & Fashion.
research journal published by Association of Dress
Historians, UK while, Dr. Chet Ram Meena, Asst. Students Achievements:
Prof-TD Jodhpur nominated as an Editorial Board
Member for the Journal of Textile Association • Mr. Debjit Biswas, Semester VII of Bhubaneswar
(JTA). Dr.Kunal Singha, Asst. Prof-TD Patna has campus presented research article titled "Dyeing
been awarded Academic Excellence and Young of Silk Fabric with Soaked Phaseolus Vulgaris (Red
Achiever Award by InSc, India, in May 2020 and kidney bean) Extract" at E- Conference organized
Dr.Pintu Pandit, Asst. Prof-TD Patna has been by TIT, Bhiwani September 2020.
awarded Young Engineers Award for the Year • Mr. Debjit Biswas and Ms. Shrutirupa Pati,
2020. They have been also awarded 1st prize in the Semester VII of Bhubaneswar Campus authored
Professional Category on the topic "Textile Fabric the Review article titled " Antiviral Finishing on
for Biological Protection using Herbal Resources Textiles", in “Textile & Leather Review”, 2020 Vol
for Fight against COVID – 19" in May 2020 at 3 Issue 4.
UPTTI Kanpur, India.Dr. Ankita Srivastava, Asst. • Ms. Manvi Tejpal Sem-VIII of New Delhi campus
Prof- TD Jodhpur has submitted a patent titled presented a research paper titled "Enhancing

Customer Satisfaction through Fashion Retail ''
and won the best essay paper award in 2020.
• Bharti Vashisth and Ishita Singh, Sem-IV of Bhopal
campus won FAB Design 2020 held by Fabindia.
• Ms. Diksha, Ms. Kriti Verma and Ms. Ankita
Dasgupta, Sem-VII of Patna campus presented
on the topic "Unravelling the Weaver’s Scenerio:
A Case Study on Bhagaiya, Jharkhand" in the
international conference organised by The
Institution of Engineers (India)and won 1st prize in
poster presentation Feb 2020.
• Ms. Ankita Dasgupta and Ms. Diksha, Sem-VII
of Patna campus presented the research paper on
topic “Upcycling of Waste Textile Materials With
Added Design Values Using Natural Dye, Printing
And Traditional Textile Art” in the National
Conference organised by UPTTI Kanpur and
secured 1st position in poster presentation in Aug
2020.
• Ms. Vedika Tridevi, Sem-VII of Patna campus
presented a research paper on 'Computer
invention in fashion and textiles' at AICTE
International Conference, Kolkata, in June 2020.
She presented a Rug Design in DOMOTEX 2020,
December, 2020, Germany. She was selected as
the“Craft Researcher” in Creative Dignity, Delhi,
August-September, 2020.

KNITWEAR DESIGN
The Knitwear Design Department addresses the Programme across semesters cover the broad
need of specialized design professionals for the areas of Knitting, Flat Pattern & Construction,
Knitwear Domain of Fashion Apparel & Accessories Fabric Technology, Illustration and Presentation
industry. The department provides students a Techniques. Study and practice of crafts are also
comprehensive exposure towards designing and given due importance in all the semesters. The
execution of Knitwear Fashion garments and Department offers two Deepening Specialization
products. The scope of curriculum encompasses Areas to choose from, by the names of Intimate
multiple segments, from foundation garments Apparel and Sportswear
to outerwear. Students are given inputs on the
latest technological knowhow and detailed design The Intimate Apparel specialization aims to provide
methodologies to remain abreast with latest opportunity to the students to specialize in the
trends and forecast in fashion. The department intimate apparel segment of Knitwear. This shall
enables students to grow as professionals who enable students to understand and practice design
can handle all aspects of Knitwear Fashion, right process through thematic approach. The students
from designing of fabric to product realization. shall learn to design concepts of intimate apparel
The students acquire capabilities to work for all collections taking inspiration from the latest
categories of Knitwear Apparels viz. menswear, trends, forecasts, design aesthetic and renowned
women’s wear, kids wear, active or sportswear, peer works. The students get opportunity to plan
leisure wear, winter wear, lingerie and intimate collections according to brand aesthetics and
apparels. finally be able to come up with unique, creative
design for intimate apparel collections.
The curriculum and Deliverance
The Sportswear specialization provides an unique
The Restructured Curriculum The newly introduced opportunity for a knitwear design student to
& restructured curriculum of Knitwear Design specialise in the most promising and challenging
Department is at par with the global academic segment of the knitwear industry. The students
structure. The emphasis on the real field exposure would learn to conceptualise design aesthetics
through industry connect vis a vis industry visit for diversified functional and aesthetic needs of
,national & international exhibition & fairs, expert different categories of sportswear.
lectures, classroom projects etc. strengthen them
to face the global challenges and prove in the area The Interdisciplinary Minor subject areas that
of their expertise in the fashion world. areoffered for UG students of other Department
are World of Knits and Fashion for Sports. The
The major subjects offered by Knitwear “World of Knits” aims to introduce students to the

delectable world of Knitwear. It seeks to present an organized by Blackstraw for a duration of 6 Days
understanding of knits as a zero waste, sustainable span in January & February 2021.:Online FDP on
product. While the course introduces learners to Wearable Devices from 11.01.2021to 15.01.2021
the current knitting techniques available in the at Saintgits College of Engineering online. :Digital
industry, it also helps them work with knitwear design and Communication on 10.10.2020 &
such that they are able to develop garments, 17.10.2020 respectively: Workshopon Art of Indigo
accessories and home products – using both the Dyeing at Arvind Indigo Art Museum, Ahmadabad
aesthetic and tactile elements of the knit fabric. on 19.9.2020:
“Fashion for Sports” is aimed at giving an
orientation towards the most versatile and the Faculty achievements
fastest growing category in fashion business
– Sportswear. It introduces the learner to the 4 Faculties awarded PhD Degree and 9 faculties
various components of Sportswear as a category, are pursuing PhD in NIFT and other reputed
and draws distinction between Casual, Active, universities
Performance sports and Athleisure.
The Interdisciplinary Minor subject area offered Research Paper Publications and Presentations
to PG students is Knitwear Merchandising, which
aims to give the learners a holistic understanding Faculty across campuses have published 23
of managing the specifics of the Knitwear Business. papers and articleson Textile and Craft related
The Department offers Industry Internship of topics, Design based interventions : Quality
8 weeks in any Knitwear Industry to develop related Topics in various national and international
practical knowledge in the Industry. At the end journals.
of the programme, the student has the choice
of undergoing a 16 weeks of Graduation Project
ina Knitwear Industry or to design and execute a
creative Design Collection
Industry connects and projects
Industry Connect The Department caters to

the need of the Knitwear Industry, hence all the
subjects that are chosen for the Programme
Matrix have the Industry connect via visits to
knitwear industry, visit and exposure to national &
international exhibition & fairs, lectures by Industry
Experts and Alumni, Classroom projects etc. which
gives a total learning to students and strengthen
them to face the global challenges and prove in
the area of their expertise in the fashion world.
Students of all semesters across all campuses have
one or 2 projects with the Industry.
TOTs Conducted
faculties from department organized IFFTI online

Webinar. Sustaining Craft in India 16 th March
2021Organized Webinar on “The future of Indian
Fashion”, with Sabyasachi Mukherjee (Designer)
and PriyaTanna (Editor VogueIndia) on 2nd July
2020.
Faculties from the department attended ToTs
on Overview of Lingerie Development At
Enamor, Bengaluru held on 20th - 22nd July;
Faculty Development Programme organized
by SARV International scheduled from 27th
July: Advanced Ecological Techniques in Textile
Chemical Processing for Sustainable Development
Sponsored by AICTE-ISTE from March 12 to 18,
2021: Introduction to Machine Learning & AI

FASHION & LIFESTYLE ACCESSORIES
B.Des (Accessory Design) program is poised to through their signature style accessory design
transform aspirations into tangible and intangible collections, yet keeping it relevant to the market
design solutions. The curriculum of the program and industry challenges. This design collection of
is curated and positioned in the Fashion and eclectic fashion lifestyle accessories are based on
Aesthetic space. The curriculum is enriched patterns stemming from a synergy of forms, colors
with strong theoretical and conceptual design and materials.
philosophy. The program gives a glimpse into the
future fashion and lifestyle accessories and a blend Enabling the learners through depth in skills,
of dynamic technology. Students get to offer accessory design students are empowered with a
innovations across myriad platforms spanning choice of deeper learning with specific skills in the
jewellery, décor design solutions, crafts, personal form of deepening specialization that consists of
accessories, soft goods and work gear. Accessory Jewellery Design, Functional Fashion Accessories
Design program is a career based education that & Decor & Design. Students can make conscious
is relevant today and has the ability to address the choices of any one deepening specialization. This
changing future scenario. process was well supported by the department
faculty mentor attached to every student
The curriculum and deliverance throughout his learning in the campus.
Accessory Design majors provide extensive Industry connects and projects

design knowledge in a socially relevant fashion
scenario. Knowledge is enhanced with conceptual 1. Ms. Shipra Roy, Associate professor from
understanding of design as a process, material Bangalore campus has organized an Industry
as a medium and ability to synthesize outcomes connect on the subject “Design Studio 3 (Lifestyle
enabling them to address the contemporary Accessories Range)” AD Sem VI-Subject from M/s
needs. Melorra, Bangalore for a duration of 2 months
The program offers the millennial students to (25th January to 8th March 2021).
perfect the design process through a balance of 2. Dr. R Reshmi Munshi, Associate Professor from
latest chic trends and a passion for hand crafted Bangalore campus has organized an Industry
artisanal products and processes. Students are connect on the subject “Living Space Design
creatively engaged in developing visualization Décor” AD Sem IV from M/s Hanuman Wood
skills with greater degree of digital fluency. They Industries, Bengaluru, for a duration of 4 months
stand empowered with material manipulation skills (22nd Feb to 27th May 2021)
with an indigenous edge of traditional techniques. 3. Hyderabad campus has successfully conducted
Students are enabled to articulate their individuality “Hyderabad Industry Connect 2020” in the July-

Dec 2020 semester. In this 10 Alumni’s/ Industry Design, Eyewear Division and Mr. Sumit Prakash-
experts were invited to give lectures to students of Head Design, Accessories Division on 21st August
III, V, and VII semester students. Other department 2020.
faculty and students were also invited. 5. Mr. Shripati Bhat, Assistant Professor from
4. Ms. Tulika Saikia, Assistant Professor from Mumbai campus attended webinar(virtual sessions)
Kolkata campus completed a research project on Nurture your Creative Teaching Skills conducted
on creating platform for laboratory learning by Adobe Team in association with NIFT Mumbai
experience during the pandemic in collaboration on 25th May, 26th May & 29th May 2020 and co-
with UMO design Foundation ordinated Adobe Creative Jam(competition for
5. Mr. Kumar Sudeepta, Assistant Professor students) by Adobe.
from Mumbai campus conducted webinar on 6. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Assistant Professor from
"Application of 3D Printing during Covid-19 Patna campus attended a five-day online faculty
Pandemic'' on 17th June 2020 along with the development program on recent developments
panellists Mr. Ganesh Babu, National Technical in arts, design and fashion (29th June to 3rd
Manager, Designtech Systems Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. July 2020) organised by Amity School of Fashion
Shrikant Teli, Regional Head, West India - Stratasys Technology Kolkata and Amity School of Fine Arts
India Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata.
6. Patna campus has conducted an online lecture 7. Mr. S. A. Venkatasubramanian, Associate
on "Latest trends and technology in Wearable Professor, Mr. Praveen Srivastava, Assistant
Accessories - 3D Printing, Laser Cutting and Professor, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Assistant Professor
Electroforming" by Jewellery Designer Ms. Soni & Ms. Stuti Sonker, Assistant Professor from
Amin from Shireen's Creazione, Jaipur in 1st week Raebareli campus attended a workshop / training
of December 2020. on “Design Relevance and Exploration of Hard
7. Raebareli campus – 3rd, 5th & 7th semester Materials” from 30th July 2020 to 01st August
students have participated in “First-Ever Digital 2020 through online mode.
Edition of India Couture Week 2020” from 18th 8. Dr. Yuvraj Garg, Assistant professor from
September 2020 to 23rd September 2020. Jodhpur campus attended a TOT by Industry
8. Mr. Sandeep Sachan, Associate professor expert Mr. Anand Deshpande on the topic of "Lean
from Kangra campus organized a webinar on Management in Apparel Industry" from 17th July
“Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurial Growth” to 21st July 2020 via online mode.
in Collaboration with CWEI, New Delhi on 25 9. Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy, Professor from
August, 2020. Hyderabad campus has attended a one-week
online workshop on “Innovation, Novelty and
Faculty training/workshops Intellectual Property Rights” organised by Dr B.
R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
1. Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy, Professor from Jalandhar, Punjab, India, Haryana, held from 28th
Hyderabad campus formulated and conducted August to 1st September, 2020.
a TOT title “Design Relevance and Exploration 10. Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy, Professor from
of Hard Materials” for three days from 30th July Hyderabad campus has conducted a webinar
2020 to 1st August 2020. 30 NIFT faculties from to Brandex, Visakhapatnam employees titled
different campuses got benefited from this faculty “Creative Thinking: An effective Skill for
development programme. Organizational and Personal Endeavours” on 20th
2. Mr. Souvik Bose, Associate Professor from April 2020. Around 40 employees got benefitted
Kolkata campus attended TOT organised by NIFT from this.
to develop self and Society in over viewing the fact 11. Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy, Professor from
of Covid-19 and its impact in terms of behavioural Hyderabad campus has attended an International
changes in human society. E-Conference three-day certificate course
3. Ms. Pallabi Palit, Assistant Professor from conducted by Government of Maharashtra
Mumbai campus attended Training for Trainers Government Vidarbha Institute of Science &
programme conducted by Foundation Programme, Humanities from 15th to 17th May 2020.
NIFT on Self & Society on 13th and 14th July 2020. 12. Mr. Soumik Halder, Associate Professor
4. Mr. Kumar Sudeepta, Assistant Professor from from Bhopal campus has participated in a TOT
Mumbai campus attended a webcast of the launch Title: Design Relevance and Exploration of Hard
on the Titan Envisage 2.0, Year 2020. The session Materials, 30th July to 1st August 2020
took place with Titan Chief Design Officer-Ms. 13. Dr: Prabhat Kumar, Assistant Professor
Revathi Kant who interacted with students along from Bhopal campus has participated in-
with Mr. Mahender Chauhan-Head Design, “Entrepreneurship Development Programmes
Watches Division, Mr. Abhishek Rastogi-Head (EDPs)”, Organized by Global Triumph Foundation,
Design, Jewellery Division, Mr. Sanil -Head

Supported by Ministry of Electronics and “Jewellery Market : Latest Marketing Trends”
Information Technology, Period- 4th July to 5th which has been published as a full paper in the
July 2020. Conference Proceeding.
14. Dr: Prabhat Kumar, Assistant Professor from
Bhopal campus has participated in - “Artificial • Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy Professor from
Intelligence”, Organized by AICTE Training and Hyderabad campus published a research paper
Learning (ATAL) Academy, at Maulana Azad titled “Assessment of Students’ Performance
National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. Period- by Self, Peer and Teacher in Fashion Education:
11th May to 15th May 2020. A Comparative Perspective” with a co-author
published in the October 2020 month, for Journal
Faculty Achievements of Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA)
Volume XXXIII. JEPA is one of the well known
• Dr. Pallavi Rani, Assistant Professor from Mumbai journals in the circles of higher education.
campus participated as a speaker in Rural Design
Day 2021 Silicon Vilstal at Munich Germany. • Mr. Sanjib Kumar Das, Associate Professor
Represented India and talked about Indian rural from Kolkata campus has participated as a guest
design in a virtual session. speaker on the topic ‘Role of design in the context
• Dr. Pallavi Rani, Assistant Professor from Mumbai of modern Handicrafts’ at a Faculty Development
campus has contributed as a Task Force Mentor Program conducted by Amity University, Kolkata
at UMO Design (a non-profit organization working on 30th June 2020.
towards design awareness and exchange of
design sensibilities through interaction between • Mrs. Jayati Mukherjee, Associate Professor from
designers and design sensitive consumers) Global Kolkata campus published: Jayati Mukherjee,
Innovation Design Challenge 2020 organised by Mainak Ghosh, (2020). “Perceiving Identity of
UMO Design Organization on 21st June 2020. Period Interiors Based on Visual characteristics:
• Mr. S. A. Venkatasubramanian, Associate Comparing Aesthetics of Renaissance in England
Professor from Raebareli campus has undertaken and France”. Journal of Interior Designing and
a project since 2017 on Upgrading the Skills and Regional Planning e-ISSN: 2581-9984 Volume-5,
Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts For Development’ Issue-2 (July-December, 2020) www.matjournals.
(USTTAD) in Bone Cluster Craft of Lucknow & com.
Barabanki. The project is still undergoing.
• Mr. S. A. Venkatasubramanian, Associate • Dr. Pallavi Rani. PhD Assistant Professor from
Professor from Raebareli campus worked as a Mumbai campus has Published an abstract "Study
team member and completed three workshops in of symbolic content in traditional textile motifs
on-going training programme for the artisans of of Santali community" in an online abstract
Khadi under the project of Uttar Pradesh State book published by International Conference on
Khadi and Village Industries Board (UP-KVIB). Functional Textiles & Clothing 2020 IIT Delhi, New
• Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy, Professor from Delhi and "Design of an Awareness Model to
Hyderabad campus as a resource person delivered Develop Proper Sanitary Habit Among the Rural
a topic titled “Fundamentals of design and People of Jharkhand" in Advanced Manufacturing
marketing in the post covid scenario” in a seminar Systems and Innovative Product Design (pp. 11-
titled “Post COVID-19 situation and design 20). Singapur: Springer Nature 2021.
implications” at International Lace Trade Centre
(ILTC), Narsapur, AP State on Friday, 5th February • Mr. Vinayak Yashraj Associate Professor &
2021. CAC from Patna campus has published an article
• Dr. G. Chiranjeevi Reddy, Professor from entitled “Dimensions of Narrative through Clothes:
Hyderabad campus was one of the two trainers Portrayal of Marginalized in Ray’s Sadgati” was
in a 90 minutes online Yoga Workshop conducted jointly published by Vinayak Yashraj and Dr.
to all NIFT Hyderabad fraternity including faculty, Priyanka Tripathi in the journal Contemporary
staff, students and parents on 21st July 2020 on Literary Review India in their volume 7 in November
the occasion of International Yoga Day -2020. 2020.
Research paper presentations and publications • Mr. Rajesh Kumar Assistant Professor from Patna
campus published a paper titled "UV-protected &
• Mr. Anupam Rana, Associate Professor & Link- Thermal Controllable Nano-particle Treated Home
RIC from Gandhinagar campus has participated Furnished Woven Fabric" jointly with Pintu Pandit
in Anvesh 2020 organized by Institute of and Kunal Singha in the National Conference on
Management, Nirma University on 26th & 27th Fashion Apparel and Textile (NCFAT’20) Organized
November, 2020 and contributed paper on by Amity School of Fashion Technology, Noida,

Uttar Pradesh in October 2020.
• Dr. Ngamkholen Haokip, Assistant Professor &

CIC from Shillong campus presented on Artisans;
Importance & Scope" at One Day Duration on
Awareness of Schemes of DC (Handicrafts),
E-Marketing, GeM Portal, GST etc" organised
by Office of the Development Commissioner
(Handicrafts), Meghalaya, on 19th February 2021
at State Convention Centre, Shillong Meghalaya.
• Dr. Yuvraj Garg, Assistant professor from

Jodhpur campus co-authored a chapter named
"Lean Problem-solving " in the book "Lean tools
in Apparel Manufacturing" under Woodhead
Publishing by Elsevier Publishing Ltd. UK (ISBN:
9780128194263).
• Mr. Sandeep Sachan, Associate professor from

Kangra campus Presented a Research Paper at
International Conference at NIFT, Jodhpur.
• Mr. Soumik Halder, Associate Professor from

Bhopal campus published a paper titled “Strategy
for bamboo craft in rural and semi-urban central
India” (a case study from Betul, Central India),
Published in, Journal: Performance Improvement,
Publisher: Wiley Online Library, USA, Volume:
59 Issue: 9, https://doi.org/10.1002/pfi.21937,
Author: Soumik Halder (First Author) and Dr.
Sukanta Majumdar (Second Author), Publication
date: October 2020.
• Dr. Prabhat Kumar Assistant professor and Mr.

Ayan Tiwari Associate Professor (2021) “ MCDM-
Based Decision Support System for Product Design
and Development”, in Chakrabarti A, Poovaiah R,
Bokil P, Kant V, “Design for Tomorrow- Volume
2, Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies”
(Authored- Chapter – 46), Publisher: Springer,
Singapore.

FASHION COMMUNICATION
In the ever-growing world of fashion, the Fashion Design, Space Design, Fashion Media and Fashion
Communication (FC) design programme at NIFT Thinking, and the related genres of these major
happens to be the single most cutting-edge, areas, using hand and digital skills through
exciting, and increasingly essential pathway to knowledge, application and practice based
open up in the fashion and lifestyle industry. The approach.
significance of brand identity has come to be seen
at par with what the brand sells i.e., the product. The curriculum is designed to instill a robust
Numerous prêt and luxury brands keep appearing communication design base with an increased
in the Indian retail scenario, and it has become industry interface by way of visits, industry-
essential for each one of them to develop a unique linked projects and lectures by industry experts.
brand identity for maximum impact and visibility. Besides the existing industry exposure, internship
Fashion Communication has made it feasible for and graduation project, the curriculum includes
these brands to communicate their products, a mandatory industry connect from Semester-III
identity, and strategy, by providing a platform for onwards in form field visits, classroom projects
these very brands. and special lectures by industry professional/
experts. Studentsare encouraged to engage with
In view the fast pace of Information Technology the industry by way of participation in classroom
(IT) and Digital Revolution in last one decade, projects, participation in fashion weeks or other
the restructured curriculum focuses in domain industry events like faculty assistance in an
of Visual and Fashion Communication through ongoing consultancy project.
Digital platforms, IT Applications (Apps) and role The graduates of Fashion Communication
of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the environment emerge as dynamic professionals qualified to
of communication design across the globe. The offer the most effective and financially viable
Fashion Communication is currently offered at 14 communication solutions for the fashion, lifestyle
NIFT Campuses namely Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, industry and beyond. The fast-moving digital
Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, revolution has opened up Fashion Communication
Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, design to new disciplines that require students to
Patna, Raebareli and Srinagar. excel not only in traditional design skills but also
explore and design humancentered concepts and
The curriculum and deliverance system design processes linked with information
technology:
The Fashion Communication programme primarily
focuses on four major domains i.e., Graphic • New material i.e., experimental, combinations

and futuristic Vibhavari Kumar, CP-FC, actively engaged in the
• Fashion Thinking - design and thinking through project.
fashion A Pantone Colour Webinar series coordinated by
• Modules like Omni-channel (UX), sensory design, Prof. Dr. Vibhavari Kumar, CP-FC, was conducted
augmented reality, virtual experience design with International Speakers: Mr. Lou, Pantone
with the role of artificial intelligence, have been USA,Mr. Nick Bazarian, USA, Ms. Leatrice Eiseman,
incorporated, as they are the future of the fashion American color specialist and more of Hong Kong
and other retail industry. faculty, for all NIFT Centre faculty and students of
• 2D Animation and Motion Graphics Semester IV, FC.
As new careers keep growing in the industry,
there is infinite scope for the graduates of Fashion Ms. Supriya Munda, Assistant Professor, is working
Communication to explore and expand their on the project- Commercialization of Innovative
horizons. In the areas of branding, styling, social Handloom Product project with Central Silk board,
media marketing, photography, commercial Bengaluru and Directorate of Textile, Odisha.
fashion space, UI & UX design and graphics. Ms. Apla Srivastava, Associate Professor is the
Fashion Communication graduates is both project coordinator for an ongoing Chambayal
versatile and passionate about more areas than project aimed towards revival of Chamba craft
just one. Before graduation, the students are and establishment of Craft village Chamba. Dr. Hir
well versed with knowledge, concept base and Vyas & Ms. Jalpa Vanikar, Asst. Prof., Gandhinagar,
skill. With some of the most prolific companies has completed training of artisans of Cane and
regularly seeking such talented and disciplined Bamboo products under aegis of Index C.
students, Fashion Communication remains one
of the most desirable design disciplines at NIFT. Prof. Anupam Jain and Dr. Dimple Bahl engaged
With the unfortunate pandemic the world is facing their creative genius in actualizing, Design
more and more brands are moving to online Resource Centres (DRC) at Weaver Service
presence and communication. This has expanded Centres (WSC) (for which Phase-I is completed &
the horizon for a Fashion Communication student. Phase-II has been initiated). Prof. Anupam Jain
This is the present and shall be the future stream also initiated and conceptualised the first draft
of education. of the design ideation and budget details for the
proposed National Textiles Museum in Science
Industry connects and projects City at Ahmedabad.
Our Prime Minister in August, 2020 in Mann ki Baat Faculty training/workshops

highlighted the potential of toys of India. He also
encouraged Indians mainly for vocals for local toys. Prof. Dr. Anupam Jain, Delhi was invited to teach
Toys will support the Atmanirbhar Bharat Yojana the subject ‘Design Process’ at Semester- I,M.
and also will cherish the rich heritage and tradition Des., NID Ahmedabad for a duration of two weeks
of India in his words.Indian government had in November 2020. Dr. SreenandaPalit, Assoc.
organized the India Toy Fair 2021 to boost the toy Prof., Kolkata, organised an online TOT on Fashion
manufacturing industry in India from 27th February Styling. FC Mumbai organised the webinar on the
to 2nd March, 2021.The objective of the fair was to future of Fashion Communication with experts
bring the industry and the government together to from London College of Fashion, IBM and fashion
find out a way to make the country the next global photographer VikramBawa in June 2020.
hub for the production and sourcing of toys. The
Fair was also to help in attracting investments Prof. Dr. Vibhavari Kumar and Mr. Sanjeev CM,
and promoting exports and create sustainable Assoc. Prof., Bengaluru, attended, Kyoorius
linkages to encourage dialogue for the overall DesignYatra 2020. Prof. Dr. Vibhavari Kumar and
development of the industry. The department Mr. Sanjeev CM and Ms. Dilnaz Banu attended
of Fashion Communication took an active role in Colour Launch by Pantone. Ms. Sonali Srivastav,
doing the backend work like photography, and Assistant Professor, Bhubaneswar, attended a
hand holding the artisans by helping them enroll webinar on ‘Ensuring Viewers An OTT Experience
for the exhibition and enable their sales. Several Through Quality Digital CDN' and Storytelling,
students guided by faculty: Ms. Dilnaz Banu, organized by Asian Federation of Storytellers.
Assoc. Prof., Bengaluru, Mr. Vinesh Tapre, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martin Jeyasingh Mathews, CC FC,
Prof., Mumbai, Mr. AkhilendraPratap, Asst. Prof., Chennai Campus, attended the webinar on
Raebareli, Mr. Abhilash P, Asst. Prof., Kannur, Mr. "Advanced manufacturing technology for masks,
Sujit KG, Asst. Prof., Kannur, Mr. HimanshuDanda, export compliance & industrial sanitization “, held
Asst. Prof., Kolkata and Ms. SupriyaMunda, Asst. on June 11, 2020, by IIGM ltd. Gerber technology,
Prof., Bhubaneshwarand steer headed by Prof. Dr. USA.

Ms. Maulshree, Assistant Professor participated titled:“Inspirations for Graphic Design of
in the System Dynamics Hackathon on “Bergen India”. Prof. Vijay Dua co-authored a paper with
Fossil Free 2030” held by the System Dynamics researcher Mr. A P Khangar titled:“Study of
Society on 25-27th June 2020. evolution of Indian Currency Notes”, published
in International Journal of Advanced Research in
Mr. Mohammd Shadab Sami, Asst. Prof., Patna, Management and Social Sciences (ISSN: 2278-
attended several Canon India Master classes 6236) in May 2021. Ms. LavinaBhaskar, Asst. Prof.
on Photography. Ms. Usha Yadav, Assistant Delhi, presented a paper titled:“Ethnography as
Professor, Jodhpur, attended one week online a tool to study indigenous Craft Clusters to build
FDP on “Data Analytics using R” from 11th cultural sensitivity and inclusivity amongst design
July – 15th July, 2020 organized by Department students” at ICORD 2021, IDC Mumbai in January
of Computer Engineering and Department of 2021 and the same were published in a Springer
Computer Application, J. C. Bose University of publication.
Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad. Mr.
Asit Bhatt, Associate Professor have completed Mr. Ajeet Kumar, Assistant Professor, Kangra,
certificate course on Nurturing Innovation and presented a paper titled: “The Creative Stretch”:
Startup Ecosystem by Gujarat Student Startup and Hidden Potential of Creative Process at ICMC
Innovation Hub (iHub). 2021 (International Communication Management
Conference), MICA, Ahmedabad. Ms. Purnendu
Ms. Harmeet Bajaj, an iconic figure in the Sharma, Assistant Professor, Kangra, published a
Fashion industry was invited at the department paper titled: “Assessment of Preventive Actions
to contribute in the subject Fashion Styling and to Control Coronavirus Disease 2019 Transmission
Ms. Natasha Gaurav, stylist to A-list Bollywood Using Fuzzy Inference System" in "International
celebrities was invited for an expert lecture at FC, Journal of All Research Education & Scientific
Delhi. Several faculties attended the four days’ Methods, (IJARESM), ISSN No: 2455-6211”, in
workshop for Art of Living from June 4th to 7th Jan 2021.Mr. Kumar Vikas, Asso. Prof., Patna, has
2020. published paper titled “Embracing natural dyes”
in The Indian Textile Journal, Nov 2020 edition;
Faculty Achievements titled “Banaras: A Parrallel space of the Cosmic
universe and its contribution to Architecture” in
Several faculties are pursuing their PhD from International Journal of the Advanced Research;
various universities across the country: Ms. Susmita titled “Goudana: An Extinct Art” in International
Das, Asso. Prof., Mumbai, Mr. AkhilendraPratap. Journal of the Advanced Research, 2020 and titled
Asst. Prof., Raebareli, Ms. Lavina Bhaskar, Asst. “Banarsi Sari-Evolution and Endurance in Modern
Prof., Delhi, Mr. LordsunSivakumar S, Asst. Prof., Age”in Fibre to Fashion, 2020.Ms. UshaYadav,
Bengaluru and Ms. Supriya Munda, Asst. Prof., Assistant Professor, Jodhpur, published research
Bhubaneswar. Ms. Divya N, Assistant Professor, paper titled, “MPP-MLO: Multilevel Parallel
FC, Chennai Campus, Completed a Diploma Partitioning for Efficiently Matching Large
(online) in “Applied Jewelry Professional (AJP), Ontologies” in Journal of Scientific & Industrial
during July 2020, from Gemmological Association Research, CSIR-NISCAIR,Vol. 80, March 2021,
of America (GIA). pp. 221-229 indexed with SCI (Science Citation
Index) and Elsevier(SCOPUS); presented a paper
E-Book released ‘Uttunga’ inspired from life titled,” Impact of Technological Advancement
of Mahatma Gandhi by Honorable Minister of in Financial Intelligence driving new Business
Women and Child Development and Textiles, Model”, in International E-Conference " Economic
Govt. of India on 2nd October 2020 which was Crisis & Fraud Management" organized by Sardar
edited, created and designed by FC Semester V Patel University of Police, Security & Criminal
Students under the mentoring of FC Faculty MR. Justice, Jodhpur on 27-28th Oct 2020 and a
VineshTapre, Asso. Prof., Ms. Sushama Saitwal, paper titled, “Scope of Artificial Intelligence in
Asso. Prof. and Ms. Vandana Wekhande, Asso. Precision Farming driven by Internet of Things”, in
Prof., Adhoc. Mr. Kumar Vikas, Asso. Prof., Patna, International E Conference " Technology Innovation
delivered an expert talk on Basic Design & Design & Management for Sustainable Development"
Process on 26th February 2021 at Dept. of Fashion organized by ITM University Gwalior on 18-20th
communication, MSU Baroda. Feb 2021. A research paper by Dr. Chittaranjan
Sahoo, Assistant Professor, Bhubaneswar, titled
Research paper presentations and publications “The Sun Images and Worshiped on Prachi Valley:
A Bird’s Eye View of an Artist” was published in
Dr. Dimple Bahl, Assoc. Prof., Delhi, co- the Journal of Bihar PuravidParisad, Volume - xxvii-
authored a book with revered Ms. Jaya Jaitley, xxviii, 2021. Pp.20-24, ISSN 0976-5107. A chapter

by Ms. Sonali Srivastav, Assistant Professor, Your Shot and Forbes as well.‘Paridhi’, a film
Bhubaneswar, titled “Self-Acceptance and Hip- by IshanAditya, Student, FC batch 2018-22,
Hop Music: An Exploration among Female Bhubaneswar, got featured at the Shorted Film
Students at Delhi University” was published in Festival, 2020.
Misogyny across Global Media, 1st ed. London:
Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN: 978-1-7936-0621-1. Steven Harris.R, FC batch 2019-23, Bengaluru,
won in the State Level of WorldSkills India 2021
Dr. Sreenanda Palit, Assoc. Prof., Kolkata, research in Graphic Design Technology. Selected and
paper selected for presentation on “Indigenous representing Karnataka in the Regional level
Practices and Activism: Challenging the Social of WorldSkills India 2021 in Graphic Design
Algorithm in India” on 25 March 2020 at the IFFTI Technology in the upcoming months. He also
Conference. Ms. Nagma Sahi Ansari, Asst. Prof., participated in an Art contest conducted by
Kolkata, submitted a research paper on “Learner’s Truefan.life in the month of November 2020,
Identity in Experience Age: Exploring Virtual Reality and won the contest among various entries and
for Experiential Learning Environment” to Journal received an appreciation video message from
of Indian Education (NCERT) and is approved for Celebrity Mr. Hrithik Roshan as the award.
publishing in November. Mr. Asit Bhatt, Associate
Professor, Gandhinagar, wrote a research paper Mr. VaranneyaThakore,Semester-VIII, Gandhinagar,
titled: 'Mapping the Topoi of Sustainable - Design won #5 Design of in Poster Art Category for his
- Thinking in Indian Context’. It is published in artwork titled ‘Rick and Morty x Breaking Band’
'Proceedings of ICoRD'21 Design. Mr. Sanjay in the design Challenge and created an original
Kumar Pandey, Asst. Prof., Raebareli, has written design in 7 days at India Film Project – Season
a chapter in the book titled: “Contemporary X. Ms. Vrinda Sudrania secured 2nd Runner-up
Research in Management Vol. 2” by Starlet position with her team AATIKE: KAHANIKAAR,
Publishing. He also wrote a research paper titled: for promoting traditional Kavad art in Toy Design
“Study of Introducing Home Furnishing Products Competition (Toyathon Challenge) 2020, hosted
and Marketing Strategy in Varanasi Brocade”, by Amazon via Skillenza.
International Journal of Scientific and Innovative
Research, (IJSIR). Mr. Abhinav Garg, Assoc. Prof.,
Hyderabad, published a paper titled "A Resilient
and Scalable novel Protocol for Wireless Sensor
Networks - Maximum Energy Clustering (MEC)"
and "Redundancy Control Energy Efficient
Clustering (RCEEC) protocol for Wireless Sensor
Networks'', in Indian Journal of Computer Science
and Engineering (IJCSE), ISSN: 0976-5166,
Volume-11 Issue-6, December 2020. (Scopus
Indexed).
Student achievements and awards
Mr. Mohit Khetrapal, FC batch 2018-22,

Bhubaneswar, was chosen as World’s Best
Photographer (under 20 categories) at Siena
International Photo Awards 2019 (SIPA 2019),
Italy. He was also a finalist at the London Street
Photography festival 2020, Hamdan international
Photography awards 2020 Dubai, Creative
Photo Awards 2020, Siena Italy. His pictures
made it to the top 35 photos in nomination in
the category "Reportage Photography" in 35
awards 2020 Moscow. He also made it to the top
200 Photographers in India and was featured in
Indian Photo Festival 2020, Hyderabad, Kolkata
international Photography festival 2020 and Ras se
Bana Banaras Exhibition in Indian Habitat Centre,
New Delhi, 2020. Also won the Editor's choice-
People Photography awards by the independent
photo and featured in National Geographic -

FASHION MANAGEMENT STUDIES
The objective of the two-year Master Programme Industry Connect

in "Fashion Management" (erstwhile AMM) started
in 1987 is to develop managerial talents in the field Industry and expert connects are essential to any
of fashion marketing, merchandising and retailing academic program. The exchange of knowledge
best suited to the requirements of the garment between academia and industry has been a key
export and fashion retail sectors. The Career driving force behind change growth and updation
pathways offered are Marketing and retailing, of processes and curriculums. FMS department
Entrepreneurship and International Marketing. actively engages itself with industry, alumni and
They are exposed to merchandising /marketing, experts to give better exposure to the students
innovative fashion management practices, while giving new ideas to the industry which help
direction of fashion trends and business practices in its growth trajectory. All 476 students were
through field visits and industry internships and placed for their FIIT internships and GPs and many
other forms of interactions with experts from also got absorbed in their respective companies.
industry. They have the right blend of hard and soft
skills and possess the right attitude to contribute It takes a continuous interaction and relationship
to managerial talent of any growing organization. building exercise to have the students work with
and understand the industry in a holistic manner.
The Curriculum And Deliverance Industry experts from across the industry were
invited to NIFT campuses to interact with students.
In challenging circumstances owing to the Strong interactions with industry professionals
pandemic situation in the country; the department from companies like RBL, ABFRL, Tommy Hilfiger,
rose to the occasion and completed the course Underarmour, Lifestyle, Landmark, H&M,
as per syllabus in all the centres successfully; Raymond, Blackberrys, GAP, Triburg, Impulse,
through hybrid mode which was a combination Shahi Exports, Welspun, Mikaya Brand Pvt Ltd.,
of both online and offline classes. FIIT between Paragon Export house, Estetica Solution of Home
semester 2 and semester 3 was done by students furnishing, ACE Turtle Pvt.Ltd, Future Group,
in offline, online and combination modes. GP was MAS Holding, Decathlon, Lifestyle, ORMAS,
also completed by students of semester 4 in both Fashion boutique, PUMA, Text port Export House,
offline and online modes. Several interactions of Pantaloon, Raymond, Myntra, Li & Fung, Arvind,
students and industry experts or subject experts Reliance Retail, FabIndia, Ajio, Shoppers Stop,
of other prestigious institutes were conducted Vestige Group etc. at multiple locations and in
online. In addition, students had opportunities to multiple formats has helped the department
attend webinars addressed by experts and NIFT in harmonizing the knowledge deliverance to
faculty across campuses. business practices and hence generating value for

the industry and the course. Emerald Publishing, VILAKSHAN - XIMB Journal
of Management, Spanish Journal of Marketing –
Tata Trent has set up a Retail Chair at FMS NIFT ESIC, Emerald Publishing.
Mumbai. As part of Chair, an advanced Pan India
Research in the area of Private label and National Dr. Sibichan K Mathew, Professor, Fashion
Brand is being conducted. The outcome of the Management Studies, NIFT, Delhi Campus has
research will be in the form of retail practices and been selected by a panel of the International
theories for Private labels and National brands. The Relations Committee of the International Textile
research findings will benefit various stakeholders and Apparel Association (ITAA), USA for the
of fashion business like Retailers, Fashion brands, Janet Else Scholar/Practitioner Award for 2021.
Retail practitioner/ consultants, academicians, Iowa State University (ISU) had nominated Dr.
researchers and students in understanding various Sibichan Mathew for his outstanding leadership,
attributes of National brand and private labels that coordination and contribution in a United States’
has an impact on cognitive, emotive and conative India Educational Foundation (USIEF) funded
attitude of customers. collaborative research project under the US-India
knowledge Initiative (earlier known as the Obama-
Contribution In Projects Singh Knowledge Initiative).
Projects are a area where faculty contribute not Mr. Satya Shankar Banerjee won a prestigious
only to development of the organizations which scholarship ‘Fetzer Scholarship’ from Fetzer
approach NIFT for projects, but also get an Institute, USA.
opportunity to practically apply their knowledge
and skills. FMS faculty contributed to over 8 Dr. Harleen Sahni, Associate Professor, FMS got
projects with overall outlay of over Rs 30 lakhs empaneled as a Reviewer for Emerald Emerging
during the last year. FMS faculty contributed in Markets Case Studies (EMCS), Emerald Publishing
these projects as Project Coordinators, members in 2019 and reviewed 7 cases till April 2021. She
of PIT and PDT. It is a matter of pride for the also got empaneled as a Reviewer for Spanish
department to be able to contribute to such Journal of Marketing – ESIC, Emerald Publishing
prestigious and strategic projects. and reviewed 1 case till April 2021. Ms. Harash Rani
has reviewed a research article for VILAKSHAN -
Faculty Training And Workshop Held In Nift- Fms XIMB Journal of Management in January 2021.
Department
Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor has been
At times when travelling was restricted the Project- Team member in a project titled “Techno
FMS faculty members upgraded their skills Managerial Consultancy support for proposed
and knowledge through ToTs, Online trainings, SPINFED Incubation Center at Bhubaneswar and
workshops, webinars and certificate courses. As also Co-ordinated of the Start-Up Cell which was
per their interest or subject requirements FMS set up in August 2020 to mentor and support all the
faculty upgraded their skills and knowledge interested entrepreneurs in building and sustaining
in diverse areas like creative thinking skills, their start-up ventures during the difficult period
simulation in strategic management, sustainability, of Covid. Alumni and graduating students were
innovation, social media marketing , E-commerce, encouraged to participate in the PRATIBHA Project
omni channel retailing , AOL, Data sciences, Big announced by NIFT in collaboration with the
Data, blockchain technology and experiential Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
learning to name a few (MEITY). Two of such alumni start ups mentored
by us- Littoral Designs & Moi Toi got shortlisted
Faculty Achievement in the final interview round and one of them - Moi
Toi got selected in the final round. This Start Up
Faculty of the FMS department continue to excel cell has also conducted several webinars on topics
in the academic, administrative and co-curricular related to the startup process and ecosystem and
field thereby making them excellent resourse for benefitted many young alumni entrepreneurs and
NIFT. FMS faculty contributed significantly and students at large.
created a niche for themselves by efforts in self
development and contributions towards academic FMS faculty contributed to NIFT Chennai’s Bi-
and social causes. NIFT faculty contributed by annual magazine “Reflections”, which, was
delivering lectures in artisan awareness workshops initiated with a core team of MFM students along
which included online Fund raising webinars, with UG Design students. The nineth issue of
to reviewing of articles for reputed Journals like “Reflections” is is aimed at reflecting the campus
Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EMCS), happenings, students & faculty members work,

Global happenings in and around the world with Mr. Toni sharma, Associate Professor, Department
special interest to Fashion. of Fashion Management Studies at NIFT Patna
took a training session for Department of F&LA
Dr. Harleen Sahni, Associate Professor, FMS and during the Artisan Awareness Workshop on
Dr. Priti Gadhavi, Associate Professor, FMS in Traditional and Modern Marketing Tools and also
association with Ms. Nupur Chopra, Asso. Prof. took case study-based training for Department of
DFT; initiated a weekly talk series ‘Insights FD during the Artisan Awareness Workshop.
unplugged’ for PG students at NIFT Gandhinagar,
since Nov 2020, in which alumni and industry 3 faculty members completed PhD during the
experts from diverse areas are invited as speakers. period. Dr. Krithika G K, has completed her Ph.D
Two seasons with 10 expert sessions successfully and was awarded a doctoral degree from Karnataka
completed till March 2021. State Akkamahadevi Women’s University (formerly
Karnataka State Women’s University-KSWU). Prof.
Prof. Dr. GHS Prasad was invited as the Chief Dr. Annaji Sarma has completed his doctoral study
Guest for the valedictory session of TWO-DAY and has been awarded with PhD degree from
WEBINAR ON “MAKE-IN-INDIA APPROACH FOR RNTU, Bhopal in August 2020 on topic “Attitude
TEXTILE INDUSTRY: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE” and Perception of Consumers towards Fashion
Conducted by Institution of Engineers India (IEI), Luxury Brands; A study in selected major metros
Telangana State Chapter (TSC) on 28th and 29th in India”. Dr. Tanmay Kandekar, has completed his
August 2020. doctorate titled “Impact of Social media marketing
on Tier II and Tier III cities of Maharashtra” from
Prof. Dr. Annaji Sarma was invited as One of the JJT. In addition Prof. Amandeep Singh Grover,
Keynote speakers for a session on “Marketing Ms. Nethravathi T.S, Ms Jaya Mathew, Ms. Lipi
and Branding Strategies” organized by Telangana Choudhury and Ms Sonali Saldahna have already
state Industry and Handloom Department on the submitted their thesis for award of PhD, in their
occasion of Handloom Day organized on August respective universities.
8, 2020.
Mr. Pratik Ghosh Ms. A Rajyalakshmi and Ms
Dr. Deepak Joshi Invited as a Panelist Speaker on Mukthy S are progressing to complete their PHD
the webinar titled, “Whose Stitch Is It Anyway? A and are at different stages of their doctoral study.
Global Dialogue on IPR wrt Fashion”, organised by his Ph.D from Christ deemed University from (Jan
Lex-Witness (Legal & Corporate Magazine), where 2020 onwards). has completed her course work of
panelist from India, China and Italy participated. doctoral study.
Dr. Vikas Kumar, Associate Professor and CC-FMS,
Department of Fashion Management Studies This reflects the values, capacities and intellectual
at NIFT Patna, was appointed Micro Observer prowess of the faculty of FMS along with a will to
by CEO Bihar in Bihar General Elections to take contribute to the institute and nation building.
care of sensitive booth for free and fair elections
along with ensuring implementation of COVID-19 Research Paper Presentation And Publication
guidelines. He was also invited as guest in a live
interview-based programme named “Samvaad” Despite unfavorable circumstances caused due to
broadcasted by DD Bihar on 04th March 2021. the prevailing pandemic, undeterred FMS faculty
In addition, he has been a part of the Scientific has published several research papers or paper
Committee for the Global Conference on Services presentations in the year 2020-2021. Over 80
and Retail Management (GLOSERV 2021). publications in journals of repute were done by
the faculty of FMS across the centres. Publications
FMS department organised and conducted an in peer reviewed, UGC, Scopus indexed journals
online Fund-raising Webinar and sale for Salem demonstrates the intellectual and academic
Narikuravar bead works community as part of proficiency of the FMS faculty.
Artisan awareness workshop and guided students
who worked on a product catalogue for the Salem
Narikuravar bead works community.
Mr. S. Jayaraj, Assistant Professor addressed

artisans of Terra Cotta, Palm leaf, Hand printing
,Hammock making, Pottery ,Stone carving ,Glass ,
Kora Craft, Handmade paper ,Leather & Sea shell
for an hour on IPR (29.10.2020).

FASHION TECHNOLOGY
Garment manufacturing industry plays a significant students in the program this year.
role in Indian economy and is predicted to grow
substantially on export as well on domestic front. The Curriculum & Deliverance
The definitive trends towards consolidation and
creation of larger manufacturing facilities will With the increased competitiveness in the global
require Technomanagers to lead these enterprises apparel Manufacturing chain, and new avenues of
towards global success. The Department of mass-manufacturing are rapidly coming up, there
Fashion Technology (DFT) caters to this need of is a tremendous opportunity for technological
the apparel industry. The Department of Fashion interventions and value-added merchandise
Technology at NIFT has 99 faculty members across globally. Interestingly while the technological
12 NIFT campuses. The Department offers two megatrends are sweeping the global manufacturing
programmes, one at Bachelors level and the other industry, Indian garment industry is undermining
at Masters Level. the might of technology by over emphasizing
on process improvement. This scenario offers a
Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel scope for a stimulating, modernistic and evolving
Production) is a four-year multi disciplinary curriculum that strongly focuses on product
Technology oriented program, designed keeping in innovation and technology intervention. This has
mind the core apparel manufacturing technology, inspired the journey of redefining the Bachelor’s
with emphasis on its best practices. Bachelor and the Master’s programme and resulted into
Program is offered in 12 Campuses of NIFT viz. the new curriculum. Keeping the needs in mind,
Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gandhinagar, the curriculum at both UG and PG level addresses
Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, the requirements of technological innovations
Mumbai, Patna and Delhi. There are 1544 Students through subjects like Mechatronics, Robotics &
in the program this year. Automation, and Artificial Intelligence; flexibility of
choices in specializations through varied pathways
Master of Fashion Technology (MFT) is one of of Technology, Management and Product
the flagship programmes offered by NIFT. The Development; and also builds in interdisciplinary
programme is exclusively designed for engineers competencies of Design and Management. While
and aims to develop young dynamic talent capable the UG level curriculum builds basic skills and
of providing Techno-managerial solutions to the awareness towards the industry 4.0 by generating
industry with a balanced amalgam of operation and an interest, the PG course ensures that there is a
strategic thinking capabilities. Master’s program marked focus on research and deepening of the
is offered in 4 campuses of NIFT viz. Bengaluru, knowledge in the technological, operational and
Chennai, Delhi and Gandhinagar. There are 304 product development areas which are the core

of the department. Integration of Major and Apparel Consultancy Gurugram, Puma Sports
deepening specializations: The curriculum has India Pvt. Ltd, Laguna Clothing, Ordnance Clothing
been designed such that the UG Major subjects in Factory, Shahjahanpur, Shoppers Stop, Vissco
the pathways of Apparel Production Technology, Rehabilitation Aids Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, Banswara
Apparel Production Management and Apparel Syntex, Surat and Boutique International Pvt.
Product Development contribute equally to the Ltd Ashima Group, Laguna Clothing Ltd, Radhnik
core knowledge of the students while whetting Exports (Gurugram & Noida), Texport Syndicate
their appetites for selecting the deepening Pvt. Ltd, Banswara Syntex Ltd. Surat, Matrix
specializations in any one of the pathways from Clothing Pvt. Ltd. Gurugram, Tropic Knits, Mallcom
3rd year onwards. The deepening subjects not India Limited, West Bengal, Laguna Clothing Ltd,
only have a focus on building knowledge base but Bengaluru, Radhnik Exports (Gurugram & Noida),
also deal with hands-on practical training. Banswara Syntex Ltd., Surat, New Times, Gurgaon,
Arvind Advanced Materials Limited, Ahmedabad,
Industry Connect and Projects Raymonds Silver spark Unit-2, Bengaluru, MLK,
Exports, Lucknow and Maam Arts, Jaipur.
During the Session 2020-2021, Fashion Technology
Department across campuses undertook various Prof. Dr. R. Russel Timothy – CP- DFT, NIFT Chennai
activities including classroom Projects to provide has under taken the project of National Mission
real time learning environment to the students. of Education through Information Communication
DFT department students across all the campuses Technology (NMEICT) project sponsored by
did their Apparel Internship & GP/RP in the Ministry of Human Resources, Govt. of India is
following companies: Laguna Clothing, MAS being run at NIFT, Chennai since 2016.
brands, Aquarelle India Pvt. Ltd., First steps baby
wear private limited, Kontoor Brands pvt. ltd., Prof. Dr. Divya Satyan, NIFT, Chennai was
Celebrations Apparel Limited, Aditya Birla Fashion appointed as Coordinator for the second and
& Retail Ltd., Evolver, New Times Development third phase of the project - Creation of Destination
Ltd Landmark Pvt Ltd and Myntra, Myntra Design experience for M/s Sterling resorts in the places
Pvt. Ltd., Kontoor Brands Pvt. Ltd., Gokaldas of Mussorie and Puri for the year 2019-20 based
Intimate wear pvt. Ltd.(enamor), Laguna Clothing on the successful completion of first phase of the
Ltd, 883 Police Retail Unit, Birdy Exports, MAS project during the year 2018.
holdings, Blackberry, Gurgon, Saachi Apparels,
Gurgon, Celebrations Ltd., Life style ltd, Silver Prof. Dr. Divya Satyan, NIFT,Chennai and Prof Rajani
sparks (Raymonds), CIEL group, Dress Master Jain NIFT, Hyderabad were appointed as "Project
Apparel Ltd, Gokaldas Exports Ltd and Must Centre Coordinator" under SIZE INDIA Project for
Garments, Wrogn, Indiranagar, Bangalore, Shahi NIFT - Chennai and Hyderabad Campuses since
Exports Pvt Ltd, UNIT 12, Bangalore, Master the year 2018.
Linens Inc, Karur, Tamil Nadu, Projekt Indigo
studio Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, Marks & Spencer, Mr. S. Prabhakar, Assistant Professor NIFT, Chennai
Gurgaon, US Polo Assn. - Arvind Fashions Ltd , was nominated by DG – NIFT as PIT member for
Bangalore, Faridabad, Jockey - Page Industries, the project - The Repository- Indian Textiles and
Bangalore, Numero Uno Clothing Ltd, Gurgaon, Crafts.
Royal Classic, Tirupur, Exim Knits,Tiruppur, Krupa
Dresses, Bangalore, Timmony- KB FASHION, Delhi, BFT – V Students from NIFT Hyderabad have done
Aawoni (online platform) operated from Ratlam cluster Activities in Machilipatnam Kalamkari,
(MP) (Inhouse), Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail (Unit Warangal Dhurries and Nalgonda Ikkats during the
Europa), Bangalore, Sportking Ltd., Ludhiana. In period 2020.
Opera clothing pvt. Ltd., Lower Parel, Mumbai,
Texport Industries Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, India, Ms. T. Srivani, Associate Professor, NIFT
Shahi Exports Pvt Ltd.,. Hyderabad, Telangana,, Hyderabad had Presented on “Initiatives required
JP Nagar, Bangalore, Magnum Clothing Private at craft clusters for the sustenance of crafts - Role
Limited, Kandigai, Chengalpattu, TN, Silver of Technology” during the Artisan Awareness
Spark Apparel Ltd Corporate Office., Yelahanka, Workshop for VI Sem, DFT held on 21st May 2021
Bengaluru, Arvind lifestyle brands Ltd, Bengaluru, (2-5pm)
India, Bangalore, Abhay Apparels, Bangalore,
Silver Spark Apparel Ltd, Doddaballapur, BFT – V Students from NIFT Kolkatta have
Bengaluru, SCC Pvt ltd, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, done cluster Activities in Handloom Cluster
EPIC Apparels PLC Ethiopia, Shahi Exports Pvt. (Samudragarh/Dhatrigram), Kantha Cluster
Ltd. Faridabad, Laguna India Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru, (Barasat), Handloom Cluster (Kalna) Hanloom
Pearl Global Industries Ltd. Gurugram, Methods

Cluster (Udaynarayanpur). during the period 19th Mr. T. Murugan, Asso.Professor, NIFT, Chennai
to 23rd November 2020 had Participated & completed AICTE Training
& Learning (ATAL) academy online Faculty
Fashion Technology Department of NIFT, Mumbai Development Programme on 3D Printing & Design
for along with PG Design and FC Department organised by Indian Institute of Information
organized a 3 days CRAFT AWARENESS Technology, Design and Manufacturing,
WORKSHOP from 23 April 2021 to 25 April 2021. Kancheepuram & International Conference
on Sustainable and Digital Fashion (ICSDF'20)
DFT, Hyderabad had organised an online Seminar organised by Bannarai Amman Institute of
titled “Crafting Career through Academic Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode District,T.
Research for Industry 4.0” by Dr. Tarun Kumar Nduring the period 2020-2021.
Agrawal, Alumnus, DFT Hyderabad, Postdoctoral
Researcher, Department of Sustainable Production Ms. Nupur Chopra, Associate Professor, NIFT
Development, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar completed 6 days weekend
Sweden on 24th June 2020. AMA Online Programme on “Advertising and
Brand Management” from October 24, 2020 to
DFT, Hyderabad had organised an online Seminar/ November 8, 2020.
Industry Interaction titled “Various Avenues to
Explore as a DFT Student” by Mr. Rohit Kant Ms. Aarti Solanki, Associate Professor, NIFT
Prasad, Alumnus, DFT, NIFT, Hyderabad presently Gandhinagar attended One-Week Online Short
associated with ABFRL as Group Manager, Retail Term Course (E-STC) titled “Advanced Engineering
for Peter England on 17th October 2020. Optimization Technique” (AEOT-2020 conducted
by NIT Jalandhar held on 24 - 28 December, 2020,
Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
Kangra organized a Virtual Industry Visit to Arvind Mr.J.Pari , Asso.Prof, NIFT Kolkatta had attended
Indigo art Museum with Mr. Vipul Mahadevia, online TOT on Self & Society from 15th to 17th
Creative Art Director in FSA-3 for student of DFT July 2020.
-3 Sem on 19 September 2020.
Prof.Binwant Kaur, NIFT Kolkatta had attended
Faculty Training and Workshop TOT on Digital Design and Communication-1
(Photography and Application of Online Digital
23 Faculty members across the campus from DFT Tools) in October 2020.
Dept who have attended ToT on Lean Management
in Apparel Manufacturing conducted by Shri Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
Anand K Deshpande, Bangalore during the period Kangra attended FDP on Research Methodology:
July 17 – 18 & 20 – 21 2020. Design and Technology organized by Banasthali
institute of Design under the scheme of ATAL
8 Faculty members across the DFT Depts who during the period from 2 -6 June 2021
have attended TOT workshop on Smart Textiles
and Wearables, (MFT Curriculum) conducted by Dr. Rajani Jain, Professor & Ms. T. Srivani,
Prof. Prabir Jana & Dr. Rashmi Thakur on 10th Associate Professor, NIFT Hyderabad DFT had
August -14th August (5 Days). attended a Workshop Catching the Design Virus:
A New World by Design by Experts from Australia
47 Faculty members across the campus from Mr. Mark Madden and Ms. Julia Raath,; Faculty
all Depts who have attended ToT workshop on Coordinator: Ms. Rakhi wahi Pratap, F&T during
Creative Thinking Skills organized by Prof. Dr.. the period on 19th May, 2nd June and 16th June.
Anupam Jain and Prof. Usha Narasimhan, Ph. D
NIFT, Delhi from 15-17 July 2020. Ms. T. Srivani, Asso.Professor, NIFT Hyderabad
has Attended ToT’s on “Advance Ecological
Faculty members across the campus from DFT Techniques in Textile Chemical Processing for
Dept attended the ToT workshop conducted by Sustainable Development” organised by K.S.
Unik Technologyz on“Advanced Construction Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode
Techniques” from 20th Jan to 23rd January, 2021 & ‘Binding to Build with in the Society’ for the
at NIFT, Bengaluru. subject “Self & Society’ Coordinating Faculty- Dr
Kaustav Sengupta and Dr Neha Singh during the
DFT Faculty members of NIFT, Chennai had period 2020-2021.
attended the pro-bono workshop in "Introduction
to Machine Learning & AI" by Blackstraw.ai from Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Asst. Professor, NIFT Hyderabad
19.01.2021 for 03 hrs. per day for 04 weeks. had attended one week online short term course

on “Recent Trends in Textile and Fashion” Health workers of COVID-19- A real time
organized by Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute casestudy”- and won second price under the
of Technology Jalandhar from 22nd to 26th June professional entry in online Hackathonon design
2020 and performance of components of PPE for
fighting against COVID-19 in July 2020.
Mr. Nitin Salve, Asst. professor attended Training
for Trainers programme on Apparel Production Mr. T. Murugan, Asso.Professor NIFT, Chennai had
Planning and Control (Fast React Software) & attended appointed as Board of Studies Member
URKUND anti plagiarism software during the (University Nominee) in UG -Textile and Fashion
period 2020 - 2021. Designing course in Vivekananda College of Arts
and Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal
Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Assistant Professor had Dist. TN.
attended ToT for the subject “Session on Predictive
Maintenance (PdM)” on 21st August, 2020 Prof.Binwant Kaur Professor, NIFT Kolkata, was
one of the speakers and presenter in the Webinar
Ms. Amisha Mehta, Associate Professor, Ms. “Designing of Textiles and Fashion for Sustainable
Kalpana Kabra, Associate Professor and Mr. Development” on 29th Dec 2020 organised by
Amit Phogat, Assistant Professor successfully Amity University.
completed a certificate course on Nurturing
Innovation & Startup Ecosystem (NISE) organized Prof. Rajani Jain, Prof NIFT Hyderabad was invited
by iHUB under SSIP by the Education Department, to the Advisory Committee by Sagar Group of
Government of Gujarat. Institutions, Bhopal,for their online National
Conference “Sagar Manthan 2020” on 3 & 4
Faculty Achievements April 2020. She also delivered a lecture on Lean
Management in a webinar organised by Sagar
Prof. Jomichan S. Pattathil, Fashion Technology Group of Institutions, Bhopal on 19th June 2020.
department has successfully completed his PhD
research on the topic “Adoption of CAD in Garment Research Paper Presentation & Publications of
Manufacturing Sector – an analysis of stakeholders National & International
perception” from NIFT on 15th September, 2020.
Faculty of the department undertake useful
Mr. Tanmay Jagetia MFT – II & Late Mr. Ankur researches in field of textile and apparel. Some
Makhija, Assistant Professor invented the of these researches are presented as research
Automatic Machine for Removal of Loose papers in national/ international seminars and
Threads from Knit and delicate Garments, Patent conferences, detailed below:
Application No. 201921034817 dated 29th August
2019 Title: “AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR Ms. Subhalakshmi Kropi, Associate professor, NIFT
REMOVAL OF LOOSE THREADS FROM KNIT Bengaluru published a paper titled “Designing
AND DELICATE GARMENTS” Applicant National Adaptive Sportswear for Differently Abled
Institute of Fashion Technology. Wheelchair Tennis Players of India” in Springer
Nature Singapore Pvt Ltd. 2021 publication,
Dr. Noopur Anand, Professor, NIFT New Delhi, was Functional Textiles and Clothing, 2020
invited as Resource Person and delivered lecture
on Development Garment fit and sizing at AICTE Ms. Subhalakshmi Kropi, Associate Professor,
sponsored Faculty Development Programme titled NIFT Bengaluru has presented a paper tiltled
“Recent Innovations in Textile & Garment Design “Poster presentation as a Co -Author for the title:
and Development” organised by TIT&S Bhiwani Loungewear for elderly men post Covid presented
24/01/2020. in International online conference – Advances in
Textile, Fashion and Crafts ATFC-2021 organised
Dr. Noopur Anand, Professor, New Delhi was by NIFT Jodhpur from 22nd to 24th March 2021
invited as Resource Person and delivered lecture
on 3D Scanners Impact on Anthropometric studies Ms. Sulagna Saha, Mr. Nand Kishor Baraik and Mr.
and Garment fit at AICTE Sponsored 2 Week Sumit Kumar had published Article publication in
Faculty Development Programme on “Future of Fibre2 Fashion on ‘Transforming waste to exquisite
Fashion: AI, IoT, AR, VR, Robotics, Sensors and Big collections ‘Challenges in Education in the time
data analytics 22nd Dec 20. of Pandemic’ at E-International Conference
‘SEHCM-2020’ at NIT Jalandhar held on 22nd and
Dr. Ankur saxena presented “Design Intervention 23rd October 2020.
and Process Re-engineering of PPE for Jodhpur

Ms. Sulagna Saha, Mr. Nand Kishore Baraik and Mr. systematic Review” Authored by orally at the
Sumit Kumar presented a paper .‘Smart Adaptiv International Virtual Conference on Applied
Vest for Dementia Patients’ at International Science, Technology, Management and Language
Conference of Advances in Textile, Fashion and Studies (ASTMLS-2020) to be at Sona College of
Crafts (ATFC’21), conducted by NIFT, Jodhpur Technology, Salem on December 11 and12, 2020.
held on 22nd – 24th March 2021
Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor, NIFT, Chennai
Prof. Dr. Divya Satyan published a Paper titled had published a paper titled ”Studies on Influence
– Fashion`s Murky footprints; Book Name- of Reinforcement Characteristics on Mechanical
Environmental Ethics; Publisher- Asha Prakashan, Properties of Banana Fiber Nonwoven Composite
Kanpur; Date of Publication- May 2020(ISBN-978- Structures” authored in the journal “Springer
93-81022-88-7 Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. ISBN 978-981-15-
8318-6 ISBN 978-981-15-8319-3 (eBook) (https://
Prof. Dr. Divya Satyan, Professor, NIFT, Chennai doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8319-3) issue dated
presented a paper on the topic ‘Open Session – February 2021.
Master Classes’ via Instagram-live sessions (IG Live)
through NIFT, Chennai Instagram on 12th June, Dr. Archana Gandhi, Professor, New Delhi had
2020 on the topic-“ Understanding Sustainability published paper titled Apparel Factories, the New
through myriad perspectives” -Normal, Gandhi, Archana, Apparel Factories, the
New Normal (March 15, 2021).Available at SSRN:
Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor, NIFT, https://ssrn.com/abstract=3804762 or http://
Chennai along with Co author Dr. B. Senthil Kumar dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3804762. The article
Assistant Professor, Gandhigram University, was selected for listing by Europe PMC (an open
Dindigul presented a paper titled “OPTIMIZATION science platform).
OF TENSILE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTHS OF
BANANA FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES Dr Noopur Anand, Professor, New Delhi had
USING TAGUCHI METHOD” at International published paper titled Development of Size
Virtual Conference on Applied Science, Chart of Key Measurement for Plus Size Women
Technology, Management and Language Studies Category in India August 24, 2020 Journal of
(ASTMLS-2020) organised by Sona College of Fashion Technology & Textile Engineering Vol: 8
Technology, Salem on December 11-12, 2020. Issue: 4 ISSN: 2329-9568.
Mr. T. Murugan, Assoc. Professor, NIFT, Chennai Dr Noopur Anand, Professor, New Delhi had
along with Ms. Madhoomitha, student of BFT published paper titled Development Validation
(2016-20 batch) had presented the paper entitled and Reliability of Size stream 3D Scanner for
“Sustainable Product Development: Recycled Human Body Measurement 20 December 2020
PET Bottle to Camping Tent- A Systematic Springer, Singapore Springer Nature Singapore
Review” at the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Pte Ltd. 2021 Functional Textiles and Clothing
ON SUSTAINABLE & DIGITAL FASHION 2020, pp 13-23 First Print ISBN978-981-15-9375-8
[ICSDF 2020], organized by the Department of Online ISBN978-981-15-9376-5.
Fashion Technology, Bannari Amman Institute
of Technology, Sathyamangalam on 29th & 30th Dr. Noopur Anand, Professor, New Delhi
October 2020 had published paper titled Development An
anthropometric study of young Indian men for
Mr. T. Murugan, Assoc. Professor, NIFT, Chennai bottom wear sizing August 2020 Int. J. Forensic
along with Co-author Ms. Sindhuja, student of Engineering and Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2020
MFT– III presented apaper titled “Technological (IJFEM) Inder science Enterprises Ltd., Geneva.
advancement in Mass production of Personal
Protective clothing: A systematic Review” authored Dr. Noopur Anand, Professor New Delhi had
by orally at the International Virtual Conference on published paper titled Development of Bottom-
Applied Science, Technology, Management and Wear Size Chartfor Indian Male Youth March 2021
Language Studies (ASTMLS-2020) to be at Sona Design Science and Innovation book series (DSI)
College of Technology, Salem on December 11 & in Springer
12, 2020.
Ms. Nupur Chopra, Associate Professor, NIFT
Mr. T. Murugan, Assoc. Professor, NIFT, Chennai Gandhinagar co-authored a book chapter titled
along with co-Author Ms. Anagha U Pillai, ‘CSR and SDG mapping in Fashion & Textile
M.F.Tech., Semester III, presented a paper industry: Identifying potential challenges in the
titled “Wearable sensor for cancer Survivor: “A wake of isolationism’, published in book titled

‘CSR in an age of isolationism’, Emerald Publishing Dr. Rammohan, Professor and Ms. T. Srivani,
Ltd., November, 2020. Associate Professor, NIFT Hyderabad have
presented a paper titled “Exploring the scope of
Ms. Nupur Chopra, Associate Professor, NIFT Methods Analysis in the Block Printed Kalamkari
Gandhinagar co-authored a research paper titled Craft of AP” at an International Online Conference
“Kids Shopping Experience: An Explanatory Study Advances in Textile, Fashion and Crafts- ATFC 2021,
to Identify the Gaps”. The paper is published in a held from 22nd to 24th March 2021 Organised by
referred “ INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RETAIL NIFT, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH (IJRMR); ISSN
(ONLINE): VOL - 10, ISSUE - 2; EDITION: DEC2020. Ms. T. Srivani, Associate Professor, NIFT
Hyderabad had presented a paper titled “Review
Ms. Aarti Solanki, Associate Professor, NIFT on Multifarious Applications of Polymers in Medical
Gandhinagar had presented a Research paper at and Health Care Textiles” at an AICTE Sponsored
NCSBP 2020 (National Conference on Sustainability International Virtual Conference on Integration of
in Business Practices) in October 2020 with the Advanced Technologies for Industry 4.0 (ICIATI)
title “Study of global denim apparel brand’s green held on 12th and 13th June 2020, Organised by
marketing initiatives promoting sustainability: A KCG College of Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
review”.
Two Students of the BFT Ms. Ameesha Goel,
Two BFT students Aathira Menon, Shreya Bhagat Ms. Pranati Aggarwal & Faculty Ms. T. Srivani,
& Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Professor NIFT Associate Professor, NIFT Hyderabad had
Hyderabad had published Research paper published Research paper entitled “Adaptive and
titled of “The Impact of Augmented Reality in Inclusive Apparel for the Visually Challenged” in
Fashion Retail Stores in India: Opportunities the UGC Care Group 1 Journal- Dogo Rangsang
and Challenges” in the Journal IOSR “Journal of Research Journal, ISSN: 2347-7180, Volume 10,
Business and Management” (IOSR-JBM) Volume Issue -07, 16 July 2020.
22, Issue 7. Ser. VII (July 2020).
Ms. T. Srivani, Associate Professor,NIFT Hyderabad
Two BFT students Saurabh Sumanyu, Aakanksha had presented a paper titled “A Journey into
Singh & Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Professor, Classroom Experience of Budding Designers in
NIFT Hyderabad had published Research Creative Product Designing for Kids ” on 30th
papertitled “The Impact of Visual Merchandising Jan 2021, at an International Virtual Conference
on Impulse Buying Behaviour of Fashion Students” “Designing for Children with focus on Play and
in the Journal “GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE” Learn” organised by IDC School of Design, IIT
Volume 33 Issue 03.(July -September 2020) Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Two BFT students Anagha Chacko , Santhvana Ms. T. Srivani, Associate Professor and Dr.
Wilson & Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Professor, Rammohan, Professor, NIFT Hyderabad had
NIFT Hyderabad had published Research paper presented a paper titled “Exploring the scope of
titled “Revamping Fashion E-Commerce in Methods Analysis in the Block Printed Kalamkari
India using Artificial Intelligence in the journal Craft of AP” at an International Online Conference
“Current Trends in Fashion Technology and Textile Advances in Textile, Fashion and Crafts- ATFC 2021,
Engineering” Volume 7 Issue 1- August 2020 held from 22nd to 24th March 2021 Organised by
NIFT, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Professor, NIFT
Hyderabad had Presented paper titled “Personal Ms. T. Srivani, Associate Professor, NIFT Hyderabad
Protective Textiles” in TWO-DAY WEBINAR ON had presented a paper titled “Consumer
“MAKE-IN-INDIA APPROACH FOR TEXTILE Awareness on the Practice of Sustainability in the
INDUSTRY: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE” on Traditional Indian Heritage Craft – Kalamkari of
28th & 29th August 2020 organized by THE AP’’ at Textile and Fashion Innovation Congress
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA) Telangana (TFIC 2021); iLetters- iCongress; held on 16th
State Centre. April 2021, a Virtual North West Conference and
Exhibition, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Two Students Rushita Getti, Ramji Natukurthi & and the Publication is under progress.
Dr. Rajani Jain, Professor, NIFT Hyderabad had
presented Research Paper titled “Development Prof. Binwant Kaur Professor NIFT Kolkata, and
of Smart Label in apparel industry” at Textile & Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri, from NIFT Kolkatta
Fashion Innovation Congress (TFIC) 2021. had jointly presented paper on “Review of Union
Fabrics” in the journal Man-Made Textiles in India

in August 2020 issue. Garment Manufacturing Units” held on 5th and
6th March 2020 at Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth
Mr. Bikas Agrawal, Associate .Prof, NIFT Kolkatta. Vishwavidyalaya, Indore.
had published a chapter in the first edition (2021)
of “Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation”, Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Professor, NIFT Mumbai
published by JPS scientific publications, India. attended and presented her paper on the topic
ISBN: 978-81-947154-6-7. The title of the chapter “Smart Garment: Can it become the choice of the
is “Technological Advancement in Garment masses?”, Page 23-25 at Stitch World Magazine in
Manufacturing A.K. Shaw and Mr Rahul Kar are the February 2020.
co author for the chapter.
Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Professor, NIFT Mumbai
Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor, attended and presented her paper on the topic
NIFT, Kangra published paper on ‘Training “Demystify ‘Body Coverall’ Manufacturing”, Page
Needs Analysis for Indian Textile and Apparel 43-45, at Stitch World Magazine in February 2020.
Manufacturing Sector’ with Journal of Textile and
Apparel Technology, and Management, Vol 12, Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Professor, NIFT Mumbai
Issue 1, 2021; Wilson College of Textiles, NC State presented her conference paper (Virtual) on the
University, North Carolina, USA. topic Optimization of Seam Performance in Medical
Coveralls organized by Technical Association of
Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor, NIFT the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), USA from 4th
Kangra published paper on ‘Circular Economy May to 5th May 2021 for the conference TAPPIC
in Indian Textile and Apparel industry’in Zenith on. It was jointly presented by Prof. Prabir Jana,
International Journal of Business Economics and NIFT Delhi on 4th May 2021.
management research, ISSN 2249 Impact Factor:
7.07, Mar 2021. Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Professor, NIFT Mumbai
had presented her paper on the topic Total
Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor, Productive Maintenance, Page 355 -380, Book –
NIFT Kangra published paper on ‘Training Lean Tools in Apparel Manufacturing, Edited by
and Development as a strategic function’ in Jana, P. and Tiwari, M., Elsevier in February 2021.
International Journal of Scientific Research and
Engineering DevelopmentVol 4, issue1, ISSN 2581- Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Professor, NIFT Mumbai
7175 http://www.ijsred.com/jan-feb-2021.html. had presented her paper on the topic Fabrics for
PPE: Face Mask and Body Coverall in February
Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor, 2021.
NIFT Kangra published paper on ‘Role of
communication in apparel manufacturing units’in Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Professor, NIFT Mumbai
the book titled ‘Envisioning Effective Management had presented her paper on the topic Optimization
Communication’ ISBN 978=81-7975-997-4 no with of Seam Performance in Medical Coveralls, TAPPIC
Anamika Publications, Delhi (First edition, Jun on Virtual, organized by Technical Association of
2020). the Pulp and Paper Industry from 4th May to 5th
May, 2021.
Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT
Kangra published paper on “ A comparative study Dr. Ankur Saxena, Asso.Professor, NIFT Jodhpur
pn psychological impact of COVID-19in Delhi and published a book chapter titled “Green
Himachal Pradesh in “ The International journal of Manufacturing Model for India Apparel Industry
Indian Psychology” in volume 8 issue 3, July-sep using Interpreted Structural Modelling”in
2020. “”Functional Textile and clothing”” published by
Springer with ISBN 978-981-15-9375-8 ISBN 978-
Prof. Jomichan S P, Professor had presented his 981-15-9376-5
paper in the Seminar “Circular Economy and
Collaborative Consumption” on the topic “Role Dr. Ankur Saxena, Asso. Professor, NIFT Jodhpur
of institutes of higher education in inculcating presented a paper titled CARBON FOOTPRINT
sustainable practices among aspiring designers” CALCULATION FOR A T-SHIRT WITH THE
on 1st February, 2020 at Manipal University. CONCEPT OF CARBON CREDITS in the
International Conference “Advances in Textile
Prof. Jomichan S P, Professor had presented his fashion and Craft organized by NIFT Jodhpur on
paper in the Seminar on “Contemporary issues 22-23rd March.
in textile manufacturing process from Fiber to
Garment” on the topic Adoption of CAD in Indian

DESIGN SPACE
‘Master of Design’ course focuses on the The advantage of online deliverance was observed
multidisciplinary and dynamic nature of during the first semester under the Industry
contemporary design & research industry. The practices session with batch 2020-22, where
progressive future of design industry depend on experts from the industry, holding key position
the young and versatile graduates having new age like founder of the company, CEO, Head Designer
skills like Strategic Design, Experience Design, were invited to share their journey and their
UI/ UX, Design Thinking and Research practice, company projects. The positive impact that these
Design Innovation, Sustainability &Crafts.The lectures created was the students got vision of real
world in 2020 witnessed a global pandemic life industry scenario, and they could decide which
brought about with COVID-19 virus. It repurposed deepening specialization they should take.
world’s priorities into vaccination supply chain
networks and created a drastic shift in education The students started networking in the early
and work settings for many activities. Never was month of their second semester by attending
the purpose of this programme more meaningful online design festivals like ‘Ahmedabad Design
than surfing the chaotic world of 2020. Week’ and ‘Pune Design Festival’ under the
subject Industry guided Project proposal.
The Curriculum and Deliverance
In order to ensure smooth online experience,
In keeping with the core philosophy of the ‘webinars’ were integrated into the curriculum
programme, the versatility brought forth through engagement As part of the newly introduced
an inter-disciplinary approach in the curriculum was subject ‘Introduction to industry practices’ a
maintained despite the challenges brought forth Lecture series and Interaction was organised. Every
by COVID 19 pandemic.The overarching effect campus participated Via Video Conferencing. This
on education was distance learning or SFH (Study process enabled students to get inputs of multiple
from Home) necessitated as we know by social experts on subjects ranging from, "Innovations,
distancing to arrest the spread of disease. MDES Insights, and Infinity” (Design Innovation),
curriculum could be easily weaved into the online “Handmade in India” (Sustainable Development
mode deliverance in spite of little technological, and Co-Design), “From Sharing to Distancing”-
pedagogical and social challenges in the early Trends in Workspaces on the other side of
stages and online deliverance. MDes moved on Pandemic” (Experience Design) to name a few.
to the online platform effortlessly, quickly gearing
up to finding new solutions for engagement and Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi and Kannur
learning for students and faculty. campus collectively focused on the areas
like- Design innovation, Experience Design,

Speculative Design (focusing on possible futures Faculty Training & Workshops
of a transformed landscape post covid-19 days),
Responsible Design, personal Branding & online As important it was for students to reinvent
marketing, Design Thinking & Trends research, themselves, faculty too took on the onus of
Interaction Design (UI-UX), Sustainable systems, staying ahead of the curve to keep in touch with
Inclusive Design & Design Thinking, Writing a changing landscape of education. Trainings were
research paper, Ergonomic Design A unique conducted and attended on areas such as “self
interactive platform was introduced by Bengaluru and Society”, “Digital Design & Communication”,
campus, a PechaKucha evening, titled as ‘Finding Design Thinking by “Don Norman” amongst many
the Silver Lining Post the COVID cloud’. There others.
were more than 25 invitees from the industry (Tata
Elxsi, GoNative, Bare Anatomy), 100 participants Faculty Achievement
on campus and 200 participants joined in the
online mode. MDes faculty were also invited as speakers on
various webinars:
Craft Activities • Dr. Varsha Gupta - “Commerce Potential in Tribal
Craft studies and Craft Awareness Workshops was & Rural India: Business perspective for Start-ups”
conducted for all the four campuses ensuring the by Digital Futurists Angels Pvt Ltd in collaboration
same level of deliverance. The interaction that took with MeitY Startup hub.
place throughout the workshop opened the doors • Dr. Varsha Gupta -Podcast on "Sustainability
for future design collaborations between students, Simplified" by Next Mile & Co.
Craft NGO and craftsmen to address the issue • Dr. Shalini Sood Sehgal – Cohosted presentation
of sustainable product diversity. Activities were in “Trends in Carpets and Furnishing” in a webinar
planned to create awareness on GI, explaining the on Colour, Design & Trends Forecast Carpet
benefits of GI, Registration process for the artisans Exports Promotion Council.
in GI Association, branding through storytelling • Dr. Shalini Sood Sehgal – Cohosted presentation
and Ergonomics for sustainable health in pursuing in“Design Direction & Trend Insights” by Buying
their profession. Importance of ergonomically Agents in India and FICCI.
designed workstation and tools were discussed • Dr. Shalini Sood Sehgal – Cohosted presentation
with individual artisans addressing their individual in “Visioning beyond the visible: AI enabled fashion
concerns. trends and forecasting lab” in Indo-Japan Webinar
on “Innovative Technologies in Technical Textiles”
The workshop's impact was apparent in the by Embassy of India Tokyo and METI (Ministry of
effective achievement of the goal, in which the Economy, Trade, and industry).
artisans learnt professional photography through • Prof Madvesh P, (Kannur campus) - a resource
mobile and posted photos and stories to their person for National students workshop at
newly created business Instagram handle, as well Chamarajendra Academy of Govt Visual Arts
as a readiness to register with the GI Association. College, Dept of Art History, Mysore.
Industry Connects and Projects Faculties also were invited on the board of
associations such as the International Journal of
Professional within India and outside of India was Intangible Cultural Heritage (Global InCH Journal)
able to devote time towards young learners and or as members of jury Committee for Design
MDes across all campuses took full advantage of awards by various Export Promotion Councils.
this opportunity. Experts (VIVO, ABOD, Swiggy,
Nutanix Designs, Lollypop Design, Flipkart and Some of the faculty members of MDes added
Lush Fresh handmade Cosmetics and Stylumia) from on to their credentials by pursuing specialized
a wide spectrum of areas interacted with students programmes to upgrade their skill sets. Online
giving valuable inputs from practioner’s viewpoint courses like “Best practices for moving a case-
in all domains of deepening specialization. based course to an online environment” by
Professor Bill Schiano-Professor of Computer
8 weeks online internship in the areasas diversified Information Systems at Bentley University,
as Design research, Visual Merchandising, User “Tangible Things: Discovering History Through
experience, styling, crafts spanning Banking, Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the
Pharmaceuticals, Hi fashion, Travel, Marketing Stuff Around You - by HarvardX, “Circular Fashion:
solutions, Real estate were explored by students Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing
in companies like Airtel, PhonePe, Suventure Industry - by WageningenX, of Wageningen
Services, Think Design, Digitas India, Chambray & University & Research, “Artificial Intelligence for
Co, Urban Graphics, Bajaj Finance etc. Leaders” from The University of Texas, Austin and

Great lakes Executive Learning. Students from Mumbai Campus - Ms. Jaya
Advani did two projects with Impactree for Covid
Our faculty have also been active in working on Relief measures. She did user research of over
projects apart from academic commitment at NIFT. 8000 respondents for Research collaboration
between Sakal Media House and Impactree Data
• Dr. Sharmila Dua and Ms. Surbhi Ahuja (Delhi Technologies. The study and data analysis resulted
campus) - Setting up Design Resource Centres at in the identification of gaps among the then
28 Weavers Service Centre for NIFT by Ministry of COVID relief measures and the development of
Textiles. possibilities for the two organisations to address
• Dr. Varsha Gupta (Delhi campus)- Project those gaps. Her second project, ‘The Hunger
PRATIBHA, a collaborative initiative of National Collective’ created a link between the people in
Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and Ministry need of assistance and those who willing to assist.
of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Mr. Swagatam Debdeveloped a grocery allocation
Government of India. planning application strategy named “Pranali” for
• Dr. Shalini Sood Sehgal (Delhi Campus)- Setting ensuring safe and convenient mobility of individuals
up an AI (Artificial Intelligence) enabled Trend within a geographical area for the procurement
Insights and Forecasting Lab for India co-opting of daily commodities during the pandemic.Ms.
with a faculty in NIFT Chennai, funded by Ministry Tejasvi got associated with Ekibeki and creative
of Textiles. diginity group for fund raising and monthly ration
provision to extremely needy families in the rural
Research Paper Presentations and Publications tribal belt of Maharashtra.
Research forms an inherent core of M.Des Dr. Shalini Sood Sehgal, faculty from Delhi worked
programme and its faculty as well as students for Relief Work Undertaken For Covid Relief In
contribute towards enriching it by publishing 2020-21 with an NGO, “An Initiative Touch your
papers. Soul”, with whom she has been volunteering since
2017. As a part of COVID relief 1663 children and
Faculty their families were supported in the Pauri and Tehri
• Prof Girinath G, Assistant Professor (Kannur region of Uttarakhand by AITYS through financial
campus) -‘Designing for Children – With Focus aid, N -95 masks, NCERT textbooks, school bags,
on Play and Learn’ by IDC School of Design, IIT yoga mats, multi-vitamin bottles and worked
Bombay. towards collecting funds, organizing materials
• Mr. Nitin Arun Kulkarni, Associate professor, and distributing them. In 2021 when the second
(Mumbai campus) co-authored “Designing a wave hit Delhi, oxygen concentrators and pulse
culturally appropriate Kangaroo Care baby carrier, oximeters were procured and distributed to needy
‘Sangam’ using Human-Centred Design and people in Delhi- NCR as well.
Behavioral Science” in 6th International Conference
on Design4Health Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Students
• Ms. Kudrat Kashyap (Batch 2018-2020,
Bengaluru campus) -”Space Design for Individuals
with Autism ‘’ at the International’s conference on
Research into Design 2021 by the IISC Bengaluru.
The paper is published in a journal called Design
for Tomorrow by Springer.
• Ms. Sarbani Mookherjee, Ms. Ishita Sarkar,

Mr. Aditya Ratnaparkhi, students of batch 2019-
21 (Mumbai campus) - “UNFURL- Ease mental
strain caused by Cognitive overload Behavioural
Therapy” in the International conference IndiaHCI
2020.
COVID Relief
Students and faculty worked tirelessly through

various endeavours to help in providing relief to
people from various strata.

PhD AND RESEARCH
NIFT offers doctoral Full time and Part-time programme through its Head Office in Delhi. The programme
is in recognition of high academic achievements, independent research and application of knowledge
in the areas of Design, Management and Technology. The programme is designed for the purpose of
carrying out research in textiles, fashion and the apparel sector to create a body of original knowledge
for the use of academia and industry at large.
The admission process for the PhD programme normally starts during the month of January every
year with the announcement of results and registration during the month of July. The qualification
eligibility for admission to the PhD programme is specified in the Guidelines for the Degree of Doctor
of Philosophy.
PhD Programme was launched in 2009 with seven students and currently 44 students are pursuing
PhD from NIFT. With regard to the time scale of the programme, the part-time candidate is expected
to complete the supervised study within five years, extended to a maximum of seven years and the
full-time candidate is expected to complete the supervised study within four years and they are paid
monthly stipend during this time period, their study is extended to a maximum of six years by specific
approval of the Director General, NIFT, 28 Scholars have been completed PhD till date.
Research titles of PhD scholars are as follows:
Sr. No. Name of Scholars Topic of Research

2014 –Batch
1 Nishant Sharma Fashion Education and Demand of Professionals in the Fashion Industry:
Relevance of the Curriculum (Thesis Submitted)
2 Shalini Mathur Evaluation of Sustainable Development in Textile Dyeing and Printing : A
study at Jodhpur (Thesis Submitted)
3 Muthu Kumar. V Customer perception towards design of branded sports shoes:
Select cases (Thesis Submitted)
4 Sanjay Sharma A diagnostic study and socio-economic analysis of handloom sector of
Himachal Pradesh (Thesis Submitted)

2015 –Batch
5 R.S. Jayadeep Understanding Visual Identity of Treditional Payannur Bell Metal Craft and
its Application for Product Development
6 Anupam Kapoor Clothing consumption and disposal patterns of India Consumer
(Degree awaited)
2016 –Batch
7 Ekta Gupta Case study on the Needle craft of Moti Bharat of Kutch Gujarat: Exploring
New Horizons (Pre-PhD Submitted)
8 Neetu Singh Identification of factors providing brand experience to lingerie buyers in
India (Degree awaited)
9 Sheena Gupta Impact of branding dimensions on consumer’s conative attitude – A study
of affordable luxury apparel market in India’
2017 -Batch
10 Aastha Garg The effect of country of origin of brand and country of manufacture on
apparel purchase decision
11 Bharti Moitra A study of fair trade and ethical practices in the apparel industry in India
12 Susmita Das Clothing and Identity of Women in Bengal during British raj from 1847 to
1947
13 Suranjan Lahiri A Study of Digital Literacy for Human Resources of Apparel Manufacturing
Sector
2018 –Batch
14 Mohan Kumar V.K Study of Computerised integral knitting in India: Explorations in Design
and Technology
15 Shipra Roy Craft Practice among Mysore Rosewood Inlay Artisans
16 Ritu Sethi Heritage and sustainability in hand block printing on textiles-case study of
bagh, Madhya Pradesh
17 Shubhangi Yadav Study on Digital marketing in promoting the handloom sector of India
18 Mahima Nand Sustainability driven entrepreneurship: An exploratory approach
19 Shantanu Raman Determinants of intention to purchase counterfeited fashion
2019-Batch
20 Abhilasha Singh (NTF) Expertimental study of FDM Fabrication of pressor foot of sewing
Machines
21 Annu Kumari (NTF) Development of Standard Size Chart for Plus-Size Category of Indian
Adult Females
22 Amit Gupta (NTF) Prototype development of protective suits for sewage divers (manual
scavengers
23 Bhawna Chauhan (NTF) Role and Impact of Adaptive clothing to overcome the physical and
psychological barriers of corporate working women with movement
disability
24 Nisaphi Lyndem (NTF) Cultural semiotics, Reappropriation of textiles hand-woven in Nagaland
and issues associated with the use of traditional design and motifs
25 Dhivya. S Design and development of comfortable maternity brassier
26 Aanchal Trehan The Effect of Social Media on Body Image of Pregnant and Postpartum
Women in India.
27 Sakshi Babbar Weaving Spirituality in Handcrafted Indian Textile colouration Practices
28 Natwarlal Bhattad Co-creation and its impact on the domain of Fashion
29 Prerna Narayan Women Entrepreneurship in Bihar Handicrafts: A Study for bringing a
change from “Abla” to “Able
30 Nupur Chopra A study of closed-loop recycled textile supply chains in India for managing
imported post-consumer textile and clothing waste.
31 Amisha Mehta The gig economy and future of fashion business - An Indian perspective
32 Sumita Agrawal Analysis of Home Textile Fashion segment in India

33 Sakshi Rathore A study of Attitude Branding for Fashion and lifestyle segment of Indian
Retail Industry
34 Aarti Solanki Manufacturing Strategy in the Context of Indian Apparel Industry
35 Subhalakshmi Kropi Design and development of adaptive sportswear for differently abled
wheelchair tennis players of India
2020-Batch
36 Mr. Prakash Dutt Sustainable Development in Apparel Manufacturing And Its Environmental
Impact
37 Ms. Anooja J Reinterpreting threads for life: A new approach ot existing fiber craft of
kerala.
38 Mr. Ahmed Ashraf Zaidi Linear to circular economy through application of block chain in indian
apparel industry
39 Mr. Raghavan Santhanam Reshaping Fashion & Apparel value chain towards a circular economy
through artificial intelligence: Development of a strategic framework
40 Ms. Lavina A comparative study of Indian Traditional Folk Media: Integrating a cross-
cultural contemporary media Ianguage
41 Ms. Rupali Kakaria Mosquito Repellent Textiles from Citronella Oil
42 Ms. Nandini Lal India's Fashion Education approach towards achieving UN Sustainable
Development Goals
43 Ms. Aditi Agrawal Sustainable Supply Chain Management for Designer Fashion Enterprises
in India
44 Mr. Akhilendra Pratap A Study on Visual Merchandising as an imperative strategy to disseminate
Sonkar Apparel Fashion Trends for establishing Fashion Brand Equity
NIFT has awarded PhD Degree to the following Scholars during convocation held in 2020
S.No. Name of the PhD Scholar Name of the Supervisor Topic of Research
1 Dr. Paramita Sarkar Dr. Nilanjana Bairagi A Study on Tribal Costumes of Tripura and its
Transformation
2 Dr. Richa Sharma Dr. Nilanjana Bairagi Study on effect of luminescence of photo-
luminescent specialty pigments on textiles
for the home fashion
3 Dr. Prerna Kaushal Prof. Dr. G.H.S Prasad Sustainable practices in India’s domestic
apparel supply chain: Industry and consumer
study
4 Dr. Jomichan S. Pathathil Prof. Dr. Sibichan Mathew Adoption of CAD in Indian Garment
Manufacturing Sector: An Assessment of
Stakeholders Perception
5 Dr. Arindam Das Prof. Dr. Sibichan Mathew A Framework for Assessment of Creativity:
A Case Research on Fashion Design
Programme at NIFT
IPR unit conducted the following online workshops for faculty members:
1. Patenting and Understanding the role of TIFAC on 26th June 2020.

2. Visual plagiarism & rules to avoid plagiarism” on 18th July 2020” with International Fashion Lawyer,
Ms. Monica Moisin.
3. Practicing academic integrity in teaching & research: from theory to practice” on 1st Aug 2020 with
Dr. Monika Bhardwaj, Texas University.
4. Ethical integrity in academic activities” on 7th Aug 2020” by Sr. Professor Dr. Amaresh Chakrabarti,
IISC.

The Unit filed the Trademark for VisoNxt Project, with the Trademark Registry.
During the period, the Patent Process has been initiated for the following patents:
Assessment Date Invention Name Inventors

16-Apr-21 Needle Replacement System also addressed Mr. Shubham Tilara, Prof. Dr. Prabir
as Instant Needle Mounting System by the Jana &Prof. Dr. Suhail Anwar et.al
Inventors
12-07-2021 Single Piece Flat Spring Pressure Foot Ms. Abhilahsa, Dr. Prabir Jana, Dr.
Deepak Panghal et.al
12-07-2021 Pneumatic Folder Mr. Naveen, Dr. Prabir Jana, Dr.
Deepak Panghal et.al
12-07-2021 Pressure Foot Bowl Assembly Dr. Prabir Jana, Dr Deepak Panghal
et.al.
NIFT Research Ethics Committee
NIFT Research Ethics Committee was setup in March 2019. NREC is an independent review committee/
board, constituted of medical and non-medical members, whose responsibility is to ensure the protection
of the rights, safety and well being of human subjects involved in research study.
The NREC is intended to ensure a competent review of scientific and ethical aspects of the study
proposals.

CONTINUING EDUCATION
PROGRAMMES
With the rapid pace of growth in the clothing and other resources. The objective of Diploma
sector continuing education for professionals Programs is to offer value added programs to
in the industry is a vital need. The Continuing the local students from the state where new NIFT
Education Program (CEP) at NIFT has been set up campuses are located. Revision of the diploma
to meet the manpower training and knowledge courses in accordance with the revised credit
upgradation in tandem with the needs of the system and with focus on the current industry
industry. The programs offered through the needs has been initiated. Diploma program in the
CEP have been addressing a wide spectrum of new format will be launched during the 2021-22
educational needs for professionals to further academic year.
their knowledge base or for new aspirants to enter
the industry. We justifiably take pride in the fact Along with Continuing education and Diploma
that NIFT is one of the most preferred continuing program, the Bridge Program was introduced in
education terminusfor the apparel sector within the year 2009 as a supplementary program to allow
the country. former NIFT Graduates to enhance their Diploma
to Degrees. Initially offered for 5 years between
The CEP offered by NIFT continues to promote 2009-2014, it was further extended upto 2016
the objectives of training and dissemination of based on the demand from alumni. In the year
knowledge related to the frontiers in design, 2019 online Bridge Program has been initiated to
technology and management of the apparel cater to the wide base of alumni scattered globally.
industry. During the year 2020-2021,18 Continuing
Education programs were offered across six NIFT The total intake in the year 2020 was 39, with 17 in
campuses generating a total revenue of Rs. 5,49 UG Bridge Program (FD & AD) for two semesters
09,653/- as against Rs. 7,75,84,941/- for the year and 22 in PG Bridge Program (LD, KD, TD, FC,
2019-20. This decrease in revenue is due to the GMT & AMM) for one semester. The total revenue
current Pandemic situation that has interfered with collected was Rs 55,44,025/- for 2020-21 Sem 1.
the commencement of many planned courses.
In addition to the Continuing Education programs

being offered, NIFT also offers Diploma Programs,
which are aimed at making the campuses financially
viable for optimum utilization of infrastructure

ADMISSIONS
In Admission year 2020, total 4517 seats were offered in the 10 programmes (UG/PG), across 17
Campuses.
Over 26604 candidates applied for admission to NIFT. Out of these, admission was given to 3810
(Regular, State Domicile, EWS and NRI) candidates based on merit. The status of seats offered, filled in
2020 is as under:
Category Offered Filled

Regular 3442 3160
State Domicile 313 152
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) 318 307
NRI 444 191
Total 4517 3810

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Student Development Programme Other Activities
Student Development programme at all NIFT For an overall holistic development the students
Campuses is initiated to encourage NIFT students from all the campuses participate in vide range of
to participate in physical, academic and artistic activities organized by the following SDA Clubs:
pursuits to make their education at NIFT campus
more holistic and complete. Participation in these i. Cultural Club
activities complement and facilitate their academic ii. Literary Club
studies while providing ways to socialize, relax, iii. Sports, Adventure & Photography (SAP) Club
have fun and be revitalized to face the day to day iv. Ethics, Social Service & Environment (ESSE)
challenges. Club.
Fashion Spectrum 2021 Participation in these activities complement

and facilitate student’s academic studies while
“Fashion Spectrum” is the much awaited annual providing them ways to socialize, relax and be
festival of NIFT which is held at all Campuses. The revitalized. Students participate with zeal and
event every year broadly sees the confluence of enthusiasm as it provide a platform for their all-
cultural, social and literary club activities. Themes round development.
ranged across campuses. Design competitions,
personality development workshops; street plays; In view of spread of COVID-19 epidemic, which
debates; Star/celebrity/DJ performances, cultural has been declared as a pandemic by the World
performances; blood donation; and various others Health Organisation, the Government of India has
mark the event. Members of the Industry, faculty issued directives for country wide lockdown in
members and students of NIFT and other colleges 2020 (issued by the Secretary, Ministry of Home
of repute come together to participate in a variety Affairs)., the online mode of transaction for the
of activities. courses across all NIFT Campus was adopted.
Converge 2020, Fashion Spectrum 2021 and other
Converge 2020 activities could not be held due to COVID-19
pandemic.
Converge is an Inter-Campus cultural & sports
meet organized in the month of December every
year with a view to provide a well-rounded holistic
development along with a chance of interaction
amongst the students of various NIFT campuses.

INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC
LINKAGES
International Linkages International Collaborations of NIFT
The academic strategy of NIFT embraces S.No. International Universities Country

internationalism. Over the years, NIFT has
1 Queensland University of Australia
consciously enhanced its international visibility Technology (QUT)
and standing among other reputed fashion
institutes abroad. NIFT has strategic agreement 2 Royal Melbourne Institute of Australia
Technology (RMIT)
and partnerships with 31 leading international
fashion institutes & organizations that share the 3 Manchester Metropolitan UK
same academic direction. On one hand this gives University (MMU)
NIFT students a unique opportunity to integrate 4 ESMOD Germany,
with the global mainstream of fashion by opting France
for the exchange program with collaborating 5 SchweizerischeTextil Switzerland
partner institutes and on the other, presents the fachschule STF (earlier STC)
international students with plethora of similar 6 The Fashion Institute of USA
‘study abroad’ options at NIFT. This provides Technology (FIT)
excellent opportunities to NIFT as well as 7 The State University of New USA
international students to interact with students York College at Buffalo
from various geographies, encouraging them
8 Amsterdam Fashion Institute Netherlands
to broaden their vision and sensitising them to (AMFI)
different cultures. The ‘study abroad’ opportunity
9 Saxion University of Applied Netherlands
offered to the international students is available
Sciences
across all the 17 NIFT campuses and under various
course disciplines. 10 Ecole NationaleSuperieure France
des Arts et Industries Textiles
(ENSAIT)
In addition to student exchange activities, I&DL
also facilitates processes whereby faculty at NIFT 11 Instituto Europeo di Design Italy
can participates in academic exchange programs, (IED)
international fairs, seminars, exhibitions, 12 Nuova Accademia di Belle Italy
conferences and trade shows which brings Arti (NABA)
substantial experience to the classroom enriching 13 De Mont Fort University UK
the knowledge pool at NIFT. (DMU)
14 Glasgow School of Arts (GSA) UK

15 BGMEA University of Fashion Bangladesh NIFT undertake two years study at the home
& Technology (BUFT) Institute intercepted by study of one year at FIT
following which they complete their final year at
16 Bunka Gakuen University Japan
NIFT. 21 NIFT students had benefited from this
17 The Fashion and Design Mauritius partnership from Aug 2019 to June 2020. 19
Institute (FDI)
students were selected by NIFT and FIT for the
18 Donghua University China dual degree from Aug 2020 to June 2021 but they
19 University of Northampton UK could not undertake the international travel due
20 Ecole Duperre France to the global pandemic. 62 students are selected
by FIT, USA for undertaking the one year AAS
21 Politecnico di Milano (PDM) Italy
programme as part of dual degree from Aug
22 Shenkar College of Israel 2021 to June 2022. The process of selection of
Engineering & Design & Art meritorious students for AAS programme at FIT
23 KEA - Copenhagen School of Denmark commenced in September 2020 and the students
Design and Technology are scheduled to travel to New York, USA in Aug
24 North Carolina State USA 2021.
University
25 The Savannah College of Art USA UDAAN: NIFT offers study abroad opportunity to
and Design meritorious students from economically weaker
26 Nottingham Trent University UK section in the form of UDAAN scholarship. Under
UDAAN, I&DL Unit in September 2019 had floated
27 Massey University New Zealand
an opportunity of semester exchange from Jan to
28 EnaMoma France June 2020 at ENSAIT, France. After three levels
29 Coventry University UK of scrutiny conducted initially at the Campus level
30 Royal Academy of Arts Netherlands and then finally at Head Office, one student, Ms.
(KABK) Anusha Kashiv from NIFT, Hyderabad was awarded
31 Oklahoma State University USA UDAAN scholarship. She successfully completed
her semester exchange availing the UDAAN
In the last couple of years, NIFT has entered Scholarship at ENSAIT, France in June 2020.
into partnership with some of the esteemed
universities such as Massey University (New Details of student exchange for a Semester,
Zealand), EnaMoma (France), Coventry University Summer Programme and Dual Degree in 2019-
(UK), Royal Academy of Arts (KABK – Netherlands) 2021:
and Oklahoma State University, USA.
Activity Timeline Out-going Number of
Student Exchange to and from Partner Institutes / in-coming students
students who availed
exchange
One of the important activities handled by
opportunity
I&DL Unit is student exchange. The exchange
of students with Partner Institutes / universities Semester Out- BUFT – 03
Exchange Jan – coming Saxion – 02
takes place either for a semester or 2-3 weeks
Programme June Foreign ENSAIT – 13
short term programme in summer or in the form
with 2020 students KEA – 03
of a one year dual degrees. The institute also Partner DMU – 02
attracts international students to NIFT offering Institutes / BUFT – 04
experiences in academic and cultural richness to Universities ENSAIT-10
foreign students. Through the exchange programs, (ENSAIT
students from overseas institutes draw valuable students had
insight not just into Indian culture, arts & crafts but to leave for
also develop understanding of the Indian market France due
and its dynamics. Therefore, I&DL supports the to pandemic
exchange activities both for in-coming foreign situation in
students and out-going NIFT students. March 2020)
July In-coming *NIL
Dual Degree: Strategic partnership of NIFT with – Dec and out- (No
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York, 2020 going International
USA allows selection of meritorious students from students opportunities
were floated
NIFT for a unique opportunity to obtain a Dual
at NIFT due to
Degree from both NIFT and FIT. Students from pandemic)

Semester Jan – Out-going 01 students Saxion: Saxion University of Applied Sciences,
Exchange June NIFT from NIFT, Netherlands
Programme 2020 students Hyderabad
UDAAN availed ENSAIT: The École nationale supérieure des arts et
Scholarship. UDAAN industries textiles, France
scholarship
(NIFT for semester KEA: Copenhagen School of Design and
Scholarship exchange
Technology, Denmark
for students at ENSAIT,
from France.
economically DMU: De Mont Fort University, UK
weaker
section) BUFT: BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology,
Summer 2020 Outgoing *NIL Bangladesh
Programme, NIFT (No Short
students Term STF: Textiles College, Switzerland
STF: Textiles Programme
College, opportunities FIT: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, US
Switzerland at STF were
floated due to * No semester exchange activities took place in
pandemic) the semesters July to Dec 2020 and Jan to June
Jan, 2020 22 students 2021 due to the global pandemic situation.
In-coming visited NIFT
STC Bengaluru for Signing of new MoU
students a short in Jan
to NIFT 2020.
In the last two years, NIFT has entered into
Dual Degree Dual Degree at FIT 21 students partnership with some of the esteemed fashion
Opportunity from completed
institutes / universities such as:
at FIT, New Aug 2019 to June their one
York 2020. year AAS
programme at • Massey University, NZ
FIT as part of • EnaMoma, France
Dual Degree • Oklahoma State University, USA
in June 2020 • Royal Academy of Arts (KABK, Netherlands)
Dual Degree at FIT *NIL • School of Art and Design, Coventry University,
from (19 students UK
Aug 2020 to July who were
2021. selected by Signing of MoU promises to benefit the students
NIFT and and faculty members of NIFT and the partnering
FIT for the institutes.
dual degree
could not
Annual Memberships
undertake the
international
travel due to NIFT is a member of International Foundation of
the global Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) which is a
pandemic) global network of International Fashion and Textile
Dual Degree at FIT 62 students Institutes. Presently, IFFTI has 61 fashion member
from are selected institutions from 28 countries. NIFT is also a
Aug 2021 to July by FIT, member of CUMULUS which is global association
2022 USA for that aims to serve art and design education and
undertaking research. Presently, CUMULUS has 340 Art and
the one Design institutes as members from 61 countries.
year AAS
programme
as part of dual
degree. They
are scheduled
to travel to
New York,
USA in Aug
2021.

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
As a leader of fashion education in India, NIFT Each campus has adopted 2 – 5 craft clusters for
realizes the importance of its social responsibilities a period of 5 years. The list of activities covered
and continues its endeavor to create grounded under the initiative is presented in Table 1.
designers who are able to appreciate and promote
the various crafts of India. Several academic Table 1: List of Activities Undertaken by Different
activities help to sensitize the students towards Departments
the realities of the craft sector and provide insight
into regional sensibilities. The Craft Cluster S Activity Nature of Activity
Initiative at NIFT is designed to sensitize students No
to the realities of the craft sector and to provide
1. Students Understanding crafts through
opportunities for experience sharing at grass visit a craft interactions with the crafts
root cluster level. Through this initiative, NIFT environment in persons and understanding
has been successful in creating a wide spread the vicinity of their challenges through
awareness and sensitivity in assimilating crafts into the campus visits to craft clusters in
fashion and vice-versa. The Craft Cluster Initiative vicinity for duration of 1-5
programme provides the students of NIFT a days.
systematic, continuous and regular exposure 2. Craft Artisans are invited from
every year to the diversely rich and unique demonstration urban craft clusters in vicinity
handlooms and handicrafts of India. According to by artisans at of the campus or from the
the specialization, students contribute in varied NIFT Campus identified craft clusters for
areas in the clusters like design intelligence, skill demonstrations to the
students.
design innovation, product development, supply
chain management, brand management, retail 3. Craft Study & A seminar is organized to
entrepreneurships, organizational development Seminar present selected papers
to an audience including
and systems design and development. The
professionals from the
students also contribute in the areas of process industry, government
innovation, production planning, and research- agencies and craft sector.
based improvisation and quality management. The
4. Craft Two-week craft cluster
students assist artisans and weavers to develop
Research and visit for sensitization of
distinct identity of the handloom and handicraft Documentation rural aesthetics of the
clusters through logo, promotional materials like country, cultural and social
posters, brochures andcatalogues. understanding of the
villages; Craft

documentation includes and digital conceptualization of the final products
process documentation and were done by many centers. Even after pandemic
diagnostic study. and restrictions, few new clusters and artisans
5. Product This is an in-field activity were approached and involved under the Craft
development taken up by students of Research and Documentation activity. The new
with the crafts Semester VII that aims at clusters involved were:- Eri Silk handloom cluster,
person developing products in field. Mendipathar - Meghalaya; Cotton handloom
6. Awareness Awareness workshops cluster, Kokrajhar- Assam; Black Pottery, Longpi
workshops for are conducted by each Village, Ukhrul - Manipur; Bamboo Craft - Tripura;
artisans and department once in a year Jewellery of Tripura; Udaynarayanpur Handloom
weavers for the craft clusters being Cluster, Howrah - West Bengal; Stone Carving,
covered by them under this Konark& Paper Mache and Cow Dung Toys,
initiative. These workshops Raghurajpur - Orissa; Copper - Ware, Willow
are conducted to enhance Wicker and Pashmina Weaving – Srinagar;Kasavu
their understanding about
Sarees- Ernakulam; Bamboo Craft- Chandrapur;
the urban markets. They
interact with the NIFT
Terracotta Craft – Bhadravati; Terracotta Craft
faculty and students for – Kutch; Sindhi Embroidery - Jodhpur; Applique
knowledge sharing on trends work embroidery - Jodhpur. Papier Mache
and understanding market Dancing Dolls, Singaperumalkoil; Bobbin Lace
demands. and Embroidery, Nagerkoil; Coconut Shell Craft,
Pondicherry; Ari Embroidery, Kaverapettai; Cane
Craft Cluster Initiative Activities Craft and Kora Grass mat, Thaikkal-Kollidam; Palm
leaf, Sivagangai; Handloom weaving, Sirumugai-
Even after the pandemic hit last year, all NIFT Tamil Nadu. The new artisans who got awareness
campuses conducted these craft cluster activities and benefit from this craft cluster initiatives were
within various clusters successfully. 15 campuses about seventy in number (70).
of NIFT interacted and got involved with the
artisans through the activities listed above. There Craft Based Graduation Projects
was a huge shift in the modus operandi of the
activities without any compromise on the benefits In the year 2021,nine handloom clusters based
of the artisans and the learning of the students. and twenty six handicraft cluster based graduation
The mode of conducting the workshops for the projects were undertaken by thirty five students
artisans under Artisan Awareness Workshops and from all across NIFT Campuses. The students
by the artisans, everything got converted from of graduating semester undertook craft based
physical to digital using various online platforms. projects in varied areas like Pattu weaving,
This widened the horizon of communication Rajasthan, Reviving traditional handloom weaving
of every center’s faculty and students with the of Pulletikurru with diagnostic study and design
artisans from across the country. Gandhinagar intervention, Design Intervention in Ikat of Barpali,
center organized Craft Bazaar where the artisans Handloom Jamdani, Phulia Cluster, Nadia district,
and weavers were invited from the identified West Bengal, Udupi Sarees, Silk and Cotton
clusters. This craft bazaar was widely promoted Handloom weaving at Handloom Cluster of Naya
and served a platform for selling of the products Sarai, Ranchi (Jharcraft owned cluster), Design
developed by the weavers and artisans. The craft Intervention at Mubarakpur Handloom Cluster,
bazaar received accolades from media as the same Uttar Pradesh, Batik of Kachchh, Kachchh Gujarat
have been covered in the local newspapers as well. and Design Intervention: Chatta Patti Work,
The artisans appreciated the initiative for inviting Jawaja Leather craft of Beawar, Rajasthan, Kasuti
them and exposing them to the urban markets Embroidery, Dharwad, Karnataka, Batik on Leather
and help them understand the requirements from Shantiniketan, West Bengal, Tsoms meaning
of urban clients. Few centers collated the data Pottery in the Bhoti language; An Endangered
from the artisans and developed e-catalogues script in the Trans Himalaya, “Sawantwadi toys”
for the promotion of their handcrafted products (LakdiKhelni), Back To the Soil (Terracotta), Ringaal
to a wider population using social media, wherein stories weaved in Bamboo, The Kinetic Brass Fish of
physical workshops and craft bazaars could not be Bellaguntha, Design Intervention in Phad Painting
done last year due to pandemic. of Rajasthan, Kasuti Embroidery Cluster Karnataka,
Creating New Market Platform For Bagh Print
The Craft Research and Documentation and Cluster, Design Intervention of Pine Needle Craft
Craft Based Design Projects were also conducted by fusion with Clay, Design Intervention in Mooj
successfully in all the centers on online mode. Grass Craft of Meerut, Developement of Fashion
The products were developed by few centers

Accessories using Pine Needle, Design Intervention of Metal Craft of Chamba, Durry Weaving Craft
of Panipat, Develop Lamp Shades & Utility Product by Fusion of Pine Needle with other material like
Wood , Metal etc, Shisha Embroidery, Sarangpur Cluster, Gujarat, Tala Patra Chitra, Raghurajpur Cluster,
Bhubneswar, Orissa, Sikki Craft, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi cluster – Bihar, Batik of Kutch,
Gujarat, Chattapatti, Craft Lucknow (Handicraft) Almora Hand Knitting Cluster, Jute and Banana Fibre
Craft at Dhubri, Assam, Eri Silk Weaving and Khneng Embroidery, Meghalaya. All these projects were
sponsored by the office of DC Handlooms and DC Handicrafts.

NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER
The National Resource Centre (NRC), the co-ordinating body of network of the Resource Centres
of NIFT, aims to create a state-of-the art knowledge portal for the faculty and students of NIFT. Its
activities in 2020-21 were directed to achieve maximum resource sharing and standardisation through
collaborative collection development and benchmarking across all NIFT campus. The integrated
collections of materials and print resources of this network of Resource Centres supported teaching and
research programmes of the Institute. The Resource Centres also provided information services to the
design community, industry and entrepreneurs.
Highlights of activities of NRC during 2020-21
• Selective acquisition of books in print, digital format and swatches etc pertaining to the academic
programmes for all NIFT Campus.
• Subscriptions of nine e-journals and online databases/services such as, Textile Outlook International,
Jstor and Proquest’s ABI-Inform were renewed for all NIFT Campuses.
• Renewal of Bloomsbury Fashion Central for all the NIFT Campuses. Berg Fashion Library + Fairchild
Books Library + Fashion Photography Archive all are included in this service.
• Renewal of Magzter for all NIFT campuses, which is an online global digital magazine portal where
more than 3000+ leading publisher’s magazines are available. It is also available through mobile app for
all NIFT students, faculty and staff members.
• NRC strengthened its economizing activities through renewal of subscriptions of international forecast
services like Promostyl, WGSN’s Services on Fashion, Lifestyle and Interiors for all NIFT Campuses.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
In the new millennium the success of fashion • Online facilities were utilized to the optimum
professionals rests on their ability to integrate in all NIFT Campuses. Virtual real-time classroom
fashion and information technology in a meaningful teaching across multiple campuses, virtual
manner. The IT support provided to the academic meetings, workshops, seminars, etc were carried
community at NIFT is an object of envy for all other out through online mode by both academic and
design institutes in India. administrative departments.
The initiatives of this dept. led to creation of an • Urkund software is being used by the NIFT
IT enabled learning environment at the Institute faculty members for checking of research papers
by working in tandem with other departments to for plagiarism.
integrate technology into the curriculum. Each NIFT
Campus now has independent, fully operational
Information Technology facilities with qualified
and experienced IT professionals. The computer
labs are equipped with state-of-the-art hardware
and software. Each lab has servers, workstations,
personal computers, plotters, digitizers, image
scanners, wide format printers, digital cameras,
etc. Currently all seventeen NIFT campuses are
connected with 100Mbps bandwidth connection
from National Knowledge Network (NKN).
The CAD software for illustration, pattern making,

grading, marker making, knitwear design,
textile design, accessory design and layout are
extensively used as part of the curriculum. Other
software packages are used for Graphic Designing,
Animation, 2D/3D modelling, Photo Imaging
and Editing; Statistical Analysis and Market
Research. The students are also taught other
computer applications such as, RDBMS, Windows
Programming, Multimedia, ERP, Advanced
Planning and Scheduling; Software engineering
etc. required for software development on
different platforms. NIFT provides Wi-Fi facility to
students in all the campuses.
During 2020-21 the IT department took various

initiatives to enhance applications of ICTs in
office and academic management at NIFT for
increasing efficiency of services and transparency
of processes like arranging virtual meetings across
NIFT Campuses, HO and outside NIFT , online
seminars, webinars, facilitating conducting online
classes, lectures etc.
Apart from the above, the following activities were

also carried out during 2020-21:
• Integrated email, calendaring and collaboration

solution for NIFT students and created personal
email ids and group mail ids (dept wise and batch
wise) for batches of students of 2020.

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
ERP team played a significant role in managing Curriculum implementation, New Analytics for
academic automation processes and the placement,
information resources of National Institute of
Fashion Technology. In order to ensure smooth ERP Unit also developed App for India Size Project
conduct of classes and academic deliverance to collect data for India Size Social Demographic
various monitoring tools in the form of dashboards data survey and creation of data analytics. Unit
and exception reports were created for Dean, also developed API’s for VisioNxt Mobile app to
CP’s, Campus Directors, CAC’s, and CC’s. capture the image data for Artificial Intelligence
based solution for forecasting. Online exams were
Result preparation process during COVID was conducted for recruiting the candidates for the
created to facilitate the COE team in preparing various posts of VisioNxt Project.
and publishing results. Result preparation for
LOA cases in line with the mapped subjects and Software features were customized for Placement
new curriculum subjects were created. Online 2021 in order to accommodate students of 2020
examination process was created for the research and 2021 batches. Changes were made in selective
unit and successfully implemented online exams. reports and Jobseeker form. Industry feedback
Similar online exam features were created for the option was incorporated to ensure the PPO details
regular student’s theory examinations. Online updated in CMS system.
payment gateway integration with Payu was
created for collection of fee online provision for Online APAR process was created and completed
the finance team to reconcile the fee received in several rounds of testing. Process created include
parts. All the students from regular programs, CE capturing real time data from CMS database for
programs, Bridge programs and Research scholars faculty performance, score-based Faculty workload
can pay fee online using the online payment Index updated by faculty, with access Multiple
gateway features created in CMS. reporting officers, reviewing officer and accepting
officer to provide their comments. Establishment
ERP team also provided technical assistance to team to monitor the entire process and disclose
the campuses for scheduling Inter Department APAR online and address representations. Process
Minors, Deepening Specialization, General will go live once the final approval is received from
Elective Mandatory and Optional subject’s Establishment Team.
selection process. Deepening Specialization and
Interdisciplinary Minor subjects were allocated SARTHAK online application forms were created
automatically by the software based on the and application scrutiny and approval process
preference uploaded by the students and their created in CMS. Exclusive video tutorials were
academic performance. CMS also has features that created for various end users to make the system
allows the students to choose General Elective user friendly. Online support process was created
Mandatory / Optional and Additional General for the users to upload the issues and to resolve
Elective subjects. Advance Dashboard features the issues.
created in Campus Management Solution keeps
track of General Electives (Mandatory / Optional)
completed, credits scored in GE subjects by each
student in addition to overall credits scored.
Research process automation was created for

Research scholars and a separate module is going
to be launched in July 2021 along with the new
version of CMS.
Other activities carried out which include Online

result preparation and publication Regular, and
Follow up as per Examination and evaluation
policy, Online result preparation for Mapping
cases, Student permanent Transfer (SPT 2020),
Academic deliverance report to monitor New

CAMPUS PLACEMENTS
The Industry and Alumni Affairs unit facilitates which has incorporated new and emerging areas
industry engagement with the industry in various including disruptive technologies and taken
forms like internship, mentoring, industry projects initiatives for higher industry engagement. It
and placements. The campus placements planned is believed that these have contributed to the
in the year 2020 was disrupted due to the increased interest of the Industry in NIFT even
pandemic. In response to the need of the industry, during pandemic when many organisations were
the unit planned and executed the placement of downsizing the staff strength.
the graduates of batch of 2020 in a completely
online mode from July 2020 to June 2021. A total Webinars on Industry & Alumni Interactions
of 195 companies were participated during online
placement. Leading National and International Industry engagements Industry & Alumni Affairs
companies participated in placements to recruit unit organized various Industry interactions for the
NIFT professionals. The profile of companies students and faculty members of NIFT at various
attending the online placements are from NIFT campuses Some of these initiatives are
diverse segments of Industry like large retailers, mentioned below:
Brand marketers, manufacturers, consultancy
organizations, e-retailers, banking, textile mills, 1. The I&AA unit organised webinars from August
home furnishing companies, design & knowledge 2020 to January 2021 to sensitize the students
process outsourcing, technology solution and alumni about the topics that are relevant in
providers, UI/UX, International Brands and Start-up the pandemic era. The topics of discussion and the
firms. Graduating students also often take jobs with speakers are
institutions where they did internship or for whom
they did graduation projects. Leading national a. ‘Industry Academic Engagement for Envisioning
and international companies strive to recruit NIFT the New Normal’ on 9th August 2020. Speakers
professionals. Some of prominent companies were Mr. K. S. Sanal Kumar - CMD, Classic
participated during the placements are ABFRL, Fashion Apparel Industry Ltd. Co., Jordan, Mr.
Apparel UAE, Arvind Brands, Best Corporations, Sarbajit Ghose, ED (Asia) - CIEL Textile Ltd and
Classic Fashion, Decathlon, Goldman Sachs, CIEL MD - Laguna Clothing, Mr. Gautam Mukherjee,
Textiles, Info edge, Landmark Group, Myntra, Executive Director - Hameem Group, Bangladesh
Paytm, Reliance Brands, Shopper Stop, Tata and Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Business Process Manager
Cliq, Uniqlo, WFX, Wipro etc. NIFT continuously (Global Sourcing) - H&M, Hong Kong.
promotes entrepreneurship and encourages its b. ‘Sustainability in Fashion’ on 13th September
graduates to become entrepreneurs. NIFT has 2020, speakers were Mr Abhishek Bansal, Head-
embarked on a new restructured curriculum, Sustainability, Arvind Group, India, Ms Anupreet

The Industry and Alumni Affairs unit facilitates Avenues to Explore as a DFT Student” was
industry engagement with the industry in various conducted on 17th October 2020 by Mr. Rohit Kant
forms like internship, mentoring, industry projects Prasad, Alumnus, DFT, NIFT, Hyderabad presently
and placements. The campus placements planned associated with ABFRL as Group Manager, Retail
in the year 2020 was disrupted due to the for Peter England.
pandemic. In response to the need of the industry,
the unit planned and executed the placement of • During Orientation Programme: Mr. Shayantan
the graduates of batch of 2020 in a completely Sarkar, Alumni FD and Ms. Amrita Ganguly BFT
online mode from July 2020 to June 2021. A total Alumni addressed and interacted with the new
of 195 companies were participated during online entrants of 2020 -24 UG and 2020-22 PG batches
placement. Leading National and International of NIFT Kolkata.
companies participated in placements to recruit
NIFT professionals. The profile of companies • During Soft Skill Training Programme senior
attending the online placements are from alumni of NIFT were invited to deliver lectures at
diverse segments of Industry like large retailers, NIFT Kolkata
Brand marketers, manufacturers, consultancy
organizations, e-retailers, banking, textile mills, • Workshop on “Present scenario of Fashion
home furnishing companies, design & knowledge Industry & soft skill requirements” conducted at
process outsourcing, technology solution Kangra campus with Mr. Dhanendra Rathore, Lead
providers, UI/UX, International Brands and Start-up – E - Commerce and Omni Channel, Raymond
firms. Graduating students also often take jobs with Apparel Limited, Mumbai and Mr. Kartavya
institutions where they did internship or for whom Sharma, Head – Merchandising & Commercial
they did graduation projects. Leading national Design Development, RUJ Woodcraft.
and international companies strive to recruit NIFT
professionals. Some of prominent companies • NIFT Patna team organized the workshop for the
participated during the placements are ABFRL, students participating in Placement 2020 - 2021.
Apparel UAE, Arvind Brands, Best Corporations, Workshop conducted in two phases by the four
Classic Fashion, Decathlon, Goldman Sachs, CIEL Industry experts shared about the current industry
Textiles, Info edge, Landmark Group, Myntra, scenario, what to expect, expert tips and guidance
Paytm, Reliance Brands, Shopper Stop, Tata for the overall grooming and preparation for the
Cliq, Uniqlo, WFX, Wipro etc. NIFT continuously NIFT placements. Addressed to the students
promotes entrepreneurship and encourages its by Head Industry & Alumni Affairs (I&AA), Unit
graduates to become entrepreneurs. NIFT has In-Charge (Industry Relations), Unit In-Charge
embarked on a new restructured curriculum, (Alumni Affairs), CAC NIFT Patna, All Department
which has incorporated new and emerging areas CC's, Faculty members, RIC and Link-RIC NIFT
including disruptive technologies and taken Patna followed by Q&A session among student
initiatives for higher industry engagement. It and experts.
is believed that these have contributed to the
increased interest of the Industry in NIFT even • Workshop on Industry Perspectives Changing
during pandemic when many organisations were Dynamics by Chandrashekhar Bheda, Prolific
downsizing the staff strength. Textile & Handicrafts Product Designer was
organised at NIFT Patna on 6th January 2021.
Seminars and Workshops
• Interaction at NIFT Mumbai campus was organised

with industry experts- TCS CHRO, Milind Lakkad;
TCS Heads of Talent Acquisition (TAG), Krish
Ganesan and Talent Development (TD), Janardhan
Santhanam on the growth trajectory designed by
TCS for young talent.
• “Crafting Career through Academic Research

for Industry 4.0” on conducted on 24th June
2020 by Dr. Tarun Kumar Agrawal, Alumnus, DFT
Hyderabad, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department
of Sustainable Production Development, KTH
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
• Seminar/ Industry Interaction titled “Various

CONVOCATION
Convocation is organized every year to confer degrees to the Graduating students of that Academic
year. In 2020, individual campuses organized Convocation ceremonies.
A total numbers of 3085 graduates were conferred degrees in 2020. The Campus wise and programme
wise break-up are as mentioned below:
NIFT Students Graduating in 2020: Program and Campus-wise
Academic Programme
Gandhinagar
Bhubneswar
Hyderabad
New Delhi
Bengaluru
Raebareli
Jodhpur
Srinagar
Chennai
Mumbai
Shillong
Kolkata
Kangra
Kannur
Bhopal
Patna
Total
Bachelor of Design 30 32 30 28 34 34 31 28 29 31 33 32 26 27 427
(Accessory Design)
Bachelor of 36 31 26 30 26 30 33 34 36 52 31 33 25 13 436
Design (Fashion
Communication)
Bachelor of Design 36 29 40 37 33 34 33 40 33 59 35 35 17 24 18 503
(Fashion Design)
Bachelor of Design 35 20 29 28 35 33 30 210
(Knitwear Design)
Bachelor of Design 26 34 37 21 118
(Leather Design)
Bachelor of Design 31 34 32 27 34 28 29 27 30 27 35 34 33 401

(Textile Design)
Bachelor of Fashion 33 28 31 25 29 28 28 29 26 30 35 28 350
Technology (Apparel
Production)
Master of Design 32 33 31 31 127
Master of Fashion 36 32 31 33 34 33 31 28 28 35 33 31 24 21 430
Management
Master of Fashion 22 18 21 22 83
Technology
Total 291 98 181 249 215 212 183 149 252 218 306 321 192 113 72 31 3083
In addition to above, the Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) degrees were conferred to five scholars in the
Convocation 2020 ceremony of NIFT Delhi Campus.

FOTD
FOTD Unit facilitates the faculty training pedagogy of online teaching.

programmes to ensure that all the NIFT campuses
remain self-reliant and their dependence on 5. Each department conducted online sessions on
external faculty resources is minimized. This year, design dissemination and evaluation to train the
due to the pandemic, the training of the faculty entire faculty to teach, design assignments and
was conducted differently. assess students during the online teaching.
Online Faculty trainings: Starting from June 2020, 6. Some faculty members also upgraded
NIFT conducted 13 online trainings for faculty themselves by taking up online courses offered by
across all campuses. The highlight of the online the popular portals such as Coursera etc.
training were:
More than 400 faculty members across all
1. Engaging international experts and nationally campuses were able to take the benefit of learning
renowned experts in different parts of the world from the experts. Such trainings involving large
facilitated high quality of content deliverance. numbers were possible only through online mode.
FOTD Unit also proposed revised remunerations
2. Trainings were conducted on varied topics for online trainers to attract more international
such as Digital Print Editing Techniques, and national experts, so that NIFT can continue
Lean management, Digital Media marketing, to facilitate a blended training for faculty through
Performance Textiles, Smart textiles & wearable. offline and online mode, in the future.
Trainers engaged for these trainings are from
Institutes of repute, such as IIT-Delhi, IIM- Indore, Professional Development Policy was revised
IIM-Shillong, MICA. Industry experts from Arvind and approved by the BoG-NIFT to include many
Mills, Adidas and Amazon other activities for faculty members to utilize
the allowance for upgrading and reorienting
3. Training for subjects such as Self and Society, themselves. These include utilization of funds for
Creative Thinking Skills and Fashion Styling were research, taking up online courses, filing for patent
conducted by eminent personalities and industry and presenting papers at conferences. The norms
experts. These trainings involved sessions by were made to make the fund utilization equitable
historians, social workers, architects and innovators for all faculty members keeping in view their
in the business domain. specific areas of competency and interest.
4. Senior faculty of NIFT and domain experts

collaborated to take courses on tools and

PROJECTS AT NIFT
NIFT undertakes consultancy projects with various this is to support fundamental research, product
Government and Non-Government Organisations. development, and technology transfer, to facilitate
These Projects provide exposure to faculty and outreach, economic development, engagement
experiential learning to students. It benefits and extension, coupled with research and teaching
various stakeholders by upgrading technical skills and to work with industry, government, and
and adds design value. Details of some of the partners through fundamental research, product
major consultancy projects having value more than development, testing and fabrication services.
Rs. 50 lakhs being undertaken by NIFT, are given
below: • A project to develop a “Digital Platform for some
Craft Based Enterprises” has been sanctioned by
• Setting up a ‘Center of Excellence for Khadi’ at Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
NIFT in approved by 'Khadi and Village Industries (MeitY), Government of India). Project would
Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Ministry of encourage entrepreneurship for craft sector
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) through, “Building a digital platform to sell crafts,
under the scheme of Khadi Gramodyog Vikas ‘Create sustainable craft based enterprises’,
Yojna to develop a new Khadi product for high ‘Leveraging digital technologies for transfer of
end domestic and international market and to digital knowledge, sharing of best practices,
strengthen Khadi brand. ‘Center of Excellence employment generation and engagement with
for Khadi’ would be set up in ‘Hub and Spokes’ wider markets’ and ‘Building Entrepreneurship in
model’ in five NIFT Campuses viz NIFT Delhi, Craft Sector’. The project value is Rs. 2.44 Crores.
NIFT Kolkata, NIFT Gandhinagar, NIFT Shillong
and NIFT Bengaluru. Areas of activities would • A project ‘Setting up Design Resource Centre in
be creating benchmarked design processes of 10 Weavers Service Centres (WSCs) ’ i.e. Bengaluru,
global standards for Khadi, create new fabric and Bhagalpur, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Kannur,
products, disseminate quality standards for fabrics Kolkata, Meerut, Nagpur and Panipat by DC
and visual merchandising and packaging branding (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India.
and publicity of khadi etc. The project value is Rs. It will facilitate visual merchandizing of WSCs
20 Crores. through creation of visual identity with regional
flavour and showcasing of textile developments of
• Setting up of a Centre for Advance Research each WSC and creating an annual activity calendar
in Textiles in the hub of Textile Manufacturing of for each WSC. The project value is 9.44 Crores.
India, Coimbatore , a R&D Centre with international
level of facilities to support cutting edge research • An MoU signed between NIFT and Department of
in the textile and clothing sector. Objective of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development

(MoRD), Govt. of India on 23rd October, 2019. packaging /exhibition, fashion shows and publicity
to provide technical support for the range of through media, tying up with e-marketing portals
interventions with artisans in the handloom and and brand building for Ministry of Minority Affairs,
handicraft sector as well as for marketing of Govt. of India. The project value is Rs. 15.09
different rural products through diagnostic study, Crores.
design interventions and product development,
training modules/ programmes and workshop for • NIFT as a knowledge partner in implementing
skill up-gradation artisans, quality improvement, the branding of Value added Handloom products
space and interior design of the MoRD Outlets, scheme for Department of Handlooms and
branding and promotion etc. Textiles, Govt. of Kerala. The total project value is
Rs. 3.7 Crores. NIFT will get 12% maximum of the
• Setting up a “NIFT Design Innovation Incubator” project cost as professional fee for the project.
(DII) for facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship
and to cater to the requirements, proposed to • NIFT as Knowledge partner for setting up of
set up incubation facilities (Regional Incubators) an Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing
in Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai campuses of at Gwalior along with Industries Department,
NIFT in the following areas: Government of Madhya Pradesh and Industrial
1. Textile for Apparel, Home & Spaces (Delhi) Infrastructure Development Corporation (IIDC),
2. Smart wearable systems (Mumbai) Gwalior under scheme ‘Pilot Phase to set up
3. Fashion and Lifestyle accessories (Mumbai) Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing’ of
4. Apparel including Athleisure and Active wear Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India.
(Chennai)
• NIFT engaged as Cluster Management &
The project value is Rs. 17.53 Crores. Technical Agency for the ‘Integrated & holistic
development of Bhagalpur Mega Handloom
• “Visionxt-Trend Insights and Forecasting Lab” Cluster’ project under Comprehensive Handloom
project sanctioned by Ministry of Textiles, Govt. Cluster Development Scheme of Ministry of
of India to create a first ever Artificial Intelligence Textiles, Govt. of India for baseline survey,
enabled indigenous fashion forecasting service diagnostic study, preparation of DPR, assistance in
that endeavours to design seasonal directions for implementation and monitor the progress of the
our country. The trend forecasting service would project.
be aligned to our national and sub-national socio-
cultural constructs and market requirements. The
project value is Rs. 20.41 Crores.

• “The Repository-Indian Textiles and Crafts”
project sanctioned by Ministry of Textiles Govt.
of India under NIFT Cluster Initiative with funding
support by DC (Handlooms) & (Handicrafts).
The project is to provide a digital platform/
portal, a virtual museum of textiles and apparel
including designer archives, a craft repository with
individuated information on crafts-persons, their
communities, their work processes and products,
Case Studies and research in the areas of crafts
and textiles – from NIFT, the crafts Museum, the
Weaver Service Centres and private collections.
The project value is Rs. 15.57 Crores.
• “INDIAsize” project sanctioned under Research

and Development Scheme of Ministry of Textiles to
develop size chart based on body measurements
of Indian population for better fitting of ready to
wear garments. The project value is Rs.31 Crores.
• NIFT as Knowledge partner under Upgrading

the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts
for Development (USTTAD) scheme for design
intervention, product range development,

CORPORATE COMMUNICATION CELL
The digital communication strategy of NIFT ideas; the students get exposed to realtime
has undergone astronomical growth and problems and learn and hone skills related to
diversification, since its inception in July 2017. This graphics, design development, social media
has taken care of the branding needs of NIFT outreach, etc., which adds to their portfolio. Even
across all its 17 campuses and has expanded their during the pandemic the CCC unit has maintained
reach as brand NIFT. Internally, the strategy has active interaction with the students through online
been made robust through the strengthening of to generate high quality work through effective
the Corporate Communications Cell (CCC) by collaboration.
way of collaborative creation and management of
content involving various campuses, departments Social Media Presence
and students. In addition to this, the past years
have been especially dedicated to the CCC communication strategy has focused its
enhancement of the brand identity of NIFT, with a energies on enhancing the social media presence
special focus on leveraging digital media and of NIFT by It has done so by re-adjusting its
on making the website user-friendly and well up social media strategy, increasing the frequency of
to the international standards. The efforts thus far activities on various social media platforms and
have borne fruit and have been well received by keeping all communication contemporary and
the various stakeholders. The CCC unit served as cantered around youth, particularly the current
a connecting factor promoting NIFT webinars and and prospective students.
Competitions across campuses. Also announced
important updates regarding Admissions for all The objective of the social media presence of NIFT
students NRI, NLEA, Artisan/ children of Artisan is to creatively disseminate information; revive
and PhD candidates. the community of alumni, designers and artists;
create a platform for the student community
to enhance outreach through the assimilation of
Design Layouts and Content Editing talent and vision from across the 17 campuses of
NIFT; consolidate and channelize offline activities,
To maintain the credibility of brand NIFT, design events and achievements of students and alumni,
development of NIFT prospectus content editing undertaken in the past and the present; inducing
is of utmost importance. This ensures that all interaction and greater connectivity to build a
reports and other external communication are strong community of students and designers. The
precise, accurate, grammatically consistent, and foremost aim is to present and communicate the
of high quality. This is done by collecting content presence of NIFT as an institution of academic
for website, brochures, poster, advertisement for excellence and innovation through the social
admission and annual reports from Heads of units, media platforms.
compiling it and then putting it through editing
and proofreading at multiple levels. Inclusion of Currently, NIFT has official accounts on Facebook,
Campus Reports in Annual Report In an attempt to Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter.
build brand NIFT by highlighting the achievements For a thorough outreach, official accounts are
and projects of individual campuses, the campus regularly maintained.
reports were introduced in the structure of the
Annual Report. With each passing year, a gradual The CCC unit activily handles the social media
shift is being made to increasingly underline efforts channels to promote the brand equity of NIFT.
of the 17 campuses in their pursuit of academic
excellence. Such an approach would not only Facebook
acknowledge the efforts of the various campuses,
it would encourage them to strive harder. A ready platform for enhanced outreach, access to
a diverse community of users, active engagement
Student Engagement and feedback and real-time dissemination of
information. Thus, in terms of social media
Involving students in activities of the Corporate marketing, Facebook is an indispensable platform
Communications Cell has proven to be of benefit for the social media strategy of NIFT. The Facebook
for both the students as well as for NIFT. While the page of NIFT is being utilised for active interaction
Cell benefits from their talent, skills and creative with stakeholders on a regular basis.

The page is being used for the following purposes: precise and relevant statements and apprising
• To disseminate information about events and its followers with key highlights and updates on
activities at all the NIFT campuses the activities of NIFT. NIFT has verified twitter
• To share information about admissions, the account. (347)
restructured curriculum, vacancies, contests,
festivals and competitions, using creative • Connecting students and prospective employers
collaterals for employment and internship positions
• To promote activities of students under the • Demonstrating professional capacity of NIFT
Crafts Cluster Initiative and the related craft • Showcasing NIFT as a brand that people would
documentation work want to add to their profiles
• Building a comprehensive database of employers
As a result of these sustained efforts, the NIFT that students can reach out to
Facebook page now has approx 1 lakh likes and a
rating of 4.6. Efforts are also underway to get the
Facebook authentication (blue tick) for the official Website Development of NIFT
page.
This stands as clear recognition of the rising
Instagram importance of digital channels in this interconnected
world, where the need for clear, precise and
Instagram is an image-centric platform, particularly almost real-time communication is immense. The
popular amongst the youth, for its multiple photo website is fast emerging as an inclusive platform
and video editing options. Its descriptive visual for interaction between the academic community,
appeal and its unique features that allow the industry, students, alumni and prospective
building of a visual narrative by posting a series of students. Content is being constantly replaced
photos and videos, makes it a powerful platform. by new and more creative content to make the
In addition, it is quick, accessible, employs fewer website more engaging and relevant.
hierarchies in its interface and is accessible via
a mobile application. All this makes it a hugely The NIFT website has played a pivotal role
popular application. in educating prospective students and the
stakeholders at large, also about the restructuring
NIFT Instagram followers has grown from 15,100 of the curriculum. The website has done so by
followers in 2019-20 to 25.5K followers 2020-21. posting the prospectus and highlights of the
This became possible through regular posting of curriculum, and keeping students abreast about
visually appealing and relevant content. admission related developments working on
faculty profile for the website.
LinkedIn
Being a professional network, LinkedIn is not

just critical for NIFT’s branding; it is also relevant
to industry outreach and to finding exciting
professional opportunities for its students. With
over 15,500 + followers, the platform can help in
the following:
YouTube Channel
One of the earliest and the most popular video

based platforms, YouTube is used widely to upload,
publish and share video-based content– be it
films, music, informative videos, documentaries,
to name a few. It has a total of 728 subscribers and
15 videos on diverse issues & events like crafts,
Converge, key conferences, short films, among
others.
Twitter
Through Twitter, NIFT has entered the

microblogging space, with the intent of posting

CAMPUSES

BENGALURU
NIFT Bengaluru proudly presents its Annual Wheelchair Tennis Players of India´, published in
Report for the year 2020-21. The campus, amidst the book “Functional Textiles and Clothing 2020”,
lockdown and the challenges faced in academic Springer Publication.
transaction during this period, has successfully
conducted various activities under both academic 3. Dr. Richa Sharma and Dr. Nilanjana Bairagi
and non-academic purview. published a paper on “Photoluminescent pigment
printed textiles: Designing urban homes for
Academic Achievements by Faculty nighttime navigation´ - published in “Design for
Tomorrow—Volume 1”, Proceedings of ICoRD
1. Dr. Krithika G K, Associate Professor, completed 2021-Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies-
her PhD and was awarded a doctoral degree Editors: Amaresh Chakrabarti • Ravi Poovaiah •
from Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s Prasad Bokil • Vivek Kant, Springer Publication,
University. ISBN 978-981-16-0041-8 (eBook).
2. Dr. Richa Sharma, Associate Professor, 4. Ms. Subhalakshmi Kropi and Dr. Nilanjana Bairagi
completed her PhD from NIFT Delhi and was published a paper on “Designing of sportswear for
awarded her degree in Design Research in 2020. badminton players” as proceedings of the Online
Conference on Recent Trends in Textiles, AICTE
3. Dr. Ravikumar R, Associate Professor, completed RTT 2020 – an International Conference organized
his PhD from Gandhigram Rural Institute University by TIT, Bhiwani during September 18-19, 2020.
and was awarded his PhD in 2021. ISBN: 978-81-943816-5-5.
5. Dr. Nilanjana Bairagi published a paper with

Research Paper Presentations and Publications
Ms. Tanima Chandra on “Designing of clothing
for little people” in the Proceedings of the Online
1. Dr. Nilanjana Bairagi, Associate Professor,
Conference on Recent Trends in Textiles, AICTE
published a paper with Mr. Prathmesh Mahajan on
RTT 2020 International Conference organized by
“Redesigning walker for Adults”, published in the
TIT, Bhiwani.
book “Empowering the Differently Abled”, edited
by Sanjaya Kumar Ghadai, Barsha Mohanty and Dr. 6. Dr. Krithika GK published her paper titled
Satya Narayan Misra, Authors Press 2020. ISBN “Customer Acceptance of Social Media Marketing
978-93-90155-88-0. by Lifestyle Brands in India: A TAM Framework”
2. Ms. Subhalakshmi Kropi and Dr. Nilanjana Bairagi in the International Journal of Advance Research
published a paper on “Studies on Designing and Innovative Ideas in Education (IJARIIE), 6(1),
Adaptive Sportswear for Differently Abled 342-350.

7. Ms. Nethravati TS published her paper titled to an online environment” by Prof. Bill Schiano
“A Study on Customers Positive Attitude and - Professor of Computer Information Systems at
Perception on Online Purchasing of Fashion Bentley University.
Apparel“ in the International Journal of
Management, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 139-144. d) Mr. Sanjeev CM attended the Kyoorius Design
Yatra, held online in December’ 2020.
8. Ms. Kakoli Das published her article titled ‘Mask’
a necessity with a fashion statement´ in the journal e) Dr. Rashmi Munshi attended anonline
Apparel Resource’ on 11/6/2020. workshop for five weeks on “Design - Led
Strategy: Design Thinking for Business Strategy
9. Ms. Nithya Venkataraman published a chapter and Entrepreneurship” in June- July 2020.
on ´"Application ASPECTSS™ to the Design of She also attended a workshop “Swayam”, on
Vocational Training Spaces for Individuals with Entrepreneurship for five days by NSR Cell, IIM
Autism Spectrum Disorder” with Ms. Kudrat Bangalore in October’ 2020.
Kashyap in the book – “Design for Tomorrow—
Volume 2 - (a SCOPUS refereed Springer f) Mr. Sonjib Bora attended an online workshop
publication) the conference proceedings from on “Polyester and Cotton Colors in the Athleisure
ICoRD 2021”, ISBN 978-981-16-0041-8 (eBook). Market!" conducted by Pantone Inc, in January’
2021.
10. Ms. Subhalakshmi Kropi was the co-author
for a Poster presentation on “Loungewear for g) Ms. Shelly Bandari, Dr. Vibhavari Kumar, Mr.
elderly men Post Covid” at the International Sanjeev CM and Ms. Dilnaz Banu attended online
online conference – Advances in Textile, Fashion workshops on Color trends conducted by Pantone
and Crafts ATFC-2021 organized by NIFT Jodhpur in the year 2020.
from 22nd to 24th March 2021.
Industry-based projects
11. Ms. Nithya Venkataraman was the co-author for
a paper presented on “Vocational Training Spaces Due to the ongoing pandemic, no new projects
for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder- an were undertaken this year. The campus continued
ASPECTSS- Based Design intervention” at the 8th its existing project with the Karnataka State Khadi
International Conference on Research in Design & Village Industries Board on “Strengthening the
(ICoRD 2021, held online at the Indian Institute of Karnataka State Khadi &Village Industries Board
Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. Brand through Integrated Product Mapping,
Design Intervention, Product Diversification and
Faculty Orientation, Training, Development Development, Training and Marketing Activities”.
The Following “Classroom Projects” were
Apart from the Training of Trainers (TOT) organized conducted on online mode during the semester, to
by NIFT for faculty upgradation, the following is leverage best-practices followed by the industry
the list of faculty who have attended courses and and to give our students the hands-on experience
workshops organized by external experts. of working on live projects.
a) The Department of Textile Design had a
a) Dr. Jonalee Bapai and Dr. Krithika GK completed classroom project with Atlas Export Enterprises –
four weeks of an Online Certificate Course on Karur for‘Print design project for Home and Space’
Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies and was successfully completed on 25th Nov 2020
(non-credited) by Università Bocconi and offered b) The Department of Textile Design also
through Coursera in December’ 2020. conducted classroom projects with Ms. Neha
Celly: Denim Couture Designer, Meka Furnishings
b) Ms. Binya ArulJothi earned her certificate on and Aquarelle India for Advanced weave design,
“Tangible Things: Discovering History Through during the Jan to June 2021 session.
Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the c) The Department of Fashion and Lifestyle
Stuff Around You” - a course of study offered by Accessories conducted a classroom project by
HarvardX in January’ 2021. She also completed a M/S Mellora, Bengaluru for Jewellery collection.
course on “Circular Fashion: Design, Science and d) The Department of Fashion and Lifestyle
Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry” - a course Accessories concluded another classroom project
of study offered by WageningenX, in Edx Platform on Door Handle Design with M/S Hanuman Wood
in April’ 2020. industries, Bengaluru
e) The Department of Fashion Design conducted
c) Mr. Prashant KC earned his certificate on two classroom projects for Apparel Design
“Best Practices for moving a case-based course Women’s wear: Virtual Range Development, with

W(A brand of TCNS) and for the Art of Living ranging from Neuroscience, to Luxury fashion
foundation. and Current trends. Dr. Sanjeev Malage, Professor
from the Department of Fashion Management
Orientation Programme Studies, initiated the series with his talk on
For the first time the history of the campus, this Neuromarketing. Dr. Vibhavari Kumar, Professor
academic year, the freshers were welcomed virtually from Fashion Communication Department, spoke
on 25th of September 2021. The newcomers to on the challenges faced in Space design during
NIFT Bengaluru were given an orientation with the the post-COVID era. Dr. Jonalee Bajpai, Professor
same unwavering spirit as they would have had in from the Department of Fashion Technology, gave
campus. The Orientation programme started with meaningful insights on Luxury fashion. Mr. Prashant
intensive two - days thought provoking sessions KC, Associate Professor from the Department
which ended with a talent show by the students. of Design Space, spoke on the importance of
The session was inaugurated by the Campus a revised marketing strategy for a pandemic-
Director, followed by the keynote address by stuck world. Ms. Nithya Venkataraman, Associate
the Director General, Mr. Shantamanu, IAS, and Professor from Knitwear Design, spoke on the
Dean (Academics), Dr. Prof. Vandana Narang. The synergy between fashion and fiction. The series
keynote address by our distinguished guest was concluded with Dr. Rashmi Munshi, Associate
delivered online by Mr. Narendra Kumar (Nari), Professor from the Department of Fashion and
renowned fashion designer and an alumnus of NIFT, Lifestyle Accessories, talking on the evolution and
Batch of 1990. The highlight of the programme was deciphering of trends.
the alumni interaction, with the alumni addressing These short, crisp instalive sessions saw immense
the freshers from the campus and speaking about participation from students of all campuses and
the opportunities and challenges in the fashion other fashion enthusiasts, garnering thousands of
Industry and the importance of NIFT in the field views and getting great reviews.
of fashion education. Ms. Shreya Ganguly, senior c) The series on instalive sessions continued with
associate at Fidus Law Chambersspoke about the campus hosting stalwarts from the fields of
Intellectual Property Rights and its relevance in the Fashion, Craft and Design. This includeda session
design and fashion fields. Ms. Anjana, counsellor with Designer, Mr. Gaurang Shah on the occasion
from the NGO Parivarthan, addressed students of National Handloom Day on the 7th August
on various aspects of managing emotions and the 2020.
importance of gender sensitivity among students. d) On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, NIFT
The session concluded with a fun filled Talent Show Bengaluru held a webinar called “Charkhe
by the Freshers. pe Charcha”, in collaboration with Incredible
Campus Development and Community Outreach India Inc and the Ministry of Tourism. It had an
Programs: enlightening talk on the semiotics of Gandhiji’s
The campus held many events on online mode sartorial choices and Khadi, by Ms. Susan Thomas,
throughout the academic year, to encourage Director, NIFT Bengaluru and Mr. Prashant KC,
conversations and to facilitate the process of Associate Professor, Department of Design Space,
continuous learning and was hosted online to an eclectic audience of
a) An online webinar titled “Dekho Apna Desh’ - on academicians, design enthusiasts and intelligentsia.
Mysuru: Craft Caravan of Karnataka was held on the This was followed by a tete-a-tete with renowned
14thof May 2020, in conjunction with the Ministry choreographer, Mr. Prasad Bidappa with our
of Tourism, Government of India. The speakers of Campus Director, exploring the journey of Khadi
the webinar, Ms. Susan Thomas (IRS), Dr. Yathindra from its humble origins to a global brand.
L and Ms. Shipra Roy shared their thoughts on the e) The campus opened its doors for students for
crafts of Mysuru and Chennapatna. The seminar all the departments and facilitated their hands-
was very well attended and drew an enthusiastic on learning on practical subjects, through the in-
response from the audience. campus modules for the January to June session
b) A series of talks were held over the millennial- keeping all the safety protocols of COVID 19. This
friendly Instagram portal, as live feed, over a span was an important decision taken by the campus
of one month during May-June 2020. The session keeping in mind the lab sessions that forms an
was spearheaded by the Director, Ms. Susan integral part of fashion education at NIFT. The
Thomas, IRS, with an instalive session, ‘Brindavani, lab sessions were planned meticulously such that
an afternoon raga’, where she connected with the students from each batch are present in the campus
students, from the campus, on 11th May 2020. A for not more than 5 to 7 days and not more than
one of its kind initiatives, the session was followed 10 students were allowed in a lab at a time. During
by a series of six instalive sessions under banner the one week’s module, the students were lodged
“Open Doors: Expert Talks”. Six faculty from in the NIFT Hostel located within the campus.
the campus spoke on carefully curated topics Between every two batches, there was a gap of

two days to sanitize, clean and keep the labs and event on campus. The guest speakers were Mr.
hostel ready for the next batch. Although all the Lakshman Pachineela Seshadri, Independent
batches could attend the sessions as per the plan, Consultant – Strategy, Design, Innovation and
FP Technology sessions had to be cancelled due to Technology Consultant, Mr. Narendra Ghate,
the advent of the second wave of pandemic. The Chief Designer- Tata Elxsi, Ms. Anvitha Prashanth,
students attended the sessions as per schedule Founder at GoNative and Ms. Sifat Khurana, Co-
below: Founder at Bare Anatomy. The theme for the
Fashion Design – 4th semester- 1st February to event was titled "Finding the Silver Lining in the
5th February 2021 Post Covid Cloud" and the speakers shared their
Fashion Design – 6th semester – 1st March to 5th insights on "Design, Strategy and Innovation" to
March 2021 the audience.
Fashion and Lifestyle accessories, 4th semester – h) Hindi Pakhwada was organized as part of Hindi
15th February to 19th February 2021 Diwas at NIFT Bengaluru between 16th to 30th of
Fashion and Lifestyle accessories, 6th semester – September 2020 to create awareness and promote
22nd February to 26th February 2021 Hindi as an official language. Online competitions
Knitwear Design- 4th semester- 8th March to 12th like Hindi Nibandh, Hindi Tippan, Hindi Vaad-
March 2021 Vivvad and Chitr Varnan were conducted among
Knitwear Design -6th semester- 15th March to faculty, officers and staff.
19th March 2021 i) The campus re-iterated its commitment to
Fashion Technology- 6th semester- 23rd March to reach out to young design aspirants, by way of its
27th March 2021 community outreach programmes with schools.
Fashion Technology- 4th semester- 5th April to 9th A team of faculty led by the Campus Academic
April 2021 Co-ordinator, Dr. Jonalee Das Bajpai, Mr Prashant
f) The Department of Design Space hosted the KC (Associate professor), Dr. Rashmi Munshi
Second Edition of the Design Innovation Webinar, (Associate Professor) and Ms Shelly Bandari
"Innovations, Insights, and Infinity" on the 31st of (Assistant Professor) reached out to the following
October 2020. The panel consisted of Ms. Nagasai schools online and gave them an introduction to
Reddy, Creative Head, Vivo - India; Ms. Antonette the subjects, activities and scope of NIFT.
Shibani, Lecturer and Researcher University of Dr Jonalee, Mr. Prashant and Ms. Shelly addressed
Technology Sydney and Mr. Anshuman Kumar, students from National Public School, Koramangala,
Senior Designer, Samsung Electronics. Bangalore, on the 19th of September 2020.
g) A Pecha Kucha Evening was organized by Dr Jonalee, Mr. Prashant and Ms. Shelly and spoke
the Department of Design Space on campus on to students in Grade XI and XII from The Choice
the 26th of March 2021. There were more than school, Ernakulum on 26th of August 2021.
35alumni and industry guests who attended the Dr. Rashmi Munshi reached out to students from

the Cambridge school, Bangalore, on the 5th of Karnataka Rajyotsava Day (State Formation Day)
December 2020. was celebrated on 1st of November, 2020 with
j) In line with the principles of Swachh Bharat, a cultural program by the students and aposter
the campus conducted a week-long event called contest on the theme ‘Nammabengaluru”.
Swatchta Pakhwada on the 1st and 2nd March g) On 26th of November 2020, Constitution Day
2021. A Cleanliness Drive was conducted to was observed online by the reading outof the
reduce waste and segregation of solid waste Preamble by the Campus Director and thereby
in the Institute. Cleaning of classrooms, labs, stressing on the points of dutifulness, honesty and
library and common areas of NIFT Bengaluru was integrity at workplace.
duly conducted. On the 3rd of March, thorough The student community of the campus excelled
cleaning of computer labs was carried out. Water through their pan-academic activities, bringing
purifiers stationed at different floors were cleaned. laurels to the institution. Some of the many awards
4th of March saw the garden areas being spruced won by them are listed below-
up, and the week ended on the 5th March with a) Ms. Chandana M. from the Department of
posters made of bio-degradable materials being Fashion and Lifestyle Accessories, Semester VI,
displayed in all prominent places. Fumigation and was the finalist for the much-acclaimed Titan
disinfection activities have been carried out all Nvsiage competition held in September 2020
over the campus. b) Mr. Utkarsh Srivastava from M.Des, Sem II,
won the first prize in the Yoda Infobite hunt 3.0
Student Activities and Awards Challenge
Ms. Reet Oberoi from the Department of Fashion
Amidst the pandemic, NIFT Bengaluru organized and Lifestyle Accessories, Semester VI won the
and celebrated landmark events with the students FABDESIGN 2020’ competition conducted by
and faculty with an intent keep the bond growing Fabindia
fonder each day. c) Ms. Moulina Thakur from the Department of
a) Independence Day and Republic Day were Fashion and Lifestyle Accessories, Semester IV,
celebrated with the hoisting of our National Flag at Design X Social Challenge 2020: Life in Lockdown
the campus by the Campus Director, with Faculty, Conducted by: UMO Design
Officers and Staff. The Republic Day celebration d) Ms. Saniya Ray from the Department of Textile
on 26th of January 2021 also had a few alumni Design, Semester IV, secured the second prize
and some newly admitted students from the in the Open Art Competition conducted by PN
Foundation Program take part in the Flag hoisting Panicker Foundation
ceremony. e) Mr. Aaquib Saneen D. R. from MFM, Semester
b) International Yoga Day was organized on 21st of II, was the winner of the American Eagle Outfitters
June 2020 with an Online Common Yoga Protocol, Inc. Artsthread All India Diwali T-Shirt Design
for the faculty and officers by Yoga Expert Dr. Competition for their Diwali Collection 2020.
Meera Narayanan. The winning T-shirt was displayed and sold in all
c) As a part of the Orientation Programme, a American Eagle stores - India from November
Talent Showcase was organized online for the 2020.
newly admitted Foundation program students. f) Ms. Saloni Jain from M.Des, semester I, stood
There were more than 75 students who registered first in the Inferno, event- Roof for all Conducted
for the same. by the ISDI School of Design and Innovation,
d) An e-magazine, “Bengaluru Pulse: Namaskara Mumbai.
freshers” was circulated to the freshers and g) Ms. Raghavi Arora from Textile Design,
parents with welcome messages from the Campus semester IV, stood third in the Prayagraj District,
Director, Student Council and relevant details in the Indian Iconic Poet competition conducted
pertaining to the student’s life at campus, along by - Kshtij: where dreams meet reality.
with important contact information. h) Ms. Mahima Mohan from the Department
e) Vigilance Awareness Week 2020 was celebrated of Fashion and Lifestyle Accessories won the
on 28th October, 2020 online with the Campus Caratlane Design Incubator 2020 conducted by
Director administering the Integrity pledge to Caratlane.
all Faculty, Officers and Staff. An online debate i) Tuliya D from Knitwear Design stood first in the
on the topic “Is corruption an impediment to UNMAAD: Haute Couture Fashion show held at
Aatmanirbhar Bharat?” was held for the students IIM, Bangalore
and drew impassioned participation. Nominated j) Garima from FP (Tech) stood first in the Poster
Faculty, officers and staffs attended the e-workshop Contest on the theme: Namma Bengaluru by NIFT
conducted by NIFT HO, on Tendering Process and BLR. The prize-winning Design artwork was used
Conduct Rules. in the memento given during Convocation 2020.
f) As a tribute to the Karmabhoomi of the institute,

CE Programme and on the 18th Dec 2020 for the Undergraduate
students. The event was presided by the Campus
Presently the campus is running six one-year Director. A total of 172 students from UG and 71
programs and five 6 months programs, under the students from PG attended the event. The most
Continuing Education Programme. prestigious “Student of the Year” award was
bagged by Ms. Neha Padmanabhan of Fashion
Craft Cluster Out -Reach: Design Department while Mr. Shubham from the
Department of Fashion technology bagged the
NIFT, Bengaluru is committed to the vision of award for “Academic Excellence and Community
promoting the craft heritage of India and be Service”.
the catalyst that propels the wind of change. In
this context the campus organized many craft
workshops, artisan awareness workshops and craft-
based product development and documentation
to facilitate hands-on learning for the students
and promote collaboration between students and
artisans. The various crafts that were explored
are Leather Puppetry- Nimmalakunta, Ilkal
Handloom Cluster, Sulaebhavi Handloom Cluster,
Thoda embroidery, Ooty, Silk Weaving cluster in
Chintamani Silk Handloom Cluster, Kanchipuram
Weaving, Yelahanka Handloom Cluster, Metal
and Embossed Craft of Mysore and Kalamkari,
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Industry Engagement and Students’ Placements
NIFT Bengaluru conducted an online virtual

placement service for the graduates of 2020 due
to the global disruption caused by the Covid-19
pandemic. A total of 153 job offers were generated
during the year2020-21. The highest salary was
offered by Wipro with a pay package of 10 lakhs
per annum followed by Target Corporation USA
offering 7.5 lakhs per annum. Initiatives were
taken by the IAA unit to create opportunities
for Graduation projects and Summer internships
across departments. Some of the prime recruiters
were ABFRL, Max Fashion India, Landmark Group,
Raymond Ltd, Robert Bosch Innovation Centre,
Tanishq (India) Limited, TATAElxsi and Tommy
Hilfiger India & Calvin Klein India.
Convocation 2020
In true cognizance to its commitment to its young

graduates, NIFT Bengaluru took the first step
amongst all the NIFT campuses to host an in-
campus convocation to the batch of 2020. The
event was meticulously put together, keeping
in mind all the safety protocols required to
safeguard the students and the faculty, officers
and staffs, post the first wave of the pandemic.
The batch of 2020 enthusiastically joined in the
celebration. Keeping all the safety parameters in
mind, the graduates of this batch received their
certificates and accolades in the environs of their
beloved campus. The ceremony was held on the
11th Dec 2020 for the Post graduate students,

BHOPAL
Orientation Programme (2020) 2021. A workshop on the “Cyber Safety through

a Gender Lens" was organised for all students,
The Orientation Programme at NIFT Bhopal was faculty and staff by Ms. Marisa Borges, Head
held during 25th & 26th September 2020. CC-FP Training & Special Projects, Red Dot Foundation
welcomed the students followed by Introduction and Ms. Noelle Ann, Advocate High court through
to all officers, faculty members & staff members online mode. The workshop was very informative
of NIFT Bhopal and address by the Campus keeping in view of cyber security challenges faced
Director, Joint Director & Campus Academic by the society particularly women now a days.
Coordinator. There was Virtual tour of Bhopal, MP The women employees of NIFT Bhopal were also
& NIFT Bhopal campuses followed by address by felicitated by the Joint Director Sh. Akhil Sahai
Dean. Department-wise presentation on course and CAC Prof. (Dr.) Sameer Sood in the afternoon
curricula for F&LA, FMS & TD, IDM, GE-M, through a get-together organized in the Institute.
GE-O presentation. Briefing on SDAC activities. The importance of women empowerment and
Fun activities were conducted by students of gender equality were discussed by all during the
senior batches and club representatives. Day felicitation ceremony. The Director, Prof. (Dr.) Ajit
2 started with Presentation on Examination & Khare also greeted all women employees of the
Evaluation Policy and Students’ Medical Insurance campus on the occasion. Women employees from
of NIFT. Session on awareness on plagiarism, the housekeeping staff were also felicitated by the
anti-plagiarism practices & IPR, sensitization on Joint Director with a bouquet and sanitization kit.
“Anti Ragging Laws” & “Sexual Harassment”, on
Mental Health, Substance Abuse, precautionary Swachhata Pakhwada- 1st March To 15th March
measures of Covid-19 & Gender sensitization, 2021
International Linkages of NIFT, Hostel Facilities,
Committee, Rules, briefing on online registration Inauguration of Swachhta Pakhwada was done
on CMS, Sarthak scheme, Student Laptop Policy on 1st March 2021 at NIFT Bhopal Campus by
and programme concluded with Address by NIFT Jt. Director, Mr. Akhil Sahai, with Banner display
Alumni. of Swachh Bharat logo and “Mass Pledge” on
Swachhta was administered by all faculty and
Student Development Activity (SDA): staff members of NIFT Bhopal at 11:30 AM. In
COVID time all the place is first sanitized and
International Women’s Day social distancing is maintained at the time of the
The International Women’s Day was celebrated ceremony. The pledge taking Ceremony marked
with full enthusiasm and zeal at National Institute a significant beginning of Swachhata Pakhwada
of Fashion Technology, Bhopal on 08th March 2021.

SWACHHATA PAKHWADA Elocution and Slogan and guidance through a virtual cultural program
Writing Competition 4th March 2021 through MS team’s platform. The present students
of NIFT Bhopal shared their talent of Dance,
On 4th March 2021, Dr. Rajdeep Singh Khanuja song, acting and art through recorded videos and
Literary Club advisor and Dr. Prabhat Kumar SDAC images. The expressions were invited through EC
NIFT Bhopal organized an elocution and slogan members on WhatsApp groups and screening was
writing competition among the students and staff done by SDAC. These recordings were shared
of NIFT Bhopal on the topic “Ek kadam swachhata along with Alumni videos. Virtual Cultural Program
ke ore”. Word limit of the competition was 150 – on E-Platform- 5th September 20020, 12:00 noon
200 words. Students can use any language wither to 1:00 PM
Hindi or English. The competition was open for all
Students of NIFT Bhopal. Workshop on Awareness of Corona Virus Is
Organized On 12th Feb. 2020
INDIAN CONSTITUTION DAY, 26th November
2020 A workshop on Awareness of Corona virus was
On "INDIAN CONSTITUTION DAY" essay writing organized on 12th Feb. 2020. Dr. Sheela Malani
competition was organized on 26th November was the speaker for the workshop.
2020 on the topic “CONSTITUTION OF INDIA”.
Students and Staff members are participated in Craft Cluster Initiative
this competition.
Detailed list of activities undertaken at NIFT
Teacher’s Day – on 5th September 2020 Bhopal under the Craft Cluster Initiatives by
The students of NIFT Bhopal celebrated Teacher’s various departments are as follows:
Day to thank the faculty members for their support
Sl. Department Subject Name/ Dates No. of No. of Name of Craft &
No Activity students artisans Region
involved involved
1 Artisan Awareness NA NA NA NA
Workshop & Craft
Textile Design Bazaar
2 CRDP 03 to 20 Nov. 2020 41 01 Block Batik Ujjain
M.P.
3 CRDP 05 to 11 Nov. 2020 32 10 Chanderi
Weaving
4 Sustainable Design NA NA NA NA
5 Fashion CRDP 26 to 30 Oct. 2020 32 06 Maheshwar Craft
6 Management Artisan Awareness 17 to 19 Dec. 2020 32 11 Maheshwar Craft
Studies Workshop
7 Fashion & CRDP 19 to 28 Oct. 2020 33 07 Bell Metal Betul
8 Lifestyle CRDP 02 to 06 Nov. 2020 32 07 Bell Metal Betul
Accessory
Due to pandemic all activities were done online.
Craft Bazaar was postponed due to pandemic situation and lockdowns.
Campus Placements
The placement was postponed due to the pandemic situation
Convocation-2019 and Graduation Project Show
Convocation and Graduation Project was postponed due to the pandemic situation
Seminars and Workshops by Alumni and Industry
• Workshop for Semester-3rd students in Subject Design Process was conducted by NIFT Alumni Ms.

Yesha Sant on 22nd September 2020. • Syed. Arif Hasan- Customer Experience
Management & retail Operations.
• On 1st October 2020 Workshop was organized
for Semester-3 students in the subject Fibre to • Dr. Jayshree Dubey- Fashion Marketing
Fabric by Mr. D. Das Choudhary, Industry Person.
• Dr. Deepti Maheshwari- Fashion Business
• Workshop for Semester-VII students in Subject Research & IT Applications.
Digital Design & in Textiles was conducted by NIFT
Alumni Ms. Rinki Sambhani on 14th October 2020. • Mr. Gauri Shankar - Fashion Concepts and
Fashion Merchandising.
• On 13th October 2020 Workshop was organized
for Semester-3 (PG) students in the subject Textile • C.A Padmawati Swami - Finance for Executives
Product & Sourcing (IDM) by Ms. Rashmi
Chakraborty, Industry Person. • Dr. Atul Dubey- Costing & Profitability
(International Business)
for Semester-VII students in the subject Advanced • Dr. Sangeeta Jauhari- Consumer Behaviour &
Weave Design & CAD by Mr. Bibekananda Basu, Neuromarketing.
Industry Person.
• Mr. Sandeep Prasad- Fashion Material &
• On 19th October 2020 Workshop was organized Production Management for Merchandisers
for Semester-III students in the subject Print Design
Techniques (IDM) by Ms. Gaura Joshi Nenwani, • Mr. Aseem Mohan - Fashion Material & Production
Industry Person. Management for Merchandisers
• On 15th October 2020 Workshop was organized • Mr. Aseem Mohan- Export Merchandising and
for Semester-VII students in the subject Mobile EXIM Documentation (International Business).
commerce by Mr. Shashank Rathore, Industry
Person. • Mr. Ashish Johari - Export Merchandising and
EXIM Documentation (International Business)
for Semester-VII students in the subject Advanced • Dr. Harish Kulkarni - Omni-channel Retail and
Weave Home & Space (DS) by Mr. Rajarshi Ghosh, Sales Management
Industry Expert.
• Workshop for Semester-6th students under the • Dr. Harish Kulkarni - IDM Retail Merchandising
subject Professional Project was conducted by
NIFT Alumni Ms. Vertika Shrivastava on 5th March • Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Kaveri Dutta
2021. on 1st September 2020 in the subject Professional
Project of Semester-VII.
• Workshop for Semester- 4th students under
Subject Textile Heritage of India-II was conducted • Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Dheeraj Gopal
by NIFT Alumni Ms. Stuti Bisen on 25th March Nigam on 10th September 2020 in the subject
2021. Portfolio Design of Semester-V.
• Dr. Mridul Shahi - MFM.II - Consumer Behaviour • Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Shalini Pandey
& Neuro Marketing. on 1st September 2020 in the subject Professional
• Dr. Priyanka Rawal- Services marketing and
services Design and Relationship Marketing. • Expert Lecture was taken by Dr. Sangeeta
Jauhari on 17th September 2020 in the subject
• Dr. Harish Kulkarni- Supply Chain, Value Chain Professional Project of Semester-VII.
and Operations Research, Marketing & Retail.
• Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Meeta Siddhu
• Ms. Anubhuti Beohar - Cluster Studies. on 17th September 2020 in the subject Professional
• Dr. Atul Dubey- Costing & Profitability.
• Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Archana Jain on
• Ms. Mitali Sarin- Customer Experience 21st September 2020 in the subject World Textiles
Management & retail Operations. of Semester-V.

Design & CC-FP, NIFT Bhopal, completed his PhD
• Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Archana Jain from Jadavpur University in August- 2019.
on 24th September 2020 in the subject Textile
Heritage of India-III of Semester-III. • Dr. Rajdeep Singh Khanuja, Assistant Professor
has completed his PhD in Management from
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Shayam Ranjan AISECT University, Bhopal.
Sengupta on 17th September 2020 in the subject
Craft Design Project of Semester-VII. • Dr. Vishaka Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Textile
Design was Awarded PhD (Design) Degree in
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Shayam Ranjan December 2019 from Banasthali University.
Sengupta on 6th October 2020 in the subject
Advanced Woven Design of Semester-VII. • Ms. Swati Vyas, Assistant Professor, Textile Design
is pursuing PhD from Banasthali Vidyapeeth,
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Kunal Debnath Jaipur.
on 30th September2020 in the subject Creative
Textile (IDM) of Semester-VII. • Ms. Supriya Yadav, Assistant Professor, Accessory
Design is pursuing PhD from Rabindranath Tagore
• Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Rmaine Jaitly University, Bhopal.
on 07th October2020 in the subject Print Design
& CAD of Semester-V. • Mr. Soumik Halder, Assistant Professor, Accessory
Design is pursuing PhD from Rabindranath Tagore
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Balbir Singh University, Bhopal.
Dasila on 12th October 2020 in the subject Surface
Embellishment-I of Semester-III. • Ms. Sakshi, Assistant Professor, FMS Department
is pursuing her PhD from NIFT.
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Shayam Ranjan
Sengupta on 29th October 2020 in the subject Brief note on Publications and Paper Presentations
Craft Research & Documentation of Semester-V.
1. Prof. (Dr.) Sameer Sood,
• Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Harsha Pant • Title of the Research Article: Cambodia - A Land
on 3rd October 2020 in the subject Deepening of Opportunities and Challenges for the Garment
Specialization of Semester-III. Industry International Journal : International
Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mrs. Abha Saxena Technology and Science (e-ISSN: 2582-5208)
on 16th March 2021 in the subject Surface Design Volume:02/Issue:07/July -2020.
Project Apparel of Semester-VI.
• Title of the Research Article: Prospects and
• Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Archana Jain Challenges to Garment Industry in Sri Lanka
on 17th March 2021 in the subject Appreciation of International Journal : International Journal
World Textiles of Semester-VI. of Scientific Research in Engineering and
Management (IJSREM) (ISSN: 2582-3930) Volume
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Mohammad 04, Issue 10, October 2020.
Asif on 20th May 2021 in the subject Print Design
Hand & Digital of Semester-VI. • Research Paper titled “A study of the Women
Sportswear Market Market (Apparel and Shoes
• Expert Lecture was taken by Mr. Anuj Sharma on Category) in India” published in International
17th, 20th& 27thMay 2021 in the subject Surface Journal of Scientific Research and Management
Design Project Home of Semester-VI. (IJSREM) Volume 05, Issue 03, March 2021.
• Expert Lecture was taken by Ms. Sartia Sharma 2. Dr. Rajdeep Singh Khanuja, Asst. Prof., CC-
on 20th & 27th May 2021 in the subject Surface FMS Research Paper titled “2020 The Year of
Design Project Home of Semester-VI. Possibilities: Changing Landscape of Branding
under the Shadow of the Black Swan” was presented
PhD Pursuing and Completed in 4th National e-Conference CONSUMPTION OR
CREDIT THE IMPEDIMENT IN INDIA’S CURRENT
• Prof. (Dr.) Sameer Sood, Professor, FMS GROWTH STORY held on 1st June 2020 and also
Department has completed his PhD from Kalinga published in book with ISBN No.
University, Raipur, CG.
• Dr. Arnab Sen, Associate professor, Textile 3. Ms. Sakshi, Asst. Prof. & CIC. Research Paper

titled “2020 The Year of Possibilities: Changing • Dr Anupam Saxena, Asso. Prof, participated in
Landscape of Branding under the Shadow of “curriculum development workshop for UG and
the Black Swan” was presented in 4th National PG programme as board member at Dept. of
e-Conference CONSUMPTION OR CREDIT THE Clothing & Textiles, organized by Sarojini Naidu
IMPEDIMENT IN INDIA’S CURRENT GROWTH Govt. Girls P. G. (Autonomous) College, Bhopal in
STORY held on 1st June 2020 and published in Sept. 2020.
book with ISBN No.
Industry Connect and Projects
4. A research paper titled,” History, evolution and
present socio- economic scenario of the folk crafts • Dr. Arnab Sen (RIC) contacted more than 100
in Betul region, M.P.”, by Soumik Halder, Asst companies for placement of 2020 class, as well as
Prof, Dr. Shrishti Sharma Umekar and Dr. Sukanta for industry internship and graduation projects.
Majumdar, in Research Journal of Social and Life
Sciences (ISSN 0973-3914) Vol. XXVIII, June 2018 • Dr. Anupam Saxena, CC-TD, contacted more
It is an U.G.C. listed Jouranl, SI. No. 1962, Journal than 50 companies for Professional Project, 2020,
No. 40942. Internship, and GP 2020-21.
Faculty Development- TOT/ workshop/ seminar • Ms. Swati Vyas Asst. Prof. arranged a virtual
Demonstration for Hand Block Printing Craft
• Dr. Rajdeep Singh Khanuja attended the Faculty by Senior Artisan at Bhairongarh, Ujjain, under
Orientation workshop titled ‘Binding to Build with curriculum of Print Design- hand and Digital, to
in the Society’ for the subject “Self & Society’, for acquaint them with the complete process of hand
Foundation Programme on 13th & 14th July 2020. block printing.
• Ms. Sakshi attended the TOT on E-commerce • Dr. Vishaka Agarwal Asst. Prof has been working
and social media marketing from 16th to 18th July for Bagh Print Project “One District One Product”
2020. which is under process.
• Dr Anupam Saxena Asso. Prof. attended TOT • Dr. Anupam Saxena, Asso. Prof. organized
Paradigm Shift: Innovative Methods & Tools to an alumni interaction with Ms. Stuti Bisen on
Teach Textile Design Online’ conducted by Ms. “Traditional Rugs and Carpets” for the subject
Rupali Pandit and Ms. Richa Sharma along with textile Heritage of India-II.
Experts from 20th to 22nd July 2020 through
online. • Ms. Swati Vyas organized the expert session by
Designer Anuj Sharma founder of Button Masala
• Swati Vyas, Asst. Prof. TD attended State level for the subject DS-Home & Spaces, sem. VI.
online Short-term Training Program “Initiatives for
teaching-learning excellence in Home Science” • Dr. Anupam Saxena, CC-TD and Presiding
under Gyan Ganga organized by Commissionerate Officer ICC, organized a seminar on the occasion
college education and Department of Home of International Women’s Day, 8th March 2021
Science, Government Meera Girls College, “Cyber security through Gender Lens” for the
Udaipur, Rajasthan at a trainer from 15 to 20 students, faculty and Staff of NIFT, Bhopal.
February 2021.
• Dr. Debojyoti Ganguly contacted Vardhman
• Dr Vishaka Agarwal, Asst. Prof. attended TOT Industries in Malerkotla to generate 3-4 job in the
Paradigm Shift: Innovative Methods & Tools to Textile Design Department.
Teach Textile Design Online’ conducted by Ms.
Rupali Pandit and Ms. Richa Sharma along with Major Projects
Experts from 20th to 22nd July 2020 through
online. • MP Skill Development Project:
This project aims to implement Mukhya Mantri
• Dr Arnab Sen attended weaving workshops Kaushal Samvardhan Yojana (MMKSY) / Mukhya
on CAD Weaving attended during Jul Dec 2020 Mantri Kaushalya Yojana (MMKY) of Madhya
semester, arranged in house. Pradesh State Skill Development Employment
Generation Board (MPSSDEGB) for training
• Dr. Debojyoti Ganguly attended Weave Design youth in the state of Madhya Pradesh with
and CAD TOT in Jul-Dec 2020 semester, conducted Bhopal Campus as Training Service Provider in
by Mr. Ravi Kumar and Mr. Pugazenthil. Textile Sector. Training Partners were selected
Faculty Achievements by Bhopal Campus after rigorous procedures as

per established norms of NSDC. NIFT Bhopal
Campus as a Project Implementation Agency is • Dr. Vishaka Agarwal Asst. Prof has been working
also responsible for the entire implementation and as Project Co-ordinator for Bagh Print Project “One
execution of the project including submission of District One Product” which is under process.
periodic physical and financial reports. Around 686
trainees have been successfully trained, assessed Major Achievements in Student Competitions and
and placed through various training partners. Awards
• Pmu for MPLUN Under SAMARTH: • Bharti Vashisth and Ishita Singh, TD 4, won FAB
NIFT Bhopal is the Project Management Unit (PMU) Design 2020 held by Fabindia, we participated as
for Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog Nigam (MPLUN) a team.
for Samarth (Scheme for Capacity Building in • Akanksha Aradhya , TD 4, secured 2nd position
Textiles Sector), a flagship skill development in an inter college competition “embroider a
scheme of Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. The mask” , organized by Institute of Home economics
role of NIFT Bhopal in the aforesaid project is to department of fabric and apparel science university
co-ordinate with all the Training Centres and to of Delhi.
provide PMU services to MPLUN. • Kanak Mehta, TD IV, won the pictorial quiz
competition organized by College on Indian
• Apparel Incubation Project: Constitution Day.
Ministry of Textiles, GoI has sanctioned a project • Sami Shrivastava, TD IV won 3rd prize in slogan
to set up an “Apparel Incubation Centre” at writing competition organized by sage university
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh under “Scheme to set Bhopal.
up Incubation Centres in Apparel Manufacturing • Pallavi, TD IV, won the 3rd prize in pictorial
(SIAM)” to Department of Industries, Government quiz competition organized by College on Indian
of Madhya Pradesh. In the said project, Incubation Constitution Day.
centre would be operated and managed by MPIDC • Mr. Rahul Kumar Rawani has been the semifinalist
Gwalior along with NIFT Bhopal as its “Knowledge of Mr. and Miss. India presented by the Zerone
Partner” for the implementation of the project. In Production House.
the aforesaid project, NIFT Bhopal coordinated/
assisted MPIDC in operations, selection of the
incubatee, formation of tender document and
also assisted in Selection and procurement of
Machinery, Equipment, Furniture and Other
Ancillary Equipment required for setting up of the
incubation centre
• Project Management Unit (Pmu) For MPLUN

Under ISDS Project:
In the said project, NIFT Bhopal Campus provided
PMU services to Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog
Nigam (MPLUN) for the additional training target
of 1500 persons sanctioned under ISDS Project of
Ministry of Textiles, GoI. NIFT Bhopal as a Project
Management Unit formulated the Detailed Project
Report which stated the project objectives,
description, mobilization methodology, financial
plan and placement strategy. The post placement
record of the candidates so trained, assessed and
placed under ISDS was also maintained by NIFT
Bhopal.
• Dr. Rajdeep Singh Khanuja, Asst. Prof. is

nominated as Campus Project Coordinator (CPC)
for the NIFT Head Office project of The Ministry
of Minority Affairs for the scheme ‘Upgrading
The skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts
For Development’ (USTTAD). • Ms. Swati Vyas,
Assistant Professor, selected as PIT for WSC
project for Indore Region.

BHUBANESWAR
Infrastructure and Facilities B. A Project on Studying the Crafts, development

of Designs and supporting producer groups for
Roof top solar panel have been installed in the production of Quality Jute Diversified products
campus this year with a cost & approximately 75 on commercial scale is also in full swing. Budget
lakh. The project will yield electricity to the extent of the project is INR Rs 7,52,250/- (Rupees seven
of 180 KVA and thus there will be free of cost lakhs fifty-two thousand two hundred and fifty
electricity for the campus due to the said solar only) sanctioned is Rs.43.66 lakh ( forty three lakhs
project for the coming 25 years. The Break Even sixty six thousand only)
Point will be 6.4 years In addition to this rooftop
project, 3 solar trees are getting installed which Major achievements in Student Competitions and
will be catering to 7 stitching and embroidery Awards
machines of BFT Tech laboratory. This will be the
first demonstration in the entire state with respect • Mr. Mohit Khetrapal, FC batch 2018-22, was
to livelihood mission by the Government. The chosen as World’s Best Photographer (under 20
poor weaver can have hands on experience to category) at Siena International Photo Awards
install such solar trees in their houses to get free 2019 (SIPA 2019), Italy. He was also a finalist at the
of electricity cost for 25 years. Repairing the hostel London Street Photography festival 2020, Hamdan
and reconstruction the damages due to cyclone international Photography awards 2020 Dubai,
Fani are also major milestones. Maintaining natural Creative Photo Awards 2020, Siena Italy. His
dye garden at campus created a much needed pictures made it to the top 35 photos in nomination
differentiation in our infrastructure. in the category "Reportage Photography" in 35
awards 2020 Moscow. He also made it to the top
Major Projects 200 Photographers in India and was featured in
Indian Photo Festival 2020, Hyderabad, Kolkata
A Project titled “Commercialisation of innovative international Photography festival 2020 and Ras se
handloom products developed by NIFT, Bana Banaras Exhibition in Indian Habitat Centre,
Bhubaneswar” in collaboration with CSB, Banglore New Delhi, 2020. Also won the Editor's choice-
and Handlooms, Textiles & Handicraft department, People Photography awards by The independent
Government of Odisha is in full swing. Budget photo and featured in National Geographic - Your
of the project sanctioned is Rs.43.66 lakh ( forty Shot and Forbes as well.
three lakhs sixty six thousand only). The Project • Photographs by Ms. Akanksha Srivastav, Khyati
Coordinator is Mr. Padma Charan Majhi, Assistant Shekhar and Elson Johnson (Students, batch 2018-
Professor from TD Department. 22) featured on Vogue Italia website.

• ‘Paridhi’, a film by Ishan Aditya, Student, FC at Pantech Prolabs India Pvt. Limited. Python
batch 2018-22, got featured at the Shorted Film course AI for India 1.0 at GUVI in association with
Festival, 2020 AICTE.
• Rashi Saxena - presented a research paper Title • Aneesha Panda attended YIF Lectureship series
'Innovation in Smart Textiles during Covid-19' at and seminars. Was a part of Guvi's python course
TEQIP III sponsored E-international conference under Guinness world record. Member of Yuva
on Socio-economic and Health challenges during Utkal Foundation- volunteered for social help
covid 19 and mitigation strategies. (SEHCM - during covid.
2020). Conducted by NIT Jalandhar. October 22- • Rishabh Kumar - participating in The Guinness
23, 2020. World Record Event - Most users to take an online
• Shreya Shivangi and Sukanya Pothal: Published computer programming
an article in Fibre2Fashion regarding sustainable • Madhusmita Mohanta attended Understanding
brands which is an endeavor to build a sustainable Fashion : From Business to Culture (Institute
economy and revive the Indian artisans and their Français de la Mode (IFM)) via futurelearn.com.
craft. Title: "Reinventing crafts of Odisha'' along Attended Mangement of fashion and luxury
with the case study on the Label Uttpati. (May companies. Università Bocconi via Coursera.
2021) Costumer experience Research intern at a startup
• Sristi Suman - Completed an online certification brand age 19 official (korean streetwear apparel
course on Machine learning for the time duration and clothing).
of 11 weeks, authorized by Stanford University • Amola Tripathy attended seminar on Web
Online and offered through Coursera. (November Design at Orisoft Computer Education. Marketing
1, 2020) and Social media merchandising Internship at
• Ilma Zafar and Ojasvi Mahajan presented a Painful pleasure tattoo and piercing studio, Bbsr
research paper in the International Conference Modelling and Social media handling for Bidyut
of Advances in Textile, Fashion and Crafts Fashion House, USA. First Prize in Mahindra &
(ATFC’21), conducted by NIFT, Jodhpur on the Mahindra Talent Hunt Competition for singing
topic, ‘Wearable Technology for Autism Spectrum and rampwalk. Participated in Heartfullness Essay
Disorder’ on 22nd – 24th March’2021. event, All india essay writing event by SRCM &
• Vibhav Sharnagat and Yashaswini Raj presented a UNIC. Attended seminar on Cyber Crime, Girl child
research paper in the International Conference of education, Bullying and other social problems by
Advances in Textile, Fashion and Crafts (ATFC’21), Aashayein Foundation. Was selected at state level
conducted by NIFT, Jodhpur on the topic, ‘Smart for Miss teen Universe by Vasundhara creations,
Adaptive Vest for Dementia Patients’ on 22nd – Viscera events and models, and Ask Talents.Various
24th March’ 2021. Styling and makeup projects while freelancing for
• Arpita Pathy - French Language (Internshala Painful Pleasure in Styling.
course), Contributor at quora space for French • Pranati Choudhary, Hindustan Times- Poem
language (freelance), Attended TEDx NIT, Rourkela Writing competition: All India Winner Content
webinar sessions, Fundraiser at muskurahat Writing Internship at Wed Me Good (16 months
foundation Content Writing Internship at Society Mutter
• Tamanna Raina appointed as Club Secretary of Content Writer at Vcriate. Made case studies
ESSE CLUB of NIFT Bhubaneswar. Worked as a based on data analysis for top B - school students.
member for GirlUp fly, a club under girlup campaign Content Writer and manager, at DARE2COMPETE
by the UN. Been a part of fundraiser in girlup fly Content writing at ORNAZ, and social media
for a girl named Juli to provide for her class 11th management. SEO Analyst.
fees. Attended "Fashion Lifestyle & Luxury in New • Winner of the 2020 - IIT Kharagpur Spring Fest
Normal" - Webinar by Industry & Alumni Affairs - Event NAVYATA (Fashion Show) WINNER TEAM
Unit, NIFT HO on 31st January 2021. Attended VIANAAH Participants : FD Sem VII Nibedita
various seminars on cervical cancer awareness, Munda, Vijita, Aparna Behera, Ankita Nayak,
breast cancer awareness, body positivity etc Arunima Chouhan, Hitesna
conducted by girlup fly. Was selected for Vidya • Winner of the 2020- IIIT Bhubaneswar ADVAITA
Daan Classes by Retd. Lieut Rita Gangwani on Fest - Event Lamode (Fashion Show) WINNER
personality development and pageantry. TEAM VIANAAH Participants : FD Sem VII
• Prerna Choudhary appointed as the Literary Club Nibedita Munda, Vijita, Aparna Behera, Ankita
Secretary of NIFT Bhubaneswar. Got selected as Nayak, Arunima Chouhan, Hitesna
a part of the Editorial Board for Pratibha - The • Ms. Sayani Chakraborty Acknowledged as a
college Magazine. Secured 5th position in chess at budding dancer & repertoire member by Ministry
AIIMS BBSR online fest. Part of the TEDX webinar of culture, Govt. Of India & felicitated by cash
held hy NIT Rourkella. Participated in solo singing award on 1st one is 22nd March 2021.Secured 3rd
competition held by MIT- WPU Aarohan. Internship position in Naba Gunjan 2020 Senior category

(state level Odissi dance competition). Association for Women Empowerment workshop
• Raunak Raj & Aroona Panda of FD VII Sem under Kala aur Katha at Jagatsinghpur, Odisha.
participated in as Backstage manager at 10) Ms. Swati sonaly Pradhan, Semester VI of
Bhubaneswar Runway Week , season 4 organised Bhubaneswar Campus participated in T shirt
by Prelude and Addiction Fashion management. designing, designs got selected at Millenai Pvt Ltd
Corporate awards hosted season 4 in Golf club 2021.
Info city. Dated 12th February 2021. 11) Ms. Swati sonaly Pradhan, Semester VI of
1) Mr. Aman Verma and Mr. Prabhat Verma Bhubaneswar Campus attended JDCA Workshop
participated in Fashion Talent Hunt held on 8th by Dr. Johannes Beltzin collaboration with Indian
March, 2021 on the theme " Sustainbility, and artists 2021.
Earthy" at Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar
2) Jayita Poddar, Foundation Design student Graduation Projects and Graduation Events
was awarded 2nd prize in The Face Makeup
Competition in the event, Meraki – Epitome of All the students completed their graduation
Creativity, organized from 26th December – 30th projects in different corporations and fashion
December 2020. industries
3) Risita Nayak, Foundation Design student
Participated in Ceramic Plate Painting Workshop Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and
organised by MAX Fashion India; in Kalinga Art & Impact
Hand Craft Exhibition organized by Kalinga Bhasa
Mukta Manch organized on 30/502021 and also in The Craft Cluster initiative at NIFT is designed
photography contest"FRAMES", a part of EXPOSE with the objectives to sensitize NIFT students to
'21 organised by Photography Club of National the realities of the craft sector and give insight
Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal. into regional sensibilities and diversities, resources
4) Mr. Debjit Biswas, Semester VII of Bhubaneswar and environment. The students contribute in
campus presented research article tiled "Dyeing varied areas in the clusters like design intelligence,
of Silk Fabric with Soaked Phaseolus Vulgaris design innovation, product development, supply
(Red kidney bean) Extract" at AICTE sponsored chain management, brand management, retail
E- Conference on “Recent Trends in Textiles – A entrepreneurships, organizational development
Paradigm for Innovative and Sustainable Fibres, and systems design and development.
Yarns, Fabrics & Garments Production, Processing Under the Craft Cluster Initiative 2020-21 various
& Designing Aspects” organized by TIT, Bhiwani, activities like CRD - Craft Research and CBDP-
18th -19th September 2020. [Oral]. Craft Based Design Project Documentation were
5) Mr. Debjit Biswas and Ms. Shrutirupa Pati, done in online mode. The artisan awareness
Semester VII of Bhubaneswar Campus Co- workshop by all departments was also carried
authored the Review article titled " Antiviral out in the month of December 2020 in online
Finishing on Textiles", Textile & Leather Review, modewhere artisans were invited from various
2020, Vol 3 Issue 4. clusters of Maniabandh, Kotpad, Raghurajpur,
6) LIVA Print Design classroom Project Award of Gopalpur etc. and interacted with the NIFT faculty
Bhubaneswar Campus Bed Linen Category -1st and students for knowledge sharing on trends and
Runner Up (2nd Position)-Ms. Munjuluri Bhavagnya, understanding market demands.
2nd Runner Up (3rd Position)- Ms. Deepiksha For CRD 2021, FMS students interacted with
Toppo Stoles Category - Winner (1st Position)- artisans from clusters like Gopalpur - Tussar silk,
Ms. Shrutirupa Pati, Creative Excellence Award - Raghurajpur - Pattachitra, Kotpad, Nuapatna -
Ms. Dixha Rani, Creative Excellence Award - Ms. Khandua sarees and fabrics. F&LA department
Nabarupa Bose undertook Kalahandi and Pipli clusters for CRD
7) Ms. Shalini Kumari, semester VI of Bhubaneswar 2020 and Golden Grass craft in Kendrapada cluster
Campus won 2nd prize in design competition for CBDP 2020. For Craft demonstration 2021,
held in Bhubaneswar organised by Atulyakarigori they invited artisans of stone carving from Konark
a retail organization for handloom-based textiles & Pattachitra craftfrom Raghurajpur clusters.
held on 8th March 2021. - Golden Grass craft in Kendrapada cluster for
8) Ms. Swati sonaly Pradhan, Semester VI of CBDP by FLA students
Bhubaneswar Campus attended Artisan Support TD department undertook Bargarh cluster,
workshop under DSS (NGO) and SWAD at Bangiriposhi, Mayurbhanj and Gopalpur Clusters
Sakhigopal, Odisha and Art education camp for CRD and Nupatna Cluster and Chichinda
workshop under GULACHHI, Odisha as Creative Cluster for CBDP.
instructor in 2021 FC department undertook Konark stone carving,
9) Ms. Swati sonaly Pradhan, Semester VI of Raghurajpur Paper Mache and Cow Dung toys
Bhubaneswar Campus attended Weaver's clusters for CRD. FD department undertook

Maniabandh, Nuapatna and Kotpadfor CRD and theme of “Design Intervention through Perm
CBDP. culture & Social Change: Selected Cases from
A virtual Artisan Awarenss Workshop was Indian Farming Sector”.
organised from 25th – 27th June 2021 in
combined mode by departments of FD, AD, BFT, 5) An article titled “Apparel Export & Business
TD & FC for 6th semester students. Handicraft Strategy in India” authored by Dr. Santosh Tarai,
clusters - Konark Stone Carving, Applique - Pipli, Associate Professor has been accepted and
Pattachitra- Raghurajpurwere covered by FC & published Navyug Books International, New Delhi.
FLA depts. Handloom clusters - Kotpad - Koraput, This book will be published by July end, 2021.
Maniabandh and Gopalpur Tussar silk clusters
were covered by BFT, TD and FD depts. A total 6) An article titled “How Can Transparency Drive
of 30 artisans interacted with the students and six Sustainable Fashion?” authored by Ms. Harsha
experts on these three days for knowledge sharing Rani, Assistant Professor has been accepted and
on trends and understanding market demands. published in Fibre 2 fashion.
PhD Pursuing and Completed 7) An article titled “Marketing Apparel in a VUCA

World of COVID” authored by Ms. Harsha Rani,
Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra, Ms. Harsha Rani, Ms. Supriya Assistant Professor has been accepted and
Munda, Ms. Aparna Rastogi, Ms. Darniya Roy, Mr. published in Fibre 2 fashion.
Goutam Bar, Ms. Sulagna Saha are pursuing their
PhDs. 8) Publications by Dr. Santosh Tarai, FMS.
Ms. Sonali Srivastav and Ms Priyanka Kumati have 9) Export Competitiveness in South Asian Apparel
completed their PhD. Economies in POST - WTO Regime: A Study of
Indian Perspective, published by Jigyasa, UGC
Faculty Publications, Paper Presentations and approved Peer-Reviewed Journal, 2020.
Faculty Development
10) Entrepreneurial Development in Handloom
1) A research paper titled “Organizations and Sector through Effective Strategy Formulation: An
Standards Related to Textile and Fashion Waste Empirical Study in Odisha, state of India,Journal
Management and Sustainability”, authored by Dr. of Textile Engineering and Fashion Technology
Goutam Saha, Associate Professor & Ms. Harsha (JTEFT) published by Medcrave open Access
Rani, Assistant Professor has been accepted for journal, July, 2020.
published in R. Nayak, & A. Patnaik (Eds.), Waste
Management in the Fashion and Textile Industries. 11) Consumer perception towards sale of second-
Wood head Publishing. doi:10.1016/C2018-0- hand clothes in the localities of Odisha, State of
04057-8. India, published by Medcrave open Access journal
JTEFT, August, 2020.
2) A research paper titled “A Study on Sustainable
Livelihood Frameworks and Entrepreneurial 12) Designing fashion Merchandise: A Roadmap
Opportunities with Specific Reference to the to Sustainable Society, published in International
Sabai Grass Handicraft, Odisha, India”, authored Journal of Textile and Fashion Technology (IJTFT)
by Dr. Goutam Saha, Associate Professor & Ms. on August, 2020 by Trans Stellar, Open access
Lipsa Mohapatra, Assistant Professor has been journal.
accepted for published in Rajgopal, & R. Behl,
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 13) Expressing Life in Textiles: A study of Culture
(ISBN 978-3-030-45521-7 ed., pp. 179-200). and Fashion in Odisha, published by Bhartiya
Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Manyaprad: International Journal of Indian studies,
Peer-Reviewed Journal, 2020.
3) The research paper by Dr. Goutam Saha and
Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra titled ‘Rural Livelihood 14) Integration of E-Commerce in Handloom
Development of Tribal Women of Odisha through Sector: Consumer Perspective in Odisha, India,
Design Intervention using Sabai Grass’ has been published by Journal of Textile and Apparel
accepted for published in L. Mohanty, Ed.) Odisha Management Technology (JTATM), Peer-Reviewed
Review , LXXVII (NO.2-3), pp. 6-9 . Journal, 2020.
4) A research paper authored by Dr. Goutam Saha 15) Article publication in Fibre 2 Fashion on
and Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra accepted for paper ‘Transforming waste to exquisite collections’ by
presentation in IFFTI 2020 Conference with the Ms. Sulagna Saha

16) ‘Challenges in Education in the time of Consumption in Post Covid Era: A Meta-Analysis
Pandemic’ at E - International Conference of Video-on-demand Industry in India” – ICMC
‘SEHCM-2020’ at NIT Jalandhar held on 22nd and 2021, MICA Ahmedabad on 7th January, 2021
23rd October 2020 by Ms. Sulagna Saha, Mr. Nand
Kishore Baraik and Mr. Sumit Kumar 25) A research paper by Ms. Sonali Srivastav,
Assistant Professor, titled “Video on Demand
17) ‘Smart Adaptive Vest for Dementia Patients’ Services in India: Transformation of Content,
at International Conference of Advances in Textile, Audience and Industry” – Presented at Indian
Fashion and Crafts (ATFC’21), conducted by NIFT, Association for South Asian Studies - 2020
Jodhpur held on 22nd – 24th March 2021 by Ms. organized by Media Anthropology Research
Sulagna Saha Collective on 7th November, 2020
18) A research paper by Ms. Khyati Shekhar 26) A chapter by Ms. Sonali Srivastav, Assistant
(Student, batch of 2018-22), Mr. Ishan Aditya Professor, titled “Self-Acceptance and Hip-Hop
(Student, batch of 2018-22) and Ms. Sonali Music: An Exploration among Female Students
Srivastav, Assistant Professortitled “Odisha at Delhi University” was published in Misogyny
Handlooms and Social Media Promotion: A Study across Global Media, 1st ed. London: Rowman and
of Digital Transformation of Marketing” was Littlefield.ISBN: 978-1-7936-0621-1
presented at MIC 2020 ON 3rd December, 2020
27) Ms. Sonali Srivastav, Assistant Professor
19) A research paper by Ms. Supriya Munda, and Ms. Supriya Munda, Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, titled “Role Of Odisha attended anonline TOT on Digital Design and
Government In Creating Awareness On Covid Communication on 10th and 17th October, 2020.
Pandemic”was presented at NMC 2020 on 22nd
November, 2020 28) Ms. Aparna Rastogi, Assistant Professor
andMs. Supriya Munda, Assistant Professor
20) A research paper by Ms. Rhutuja Asekar attended anonline TOT on Fashion Styling from
(Student, batch of 2018-22), Ms. Swati Sonali 29th July to 1st August, 2020
Panda (Student, batch of 2018-22), Ms. Nikita
Minz (Student, batch of 2018-22) and Ms. Sonali 29) Ms. Aparna Rastogi, Assistant Professor and
Srivastav, Assistant Professortitled “Tribal Art and Ms. Supriya Munda, Assistant Professor attended
Graffiti In Bhubaneswar: Exploring the Relationship an online TOT on Creative Thinking Skills from
between Traditional and Contemporary” was 15th July to 17th July, 2020
presented at NMC 2020 on 22nd November, 2020
30) Mr. Goutam Bar, Asst. Prof, TD published an
21) A research paper by Ms. Supriya Munda, article titled “Antiviral Finishing on Textiles” in
Assistant Professor, titled“Awareness Through Textile & Leather Review, 2020, Vol 3 Issue 4, doi.
Social Media During The Corona Pandemic: org/10.31881/TLR.2020.17
Study On Role Of The Odisha Government”was
presented at the national E conference organized 31Mr. Goutam Bar, Asst. Prof, TD published an
by the IMS Unison University on 10th October, article titled “Dyeing of Silk Fabric with Soaked
2020. Phaseolus Vulgaris (Red kidney bean) Extract”,
International Journal for Modern Trends in
22) A research paper by Ms. Sonali Srivastav, Science and Technology, 2020, 6 (9S), 83-88, doi.
Assistant Professor, titled “Post-Feminist org/10.46501/IJMTST0609S14
Narratives in Cinema and Web: A Study of Zoya
Akhtar’s Female Characters” was published 32) Mr. Goutam Bar, Asst. Prof, TD published an
inGlobal Media Journal (Indian edition), [online] article titled “Antibacterial Efficiency of Croton
12(2). Bonplandianum Plant Extract Treated Cotton
Fabric”, Current Trends in Fashion Technology
23) A research paper by Dr.Chittaranjan Sahoo, & Textile Engineering, 2020,7 (1), 005-009, doi.
Assistant Professor, titled “The Sun Images And org/10.19080/ctftte.2020.07.555703
Worshiped On Prachi Valley: A Bird’s Eye View Of
An Artist” was published in the Journal of Bihar 33) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. Prof, TD published
PuravidParisad, Volume - xxvii-xxviii,2021.pp.20- an article titled“ Resurgence of Lost Techniques:
24,ISSN 0976-5107. An Approach for Design Innovation in Mashru
Textile” published in The Indian Journal of Home
24) A research paper by Ms. Sonali Srivastav, Science, July 2020, Volume 32, No 2. ISSN 0970
Assistant Professor, titled “Culture Production and 2733 IHMSF – 32 (1-262)2020.

34) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. Prof, TD published 42) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. prof. TD participated
an article titled“ A Composite Study of Mashru as an intern in the 21 days Summer Socio-Political
Textiles: Global Connect, Features & Possibilities” Internship Program COUNTRYBUTION 2020
published in Research Journal Dogo Rangsang, with the theme “Self-Reliance Driven Leadership
November 2020, Volume 10, Issue -11, No. 02. - WORK LOCAL LEAD GLOBAL” organized by
ISSN -2347-7180. Institute of Leadership & Governance, The M.S.
University of Baroda from 30th MAY to 19th June
35) Mr. Goutam Bar presented an article titled .
“Impact of Bio-based Geotextile on Agriculture” 43) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. prof. TD
at International Conference on Advances in Participated in “Five days Faculty Development
Technical Textiles - (ICATT-2020) organized by Programme on IPRs for Professional Innovators”
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, 24th – from 16thJune - 20th June 2020, organized by
25th October 2020 [Oral]. Institution Innovation Council- AVIT & Vinayaka
Mission’s Research Foundation.
36) Mr. Goutam Bar presented an article titled
“Extraction of Bast fibres for Eco-friendly Technical 44) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. prof. TD participated
Textiles” at International Conference on Advances and completed AICTE Training and Learning
in Technical Textiles -(ICATT-2020) organized by (ATAL) Academy online FDP on “Student Centered
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, 24th – Teaching Learning Methods and Strategies in
25th October 2020 [Oral]. Higher Education from 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-9 at
Chhatrapati Shahu Institute of Business Education
37) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Assistant Professor, TD & Research, Kolhapur.
presented a paper on “Unheard Expression of
Handloom Weavers during COVID 19 Pandemic”, 45) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. prof. TD participated
at the “online international conference – 2020” on & completed AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL)
“COVID-19: Lives and Livelihood” dated “5-6 May, Academy Online FDP on “Leadership & Excellence”
2020” organized by “School of Commerce and from 2021-2- 1 to 2021-2-5 at Jawaharlal Nehru
Economics, KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar”. Technological University College of Engineering,
Anantapur. AP.
38) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Assistant Professor,
TD presented a paper titled ‘Challenge of 46) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. prof. TD participated
Handloom Weavers towards The Fight of COVID- & completed AICTE Training and Learning
19 Pandemic’ for Challenges of New Role and (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Personal and
Planning for Tomorrow: India’s Fight against Professional Excellence” from 2020-12-7 to 2020-
COVID-19 (IFAC-19) organized by Arya Mahila 12-11 at IPS Academy, Institute of Engineering &
P.G. College-Admitted to the privileges of Banaras Science, Knowledge Village, Rajendra Nagar, A.B.
Hindu University. Road Indore.
39) Mr. Goutam Bar Asst. prof. TD attended 47) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Asst. prof. TD participated
a TEQIP-III sponsored International Webinar & completed AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL)
titled “Nanotechnology and Its Application in Academy Online FDP on “Heritage Management”
Textiles” held on 08th August 2020 Organised by from 2020-12- 14 to 2020-12-18 at National
Department of Textile Technology MLV Textile & Institute of Technical Teachers Training and
Engineering College, Bhilwara. Research.
40) Mr. Goutam Bar Asst. prof. TD attended AICTE- 48) Ms. Amrita Panda, Asst. prof. TD attended the
ISTE sponsored Induction/ Refresher Program below webinar session.
on “Advance Ecological Techniques in Textile a) Maintaining Tradition in a Transitory World
Chemical Processing for Sustainable Development webinar - 29 April 2021. Organized by The Center
organised by Department of Textile Technology, for Culture and Development - The Netherlands
K.S. Rangasawy College of Technology, Tamilnadu (CCD-NL)
from 12.03.21 to 18.03.21 b) Colors Embracing Calm, Healing, and a Rainbow
of Hope. 6th April 2021, Organized by Pantone
41) Mr. Padma Charan Majhi Asst. prof. TD, c) Sustaining Craft in India, 16th March 2021,
attended a TOT titled ‘Paradigm Shift: Innovative Organized by IFFTI Online Webinar
Methods & Tools to Teach Textile Design Online’ d) “Women as Entrepreneur” on Monday, 8th
conducted by Ms. Rupali Pandit and Ms. Richa March 2021, NIFT Jodhpur.
Sharma along with Experts from 20th to 22nd July e) Naturally, inspiring webinar, Slowing down
2020 through online. fast fashion - a world of possibilities for knitwear

enthusiasts. 16th February 2021, The Woolmark organized by Meerashpa Learning Solutions, from
Company 29th January-1st February, 2021.
f) “Fashion Lifestyle & Luxury in New Normal” 31st
Jan 2021, NIFT HO 56) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has
g) Natural Hollow Fibre (NNF), 20th Dec 2020, attended ETGlobal Townhall Virtual Summit 2020
Organized by DESCAT UK- Dev Ethical Sustainable on 6th and 7th Aug 2020.
Crafts and Textiles
h) Telangana Handlooms 27th Nov 2020, 57) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has
Organized by WICCI (Womens in Indian Chamber attended various webinars conducted by Industry
of Commerce and Industries) & Alumni Affairs Unit, NIFT HO.
i) ‘Start-Up Opportunities in Odisha’ on 28th
November, Organized by Start-Up Cell, NIFT 58) Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra, Assistant Professor
Bhubaneswar has attended “Art of doing literature Review”
organized by Koach Scholar 20th Feb to 20th
49) Mr. Goutam Bar presented an article titled March 2021 (Online).
“Impact of Bio-based Geotextile on Agriculture”
at International Conference on Advances in 59) Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra and Dr. Goutam Saha,
Technical Textiles - (ICATT-2020) organized by Assistant Professor has attended “Bibliometric
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, 24th – and Literature Analysis (SLR & Meta Analysis)”
25th October 2020 [Oral]. organized by Meerashpa Learning Solutions, from
29th January-1st February, 2021.
50) Mr. Goutam Bar presented an article titled
“Extraction of Bast fibres for Eco-friendly Technical 60) Mr. Satya Shankar Banerjee attended Academy
Textiles” at International Conference on Advances of Management annual conference virtually from
in Technical Textiles - (ICATT-2020) organized by Aug 6th-12th , 2020.
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, 24th –
25th October 2020 [Oral]. 61) Mr. Padma Charan Majhi Asst. prof. TD
interacted with Mr. Kousik Mazumder, Regional
51) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Assistant Professor, TD Visual Merchandiser, Aditya Birla Fashion and
presented a paper on “Unheard Expression of Retail to deliver an online Expert Lecture on
Handloom Weavers during COVID 19 Pandemic”, “Printed Textiles and retails” as part of the Print
at the “online international conference – 2020” on Design & CAD for TD-VI Semester (2018-2022
“COVID-19: Lives and Livelihood” dated “5-6 May, Batch) on 17.09.2020.
2020” organized by “School of Commerce and
Economics, KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar”. 62) Mr. Padma Charan Majhi Asst. prof. TD
interacted with Mr Punit Awasti, executive director
52) Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Assistant Professor, & cofounder, Bunkari India, Kolkata and Mr. Bomal
TD presented a paper titled ‘Challenge of Sureka, owner of Praksh Art Creation, Kolkata for
Handloom Weavers towards The Fight of COVID- GP & Internship.
19 Pandemic’ for Challenges of New Role and
Planning for Tomorrow: India’s Fight against 63) Mr. Padma Charan Majhi Asst. prof. TD managed
COVID-19 (IFAC-19) organized by Arya Mahila to get an Industry based classroom Design Project
P.G. College-Admitted to the privileges of Banaras was received from Prakash Art Creation, Kolkata
Hindu University. for SDP subject at NIFT Bhubaneswar in Jan to
June 2021 academic session. Sem VI students
53) Dr. Goutam Saha, Associate Professor has participated in the industry-based classroom
attended a workshop on CCS Conduct Rules project.
organized by NIFT Bhubaneswar and one Research
Methodology on writing Bibliography. 64) Ms. Amrita Panda, Asst. prof. TD, contacted
Annapurna Finance Pvt. Ltd (AFPL) Atulya Karigari,
54) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has Paradise 6 for Classroom Projects, Internship and
attended a webinar on 9th Dec 2020 - “Sustainability Placement opportunities.
from the Lens of Top Fashion Business Schools. A
conversation with ISEM, NYU Stern and MAFED 65) Mr. Goutam Bar, Asst. Prof. TD, contacted
SDA Bocconi. Arhiant Spinning Mills, Art image, JC Hometex,
Rateria Exports, Asian Fabrics for the internship
55) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has and Job opportunities.
attended an online workshop on “Bibliometric
and Literature Analysis (SLR & Meta Analysis)” 66) Commercialisation of innovative handloom

products developed by NIFT, Bhubaneswar in January 2021.
collaboration with CSB, Banglore and Handlooms, 78) Ms. Harsha Rani has Co-ordinator of the Start-
Textiles & Handicraft department, Government Up Cell which was set up in August 2020 to mentor
of Odisha. Budget of the project sanctioned is and support all the interested entrepreneurs in
Rs.43.66 lakh ( forty three lakhs sixty six thousand building and sustaining their start-up ventures
only) Designation: Worked in the implementing during the difficult period of Covid. Alumni
team (PIT) 67) Dr. Goutam Saha, Associate and graduating students were encouraged to
Professor has attended a workshop on CCS participate in the PRATIBHA Project announced
Conduct Rules organized by NIFT Bhubaneswar by NIFT in collaboration with the Ministry of
and one Research Methodology on writing Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY).
Bibliography. Two of such alumni start ups mentored by us-
Littoral Designs & Moi Toi got shortlisted in the
68) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has final interview round and one of them - Moi Toi
attended a webinar on 9th Dec 2020 - “Sustainability got selected in the final round. This Start Up cell
from the Lens of Top Fashion Business Schools. A has also conducted several webinars on topics
conversation with ISEM, NYU Stern and MAFED related to the startup process and ecosystem and
SDA Bocconi. benefitted many young alumni entrepreneurs and
students at large.
69) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has
attended an online workshop on “Bibliometric 79) Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra, Assistant Professor has
and Literature Analysis (SLR & Meta Analysis)” published a Hindi poem in Setu in this link https://
organized by Meerashpa Learning Solutions, from www.setumag.com/2020/12/Hindi-Lit-Journal.
29th January-1st February, 2021. html?m=1 and published a English poem in Muse
India. October 2020.
70) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has
attended ETGlobal Townhall Virtual Summit 2020 80) Ms. Sonali Srivastav, Assistant Professor was
on 6th and 7th Aug 2020. invited to deliver a guest lecture at IES university,
Bhopal, on the topic ‘Fashion Photography’,
71) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor, has on 15th May, 2021, organized by Department
attended various webinars conducted by Industry of Journalism and Mass Communication and
& Alumni Affairs Unit, NIFT HO. Department of Design and Fashion Technology.
72) Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra, Assistant Professor Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and
has attended “Art of doing literature Review” International Experts
organized by Koach Scholar 20th Feb to 20th
March 2021 (Online). 1) Invited Mr. Partha Haldar, alumni, AMMM, Delhi
for expert lecture on International Retailing and
73) Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra, Assistant Professor has marketing, 16th April, and 30th sept, 2020.
attended “Bibliometric and Literature Analysis
(SLR & Meta Analysis)” organized by Meerashpa 2) Invited Mr. Girish Bhatt, alumnus Digital
Learning Solutions, from 29th January-1st marketing and Omni channel, dated on 9th May,
February, 2021. 2020.
74) Mr. Satya Shankar Banerjee attended Academy 3) Invited Mr. Vikrant Bharti, Senior merchandising
of Management annual conference virtually from manager, Li-Fung (alumni, Delhi) for export
Aug 6th-12th , 2020. merchandising and vendor management, dated
on 17th April, 2020.
75) Dr. Goutam Saha, Associate Professor has
been discharging the responsibility of CAC since 4) Invited Mr. Rahul Jindal, Factory Manager, Aditya
25/09/2019. He also discharged the responsibility Birla Export House (Bhubaneswar) on Apparel
of Joint Director from 16/01/20 to 15/01/21. production houses and lean manufacturing and its
Critical issuesdated on 23rd May, 2020.
76) Ms. Harsha Rani, Assistant Professor has been
Project- Team member in a project titled “Techno 5) Invited Avishek Mohanty, Raymond, alumnus for
Managerial Consultancy support for proposed planning and buying, dated on 30th April, 2020.
SPINFED Incubation Center at Bhubaneswar.
6) Invited Mr. Shom Routray, Reliance for (alumnus,)
77) Ms. Harash Rani has reviewed a research article buying and planning, dated on 15th September,
for VILAKSHAN - XIMB Journal of Management in 20.

7) Invited Ms. Sandhyarani Pal, Visiting Faculty 18) Classroom project with Byogi was conducted
of XIMB for a workshop on “Team Building and for 7th semester students for Fashion design and
leadership skill for personality Building” for MFM Illustration during July-December 2021.
students.
8) Invited Prasanti Barik (NIFT Alumni), Landmark organized an expert lecture by Dr. Sanjay Kumar
and Akash Basa (Walmart) our alumni for classroom Panda under the subject Design Research on 21st
interactions. April, 2021
9) Dr. S P Mishra & Mr. Ashish Sharma had 20) Ms. Sonali Srivastav, Assistant Professor
delivered the expert lecture to student of MFM organized an expert lecture by Ms. Pankaja Sethi,
sem-I (Batch: 2020-22) in the subject of “Fashion Ethnographer and Designer, under the subject
Material Management & Quality” on December Design Research on 19th April, 2021
2020.
10) Mr. Prabin Kumar Rout had delivered the organized an expert lecture by Ms. Biyot Projna
expert lecture to student of MFM sem-III (Batch: Tripathy, Film maker, under the subject Story
2019-21) in the subject of “E Commerce, fashion Telling and Narratives on 16th April, 2021
promotion mix and social media marketing” on
December 2020. 22) Alumni interactive workshop : Ms. Tanya Meher
(Jewellery Industry), Ms. Rupanajali (Bags industry)
11) Prof. Sanjay Mohpatra, XIMB had delivered & Archana Choudary (Graphics), Deeksha Saini
the expert lecture to the student of MFM-III in (Glass industry) where Alumni’s had interaction
the subject of “Various issues on E Commerce and session with semester VI students briefing on the
media marketing” on December 2020. industry during COVID19, market post lockdown,
how to apply for internship, portfolio as per
12) Mr. Sarat Kumar Jena, Associate professor, current market situation, scope of graphic industry
XIMB, Bhubaneswar had delivered the expert
Lecture to the student of MFM-II in the subject 23) NIFT Bhubaneswar alumni Mr. Akash Behera
of “Supply chain and value chain and operations interacted with the TD Students in the month of
research” on 21st and 26th April 2021. April, 2021.
13) Mr. Kanti Prakash Brahma, H&M Group, 24) Expert lecture was conducted by different
Business Controller, Supply Chain (Apparel) has experts as a part of the subject Professional
delivered the expert Lecture to the sudent of Project. Dr. Syamal Maiti, Assistant Director at Man
MFM-II in the subject of “Services marketing and Made Textiles Research Association, Mr. Prabin
services design and relationship marketing” on Kumar Rout, Training Head Dept. of .NET, PHP &
14th May 2021. WEBDESIGN Mr. Rajarshi Ghosh Vice President-
Operations, Arvind Limited delivered the lecture
14) Mr. Amit Das, NIFT Bhubaneswar Alumnus on 16.09.20, 17.09.20 and 20.09.20 respectively.
and Senior Manager Noon.com Dubai, Virtually
addressed students on Retail Planning on Dec 25) Ms. Lipsa Hembram, NIFT alumnus & Designer,
14th 2020. interacted with the TD Students on 31.10.20 as a
part the subject design process.
15) Ms. Lipsa Mohapatra, Assistant Professor has
industry connects & talks like Rakesh Mohapatra, Major Industry Linkages
VM, The Dubai Mall, Dubai, Chetan Sharma, Retail
Planner, Central Mall, Mumbai. 1) Dr. Santosh Tarai coordinated SAP and attended
Lumira Training Programme on Analytic Cloud
16) Live Classroom Project was conducted in-co- and Big data analysis online both for faculty and
ordination with the Rainush-Luxury Couture brand, students on 5th and 21st August, 2020.
for 7th semester students for Celebrity couture
and Bespoke fashion during the session July- 2) Facilitated for cluster visit-cum study to three
December 2021. clusters. Visited Gopalpur Cluster with students
and guided 8 MFM 2nd semester students in their
17) Classroom project with W was conducted for cluster study from 12th - 16thFebruary, 2020.
7th semester students for Fashion design and
Illustration during July-December 2021. 3) Department of Fashion management Studies,
Bhubaneswar organised Outbound programme

at Puri from 21st to 23rd February, 2020. Visited Illustration during July-December 2021.
and stayed at Jungle camp, Puri with the students 13) Classroom project with Byogi was conducted
and conducted activities like Johari window, Team for 7th semester students for Fashion design and
building and Leadership simulation games for Illustration during July-December 2021.
MFM 2nd semester students. 14) Transform Furniture (Bhubaneswar) & Taarani
(Bangalore) have been linked as our industry
4) P-Values, Welspun, Mikaya Brand Pvt Ltd., linkage.
Paragon Export house, Estetica Solution of Home
furnishing, ACE Turtle Pvt.Ltd, Future Group, The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
MAS Holding, Decathlon, Lifestyle, ORMAS, Activities
Fashion boutique, PUMA, Text port Export House,
Pantaloon, Raymond, RBL, Myntra, Li & Fung, Initiative at NIFT, Bhubaneswar:
Arvind, Reliance Retail, FabIndia, Shoppers Stop, NIFT Bhubaneswar explored the possibilities of
Vestige Group, etc. These companies also were creating a mini-model to demonstrate the entire
approached for internship as well as for placement eco-friendly fashion value chain in the campus. It
. comprises of local varieties of flora and fauna. Such
5) Mr. Berry Singh, COO, ACE Turtle for Digital varieties are naturally resilient, less vulnerable and
Marketing and Omni-channel, dated 9th October, can withstand extreme and unwarranted weather
2020. systems. We are looking at a system which is
more pragmatic, naturally occurring, holistic
6) Mr. Padma Charan Majhi Asst. prof. TD and approachable. Nature exists as a complex
interacted with Mr. Kousik Mazumder, Regional system where each unit yield to the need of the
Visual Merchandiser, Aditya Birla Fashion and other whether as a predator, protector, symbiotic
Retail to deliver an online Expert Lecture on or parasitic, living and non-living. When these
“Printed Textiles and retails” as part of the Print systems combine, they create a self- organised
Design & CAD for TD-VI Semester (2018-2022 and self- sustaining system.
Batch) on 17.09.2020.
With the help of artisans, farmers, experts from
7) Mr. Padma Charan Majhi Asst. prof. TD different places in the state we identified 60
interacted with Mr Punit Awasti, executive director different varieties of natural dye-yielding plants
& cofounder, Bunkari India, Kolkata and Mr Bomal local to the state of Odisha. Similarly, we also
Sureka, owner of Praksh Art Creation, Kolkata for have identified 10 different local varieties of
GP & Internship. fibre-yielding plants in the state. Our natural fibre
garden has local varieties of plants like cotton,
8) Mr. Padma Charan Majhi Asst. prof. TD got linen, banana, jute, ramie, kopak, kenaf, sisal,
an Industry based classroom Design Project was okra, nettle, and lotus. Similarly, we also have
received from Prakash Art Creation, Kolkata done plantations of feeder plants like Mulberry,
for SDP subject at NIFT Bhubaneswar in Jan to Arjun & Asan trees in the campus so as to have
June 2021 academic session. Sem VI students a full-fledged mini production unit of Ahimsa Silk
participated in the industry-based classroom (Non-violent Silk) of three different varieties like
project. Mulberry, Tussar and Eri.
9) Ms. Amrita Panda, Asst. prof. TD, contacted For sustenance and growth of flora in the campus
Annapurna Finance Pvt. Ltd (AFPL) Atulya Karigari, we kept bee boxes for pollination. Further to give
Paradise 6 for Classroom Projects, strength to our initiative, we started permaculture,
compost production for inhouse plant nutrition,
Internship and Placement opportunities. and rain-water harvesting, ground water
recharging so that the plants will withstand and
10) Mr. Goutam Bar, Asst. Prof. TD, contacted survive extreme weather conditions. Solar panels
Arhiant Spinning Mills, Art image, JC Hometex, have been installed on roof tops for electricity
Rateria Exports, Asian Fabrics for the internship production and consumption.
and Job opportunities.
11) Live Classroom Project was conducted in-co- We are experimenting on extraction of natural
ordination with the Rainush-Luxury Couture brand, dyes and its application of different natural fibres
for 7th semester students for Celebrity couture in our labs. This is just a beginning. So, we need to
and Bespoke fashion during the session July- prepare the required human resources to support
December 2021. that would drive the fashion industry.
12) Classroom project with W was conducted for
7th semester students for Fashion design and

CHENNAI
Significant Landmarks and Achievements of also assisted to use “Arogya Setu App” in their
Campus mobile phones.
• NIFT Chennai’s Bi-annual magazine “Reflections”
• NIFT, Chennai has been ranked as one of the was published by team of MFM &UG Design
best Fashion Institutes in India which was surveyed students.
by Outlook and India Today. NIFT, Chennai ranked • During COVID-19 lockdown NIFT, Chennai in
3rd position in India Today survey and 5th position association with two of our Alumni Face Masks of
in Outlook survey among the top 10 Fashion organic fabrics was developed and was distributed
Institutes in India. to Tamil Nadu Govt. Officials in the Secretariat.
• Mr. Manish Balakrishnan (Batch 2016-2020) , • 06 Scheduled Tribe students from Javvad Hills
The student from Knitwear Design department and a PWD candidate were tutored and also
who won the Best Design Collection Award the financial support was arranged for those
for his creative Knitwear collection named as candidates through the sponsorship from various
“THAALAM” has been featured in International industries towards the payment of the tuition fee.
Contest on Arts thread Next Gen Award 2020.
• The students of Knitwear Design department, Infrastructure and Facilities
NIFT, Chennai brought their positive imagination
for the world post COVID19, through the creative • Class rooms/Art rooms– at Academic block – 12
artworks .The initiative is by UNICEF India in Nos & at Annexe building – 16 Nos.
collaboration with Ink Link charitable Trust to • Work shop & Labs –at Academic block – 25 Nos.
celebrate the Children's day through the 'Voice of & at Annexe building– 10 nos.
Youth'. The artworks were shared and e-published • Boys Hostel - 92 rooms with WI-FI enabled.
by UNICEF (and various organizations) across the
nation and the same were chosen for the Coffee New NIFT Campus (Girls Hostel and SMAC
Table book. Building):
• NIFT, Chennai students generated fund by
creating Ed Greetings cards and the fund has been • Girls Hostel – 210 rooms with high international
donated to the needy people who have affected standards as per UGC norms, by providing
during the pandemic in Northern states. facilitations like Student Multipurpose Activity
• The students of NIFT Chennai organised Centre (SMAC), Play & Park Area, Indoor
awareness programme on Covid-19 to the migrant Badminton court, Basket Ball ,Volley Ball Courts,
illiterate people and provided the essential Futsal Ground, Gym Equipment, and Cycling
commodities and masks to the people They were Tracks, Also ATM facility, 50 KLD sewage treatment

plant (STP) and treated water will be recycled • “Customized Intensive Executive Training
for toilet flushing and gardening purpose and Program” Project for the client M/s.Saraogi
solar LED street lights. Dining Hall capacity: 330 Uniform Private Limited. Project Cost INR 2,00,000.
students, Kitchen capacity: 500 students, Solar • “Design & Development of Convocation Attire”
water system with capacity of 2x6000 ltrs. Per Project for the Client M/s. IISER, Tirupati. Project
day; 22KWp Rooftop solar power plant, Stationary Cost INR 3,00,000.
Shop, Sanitary Napkins Dispenser, Physician, • Conceptualization, Theme building, Integrated
Students Psychiatrist Counsellor, Special rooms Display, Activity and Experience design for the
for physically challenged persons, WI-FI enabled. Destination Experience” at Sterling Resorts,
Mussorie (Part 2) for the Client M/s. Sterling
Facilities available in Main campus Resorts. Project Cost INR 1,00,000.
• Canteen, Cafeteria, Juice Shop, Entertainment • Uniform Design” for the client Department
Zones, Volley Ball court, ATM, Resource Centre, of Public Distribution System (PDS), Govt. of
Stationary Shop, Auditorium with 750 seating Tamilnadu. Project Cost INR 50,000
capacity, Mini conference hall with 90 seating • Project on “Setting up of Design Resource
capacity, WI-FI enabled, CCTV Cameras in Centre “undertaken for the client DC-Handicrafts,
prominent areas, Replacement of old lights into Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India
LED Lights, Physician, Students Psychiatrist • Project on “Development of zonal colour
Counsellor. forecast (south and north) and youth color forecast
• The Sanitary Napkin burner has been installed in as ‘ColorVision 22-23’ for Indian market sponsored
all the women restroom of NIFT Chennai Campus by Nippon Paint India Ltd. as a free to access and
(Main Building, Annexe Building & NIFT Girls downloadable e-book for the architects, interior
Hostel) designers, creative and color distributors” for the
• Sanitizer facility and hand wash facilities at all client M/s. Nippon Paint India Limited with the
public places were arranged. budget of INR 20,50,000.
Short-term Programmes Major achievements in Student Competitions and

Awards
NIFT Chennai offers (i) 2 year full time Diploma
Programme in “Fashion Fit & Style” and (ii) 1 year • 91 students of Foundation Programme actively
full time PG Diploma Programme in “Apparel participated in the Voices of Youth’ – Reimagine
Production & Merchandising” world post COVID19, - a creative Illustration
initiative by UNICEF India in association with
Major Projects InkLink Trust”. The works of FP students Simran
Samit Sawant of FP Batch V and Barshita Panda
The projects are carried out not only to earn of FP batch I was selected to be featured in the
revenue but also to fulfill the social responsibility coffee table book. The artwork of Ann Henin DK,
of the Institute. The Projects are giving ample FP Batch V, NIFT, Chennai who has participated
opportunity to faculty and students to get in the Voice Of Youth initiative by InkLink and
exposure and learning. UNICEF got published in The Hindu newspaper
as part of World Art day. (https://epaper.thehindu.
The list of projects handled: com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=GQH8G80NE.1&
• E-content Development for Fashion Design & imageview=0).
Technology Subjects – 2nd Phase, for the client • Ms. Daya Unnikrishnan FD – VII won 1st prize in
Ministry of Human Research Development under the competition on “Design for SR”, organized by
NME-ICT. Project Cost INR 1,16,55,000. Ms. Shalini Rathod (SR - Clothing Brand)
• Upgrading the skills and Training in Traditional • Students from FD VII (Batch 2017-21) has
Arts & Crafts for Development (USTTAD) for the volunteered for the FDCI couture week first-ever
client Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt.of India. digital edition of India Couture Week scheduled
Project Cost INR 17,05,500. from 18.9.2020 to 23.09.2020. The couture shows
• Project on “VisioNxt Trend Analysis and for ICW 2020 will be streamed live across FDCI’s
Forecasting Lab” for Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of digital platforms – Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,
India with the budget of INR 20.41 crores and an YouTube and FDCI website. The official hashtags
amount of INR 5.9 crores released for inception. for the event are #ICW2020 and #Decoding
• “PTSLP – Sea Shell Craft - Design Intervention & Couture.
Skill Development Training and Post training follow • Ms. Kavitha Rajendran, AD – VIII, won the 1st
up” for the client IFAD assisted Post Tsunami Prize in the Jewelry competition conducted by
Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (PTSLP), Govt. NAKURAS, a social enterprise.
of Tamil Nadu. Project Cost INR 47,75,000. • Mr. Arut Karan from AD – VI semester won 2nd

place in “Artrageous Competition”. the grass root level as ‘Craft Cluster Initiative’.
• 27 Students of Semester-6 (Batch 2017-21) have Our curricula allow the students to work in
successfully completed the Wool Appreciation collaboration with the artisans and weavers from
Course by Woolmark Company. All have received different pockets of India. On one end, 'Craft
certificate of Completion and the same has been Cluster Initiative' engages artisans and weavers to
intimated to the woolmark representative in the broaden their knowledge base and channelize their
month of May 2020 efforts into more market friendly and profitable
• Mr. Shivam Sharma, KD-III Semester Batch (2019- ventures, on the other, it promotes a culture of
23) Graphic Poster Making Competition in the understanding and appreciating the arts and crafts
month of August 2020. Student is the Winner of of Tamilnadu amongst students.
Paid Internship with Pencil App.
• The KD-VII semester student ideated the special In spite of the pandemic all departments
clothing item: Adaptive Design for Leggings – consisting of around 440 students helped around
POLIO: Crutches / Braces. Her Design is featured 70 craftsmen in many possible ways. Few to be
in the Adaptive Clothing Website :http://www. mentioned were documentation and awareness
ekansh.org creation and few were design intervention and
• Ms. Mahima Shrivastava, Semester-V, Chennai marketing strategies. The Craft Research and
Campus, won the 1st Runner Up (2nd position) Documentation, Craft Based Design Project,
towards the Industry Linked Classroom Project Sponsored Graduation Project and Artisan
undertaken with LIVA (Aditya Birla Group) as part Awareness Workshop were conducted online and
of the Deepening Specialization subjects Print offline and the details department wise are as
Design Project - Apparel & Fashion Accessories follows,
and Home & Spaces (July to December 2019)
organized by Aditya Birla Group. Fashion and Lifestyle Accessory Department: CRD
• Ms. Apoorva Dasila, Semester III FC, Chennai was on Bamboo & Cane Craft (Furniture) and CBDP
Campus, won third prize in Debate Competition was on Kollidam - Cane craft, Nagarkoil- Temple
held on 25 December 2020 at Madhya Pradesh by Jewelry Craft, Kanyakumari- Sea Shell Craft.
Gyanodaya, IIT-B. They also conducted online Artisan Awareness
• Ms. Lorie Das, MFM- II won the Best Paper award Workshop for around 15 craftsmen of various
in the Research Paper Presentation Competition in Handicrafts.
St. Albert’s College Knowledge Summit 2021. The
title of the paper is “Re-Commerce of Fashion in Fashion Communication Department: CRD was
India”. withHandicrafts, Rajan Arts & Crafts, Chennai
• Ms. Prachi Gehlot has worked as Trainee Editor on Paper Mache process, Metal, Cement and
in Textile Value Chain magazine and published the Terracotta Crafts and CBDP was with Handicrafts,
following articles. Swammimalai& Pondicherry on Bronze &Terracota
• Anti-viral clothing- a possibility? - Aug 2020 where collaterals and Prototypes were developed.
• Wet processing industry- a strong potential Fashion Design Department: CRD was with
to become completely sustainable, Volume.8, Bobbin Laces & Hand Embroidery Nagerkoil,
Issue.12, 2020 Kanniyakumari District and CBDP was with
• Interiors defined- Home textiles and categories, Thirubhuvanam Handloom Cluster, Kumbakonam
Volume. 9, Issue.1, 2021. District, Tamil Nadu, where the students had
converted the silks into contemporary modern
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events Attire for new market segment.
NIFT, Chennai celebrated the achievements of Knitwear Design Department: CRD – On Ari
their graduating batch of students of Design, Embroidery with Integrated Women Development
Technology and management on March 12th, Institute, Kaverapettai, CBDP – On Bead Jewellery
2021. 249 students undertook their graduation and Pottery with Gugai and Omalur ,Salem. There
projects that were showcased in Exhibitions and was a financial support extended by the faculty and
Seminars. Several Industry Members, Experts & students during the pandemic. Also successfully
Star Alumni graced the event. The award-winning completed AAW with Ari Embroidery Artisans by
students were presented with a Trophy, Cash and giving them a holistic exposure on Government
Merit Certificate. Schemes and support, Designer wear market,
Design Intervention and NIFT’s Role as an Design
Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and Institute.
Impact
Leather Design Department: CRD and CBDP was
Concern for social responsibilities is seen in done on Cane craft and kora grass mat, Thaikkal,

Kollidam where the documentation and Digital April 2020, Volume No. 83, Issue March - April
drawings were produced by Students. 2020. Page no. 7603 - 7612, Year, 2020.
• Mr. V. R. Karthikeyarayan, Associate Professor,
Textile Design Department: CRD was the project Chennai Campus, published a paper titled People’s
helped the Kalakshetra Weaving Division to assist online spending habits before & during COVID 19
in documenting for their Geographical Indication lockdown in the PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology
(registering for GI). An old saree of Rukmini of Egypt/Egyptology at SRM Institute of Science
Arundale was studied and the whole process of & Technology, College of Science & Humanities,
replicating the same (history, design & technology). College of Management), Volume No. PJAEE, 17
The entire process of Kalakshetra Sarees was (9) (2020), Issue no. 17(9). ISSN 1567-214x, Page
documented. no. 4411 - 4419, Year, 2020.
Department of Fashion Technology: The Craft • Ms. Divya N, Assistant Professor, Chennai
studies was introduced for them for the first time Campus, published two contemporary art jewellery
and their ideas on Supply chain, Technological works titled “Plastic tears” and “Getting ready to
intervention or marketing support. The Bachelor go to work” in Garland magazine’s special gallery,
program worked on Terracotta, Metal Casting, Gift of Time in September 2020.
Palm leaf and Sisal fiber crafts and Masters worked • Ms. Divya N, Assistant Professor, Chennai
on handlooms from Kanjeevaram Silk Weave, Campus, published Mixed media work titled
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu and Leather Embossing “Museum piece” at the Critical Making:
from Aasai Leather Handicraft, Kuilapalayam, Contemporary Fashion Practices Symposium
Puduchery. Exhibition at Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.
• Prof. Dr. Divya Satyan published a paper
Department of Masters in Fashion Management: titled “Fashion`s Murky footprintsin the Book
CRD was a continuation of KwD department’s Environmental Ethics, Publisher Asha Prakashan,
Cluster ‘Narikuravar’, Bead Jewelry from Gugai, Kanpur.
Salem. There was an online sale organized during • Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor, Chennai
the pandemic and helped the Artisan. Campus, published a paper titled Studies on
mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of
PhD Pursuing and Completed Banana fibre nonwoven composite” along with Co-
author, Dr. B. Senthil Kumar, which was published
18 faculty members have completed PhD and 14 on journal Materials Today – Proceedings on 05th
faculty members are pursuing PhD from different May 2020.
Universities . • Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor, Chennai
Campus, published a paper titled Paper titled
Brief note on Publications and Paper Presentations “Optimization of Tensile and Flexural Strengths
of Banana Fiber Reinforced Composites using
Publications: by Faculty Taguchi Method” authored by Mr. T. Murugan,
• Ms. Vijayalakshmi R. Assistant Professor, Assoc. Professor published in the journal “Solid
Chennai Campus, published a research paper in State Technology, Volume. 64, issue dated 2”
the International Research Journal on “Advanced February 2021.
Science Hub (e-ISSN 2582-4376) manuscript • Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor, Chennai
entitled “Developing Jacquard Woven Saree with Campus, published a paper titled ”Studies on
Kurumba Tribal Painting” Volume -02 Special issue Influence of Reinforcement Characteristics on
12S. Mechanical Properties of Banana Fiber Nonwoven
• Mr. Sankar Narayanan. T. R, Associate Professor, Composite Structures” authored by Mr. T.
Chennai Campus, published a research paper on Murugan, Assoc. Professor published in the journal
Covid-19:Impact on Design Education in the IJRAR “Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd.
( e-ISSN 2348-1269, Vol:07,Issue 2) • Prof. Dr. P. Mohanraj, Chennai Campus,
• Ms. Subashini J S, Assistant Professor, Chennai published a research article on “Tripodal of Visual
Campus, published a research paper on “Growing Merchandising in Fashion Apparel Retail Stores:
Technical Fibres in Medical Textiles and its A Study” in the International Journal of Research
applications” has been published in AC Journal, and Review in 2020.
Volume IX, Issue V • Prof. Dr. P. Mohanraj,, Chennai Campus,
• Mr. V. R. Karthikeyarayan, Associate Professor, published an article on “Visual Merchandising” in
, Chennai Campus, presented a paper titled the the E-Publication-INSPIRA of NIFT Kannur in June
impact of increased cellphone networking, usage 2020.
of smart phones and social media for doing • Dr. A. Sasirekha, Associate Professor, Chennai
business transactions in the name of the journal Campus, published a paper titled “Analysis on
TEST Engineering & Management, during March- decision-making styles and clothing choice criteria

of working women in buying apparel in Chennai” Campus, presented a paper titled ‘Evolution,
in the Journal of Information and Computational Relevance and Contemporary Condition of Crafts
Science, Volume No. 10, Issue no. 1, Page no. 192- in South India’ at the ‘NSS Kolkata Golden Jubliee
203, 2020. Lecture Series X, XI & XII organised by National
• Dr. A. Sasirekha, Associate Professor, Chennai Service Scheme, Bangabasi Morning College,
Campus, published a paper titled “Spider-Web- Kolkata’ held on 4th of September, 2020.
Network Model, a Mitigating Strategy at the Tail • Mr. V. R. Karthikeyarayan, Associate Professor,
End of the Business Supply Chain to Overcome Chennai Campus, presented a paper titled The Role
the Disruption Due to COVID-19” in the book of Emerging Technologies in Fashion and Textile
Perspectives on Business Management, Volume Education at the Online National Conference on
No. 2, pp. 249-263, 2021 Fashion Apparel and Textile 2020 (NCFAT’20)
• Ms. Pratheepa Raj, Associate Professor had held on October 14, 2020 at Amity Directorate
written a text book for Standard 11 – Job role of Applied Arts/Fine Arts/Performing Arts/Visual
-Assistant Fashion Designer (Apparel, textile and Arts, Amity School of Fashion Technology, Amity
made ups) for SCERT, Samagrashiksha -under the University Uttar Pradesh Noida-201313 (U.P.) India.
scheme of Vocationalisation of school education • Mr. V. R. Karthikeyarayan, Associate Professor,
during the month of Aug 2020 which is yet to Chennai Campus, presented a paper titled
publish and currently writing the Standard 12 Gender & Age wise online Transactions Related to
book. Covid-19 lockdown at the International conference
on global voices on change, policing, communities
Paper publication- by Students: & the common good, held on January 27, 2021
• The BFT student namely, Ms. Madhoomithahas conducted by Saybrook University, Annamalai
presented the paper titled “Sustainable Product University, the Police Foundation & Others.
Development: Recycled PET Bottle to Camping • Prof. Dr. Divya Satyan presented a paper on
Tent- A Systematic Review” at the INTERNATIONAL the topic ‘Open Session – Master Classes’ via
CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE & DIGITAL Instagram-live sessions (IG Live) through NIFT,
FASHION [ICSDF 2020], organized by the Chennai Instagram on 12th June, 2020 on the
Department of Fashion Technology, Bannari topic-“ Understanding Sustainability through
Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam myriad perspectives”.
on 29th & 30th October 2020 under the guidance • Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor presented a
of Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor. paper titled “Optimization Of Tensile And Flexural
• The MFT student namely Ms. Sindhuja Strengths Of Banana Fiber Reinforced Composites
presented a paper titled “Technological Using Taguchi Method” at International
advancement in Mass production of Personal Virtual Conference on Applied Science,
Protective clothing: A systematic Review” orally Technology, Management and Language Studies
at the International Virtual Conference on Applied (ASTMLS-2020) organised by Sona College of
Science, Technology, Management and Language Technology, Salem on December 11-12, 2020.
Studies (ASTMLS-2020) to be at Sona College of • Dr. A. Sasirekha, Associate Professor, Chennai
Technology, Salem on December 11 & 12, 2020 Campus, presented a paper titled “A study on
under the guidance of Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Westernisation of Indian school uniforms” at the3rd
Professor. Virtual National Conference on Metamorphosis
• The MFT student namely, Ms. Anagha U Pillai of Modern Management and Research (NC 3MR
presented a paper titled “Wearable sensor for 2021) held on March 12th 2021 at Bannari Amman
cancer Survivor: A systematic Review” orally at Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam.
the International Virtual Conference on Applied
Science, Technology, Management and Language Faculty Development
Studies (ASTMLS-2020) to be at Sona College of
Technology, Salem on December 11 and12, 2020 The List of faculty members who attended the
under the guidance of Mr. T. Murugan, Associate training/development programme are as below:
Professor.
• Ms. Deepthi Anand and Ms. Somya Prasad of • Ms. Geetha Ranjini, Associate Professor has
MFM – II along with Dr. A. Sasirekha, Associate attended Online ToT on the topic ‘Pedagogical
Professor presented a research paper at a National approach to Fashion Design education’ under the
conference organized by the Bannari School of topic “Design, Illustration & Image creation” by Sr.
Management on 12.03.2021. The Paper had been Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha, FD Department.
selected as Best Paper-I and awarded Rs. 1500. • Dr. G. Sai Sangurai, Associate Professor and
Ms. Pratheepa Raj, Assistant Professorhave
Paper Presentations: by faculty attended online ToT on the topic ‘Pedagogical
• Ms. Geetha Ranjini, Associate Professor, Chennai approach to Fashion Design education’under

the topic, “Apparel Development” by Prof. Dr. attended TOT on Smart Textiles and Wearables
VandanaNarang and “Value addition of textiles for for MFT Curriculum, 10th August -14th August
Fashion”. (5 Days) Coordinated by Dr. Rashmi Thakur, DFT
• Dr. Murugajothi, Associate Professor has Mumbai.
attended for Online ToT on the topic ‘Pedagogical • Dr. M. Aravendan, Professor, attended an
approach to Fashion Design education’under the International webinar on “Optimal Leveraging
topic “Value addition of textiles for Fashion”. of IP - Startups” on 23rd June 2020, 2.0 pm-4.0
• Mr. Uday Raj, Assistant Professor to attend pm organized by The Associated Chamber of
the TOT training (online) for the subject material Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
for Designers from 30.07.2020 to 01.08.2020
conducted by Prof. Chiranjeevi Reddy, F&LA NIFT, Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and
Hyderabad. International Experts:
• Ms. Habeebunissa, Assistant Professor attended
aToT on Self & Society on 13.07.2020 to 14.07.2020 • Organized by FP:
• Prof. Sunitha Vasan, Professor organized ToT - An expert lecture for the subject “Art & Design
“Overview of Lingerie Development” from Aesthetics” by Ms. Nivedita Poddar, Creative
20.07.2020 to 22.07.2020 director and founder of Art Fervour.
• Mr. Sridhar Amanchy, Associate Professor and
Ms. Subashini, J S, Assistant Professor attended • Organized by FD:
ToT “Overview of Lingerie Development” from - Expert lecture on the subject, “Fashion Design
20.07.2020 to 22.07.2020 & Illustration - Range Development” for FD V
• Mr. S. Senthilvel, Associate Professor semester students by Ms. Manasi Chawla, Design
attended a TOT for DD&C 1 (Digital design and Lead for Retail Brand
Communication1) - Expert lecture for the subject “Value addition
• Ms. Saradwati Datta, Assistant Professor, for Exports and Retail” to semester V students by
Chennai campus, attended a TOT titled ‘Paradigm Ms. Ekta Nahar, Co-Founder of Fashion & Styling
Shift : Innovative Methods & Tools to Teach Textile Brand Studio 9696.
Design Online’ conducted by Ms. Rupali Pandit - Expert lecture for the subject “History of clothing-
and Ms. Richa Sharma along with Experts. Indigenous & contemporary India” to semester VII
• Dr. Martin Jeyasingh Mathews, Professor and students by Ms. Gina Joseph, Jewellery Designer
Mr. V. R. Karthikeyarayan, Associate Professor, and and Craft Revivalist
Mr. N. Vennimalai, Assistant Professor, Chennai
Campus, attended online teaching TOT for MS • Organized by AD:
office 365 on April 1st, 3rd, 6th and 9th April 2020. - Expert lecture on the Topic: The right approach
• Dr. Martin Jeyasingh Mathews, Professor of the designers for the artisans / craftsmen
participated for online TOT on Digital Design seeing these challenging times (COVID-19), how
Open source software on October 10 & 17, 2020. they could be benefited with the emergence of
• Mr. N. Vennimalai, Assistant Professor, Chennai Handmade in India for the subject Design Studio
Campus attended online TOT on “Self and 4 (Co-creative - CBDP) by Ms. Kalyani Pramod
Society”, “Creative Thinking Skills”, “Fashion Creative Director & Proprietor of Manasthala.
styling”. - Expert lecture on the Topic : Considerations while
• Dr. S. Angammal Santhi, Professor attended TOT designing – the technology and business aspects
on the subject “ E Commerce & Social Media “ for the subject “Smart Jewellery Project” (DS) by
from 15th July to 19th July 2020 Mr. Abhishek Sharma Lead R&D and Strategist.
• Dr. A. Sasirekha, Associate Professor attended - Expert lecture on the Topic: The significant role of
the ToT on “Supply Chain, Value Chain and the inspiration in making a product more salable”
Operations research” at NIFT, Hyderabad. for the subject Design Sdudio2 : Simple Design
• Mr. S. Jayaraj, Assistant Professor attended a Project by Ms. Meena Priya, Ceramic and Product
TOT on “Ecommerce and social Media marketing” Designer
in order to enhance knowledge & skill set required - Expert lecture on the Topic : Exploring the
for emerging areas included in New curriculum possibilities of Glass material when utilised
• Mr. T. Murugan, Associate Professor attended independently or when mixed with some other
a TOT on “Lean Management in Apparel material considering its complex features” for the
Manufacturing” through online by renowned subject IDM (Home Accessories) by Ms. Radhika
Operational Attended TOT on Smart Textiles and Krish Glass Designer.
Wearables, (MFT Curriculum), 10th August -14th - Expert lecture on the Topic: “Gem setting for
August (5 Days) Coordinated by Dr. Ms. Rashmi precious Jewelry” for the subject (DS) Precious
Thakur, DFT Mumbai. Jewelry by Mr. Vasudevan Craftsman
• Mr. A.O. Abdul Salam Sait, Assoc. Professor, - Expert lecture on the Topic : “Social Innovation,

Human Centric approach, Behaviour study” for • Organized by FC:
the subject Design and Society by Mr. Ratheesh - Dr. Martin Jeyasingh Mathews, Professor
Krishnan, Head of experiments and new ventures conducted four days workshop during September
at Spiedge 25th to 28th, 2020 on Paper Engineering workshop
by expert lecture Mr. Deepak Panicker, Creative
• Organized by LD : Head, CEO - M/s. Mantiz Atelier, Chennai for
- 2 week online Tannery Training workshop by CLRI semester V students of Chennai Campus through
for the students of 5th semester was conducted online mode.
by senior scientists. Faculty too attended the - Dr. Martin Jeyasingh Mathews, Professor
Training. conducted three days workshop during September
21, 22 and 25th, 2020 on Hair & Makeup
• Organized by KD : Workshop, expert lecture by Ms. Abhirami Siva
- Interactive session for KD - 4 semester students kumar, Makeup Artist- for semester VII students of
with Ms. Aishwarya Raghunath (KD-8) (Batch 2016- Chennai Campus through online mode.
2020) on the topic “Importance of conducting - Dr. Martin Jeyasingh Mathews, Professor
Research and presenting it at conferences for conducted workshop during September 30 to
Design students”. October 9th, 2020 on Calligraphy Workshop by
- Mr. Praveen Raj, Brand Owner, Transfigure expert lecture Ms. Christina Rajathi, Calligraphy
presented a Lecture on “Activewear - Brands, Expert for semester III students of Chennai
Market, Clients, Fabric Requirements & range plan Campus through online mode.
development” for the subject “Design Project- - Dr. Martin Jeyasingh Mathews, Professor
Performance Sportswear (DS-Sportswear) ” on conducted three days workshop during January
14.09.2020 for KD-VII sem. Students. 27th to 29th, 2021 on outbound design workshop
- Mr. R. Chandrasekar, C.E.O., Anigra Training for Semester VI students (Batch 2018-22) of
Academy given lecture on “Export page nos., Chennai Campus.
index formatting, pagination, printing techniques,
exporting and importing the document” for the • Organized by Fashion Technology:
subject “Digital Documentation Methods” on - An expert lecture on Robotics & Automation,
10.10.2020 for KD-III sem. Students. International Business, Research Methodologies,
- Mr. Gaurishankar - Manager & Creative lead, 2D Apparel CAD & Grading, PM & GC
Raymonds given lecture on “Portfolio Development (Loungewear), Spreading & Cutting of Apparel
- Layouts & Project presentations” for the subject Products, IT Applications in Apparel Industry,
“Portfolio Development” on 15.10.2020 for KD-VII Apparel Quality Management
sem. Students
- Ms. Kirthana Naveen, Freelance Designer • Organized by Fashion Management Studies :
given lecture on “Design Process- Womens wear - Av expert lecture on The advanced excel class,
Collection Presentation” for the subject “Design Export/Import Documentation Procedures
Process” on 16.10.2020 for KD-III sem. Students and formalities, Understanding Human Brain
- Dr. Hemalatha Jain, Founder/ Revivalist/ Designer Sturcture of Brain, New/Middle and Old Brain,
of Punarjeevana Trust given lecture on “Yarn Count Indian Financial System, Identification of different
and its effect on Fabric” for the subject “Basics of elements of forecasting. Changing Perspective
Textiles” on 20.10.2020 for KD-III sem. Students. due to Covid19, Major International Trade Fairs
- Dr. G. Balakrishnan, Professor, Dept. of Physics, and Shows, Virtual Shows and Fairs, Understanding
Bharat University given lecture on “Application Business performance and reflections on Value
of Nanotechnology on Textiles for improved chain management: Assess value chain strategies
performance” for the subject “Performance Fabric and develop a decision model regarding the
& Smart Textiles” on 26.10.2020 for KD-VII sem. product portfolio of the case. Expert Lecture on
Students. current practices of value chain management and
- Ms. Akshaya. S, Designer- M/s Genxlead Retail its impact on organizational performance.
Pvt. Ltd given lecture on “Trends & Forecast and
Techpack” for the subject “Creative Design Project: Major Industry Linkages
Intimate Apparel (DS-APPAREL) ” on 26.10.2020 &
27.10.2020 for KD-VII sem. Students. NIFT Chennai organized more than 50 visits in and
- Dr. Saravana Kumar, Director, Multileap around Chennai and established virtuous network
Consulting given Lecture on “High Performance with various industries, some of the significant
Application of Knits” for the subject “Performance names are: M/s. Evolv Clothing Pvt. Ltd., Chennai,
Fabric & Smart Textiles” on 30.10.2020 for KD-VII M/s. Viia Dysn Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, M/s. Mantra,
sem. Students. Kerala, M/s. Rouka by Sreejith Jeevan, Kochi,
Kerala, M/s. Rainne by Ritika, Chennai, M/s.

GATSBY Collections, Chennai, M/s. Ambattur The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
Clothing Ltd., Chennai, M/s. Boat Song, Kottayam, Activities
Kerala, M/s. Indegene, New Delhi, M/s. Ajio
(Reliance Retail Ltd.) Bengaluru, M/s. VF Brands • The following are the initiatives taken by NIFT
India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, M/s. Celebrity Fashions Chennai to make the campus eco-friendly:
Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, M/s. Montage, Chennai, M/s. - Solar Water Heater in the hostel
Jodi, Pune, M/s. Tamasq Pvt. Ltd., M/s. Future - Solar Lights in the compound wall of NIFT
Lifestyle Fashion Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, M/s. Amortela, - Waste water recycling
Chennai, M/s. Aruni, New Delhi, Mehrasons - Waste Management “Wealth out of Waste”
Jewellers, Flinto Box, AKFD Studio, pallavifoley, - Art Installations in campus made out of scrap
filk merchandising, Studio Ebony, Unique creation, - Effluent treatment plant (ETP)
Sunshine Boulevard, Viswa & Devji (GEM Mount), - Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)
Madura Fashion & Lifestyle (Aditya Birla Group), TI - Encouraging use of steel plates, spoons, Tumbler,
Cycles of India. for canteen and other service areas.
• The students of various department undergone • Worked with ‘No paper’ concept in all the
Internship at M/s. Reliance Retail, M/s. Celebrity Institutional affairs. Faculties and Students created
Fashions, M/s. Derby, M/s. Maybell Pvt. Ltd, M/s. half size dress forms with available waste materials
Naushad Ali Pondicherry, M/s. Benetton India Pvt. to conduct online classes successfully. FD Faculties
Ltd, M/s. Vrijesh Corporation, M/s. Mynthra – continuously encouraging the students to work
Bengaluru, M/s. Aravind Bengaluru, M/s. Reliance on recycle, upcycle and Zero waste concepts
Retail, M/s. Evolv Clothing Co. Pvt. Ltd., M/s. throughout all the Subject assignments where
Khara Kapas, M/s. Eka.Eon Clothing to have ever workable
industrial exposure and practical knowledge of • Maintenance/Cleaning of departments is a
various subjects. method of team building among staff members.
• All the faculty members were involved in placing • Sustainability Aspects in Research & Projects
the students for their Internship and Graduation • Include Internships, PhD works, Graduation
Projects across geographic locations. Each faculty Projects, Design Collection etc.
was allotted a specific number of companies to
target and bring in.Craftsmen from various places
were invited in for online demonstrations and
guidance for students of various semesters.

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The project was sanctioned by the Development Garments
Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles,
Government of India. Infrastructure and Facilities
• Patents filed by Campus: The campus is spread over 6.42 acres of land
housing academic and administrative blocks and
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Major Projects Craft Mela under the banner “SHILP MELA 2020”
was held to promote and provide market support
Workshops sponsored by State Government on to various craftspersons of Gujarat.
skill up-gradationwere conducted for artisans
of various crafts including Matikaam, Cane & An online workshop “Hastkala- Integrated Artisan
Bamboo, and Sales and Marketing etc. during Workshop” was held to promote the exquisite
March 2021. skill of weavers and artisan communities among
the students and to spread design, market
Major achievements in Student Competitions and and consumer awareness among the artisan
Awards communities. Over 10 speakers were invitedas
domain experts to address the participants on
• Mr. Varanneya Thakore, FC-VIII was declared a varied topics.
winnerin the “poster art category” for his artwork
titled ‘Rick and Morty x Breaking Band’ in the PhD Pursuing and Completed
design challenge organised by India Film Project
– Season X. 10 faculty members completed their doctoral
studies while 15 are currently pursuing their PhD
• Ms. Sakshi Jain, FC-IV, won second prize in Lenz in relevant academic areas.
Law, a Theme based Photography competition in
Blithchron’21 by IIT Gandhinagar. Publications and Paper Presentations
• Ms. Avani Sharma, AD-VI won Vogue’s Annual • Mr. Bharat Jain, Ms. Aarti Solanki, and Mr. Bhaskar
subscription for participation at NIFT Dialogue. Banerjee, Associate Professors presented a paper
titled “Study of global denim apparel brand’s green
• Chandni Lakhotia, AD – VIII was declared winner marketing initiatives promoting sustainability” in
at the “Quarantine Design Contest”organised by National Conference on Sustainability in Business
SavioJewellery, Jaipur. Practices (NCSBP 2020) held online during
25 - 26 September, 2020, organized by Jaypee
• Ms. Sharanya Dharmarajan and Ms. Twinkle Garg Business School Noida.
won 1st Runner Up in Toy Design Challenge-2021
organised by Skillenza and Amazon. • Dr. Kruti Dholakia, Associate Professor, co-
authored a paper titled ‘Design exploration in
• Ms. Jyoti Ranjan, AD – VIII won 2nd prize in Tana bead work of Gujarat- India: Experience and
- bana photography competition organised by outcome of co- creation, published in international
Gujarat Government. journal of textile and fashion technology, vol:11
issue-1 June, 2021.
• Ms. Edake Nikita Ramkisan, AD-VI has established
“With You” Foundation in Shevgaon, Ahmadnagar, • Dr. Japjee Kaur Kohli, Associate Professor, co-
Maharashtra to address mental health issues authored and published a research paper entitled
of Covid patients during quarantine period, in “Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Skill Gaps in the
coordination with senior medical experts. Apparel Industry of India: A Case Study of Fashion
Design Programme” in Staff and Educational
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events Development International Journal, 2021, 24(1), a
refereed international quarterly journal.
Total 188 under-graduate students and 53 post-
graduate students worked on their graduation • Dr. Jagriti Mishra and Mr. Bhaskar Banerjee,
projects and research projects with some of the Associate Professors co-authored case study titled
leading organizations in their domains. Students ‘Category planning and department restructuring
worked with varied frontrunner companies of the at A-one Mall which was awarded with Best paper
industry in hybrid mode to complete their projects at the 5th International Case Study Conference
successfully. 2020 organized by University Utara Malaysia
between 27-28 October 2020. It was also
Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and published in e-proceedings of the conference.
Impact
• Dr. Jagriti Mishra, Associate Professorauthored
The Campus organized “National Handloom Day a case titled “Medigit Solutions- A case Study
2020” to promote various Handlooms of Gujarat. on Brand Communication through Digital
Eight separate activities including 2 webinars were Marketing” in a book titled Sustainable Business
organised to mark the event. and Competitive Strategies: Retail Industry &

E-marketing. • Mr. Mahesh Shaw, Assistant Professor, alongwith
Dr. Govindan Kannan, University of Southern
• Dr. Jagriti Mishra, Associate Professor authored Denmark, and Mr. Abhijit Majumdar, Professor
a case titled “Product Development as Growth IIT published a research paper on “Social
Strategy for XYZ Apparels” which was published Sustainability Tensions in Multi-tier Supply Chain: A
in BHU Journal of Management, ISSN 2231-0141, Systematic Literature Review towards Conceptual
VOL 6. Framework Development.” in the Journal of
Cleaner Production (2020): 123075.
• Dr. Jagriti Mishra, Associate Professor authored a
research paper titled “Purchase Intention of Indian • Dr. Priti Gadhavi and Dr. Harleen Sahni, Associate
Luxury Consumers with respect to store attributes Professors co-authored research paper “Analyzing
preferences” which were published in BHU Journal the ‘Mindfulness’ of Young Indian Consumers
of Management, ISSN 2231-0142, VOL 7. in their Fashion Consumption”. Research paper
published in Journal of Global Marketing (Taylor
• Dr. Harleen Sahni and Ms. Nupur Chopra, & Francis) Volume 33, 2020 - Issue 5: Special Issue:
Associate Professors co-authored book chapter Sustainable Consumption: A Global Perspective;
“Value creation in Social Enterprises through SDG Pages 417-429 | published online: 07 Jul 2020.
integration and the way forward in post-covid
times”. Book chapter accepted for publication in • Mr. Asit Bhatt, Associate Professor published
book titled “Social Entrepreneurs – Mobilizer of a researchpaper titled ‘Mapping the Topoi of
The Social Changes”, Emerald Publications, April Sustainable - Design - Thinking in Indian Context’
2021. in ‘Proceedings of ICoRD’21 Design For Tomorrow
Volume.
• Dr. Harleen Sahni and Ms. Nupur Chopra,
Associate Professors co-authored a book chapter Faculty Development
“CSR and SDG mapping in Fashion & Textile
industry: Identifying potential challenges in the • Mr. Vishal Gupta and Mr. Bharat Jain, Associate
wake of isolationism”. The book chapter was Professors attended TOT on Performance
published in a book titled ‘CSR in an age of Clothing.
isolationism’ by Emerald Publishing Ltd. ISBN:
978-1-80043-269-7, eISBN: 978-1- 80043-268-0, • Ms. Panchami Mistry, Associate Professor
ISSN: 2043-0523, Publication date: 30 November attended a TOT workshop on Dress form
2020. Development.
• Ms. Nupur Chopra, Associate Professor co- • Dr. Japjee Kaur Kohli, Associate Professor
authored and published a research paper titled attended TOT on Pedagogical approach to
“Kids Shopping Experience: An Explanatory Fashion Design education.
Study to Identify the Gaps” in a referred journal
“International Journal Of Retail Management And • Ms. Ettishri B Rajput, Assistant Professor
Research (IJRMR); ISSN (online): VOL - 10, ISSUE - attended the workshop on Lean Management by
2; EDITION: DEC2020. leading consultant Mr. Anand Deshpande.
• Mr. Anupam Rana, Associate Professor • Ms. Ettishri B Rajput, Assistant Professor taught
participated in Anvesh 2020 organized by Institute the subject Garment Manufacturing Technology to
of Management, Nirma University during 26- semester III students pursuing Masters in Design
27 November, 2020 and contributed paper on at National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar.
“Jewellery Market : Latest Marketing Trends”
which has been published as a full paper in the • Ms. Aarti Solanki and Ms. Nupur Chopra,
Conference Proceeding. Associate Professors attended an online TOT of 5
days on Smart Textile & Smart Garments.
• Mr. Mahesh Shaw, Assistant Professor co- • Ms. Nupur Chopra, Associate Professor completed
authored a paper - “COVID-19 debunks the myth 6 days weekend AMA Online Programme on
of socially sustainable supply chain: A case of the “Advertising and Brand Management”.
clothing industry in South Asian countries.” along
with Mr. Abhijit Majumdar, Professor IIT and Mr. • Ms. Aarti Solanki, Associate Professor attended
Sanjib Kumar Sinha. The paper was published in One-Week Online Short Term Course (E-STC) titled
the international journal -Sustainable Production “Advanced Engineering Optimization Technique”
and Consumption (2020). (AEOT-2020) conducted by NIT Jalandhar.

• Collaborative Online TOT was conducted by Ms. enhance the inputs of the students on various
Rupali Pandit, Associate Professor along with Dr. subjects and strengthen industry - academia
Richa Sharma, Associate Professor, NIFT Bengaluru relations.
on “Paradigm Shift: Innovative Methods & Tools to
Teach Textile Design Online”. In total 138 interactive sessions with alumni/
industry experts were organized during the year
• Mr. Mahesh Shaw, Assistant Professor by academic departments.
participated in an on-line short term training
Programme on “Sustainable manufacturing for Major Industry Linkages
Atma-Nirbahar Bharat” organized by Malviya
Institute of Technology, Jaipur. NIFT organized Online Campus Placement 2020.
A total of 122 companies participated for the
• Dr. Jagriti Mishra and Mr. Bhaskar Banerjee, placements generating 391 vacancies for all
Associate Professors conducted a workshop campuses. 74 NIFT Gandhinagar students were
for faculties of NIFT on ‘E-commerce and social offered PPOs and Off Campus Placement.
Media marketing’. 29 faculties from different NIFT
Centers participated. Industry Linkages
• Dr. Kruti Dholakia, Associate Professor attended Classroom Projects on Print Design and Woven
ToT on Illustration & Image creation Apparel Design Projects were conducted in collaboration
production. with Aditya Birla Group for their LIVA brand.
A classroom project for Surface Design was
• Dr. Hir Vyas and Ms. Jalpa Vanikar, Assistant conducted in collaboration with Designer Mr. Anuj
Sharma of Button Masala.
Professors attended online ToT of Self & Society
organized by Foundation Department. The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
Activities
• Dr. A. K. Khare, Ms. Amisha Mehta, Mr. Amit
Phogat, Mr. Asit Bhatt, Mr. Bharat Jain Faculty Campus has 07 Percolated Wells, each with a
members attended a certificate course on capacity of 50,000 litre which improves water
Nurturing Innovation and Startup Ecosystem level through Rain Water Harvesting.
by Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub
(iHub). Campus is equipped with Solar Roof top power
• Mr. Asit Bhat attended online TOT on fashion system which has capacity to generate 100 Kw
Styling organized by FC department. power.
• Dr. Hir Vyas, Mr. Asit Bhatt, Associate Professors,

and Ms. Jalpa Vanikar, Assistant Professor
participated in Art of Living Program at NIFT
Gandhinagar.
• Ms. Rupali Pandit, Ms. Shubhangi Yadav and

Ms. Sumita Agrawal, faculty members attended
an online workshop on “Qualitative Analysis using
NVIVO software”.
• Ms. Rupali Pandit, Associate Professor attended

an Online Faculty Development Programme - A
Workshop on “Demystifying Literature Review”.
• Ms. Sumita Agrawal, Assistant Professor, attended

a TOT on “digital design and communication”
organised by the foundation program of NIFT.
Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and

International Experts
Expert online sessions by alumni and industry

experts were organized on a regular basis to

HYDERABAD
NIFT Hyderabad was set up in the year 1995 Continuing Education Programmes(CEPs)
with a temporary campus in Chenetha Bhavan, • Fashion Clothing & Technology (1 year)
Nampally, Hyderabad and then moved to its • Contemporary Ethnic Wear (1 year)
permanent campus in Madhapur in the year 1999.
The NIFT Hyderabad campus is located amidst Significant Landmarks and Achievements of
India’s IT hub - Hi-tech City and the State Craft Campus
Village Shilparamam; appropriately epitomizing
one of its core mottos, tradition meets modernity. • Online and hybrid classes were successfully
The main building of the campus is noted for its conducted due to COVID-19 pandemic in place
architectural grandeur and versatility. The campus of offline classes. The academic deliverance was
facilities provide an ideal environment for an all- completed through hybrid mode (both offline and
rounded learning experience and holistic growth. online) and the curriculum was completed.
• Convocation 2020 was successfully conducted
The campus offers 5 Design UG Programmes, 1 by following COVID-19 guidelines.Shri Bhaskar
Technology UG Programme and 1 Management Khulbe, Advisor to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of
PG Programme: India was the Chief Guest. Shri Shantmanu, DG-
NIFT was the Guest of Honour. Shri V. Seshadri,
Bachelor Programme (B.Des.) (4 Years) Secretary to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of
• Fashion Design, Telangana and Smt. Richa Gaharwar, CVO-NIFT
• Textile Design, were the Special Guests. A total 212 students
• Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories, were awarded degrees during the Convocation.
• Knitwear Design and • Sanitization measures in the Campus were
• Fashion Communication; implemented as per the guidelines of the
Government.
Bachelor Programme (B.F. Tech) (4 Years) • Swachhta Hi Seva activities were successfully
• Bachelors in Fashion Technology (Apparel conducted in the Campus. Electronic banners
Production) & messages have been created and uploaded
on NIFT website to highlight the observance of
Management PG Programme: Plastic waste Free Campaign. NIFT has widely
• Master of Fashion Management campaigned through its social websites to avoid
the use of plastic water bottles and encouraged
Continuing Education (CE) Programmes using alternative solutions i.e., cloth bags, paper
NIFT Hyderabad also offers the following bags. etc.

• NIFT, Hyderabad has adopted “Korram Thanda and won the 1st Prize.
(Banjara)” village to convert it into ‘Plastic-Free • Ms. Mansi Priya (KD VII) participated in National
Village’ by spreading awareness about the harmful Handloom Day 2020 “Hasthakala Pradarshan” and
effects in the usage of plastic and by educating won the 1st Prize.
them to shift to alternative products. • Mr. Jhonny Ralph Bedi (MFM II) was selected for
the first ever Phygital Fashion Show organized by
Infrastructure and Facilities Lotus FDCI during 14th October to 18th October,
2020.
NIFT Hyderabad campus is build up in 8 acres of • Ms. Purnima (MFM II) worked as part of
land. The campus has well-equipped laboratories promotion in India Couture Week 2020 and India
and studios, Wi-Fi facility, 350 seat auditorium, Fashion Week 2020 both sponsored by FDCI.
spacious resource centre, girls’ hostel, campus • Ms. Priyal Kaka (BFT-VIII) got first prize in
counsellor, campus stationery store, mini gym, National Level Technical Project Display Contest
indoor and outdoor sports facilities (Clay tennis K-Tex Tech Challenge-2021 held on 29th April 2021
court, basketball court, throw ball court, cricket by Department of Textile Technology, Kumaraguru
practice pitches), canteen and mess facility College of Technology, Coimbatore.
• Ms. T. Divya (BFT-IV), Ms. Jigyasa Sharma (BFT-
Short-term Programmes VI) and Ms. Somya Gupta (BFT-VI) secured 1st
position in Strange Things – a business idea
NIFT Hyderabad also offers Continuing Education pitching competition conducted by IIM Calcutta
Programmes (CEPs) on Fashion Clothing on 30 -1-2021.
Technology, Contemporary Ethnic Wear, with • Ms. Raish Alam (BFT-IV), Ms. T. Divya (BFT-IV),
duration of one year. Ms. Jigyasa Sharma (BFT-VI) and Ms. Somya Gupta
(BFT-VI) won 1st Runner-up position in E-summit
Major Projects 2021 conducted by IIT Madras on 13-3-2021.
• Mr. Abinav Anshu (BFT-IV) served as a college
NIFT Hyderabad in collaboration with SERP Ambassador of the Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT
(Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty), Govt. Bombay for the year 2020-2021.
of Telangana has taken up a project for diagnostic • Research paper titled “Adaptive and Inclusive
Study, skill upgradation, prototype development, Apparel for the Visually Challenged” by two of
training of the artisans of the identified craft in the the BFT Students Ms. Ameesha Goel, Ms. Pranati
State of Telangana with a project cost of Rs.47.36 Aggarwal & Faculty Ms. T. Srivaniwas published in
lakhs. the UGC Care Group 1 Journal- Dogo Rangsang
Research Journal, ISSN: 2347-7180, Volume 10,
Major achievements in Student Competitions and Issue - 07, 16 July 2020.
Awards • Research paper titled “The Impact of
Augmented Reality in Fashion Retail Stores in
• Ms. Nancy Agrawal and Ms. Sanjana Chetla, (TD- India: Opportunities and Challenges” by two BFT
V students) were selected for India Toy Fair 2021 students Aathira Menon, Shreya Bhagat & Faculty
project for Bommala Kondapalli Toy Cluster and Dr. Shakeel Iqbal was published in the Journal
successfully completed the project. IOSR “Journal of Business and Management”
• Students of TD Vth Sem worked on Grasim (IOSR-JBM) Volume 22, Issue 7. Ser. VII (July 2020)
Liva Project as part of Print Design Project. Four • Research paper titled “The Impact of Visual
students were selected in the first shortlist for Merchandising on Impulse Buying Behaviour of
Home Textile-Bedlinen category. Fashion Students” by two BFT students Saurabh
• Shika Shivangi (TD-VIII) won Jharkand Mask Sumanyu, Aakanksha Singh & faculty Dr. Shakeel
design contest conducted by Khadiwala Designer Iqbal was published in the Journal “GEDRAG
on 25-5-2020. & ORGANISATIE” Volume 33 Issue 03. (July
• Ms. Shika Shivangi, Ms. Ishita and Ms. Arundhati -September 2020)
(TD-VIII) won Horizon campus connect program • Research paper titled “Revamping Fashion
conducted by Welspun Flooring on 24-12-2020 E-Commerce in India using Artificial Intelligence”
• Ms. Pratiksha Morankar, (TD-VI) won “Weave by two BFT students Anagha Chacko, Santhvana
your way” saree design competition organized by Wilson & faculty Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, was published in
“Grameen” on 1-1-2021 the journal “Current Trends in Fashion Technology
• Ms. Aparajita Vaid, Hema Ranjan, Ishita Singh and Textile Engineering” Volume 7 Issue 1- August
(KD-VII students) and Ms. Poorna Preethika, 2020.
Ms. Sakshi Vassa (KD V students) participated in • Research Paper titled “Development of Smart
“Uniform Design Competition organised by Tata Label in apparel industry” by two BFT Students
Advanced Systems Limited” (Individual Project) Rushita Getti, Ramji Natukurthi & Prof. Dr. Rajani

Jain got selected for presentation at Textile & namely – Bandarulanka; Uppada; Mori; Angara;
Fashion Innovation Congress (TFIC) 2021. Dharmavaram; Mudireddypalli in the state of
• Ms. Bhavana A. Koti (AD-VIII) participated in Andhra Pradesh. The cluster diagnostic study was
INKWASH conducted by ASCI at Hyderabad. She coordinated by Dr. GHS Prasad; Dr. A Srinivasa
did creative visual presentation of the Summit Rao; Mr. I Chakrapani. Despite the Pandemic the
Proceedings. She was appreciated by Shri K. study was well conducted by students and it was
T. Rama Rao, Hon’ble Minister of Municipal well documented.
Administration & Urban Development, Industries • The MFM Batch 2019-21 in October, 2020
& Commerce, and Information Technology, Govt. conducted a three day ‘Artisan Awareness
of Telangana. Workshop’ wherein artisans from all above
mentioned six clusters participated.
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events Notwithstanding the fact that the physical event
was not possible due to the pandemic, the virtual
(i) Best Design Collection Award 2020: Sahil event was well organized by the students and
Chaudhary (KD), Sehajpreet Kaur Chawla (FD), well received by all participant artisans from 6
Rashmi Rajpurohit (FD) craft clusters. Through the workshop whereas the
(ii) Best Graduation Project Award 2020: Radhika experts provided inputs on occupational health,
Arora (KD), Ameesha Goel (BFT), Chalasani Sai government schemes, practical tips for brand
Darsini (F&LA) building, promotion and marketing strategies, the
(iii) Best Graduation Project Award-I: Diksha students developed cluster specific promotion
Shivam (TD), Arpit Kumar Agarwal (FC), material, online marketing & social media strategy
(iv) Best Graduation Project Award-II: Bhavya for all the six clusters.
Mukesh Shah (TD), Mridibha Tiwari (TD), Chaitanya • Craft Research Documentation – Students of
Tiwari (FC) KD-V attended the online interactions with artisans
(v) Best Graduation Project Award-III: Mansi Mishra of Siddhipet Gollabhama and Cheriyal Painting for
(TD) 3 days during the November 2020.
(vi) Best Graduation Project- Consolation Prize: • Craft Cluster Product Development – Students
Nimish Soni (F&LA), Ritika (F&LA) of KD-VII completed the craft prototype (paper
(vii) Best Use of Traditional Skills in Contemporary concept) in an online mode during October and
Styling: Priyama Borpujari (FD) Nov 2020 under the craft Yemignore woven mesh
(viii) Most Creative and Innovative Design and Ghanpur Bobbin Lace crafts.
Collection: Priyama Borpujari (FD)
(ix) Most Commercially Viable Project: Saumya PhD Pursuing and Completed
Jain (BFT),
(x) Most Commercially Viable Design Intervention: PhD Completed:
Chalasani Sai Darsini (F&LA) • Prof. Dr. M. Annaji Sarma (FMS) has completed
(xi) Most Exemplary Application of Design his doctoral study and has been awarded with
Methodology: Chalasani Sai Darsini (F&LA) PhD Degree from RNTU, Bhopal in August 2020
(xii) Most Innovative Graduation Project Award on topic “Attitude and Perception of Consumers
2020: Praachi Nagpal (FC), Ameesha Goel (BFT), towards Fashion Luxury Brands; A study in selected
Pranati Aggarwal (BFT) major metros in India”.
(xiii) Best Post Graduation Project (Marketing):
Konpal Bansal (FMS), PhD Thesis submitted:
(xiv) Best Post Graduation Project (International • Mr. Srikanth Gella, Associate Professor (TD)
Business / Export Merchandising: Kamakshi has submitted his PhD thesis titled “Textiles and
Aggarwal (FMS) Cultural identity: A critical analysis of the role of
(xv) Best Post Graduation Project (Entrepreneurship Kasavu Sari” in IGNOU, New Delhi.
/ Fashion Management Practices: Navya Sood
(FMS) PhD Pursuing:
• Ms. T. Srivani, Associate Professor (DFT), Ms.
Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and Jyothirmai S., Associate Professor TD) are pursuing
Impact PhD from Avinashalingam University, Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu.
• Machilipatnam Kalamkari, Warangal Dhurries • Ms. Sharmila Sure, Associate Prof. (DFT), Mr.
and Nalgonda Ikats were the crafts identified for Rajesh Kumar G, Associate Professor are pursuing
the CRD in the year 2020 by DFT Sem V students. PhD from Banasthali University, Rajasthan.
• The craft cluster diagnostic study was • Ms. V. Priyadarshini, Associate Prof. (DFT)
completed by 41 students of MFM Batch 2019- enrolled in PHD at Christ University, Bangalore
21 in May, 2020 covering 6 handloom clusters • Mr. Chakrapani is pursuing PhD from Osmania

University, Hyderabad. “GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE” Volume 33 Issue 03.
• Ms. A Rajyalakshmi is pursuing PhD from GITAM (July -September 2020)
University, Hyderabad. • A research paper titled “ “Revamping Fashion
• Mr. Satya Prakash Registered for PhD with E-Commerce in India using Artificial Intelligence”
Madhyanchal Professional University by two BFT students Anagha Chacko Santhvana
• Mr. S Kishore Chandra registered for PhD with Wilson & Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Prof. (DFT) is
“Osmania University” Hyderabad. published in the journal “Current Trends in Fashion
Technology and Textile Engineering” Volume 7
Brief note on Publications and Paper Presentations Issue 1- August 2020.
• Mr. Abhinav Garg, Associate Professor published
Publications a paper titled “A Resilient and Scalable novel
• Prof. Dr Lakshmi Reddy (F&LA) contributed a Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks -Maximum
Paper publication in the “Kalyana Mitra” volume. Energy Clustering (MEC)”, Indian Journal of
Glimpses of Indian history and Archeology- Computer Science and Engineering (IJCSE), ISSN:
April,2021 Title: Oneness in visual–expression, 0976-5166, Volume-11 Issue-6, December 2020.
Painting (Modern Art). (Scopus Indexed)
• Dr. Prithwiraj Mal has published a research • Mr. Abhinav Garg, Associate Professor published
paper titled ‘Optimizing Comfort of Single Jersey a paper titled “Redundancy Control Energy
Fabric with ‘Good Ultraviolet Ray Protection’ Efficient Clustering (RCEEC) protocol for Wireless
Using Preemptive Goal Programming’, Journal of Sensor Networks’’, Indian Journal of Computer
Polymer and Textile Engineering, Volume 7, Issue Science and Engineering (IJCSE), ISSN: 0976-5166,
5, pp 1-5, DOI: 10.9790/019X-07050105 (Sep-Oct Volume-11 Issue-6, December 2020. (Scopus
2020). Indexed)
• Dr. Sasmita Panda and Ms. Jyothirmai S have • Prof. Dr. GHS Prasad has published a research
published a paper titled ‘Nanotechnology and its paper titled “D Mart: A Retail Success Story”
Applications in Textiles - Review’, International is published in the Journal ‘Our Heritage’ in a
Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas refereed, indexed, peer reviewed, UGC care listed
in Education, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2021. multidisciplinary journal for research publications
• Dr. Sasmita Panda has published a paper titled (Publication date 17.01.2020).
‘Timeless Elegance: Traditional Odishi Handwoven The paper showcases the retail business acumen
Khandua’, Design Quest, Volume 2, Issue 2. of Mr. Radhakishan Damani, known as Warren
• Dr. Sasmita Panda has published a paper titled Buffett of India for making it big at stock market.
“Sustainability of Elegant and Wondrous Hand He subsequently entered retail business through
Woven Sarees of Odissa: A Brief” in Design Quet : Avenue supermarkets limited with stores named
An Advanced Research Journal on Design, Volume as D Mart. His success through D Mart catapulted
3 Issue 1, pp 15-22 him as second richest Indian after Mukesh Ambani.
• Mr. Srikanth Gella has published an article titled • Dr. Shivkumar M. Belli has coauthored a research
‘Evolution of Clothes in Kerala and the Social paper titled “Why Rent a Dress? A Study on
Struggles in Juni-Khyat a UGC care listed journal. Renting Intention for Fashion Clothing Products”
• A research paper titled “Assessment of Students’ Published in Indian Journal of Marketing (ABDC
Performance by Self, Peer and Teacher in Fashion Category & Scopus) during Feb, 2020.
Education: A Comparative Perspective” authored • Dr. Shivkumar M. Belli has coauthored a
by Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy with a co-author has research paper titled “Role of Indian Social
been published in the October 2020, for Journal Organizations during COVID-19 Lockdown Times”
of Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA) Published in UGC CARE listed Journal with DOI
Volume XXXIII. DOI:10.0001865, V11I7.463782.00632 in July,
• A research paper titled “The Impact of 2020
Augmented Reality in Fashion Retail Stores in • Dr. I. Rajitha co-authored in 2021 a publication
India: Opportunities and Challenges” by two along with Lakshmi Pooja Sanku, A. Padma,
BFT students Aathira Menon, Shreya Bhagat & Dr. V. Vijayalakshmi, J. Hyavadana “Exploring
Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Prof. (DFT) is published dye extraction methods and preservatives for
in the Journal IOSR “Journal of Business and natural dyes”, Journal of Pharmocognsy and
Management” (IOSR-JBM) Volume 22, Issue 7. Ser. Phytochemistry 10(1) : 137-142.
VII (July 2020).
• A research paper titled “The Impact of Visual Presentations
Merchandising on Impulse Buying Behaviour of
Fashion Students” by two BFT students Saurabh • Dr. Prithwiraj Mal has presented “Post Covid 19
Sumanyu, Aakanksha Singh & Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Masks & Respirators - Fashion Myth and Reality”
Associate Prof. (DFT) is published in the Journal in two-day webinar on “Make in India Approach

for Textile Industry: The Global Perspective” a Webinar “Education and Leadership During
organised by Institute of Engineers on 28th & 29th a Crisis Organized by Bombay Teacher training
August, 2020. college on May 7th & 8th, 2020.
• Ms. Jyothirmai S has presented “Fashionable • Prof. Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy (F&LA) attended
Textile and Accessories for Post Covid-19” in two- a National Webinar Series (12 Sessions) on”
day webinar on “Make in India Approach for Textile Knowledge generation through Qualitative
Industry: The Global Perspective” organised by Research” held on 1st June to 6th June, 2020.
Institute of Engineers on 28th & 29th August, • Prof. Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy (F&LA) attended
2020. a National Webinar Series (12 Sessions) on
• Dr. Sasmita Panda has presented “Qualitative Research Methodology” held from
“Entrepreneurship Development in Textiles with 12th May to 16th May, 2020.
Global Perspective: A Case Study”, in two-day • Prof. Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy (F&LA) attended an
webinar on “Make in India Approach for Textile International E-Conference three-day Certificate
Industry: The Global Perspective” organised by course conducted by Government of Maharashtra
Institute of Engineers on 28th & 29th August, Government Vidarbha Institute of Science &
2020. Humanities from 15ty to 17th May 2020.
• Mr. Srikanth Gella has presented Paper on • Prof. Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy (F&LA) conducted
‘Reflections of Katazome with Reference to an Audio Webinar for Lace Entrepreneurs by
Sustainability of Sanjhi’ on 6th September 2020, the invitation of Export Promotion Council for
under the session ‘Craft and living traditions Handicrafts on “Product Development as per
of Braj’ as part of the Webinar series ‘Syncretic current scenario on 23rd May 2020
Culture and Traditions of Braj Bhumi’ organized by • Dr. Shakeel Iqbal attended webinar on Qualitative
Braj Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan. Research from 1st June 2020 to 6th June 2020
• Dr. Shakeel Iqbal Presented paper entitled organized by Bombay Teachers’ Training College
“Personal Protective Textiles” in Two-Day Webinar in collaboration with Dept. Of Education University
On “Make-In-India Approach for Textile Industry: of Mumbai.
The Global Perspective” on 28th & 29th August • Dr. Shakeel Iqbal attended one week online
2020 organized by THE INSTITUTION OF short-term course on “Recent Trends in Textile and
ENGINEERS (INDIA) Telangana State Centre. Fashion” organized by Dr. B R Ambedkar National
• Prof. Dr. M. Annaji Sarmahas presented paper Institute of Technology Jalandhar from 22nd to
on “Make in India-Approach for Textile Industry: 26th June 2020.
The Global Perspective” with a sub theme • Prof. Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy (F&LA) conducted
“Fashion Textiles and Accessories for Post covid- a TOT title “Design Relevance and Exploration
19”-Marketing Strategies for developing Luxury of Hard Materials” for three days from 30th July
Brands. at Two days’ National seminar organized 2020 to 1st August 2020. 30 NIFT faculty from
online by Institution of Engineers, Hyderabad different campuses got benefitted from this faculty
Chapter. development programme.
• Ms. A Rajyalakshmi, Associate Prof. (FMS) • Prof. Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy (F&LA) was one of
presented a case study on A Case Study on the trainers in a 90 minutes online Yoga Workshop
Feasibility of Social Entrepreneurship for upliftment conducted to all NIFT Hyderabad fraternity
of weavers of A.P & Telangana at a ‘Virtual including faculty, staff, students and parents on
International Conference on Building Positive 21st July 2020 in the occasion of International
Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for Yoga Day.
a Sustainable Future’on 7 November 2020 in our • Online workshop on Art of Living for faculty
CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Delhi NCR members was held from 21 – 24 May 2020 (4 days)
campus. in two batches of approximately 25 participants in
• Ms. A Rajyalakshmi has presented a case study each batch participated.
on A Case Study Challenges of women fashion • Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, Associate Prof. (DFT) chaired
Entrepreneurs: Micro Business enterprises – a Technical Session in two-day webinar on
Hyderabad at an ‘International Conference on “Make-in-India approach for textile industry: the
Entrepreneurship and Social Empowerment: global perspective” on 28th & 29thAugust 2020
Converging Emerging Technologies and Growth organized by The Institution of Engineers (India)
in business’ on November 27-28, 2020 (Jointly Telangana State Centre.
Organized by GITAM HBS and EGADE Business • Dr. Shakeel Iqbal, delivered an online Expert
School, Mexico) Lecture at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
on the topic Fancy Yarns on 24th September 2020.
Faculty Development • Dr. Shakeel Iqbal attended webinar on Apparel
Manufacturing: Marching towards the Smart
• Prof. Dr Chiranjeevi Reddy (F&LA) attended Factory on 21 July 2020 organized by DFT NIFT

Delhi. 2020.
• Prof. Dr. Rajani Jain (DFT) attended online ToT • Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao attended 4thNational
on Lean Management in Apparel Industry from Teachers Congress on ‘New Education Policy-2020;
17thto 20th July 2020 (conducted by Mr Anand opportunities unlocked’ held from December 15-
Deshpande) 18, 2020 organised by MIT World Peace University.
• Ms. T. Srivani, Associate Professor (DFT) attended • Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao attended one-week
a ToT on online Faculty Orientation workshop online TEQIP-III Short Term Course on “Innovation,
titled ‘Binding to Build with in the Society’ for the Novelty and Intellectual Property Rights” held from
subject “Self & Society’ on 13th & 14th July 2020; August 28 to September 01, 2020 organised by
Coordinating Faculty- Dr Kaustav Sengupta and Dr Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
Neha Singh. Jalandhar, Punjab India.
• Ms. T. Srivani attended a ToT on ‘Creative • Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao attended the India
Thinking Skills’ from 15th -17th July 2020; Trainers International Textile Machinery Society virtual
- Prof. Dr. Anupam Jain and Prof. Usha Narasimhan conference on ‘textile machinery expo’ from
• Ms. T. Srivani attended a Workshop- Catching December 2-3, 2020.
the Design Virus: A New World by Design by • Prof. Dr. A Srinivasa Rao attended the 4th
Experts from Australia Mr. Mark Madden and Ms. National Conference “TEXCON-2021” on the
Julia Raath, on 19th May, 2nd June and 16th June; theme of “New World of Textiles: Shaping for
Faculty Coordinator: Ms. Rakhi Wahi Pratap, F&T. the Future” held online mode on February 18th &
• Ms. Sharmila Sure, Asst. Prof. (DFT) attended “A 19th, 2021.
National Webinar Series onKnowledge Generation • Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao attended online
in Education during COVID-19 Pandemic from ‘International Conference on education for social
May 12 - 16, 2020” conducted by the collaborative cohesion’ organized by Bahai Academy from July
efforts of Bombay Teacher’s Training College, 11-12, 2020.
HSNC University with the Department of • Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao attended ‘the first ever
Education, University of Mumbai. virtual event for Asian Educators’ organized by
• Mr. I Chakrapani, Associate Professor (FMS) M/s. Terrapinn Pte Ltd, Singapore held from June
attended Interactive Training Programon 23-26, 2020.
“Public Procurement with E – Procurement and • Mr. Shivanand Sharma Asst Prof (KD) attended an
Government e- Market Place” conducted by online ToT on ‘Overview of Lingerie Development’
Systematic Institute of Economic Research & conducted by Ms. Arpana Walters, Vice President
Development, New Delhi during 30.09.2020 to -Design, Enamor, Bengaluru held on 20th - 22nd
01.10.2020 July 2020
• Mr. I Chakrapani, Associate Professor (FMS) • Ms. Prachi Bajaj, Asst Prof (KD) attended an
attended FDP on Data Science by NIT, Warangal online training programme on ‘Overview of
from 15.05.2021 to 24.05.2021. Lingerie Industry’;
• Mr. I Chakrapani attended AICTE – ATAL FDP on • Dr. Prithwiraj Mal, Associate Professor (TD)
Data Sciences by NIT, Durgapur from 31.05.2021 attended a webinar on REACH and MSDS
to 04.06.2021. conducted by TUV-SUD India on 12th May, 2020.
• Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao (FMS) attended a • Mr. Srikanth Gella, Associate Professor (TD)
Certificate Program from ATAL academy online attended the webinar series titled, ‘Catching the
FDP on ‘Design Thinking’ conducted by The ICFAI Design Virus: A New World by Design’ (May and
Foundation for Higher Education from January June 2020) conducted by experts Ms. Julia Raath
5-9, 2021. and Mr. Mark Madden.
• Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao attended Certificate
Program from ATAL academy online FDP on Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and
‘Blockchain Technologies’ conducted by IIT Ropar International Experts
from January 11-15, 2021.
• Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Raoattended a lecture • Noticeable Trends in Apparel Industry –
session by distinguished Prof. Wayne Brockbank Digital Sales, Tailored Approach and Hyper -
on ‘HR analytics’ organized by Indian Society for Personalisation by Mr. Anuj Jain, MD, Digital
Training & Development, Hyderabad Chapter on Experience, Business in Big 4 on 14th June 2020
May 8, 2021. • Online Cluster Awareness Workshop (Sankalp)
• Prof. Dr A Srinivasa Rao attended ‘E-Investment was held for 3 days as part academic requirement
Awareness Program’ by SEBI-IPEF held online for the batch of 2020 in their MFM III semester
from May 25-29, 2021. (During Nov 2020)
• Prof. Dr. A Srinivasa Rao attended a workshop on • Prof. Dr. Malini Divakala (FD) organised Pan India
‘statistical tools - EFA, CFA & CCA’ organized by Seminars on (i) “Future of Fashion In the Post
Kahan Technologies, held from September 26-27, Covid ERA” Speaker Mr Michael Kampe Creative

Director at Lee Jeans, Antwerp, (ii) “Sustainability on 17.10.2020.
as a Trend for Luxury Fashion” by Ms.Neha Celly • Ms. Saista Munauwar delivered an expert lecture
of brand NeCe Gene. for KD-Sem-V on topic “Concept of Athleisure
• A Workshop on “Coats Sustainable Solution” as an apparel category and Growth drivers on
was conducted by Madura Coats Pvt. Ltd. on 11th 04.09.2020 & 05.09.2020.
March 2021 for TD 5th semester students. • Mr. Vishant delivered an expert lecture on
• Mr. Suvodeep Mukherjee, Senior General “Industrial tech pack developments” on 16.04.2021
Manager, TUV-SUD India Pvt Ltd conducted an for KD Sem- VI.
expert lecture on “Circular Economy”, on 18th • Ms. Arpana Jathanna Walters delivered an expert
March 2021 for TD 6th semester students. lecture on Nuances of the specialized apparel
• Mr. Srikanth Gella had organised expert lecture category process of design and parameters
of Ms. Deepa Kiran in ‘story telling’ as part of the followed while developing designing for intimate
Design Process subject. apparels on 15.05.2021& 29.05.2021 for KD Sem-
• Mr. Partha Haldar, an alumnus of NIFT Delhi VI.
took a career counselling and motivation sessions • Ms. Vidya Vivek delivered an expert lecture on “T
for batch 2018-20 and during the orientation for R Pattern 3D Cutting Techniques (Corset Pattern
batch 2020-22. Development) on 26.04.2021 & Special inputs on
• Ms. Ashi Sharma (FC Alumnus) gave a talk on the Industrial Pateern Making for training sportswear
topic of Graphic Design/Emerging areas in Design on 10.05.2021 for KD Sem-VI.
on 13.8.2020 FC-III students. • Mr. Anand Singh delivered an expert lecture
• Ms. Shriya Balakrishnana (FC Alumnus) gave a on “Adobe Illustrator/Sketches/Tech Packs 360
talk on the topic of UI Design on 30.7.2020 for FC- Degree Design Process for a retail industry and
Vstudents. Range Building on 08.04.2021 for KD Sem-VI.
•Ms. Prachi Tank (FC Hyd 2014-2018), M.Des. (IDC
IIT Bombay 2018-20) currently working as a UX Major Industry Linkages
Designer at DE Shaw Hyderabad, gave a talk on
UX Design on 31.7.2020 for FC-Vstudents. • Offline/Online Campus Placement 2020: Up
• DFT, Hyderabad had organised Seminars on to 10 prominent companies visited/placed
(i) Personal Etiquette, by Mr. Dinesh Menon, students during Online campus placement 2020,
Head, HR, Signode Industry Ltd. on 13th June viz., Myntra, House of NAMA, Deloitte US,
2020, (ii) Noticeable Trends in Apparel Industry Tommy Hilfiger as Virtual Merchandiser, Amazon-
– Digital Sales, Tailored Approach and Hyper- Catalogue specialist, Komal Tex Fab, PMJ Jewels,
Personalisation by Mr. Anuj Jain, MD, Digital Bewakoof brand pvt Ltd, Kalanjali, Batra Group
Experience, Business in Big 4 on 14th June 2020.
(iii) Building Emotional Intelligence by Ms. Hrishika • Industry interactionwas in terms of students
Awasthi, Personality Counsellor and Founder at attended the Internship and GP in online / hybrid
Emodite on 15th June 2020 mode and also through the expert sessions done
• DFT, Hyderabad had organised a Seminar titled in online mode
“Crafting Career through Academic Research for
Industry 4.0” on 24th June 2020 by Dr. Tarun Kumar The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
Agrawal, Alumnus, DFT Hyderabad, Postdoctoral Activities
Researcher, Department of Sustainable Production
Development, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, • NIFT Hyderabad campus pro-actively involved
Sweden. and under taking major initiative for better
• DFT, Hyderabad had organised a Seminar/ sustainable practices viz. Solar Energy for hot
Industry Interaction titled “Various Avenues to water system, Conversion of Conventional lighting
Explore as a DFT Student” on 17th October 2020 to LED, Rain water harvesting, Vermi-culture
by Mr. Rohit Kant Prasad, Alumnus, DFT, NIFT, practices, Solar Fencing etc. Recycling activities
Hyderabad presently associated with ABFRL as have been implemented by constructing compost
Group Manager, Retail for Peter England. pits and other machinery.
• Ms. Vaishnavi Srivastav delivered expert lecture • Campus Decoration, Improvisation of campus
on ‘An introduction about Performance sportswear with enhanced mobility facilities for the Physically
Development of an active wear range, keeping in challenged/users of wheelchairs through
mind the issues of comfort, fit and Kinesiology’ on ramps and railings throughout the campus,
03.09.2020 & 05.09.2020 for KD Sem-VII. Canteen Renovation, Disposal of scrap & waste,
• Ms. Richa Gautam delivered an expert lecture Procurement of Machinery.
for KD-V on topic “The importance of fabrics, • Periodical Fire Safety drills through Fire Service
accessories, surface treatment etc. as necessary Departments for bringing awareness among
co-requisites to design in different sports category working and service personal.

• For better physical health and fitness NIFT
Hyderabad has provided activities like outdoor
sports, indoor games and professional advisors
through a Medical Expert, practicing yoga and
exercises (Gym). Tie up with many super specialty/
multi-specialty hospitals in the city to provide top
class treatment facilities on credit basis for faculty,
officers, staff and students has enhanced the
physical and mental health.
• Mental health improvement for students through
organizing cultural events, group discussions,
outdoor activities. Organizing visits of Psychology
Counsellor is bringing enhanced scope and
confidence particularly among students for their
better mental health and career.
• Keeping the entire campus clean and tidy
through cleaning mechanism by outsourcing the
services to a professional agency. Intensified
quality of services is achieved by close monitoring
for quality and quantity, maintaining detailed log
books duly supervised and attested by officers
of all departments at their area has an impact on
quality.

JODHPUR
NIFT Jodhpur was set up in the year 2010 within the mess premises is well taken care of to
operating from its temporary campus at Sojati make sure the students have a healthy environment
Gate and shifted to permanent campus at karwar to have their meals.
in 2015. NIFT Jodhpur has fully residential green
campus spread over 20 acres. Canteen: The canteen is situated within the college
NIFT Jodhpur offers four-year Bachelor and two- campus. It is open for all and there is a proper
year Master programme in the area of Technology seating arrangement for students, faculty and
and Management since 2010. Bachelor of staff. Various kinds of snacks, soft drinks, meals
Fashion Technology (BFT) and Masters in Fashion are available at economical rates.
Management (MFM).
Open Air Theater: The open air theatre is meant
Bachelor of Design – B.Des. (Following courses for organizing Cultural Programs, Fashion shows,
have commenced from Academic Year 2016-17) Youth Festivals, and other programs in which
1. Fashion Design (FD) group gathering may be required. It is used by
2. Accessory Design (AD) the institute to meet their requirements for their
3. Textile Design (TD) functions.
4. Fashion Communication FC)
Music Room: It has an excellent art and sculpture
Significant landmarks and achievements which fosters the artistic talents of the Student.
The music department equipped with various
• Organized online International Conference on musical instruments helps to discover the talents
Advances in Textile, Fashion & Crafts [ATFC-2021] for music among the students.
from 22-24 March 2021.
• More than 200 papers were received from Hostels: Separate hostel facilities are provided
institutions and universities across the world. for Boys and Girls in the college campus. It has
• Training to various artisans/migrant workers. adequate high security and good discipline.
• Coveralls developed for sanitisation workers
• Tailors trained for making PPE Kits. Residential Quarters: Residential campus is
made up of Director's Bungalow and separate
Infrastructure and Facilities Quarters have been developed for faculties and
Non-teaching staffs equipped with all modern
Mess: Mess serves nutritious food throughout amenities.
the year to students. Hygiene and cleanliness

Guest Room: The campus has a well furnished and students to pay fees, hostel charges, mess bill,
Guest House in addition to the participant’s hostel, university fees etc.
guests and delegates who visit the campus visiting
scholars Guest house. Bank washroom: A newly bank washroom has
been contracted in bank premises.
Conference Room: Conference Room support for
the important meetings, conferences, seminars and Badminton Court: NIFT Jodhpur provides well
presentations are available in a much secured and maintained cemented court, well furnished with
technologically advance environment. The entire polished flooring courts. Badminton racquets and
facility is fully air-conditioned with a dedicated shuttles are available to the students throughout
power back-up. day and night.
Medical/ Primary Health Center and Psychiatrist Volleyball Ground: well-maintained court,
Counselor: A medical practitioner and Psychiatrist equipped with lights present on campus which is
Counselor are available at the institute round open 24x7.
the clock to provide medical care and advice to
students, staff and faculty. Football Ground: A football field, sufficient
floodlights to enable playing in the dark, football
Auditorium: Auditorium is a place to conduct studs are provided on demand for non-football
events and meetings of the institute the auditorium playing students too.
is quite spacious, and it can seat hundreds of
students. The dais is big enough for several Basket Ball Court: NIFT Jodhpur also has one
guests, and it is suitable for projecting the videos Basketball court with lighting facilities to enable
or slideshows too. We have provided centralized night time practice.
air condition for the comfort of the occupants. Our
auditorium has made many events successful. Table Tennis: The Table Tennis hall is well equipped
with is fully air conditioned.
Transportation Facility: The Institute has bus facility
to its students. Public transport buses facility also Carrom: Carrom is a "strike and pocket" table
in front of the campus. game. Currently carom is available for Play and
Enjoy!
Stationery Shop: To facilitate student needs, the
Institute has an in house stationery store. The Green Shed Sun Protection Path Way: To protect
student friendly store meets customized needs skin from direct sunlight and ultraviolet radiation
of the various courses. The stationery also offers (UVR) from the sun in summer.
photocopying and printing facilities for students.
RO Plant: The entire college campus is facilitated Aluminum portion: Aluminum partition work to
with pure Reverse Osmosis (RO) drinking water facilitate faculties.
with water coolers in every block to cater to the
need of pure and safe drinking water to all. CCTV Camera: The Institute has installed Closed
Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) for the safety
Amul Parlor: The Amul serves ice creams, milk of staff, students and visitors and the protection
shakes, chocolates and many other dairy products. of property and buildings. This requires areas of
Nescafe Coffee Parlor: The outlet offers a variety the college to be under 24 hour recorded CCTV
of hot and cold beverages like cold coffee, cold surveillance.
coco and iced tea.
Power Backup: Power back up is provided by 03
Gym: With special emphasis on fitness and a nos. of DGSET generators (125 KVA) which are
healthy lifestyle, NIFT Jodhpur is well-equipped maintained under AMC of a reputed concern.
with a gym remodeled with a good selection of
free weights and machines, for a full and complete Electric supply system: A network of electrical
body workout. It is open for all the students, staff components deployed such as various size
and faculty of NIFT Jodhpur. distribution panel, replacement of faulty cables,
feeder pillars for efficient power system.
Bank: In campus banking facility is provided by
Union bank of India. It is fully computerized and Wifi Campus: The campus has a seamless Wifi
has a facility of ATM. It caters to the students, network which allows the students to connect to
Faculty and Staff. The bank takes care of all the net anytime, anywhere.
college transaction. It provides facility for parents

Fire & Safety: Fire Extinguishers are installed This project commenced in November 2017 and
at various locations of the campus and all completed in March 2021. Total received amount
extinguishers are working efficiently. A periodic Rs. 72,91,000/-. NIFT Jodhpur has completed 17
mock drill also conducted on fire safety and fire skill development workshop and Four Capacity
fighting awareness. Building seminar under the scheme.
Sanitary Napkins Machines: Sanitary Napkins UJAS (Skill Improvement Training (Traditional
Dispenser machines and disposal machines Embroidery and Applique) for Pakistani migrant’s
installed in various locations of girls wash rooms. women artisans of UJAS organization): -
Classroom in resource centre: A new classroom This Project aims to provide the required
has been constructed in resource centre. knowledge and practice for developing/enhancing
the traditional embroidery and applique skills
Paver block tiles: A interlocking paver block tile besides improving the relevant soft and elementary
path way contracted near boys hostel. design skills for Pakistani migrant women artisans
of the UJAS organization. The training is designed
Underground water tank: In spite of existing 1 lakh for traditional applique and embroidery artisans
litre overhead water tank and 1.5 litre underground under the UJAS organization for a group size of
water tank an additional 5 Lakh litre underground 25 artisans in one training and a total of 6 pieces
water tank has been constructed for conserving of training (back to back) conducted to train 150
water. women.
Boudary wall: Existing boundary wall height This project commenced on 21 September 2020.
extension for safety purpose protection and The total value of the project is 9 lakhs and
barbed wire a particular height protection. NIFT Jodhpur has already completed three skill
development training.
Ramp: A ramp has been constructed in bank
premises and in front of admin building to facilitate New Proposals for Project sent to the following
handicapped/Divyang persons. department for Approval.
Skill development for Juveniles homes,
Vehicle Parking shed: Vehicle parking shed has Department of Child Empowerment, Govt. of
been constructed for parking of vehicles in well Rajasthan, Jodhpur.
organized manner. Department for Women Empowerment, Govt. of
Rajasthan: Skill improvement
DFT Department:- Department of Fashion • A classroom project was undertaken in the
Technology is continuously striving in building subject "Design Studio 3: Lifestyle Accessories
up the infrastructure. The Multi head embroidery Range" in coordination with the industry named
machine was successfully installed in the "Aeon Surfaces” in AD Dept.
department. The purchase of various Equipment • In RIC department a workshop was organized
for IoT and mechatronics lab is in process and for the final year of students NIFT Jodhpur. The
tender has been floated for the same. workshop was aimed to boost the morale of the
students, presentation skills, and personality
Major Projects grooming.
• Soft Skill workshop was organized on 18.12.2020
PDDIC Project (Product Design, Development for FC, AD, MFM & B.FT, TD & FD.
& Innovation Centre (PDDIC) under the Jodhpur
Mega Cluster scheme sponsored by the Office Major achievements in Student Competitions and
of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Awards
CHCDS.
• Dhruvik Bamniya FC-6: National winner from
The project aims to establish a Product Design India ( First position in children category) in "Global
Development and Innovation Centre in Jodhpur art contest -United Against Corona" held by Indian
to foster Research and development in design Council for Cultural Relations( ICCR- Ministry of
and promote product innovation in the cluster. External Affairs) on 20th June,2020.
The key objectives of the centre are Research & • Ms. Arushi Gugaliya, Chitran, FP, II Prize, Shaheed
Development, Design Intervention, and Awareness Bhagat Singh college, University of Delhi, 20-28
on latest trends, Technical Support, Design Bank & September, 2020.
Product Library. • Ms. Aaliya Khan, 8th Semester, TD, won the
Moda Biella Contest.

• Mr. Akash Saini, 6th Semester, TD, won the • Best Commercial GP Award: Ms. Shivangi Sahni
Mask Design Competition under the conventional & Ms. Kritika Dhawan
category organised by the “Khadiwala Designer”.
• Mr. Akash Saini, 6th Semester, TD, secured 2nd Cluster initiative – Activities, workshops and
position in “Protective Wear Design Challenge” impact
organized by VIT Fashion Institute of Technology,
Chennai. NIFT Jodhpur is involved with Iron, Bone & Horn,
• Mr. Akash Saini, 6th Semester, TD, secured 2nd Dabu Printing, Wood, Leather and Acrylic Bangles.
position in “Water Colour Painting Competition” Salawas, Punja Loom Durries, Pattu weaving, Kota
organized by Talent Hunt Contest. Doria saris, Jute durries/woollen durry, cotton
• Mr. Vaibhav Kathpadia of BFTech (2016-2020) durry, Danka embroidery, Sindhi embroidery, Tie
won the “NIFT Extraordinary Service Award” & Dye, Hand Block Printing, Stone Carving, Usta
amongst all the pass out batch of the Jodhpur Art in Bikaner, Yellow Stone Craving, Pokharan
campus. Pottery, Embroidery, Puppet Making, Painting,
• Mr. Vaibhav Kathpadia of BFTech (2016-2020) has Lac Bangles, Wood Carving, Leather Embroidery,
bagged the first position the “NIFT Meritorious Patch Work to name a few.
student award” amongst all the pass out batch of NIFT Jodhpur provided design interventions in Ari-
the Jodhpur campus Tari, Leather & Wooden). Mojari Clutser, Jodhpur
• Mr. Prashant Chaurasiya, FD (2017-2021) is & Pattu Weaving, Kadua Village) which belong to
Winner for the DESIGN CHALLENGE 20-21, TCNS the SC community and Pattu Weaving, Bhojasar
Design winner. village which belong to ST community.
• Mr. Vishal Tolambia, FD (2016-2020), Got selected In the academic year 2020-21 due to the onset of
for the Global Graduate Design Showcase 2020, COVID-19 pandemic the craft related activities
ART'S THREAD Competition. were conducted in online or hybrid mode.
• Ms. Roopal Bhatnagar's, FD (2016-2020) Design Management and design students intervened
Collection project entry was selected from NIFT the Hand Embroidery (Sindhi), Hand Embroidery
for ARTSTHREAD for NEXTGEN 2020. (Applique) Jodhpur, Dabu Block printing, Pipad,
• Prashant and Shrutika,FD lulu fashion week ‘20 Pattu weaving (Village (Karwa, Bojasar, Gomath,
finalist. Thath, tehsil, Pokran, Jaisalmer)), Block Printing-
Pipad, Danka Embroidery- Udaipur, Embroidery
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events Pugal Bikaner, Dabu block printing Akola, Ari-Tari,
Terracotta craft cluster, Sandal wood carving craft
• NIFT Jodhpur offers a four-year Bachelor program cluster- Churu, Yellow stone carving- Jaisalmer,
in the area of Design & Technology and two-year Usta art cluster- churu, Puppet, Applique, Leather,
Master program in the area of Management. The Tie & Dye, Lac, Iron & White Metal from Jodhpur
Ninth batch of the MFM and the Seventh batch under the “Craft Research and Documentation”
of the BFT have graduated till now. Further, the and “Craft Based Product Development” activity.
Ninth batch of MFM and the Seventh batch of Artisan Awareness workshop was also conducted
the UG including the first batch of design had 188 by the Design departments.
students who have passed in 2020. • Students performed their cluster activities in
• Masters in Fashion Management students (Batch the Leather Handicraft Cluster, Jodhpur and Lac
2019-21), have completed their graduation project Bangles Cluster by Dr. Shikha Gupta, Iron & White
like Aditya Birla, Monte Carlo, Koovs, Catwalk, Metal, Jodhpur, Wood Cluster, Jodhpur by Dr.
Northmist, Juniper, Qalara, Umiya Fabrics and Ruchika Dawar, Horn & Bone Handicraft, Jodhpur,
other export houses and industries of repute. Dabu Printing, Pipar, Jodhpur by Ms. Sindhu
• Fashion Communication students have completed Kumari.
their graduation project in The UnCopy Studio, • Expert sessions conducted for Craft Cluster
Aroka, McCANN, Turquoise Living, Jovi fashion, Documentation on 30th March 2020 for MFM II
Crust, KOSH India, Shemaroo, Go Studios, Ayesha Sem by Prof. (Dr.) Inderpal Rai, Rettd. Professor,
Amin Nigam, StyleSkool, Pathritech, Aroka, D’fine JAN University and Dr. Chandrakant Sharma.
Arts Pvt. Ltd., KAZO Fashion, InterviewBit, Ferns Owner, Vaishali Fashions.
N Petals and other industries of repute. • Online SPG Workshop for artisans under the
subject “Special Product Group” to market and
Department of Fashion Technology in the batch sale their products on Social Media platform from
of 2016-2020, the below students have won the 12 to 13 October 2020.
awards in the mentioned categories • Department of Fashion Technology has
• Best Graduation Project Award: Mr. Shivansh conducted the craft study on Aari tari, horn &
Pant bone, Dari Cluster & Mojari craft.
• Best Innovative GP Award: Mr. Shivansh Pant • Online Craft Research and Documentation for

Semester 5th was conducted in the month of Nov. Fashion & Crafts [ATFC-2021] from 22-24 March
2020 from Pattu Weaving clusters, Sindhi, Dabu 2021.
Block print, Applique craft -
Online Artisan Awareness Workshop for artisans Faculty development
was conducted in collaboration with other
departments from 3/5/2021 to 5/5/2021. • Dr. Chet Ram Meena, nominated as an Editorial
Board Member for Journal of Textile Association
PhD Pursuing and Completed (JTA) dated on 14th December 2020.
• Dr. Janmay Singh Hada, TD, awarded PhD on Brief note on Seminars and Workshops by Alumni,
September 24, 2020, on a topic entitled “Capacity Industry and International Experts
building of Kota Doria Handloom through design
Intervention” in Textile Designing. • Expert Session by Dr. Madan Lal Meena, Dr. Gargi,
• Yuvraj Garg, Associate Professor, completed Dr. Vijaya Deshmukh, Mr. Sandeep Ramadamu, Mr.
PhD in 2020 Heman Kumar, Mr. Mayank Bisht, Mr. Amit Karsani
etc.
Publications and Paper Presentations
Major Industry Linkages
• Dr. Manoj Tiwari- “Lean tools in Apparel
Manufacturing” (jointly with Prof. Prabir Jana, NIFT • Fashion Design 8 semester (Batch 2017-21)
Delhi) edited, published by Elsevier Publishing students undergoing 16 week Graduation Project
Ltd. UK under “The Textile Institute Book Series” in various companies from Jan 2021 to April 2021
(ISBN: 9780128194263, January 2021). like Salt & Spring, Jovi India, Bodice Bodice, Essay,
• Dr. Manoj Tiwari- “Validation and Reliability Amita Gupta ustainable, Tailleur, Ma’am Arts,
of Sizestream 3D Scanner for human body Kenelle, Matrix Clothing, Myntra, Triburg, Fashion
measurement” (jointly with Prof. Noopur Anand, Panda, Karnam, Ritu Kumar, Bohame, Almost God,
NIFT Delhi) published in Functional Textiles and Place the Dot, Khanijo, Leh Studio, Pankaj & Nidhi.
Clothing. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore • AD students under GP in the renowned
Pte Ltd. (ISBN: 9780128194263, January 2021). organizations, such as Tyaani by Karan Johar,
• Dr. Janmay Singh Hada published a research Bhandari Exports, Karan & Aakriti, Naga Exports,
paper in International journal for modern trends in Usha Interiors, RBZ Jewelry etc.
science and technology (An AICTE Peer-reviewed
online research publishing Journal): New trends The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
in Non-woven wet wipes, September 2020, Activities
ISSN:2455-3778.
• Dr. Chet Ram Meena, Khyati Medh, Smart Textiles A Green Campus is a place where environmental
in Outdoor Sportswear, Asian Textile Journal (ATJ), friendly practices and education combine to
August-September 2020, pp45-52. promote sustainable and eco-friendly practices
• Dr. Akanksha Pareek published a paper titled in the campus. The green campus concept
“An attempt to review the Sujuni embroidery of offers an institution the opportunity to take the
Bihar” in International Journal of Home Science, lead in redefining its environmental culture and
2021,volume-7, issue-1, page 242-243. developing new paradigms by creating sustainable
• Dr. Sheetal Soni presented a Paper as Co-author solutions to environmental, social and economic
in International E-Conference “ Economic Crisis & needs of the mankind.
Fraud Management” Organized by Sardar Patel
University of Police, Security & Criminal Justice, In this regard the following are the initiatives which
Jodhpur on 27-28th Oct 2020. have been taken to make the campus eco-friendly:
• Usha Yadav, published research paper titled, Waste water management through 200 KLD
“MPP-MLO: Multilevel Parallel Partitioning for Sewage treatment plant: The campus is being
Efficiently Matching Large Ontologies” in Journal of provided with a well laid out drainage and sewerage
Scientific & Industrial Research, CSIR-NISCAIR,Vol. network. A centralized sewerage treatment facility
80, March 2021, pp. 221-229 indexed with SCI is used for irrigation and maintenance of green
(Science Citation Index) and Elsevier(SCOPUS). cover.
• Dr. Madan Lal Regar published a paper in Tekstilec
(Scopus JIndex) on Effect of Solvent Treatment on 370 Kw Solar power generation plant: Solar
Siro and Ring Spun TFO Polyester Yarn, 64(1) 2021 energy is an infinite source of energy which is
48-55. also a clean energy. Using solar energy for power
• Most of the faculty members attended Online generation will reduce the use of fossil fuels and it
International Conference on Advances in Textile, also produce pollution free and provide lower cost

electricity than power grid.
Complete ban on polythenes at campus: As per

the directive from the government to completely
ban single-use plastics NIFT Jodhpur has totally
banished polythenes from the campus, and also
advising to say no to plastic outside college as
well.
Use of more LEDs than traditional incandescent

lights: conversion of conventional lighting to
LEDs. LEDs are the latest and most fascinating
technological advancement in the lighting industry.
LEDs are small, solid light bulbs that are powerful,
energy-efficient, and long-lasting.
Fountain is installed in front of administrative

block.
Landscaping and gardening in entire campus and
campus is surrounded with different plants and
Trees: Meaningful paintings are drawn in academic
block, Administrative block, canteen, mess and
other area of campus.
Periodic repair/maintenance works are carried out.

KANGRA
Major Projects In the year 2020-21, Kangra campus has set a

landmark by getting projects worth Rs Ten million.
• NIFT Kangra is working on the Development of Major achievements in Student Competitions and
conservation based handi - craft and handloom Awards
initiatives in the Lahaul-Pangi land scape under • Shivam Bhandari B F Tech VII acted as chairperson
UNDP SECURE Himalaya project. (Sr. Judge and Moderator) UN Environment
• NIFT Kangra is working on Chambayal project Programme, National Social Summit MUN 2020 at
aimed towards revival of chamba craft and IIT Roorkee. (Feb 2020)
establishment of Craft village Chamba. • Shivam Bhandari B F Tech VII acted as Chairperson
• NIFT Kangra worked on 'Short Term skill (Sr. Judge and Moderator) UN Office of Drugs and
development Course for Instructor/Trainers of Crime, Inceed MUN 2020. (Aug 2020)
Apparel Sector’ from 4 January to 9th January • Shivam Bhandari B F Tech VII acted as Chairperson
2021. (Sr. Judge and Moderator) UN Office of Drugs and
• NIFT Kangra successfully completed the project Crime, Birla MUN 2020 organized by Birla Vidhya
with IAS academy, Mussoorie (LBSNAA) for their Niketan New Delhi. (Aug 2020)
embroidered logo and canvas tote bags. • Aayushi, design stream student from Kangra
• NIFT Kangra FD (Batch-18-21) worked on W live participated in an online competition "THE
online project 2020 PERIOD ART WAVE" organised by an NGO named
• SCVB Govt College Palampur district wall "KADAM - A Step Forward" throughout India
painting on the occasion of 50th Statehood of (April 10, 2020 to April 30,2020). The student took
Himachal Pradesh Govt College Palampur district part under the category of illustrations/doodles
Wall painting on the occasion of 50th Statehood of on the topic “Eco-friendly alternatives to sanitary
Himachal Pradesh. pads" and stood third position all over India.
• NIFT Kangra worked on the Hamirpur district • Aayushi, design stream student from Kangra
Wall painting on the occasion of 50th Statehood participated in an online competition "Black
of Himachal Pradesh. Lives Matter Design Challenge" organised by
• NIFT Kangra worked on the Swatch Bharat – an e-commerce website named "Printshop by
Apna – Kangra. Designhill" on June 30 2020. The student too part
• NIFT Kangra is working on the Integrated Design under the category of digital prints and held a
& Technical Development Project (IDDP), Pine position of runner up and received a e-certificate
Needle, Nurpur. & a voucher of 50$ of Printshop by Designhill
• NIFT Kangra is working on the Design & (e-commerce site).
Technology Development Work - shop (DDW), Pine • Foundation Programme students worked on
Needle & Bamboo Craft, Shahpur & Palampur. the government project where they worked with

the designs of wall paintings that were executed November 2019.
all over Kangra District to celebrate the 50th • Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories Department
Statehood of Himachal Pradesh. conducted cluster visits for Pine Needle-
• Ms. Harshita Dhiman, FD, sem -VII, was the winner Shahpur,HP; Bamboo Craft, Una, HP; Leather
of W Live project. 23 students of FD Dept (Batch Craft, Mandi,HP; Kinnaur Jewellery, HP; Chamba
18-21), were awarded certificates for participation Region - Rumaal, Leather, Metal Work, Painting
in W live project 2020. crafts.
• Webinar on ‘Building a brand on social media’ • Fashion Communication Department conducted
was organized with Akshay Gurani as the speaker cluster visits at Chamba crafts focused on tourism,
on 02nd August 2020 Chamba; Mohra Metal, Kullu; Kinnaur crafts
• On the occasion of Independence day, events focused on travelling, Kinnaur; Kullu metal craft,
like Tree Plantation, Mehndi Competition, Poster Mandi.
Making Competition and Rangoli Making were • Fashion Design Department conducted cluster
organized. visits at Weaving in Palampur and Kangra; Kullu
• Handloom day was celebrated on 7th August shawl weaving; Chakla weaving, horse hair jewelry.
2020, all Students and faculty members came online • Textile Design Department conducted cluster
to meet in Khadi Clothes to celebrate Handloom visits at Phulkari Embroidery, Patiala, Punjab;
Day, Spinning and weaving Demonstration were Weaving in Palampur, Kangra.
followed by interactive session on Handloom • Bachelor of Fashion Technology conducted
between faculty and Staff. cluster visits at Chamba Rumal, Chamba, HP.
• Online Fashion show was organized in the month • Students across al departments are working
of September where students of NIFT Kangra from on various craft based projects like Design
different departments uploaded their ramp walk Intervention of Pine Needle Craft by fusion with
videos on official cultural club Instagram page. Clay, Design Intervention in Mooj Grass Craft of
• Poster making competition was held on the Meerut, Development of Fashion Accessories
occasion of ‘Gandhi Jayanti’ as on 02nd October using Pine Needle, Design Intervention of Metal
2020. Craft of Chamba, Durrie Weaving Craft of Panipat,
• Cultural Club organized Face Painting competition Develop Lamp Shades & Utility Product by Fusion
for the first - and second - year students in the of Pine Needle with other material like Wood ,
month of October. Metal etc.
• Graphics and Photography club organized 3D
Modelling competition in the month of October PhD Pursuing and Completed
and November
• Literary club organized MEHFIL an online open • The centre has 04 Faculty members who have
mic on Poetry on 23rd May 2020. completed their PhD degrees - Dr. Shipra Sharma,
• ‘Self-mastery’ series, 7-week program to get the Dr. Paramita Sarkar, Dr. Brijesh Dhiman and Dr.
clarity, purpose & motivation in life, to enhance the Babita Bhandari.
student’s world view, to bring a sense of direction • Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi, Associate Professor is
and provide students with tools to deal with the pursuing PhD since 2018 in Strategic Management
new normal and to come closer to inner self. from IIFT Delhi.
• NIFT Kangra team organized Mascot Design • Mr. Aman K Nagpal, Assistant Professor is
Competition on International Day of Yoga 2021. pursuing PhD from GNA university in the field of
• ‘Atrangi’ College monthly magazine, initiative Information technology.
taken by SDAC committee. • Ms. Chavi Goel, Assistant Professor is pursuing
Phd from Bansthalli University in the field of crafts.
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events • Ms. Shruti Gupta, Assistant Professor, Textile
Design, NIFT-Kangra is pursuing PhD from Lady
Virtual Graduation show was showcased for FD Irwin College, Delhi University since January 2017
(Batch17-20) was conducted on 21st Nov, 2021. in the area of khadi.
• Mr. Pavittar Punit Singh, Mr. Saurabh Garg,
Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and Mr. Sandeep Sachan are also pursuing their PhD
Impact degrees.
• A work-shop on Design Intervention on crafts of Brief note on Publications and Paper Presentations
Lahaul & Pangi was organised as from 11th to 19th
March 2021. • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
• Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT- Kangra published paper on “A comparative study
Kangra working as a PIT in ‘Craft Repository on psychological impact of COVID-19 in Delhi and
Project’ for the Kangra campus since 15th Himachal Pradesh in “The International journal of

Indian Psychology” in volume 8 issue 3, July-Sep Kangra, Mr. Aman Nagpal and Dr Shipra Sharma
2020. completed Faculty Development Program through
• Mr. Ajeet Kumar, Assistant Professor presented online mode in the Seven day National Workshop
research paper on “The Creative Stretch”: on “Research Methodology” organised by Pillai
Hidden Potential Of Creative Process at ICMC College of Arts, Commerce and Science held from
2021 (International Communication Management 26th May, 2020 to 1st June, 2020.
Conference) at MICA, Ahmedabad • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT,
• Ms. Purnendu Sharma, Assistant Professor NIFT- Kangra attended “Envisaging Professional
published research paper on ‘Assessment of Opportunities in Apparel and Textile Design...Now
Preventive Actions to Control Coronavirus Disease and Beyond organised by Textile and Apparel
2019 Transmission Using Fuzzy Inference System’ Design, Institute of Fashion Technology, Faculty of
in International Journal of All Research Education Family and Community Sciences, MSU, Vadodara.
& Scientific Methods, (IJARESM)ISSN No: 2455- • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
6211. Kangra has attended online TOT on Creative
• Ms. Shruti Gupta, Asst Prof & CC –TD published Thinking Skills organized by NIFT, Delhi from 15-
research paper titled “Social Empowerment 17 July 2020
through Green Fashion in March 2021 in • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
“Proceedings of International Foundation of Kangra organized a Virtual Industry Visit to Arvind
Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) 2020 Annual Indigo art Museum with Mr. Vipul Mahadevia ,
Conference” ISSN 2694-5193 by Kent State Creative Art Director in FSA-3 for student of DFT
University. -3 Sem on 19 September 2020.
• Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor published • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT,
paper on ‘Training Needs Analysis for Indian Textile NIFT- Kangra attended 2 hours webinar – The
and Apparel Manufacturing Sector’ with Journal of comprehensive guide on how to write Literature
Textile and Apparel Technology, and Management, review for your Ph. D thesis on 27 March 2021
Vol 12, Issue 1, 2021; Wilson College of Textiles, conducted by Research Graduate, consulting
NC State University, North Carolina, USA. company.
• Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor published • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
paper on ‘Circular Economy in Indian Textile and Kangra attended FDP on Research Methodology:
Apparel industry’ in Zenith International Journal Design and Technology organized by Banasthali
of Business Economics and management research, institute of Design from 2 -6 June 2021 under the
ISSN 2249 Impact Factor: 7.07, Mar 2021. scheme of ATAL.
• Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor published • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
paper on ‘Training and Development as a strategic Kangra worked as a Guest Associate Editor for the
function’ in International Journal of Scientific Special Edition Issue of ESSENCE - International
Research and Engineering Development Vol 4, Journal for Environmental Rehabilitation and
issue1, ISSN 2581-7175 http://www.ijsred.com/ Conservation. june 7, for october issue 2020.
jan-feb-2021.html. • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
• Dr. Shipra Sharma, Associate Professor published Kangra organized webinar for Sixth Handlooms
paper on ‘Role of communication in apparel Day on 7 August 2020 on Problems and Prospects
manufacturing units’ in the book titled ‘Envisioning of handloom weavers of Himachal Pradesh in
Effective Management Communication’ ISBN collaboration with EPCH, National awardee and
978=81-7975-997-4 no with Anamika Publications, artisans of Himachal Pradesh.
Delhi (First edition, Jun 2020). • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
Kangra organized online Symposium on Khadi-
Faculty development and other Faculty initiatives The new Vision of India (Atmanirbhar Bharat) on
2 October 2020, Friday at 11.00am-01.00 pm.
• Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi, Associate Professor has • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
conducted FDP at NIT Jalandhar online mode. Kangra organized and hosted online webinar
• Ms. Apla Srivastava, Associate Professor on Craft Centric Education: A call of “Vocal for
conducted an FDP programme for NIT Jalandhar Local”-series3 on 24 December 2020 from 03.00
on Elements of Apparel Design and Trend pm-05.00 pm.
Forecasting on 1st February 2021. • Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT-
• Mr. Niraj kumar Jaiswal, Assistant professor has Kangra contributed two sessions of training for
conducted FDP at NIT Jalandhar online mode. Govt. ITI has been requested by DTE Himachal
• Mr. Kamljeet Singh, Assistant Professor Two week Pradesh on Different types of Fabric paintings
faculty development program on Entrepreneurship and tie and Dye techniques and stain removal
at NIFTEM. techniques which is from 4- 10 January 2021 at
• Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT- NIFT kangra campus.

• Ms. Chavi Goyal, Assistant Professor, DFT, NIFT- Heritage, conducted on 14th December 2020.
Kangra hosted Second session of FDP on Research • Webinar on Craft Centric Education: A call for
Methodology: Design and Technology on “How to ‘vocal for local’- 3 different sessions in December
start a research and write a thesis” organized by 2020
Banasthali institute of Design from 2 - 6 June 2021 • Webinar on Building a brand on Social Media by
under the scheme of ATAL. Mr. Akshay Gurnani, August 2020
• Ms. Purnendu Sharma, Assistant Professor • Webinar on how to stop Procrastination? - Jan-
attended the ToT on Self and Society held from June session- May, 2021.
13-14th July 2020. • Expert lecture was organized for FP Tech students
• Ms. Maulshree, Assistant Professor participated for the subject Fabric Science & Apparel – I by
in the System Dynamics Hackathon on “Bergen Mr. Rahul Kumar Garg, Senior Industry Expert on
Fossil Free 2030” held by the System Dynamics Knitted Fabrics.
Society on 25-27th June 2020. • Organized virtual tour of workshop of Mr. Dhani
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar, has written a e-book titled- Ram, Renowned artist of Kangra Painting.
The Journey of the crow, for Amazon Publication, • Organized a talk with Prof. Yunus Khimani, an
to be published in June 2021. Artist and former Director of City Palace Museum,
• Mr. Vinod Kumar, Asst. Prof. & CC (FD) have Jaipur.
attended for Online ToT on the topic ‘Pedagogical • Organized various lecture series for all the FP
approach to Fashion Design education’ under the Design on various topics, including craft-based
topics, “Apparel Development” on 22th- 24th July initiatives so as to inculcate the essence and value
2020. of craft-based practices in the young and fresh
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar Asst. Prof. & CC (FD) have partakers minds of the students of Design. The
attended the TOTs on ‘Pedagogical approach speakers invited were educationists, pall bearers
to Fashion Design education’ under the topics, and alumnus who are working and have a startup
“Apparel Development” on 22th - 24th July 2020 in this craft sector. Experts like Prof. (Dr.) S K
and ToT on Sustainability Craft and Fashion in July Panda, Former Secretary, Ministry of Textiles; Ms.
2020. Bindoo Ranjan, Coordinator at NID, New Delhi;
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar, Asst. Prof. was part of the Prof. Vijay S. Katiyar, Principal Designer, NID;
organizing team for a 3 days webinar on the topic Mr. Neeraj K. Sinha, Cluster Lead – Odisha Tata
Craft of Dolls & Toys: A Cultural Heritage, NIFT, Trusts; Ms. Sriranjini Raghuram, Brand Manager
Kangra from 14th Dec to 16th Dec, 2020. – GoCoop; Mr. Somesh Singh, Co-Founder, Craft
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar, Asst. Prof. was the moderator Village; Dr. Toolika Gupta, Director, IICD; Dr.
for the webinar titled Khadi- The new vision of Reena Bhatia, Director, Institute of Leadership
India, organised by NIFT, Kangra on 2nd October, & Governance, M S University; Prof. (Dr.) Charu
2020. S. Gupta, Culture & Museum Proffesional; Ms.
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar, Asst. Prof conducted ’Short Pooja Rawat, Handicraft Promotions Officer. O/o
term online faculty development program’, NIFT DC Handicrafts; Ms. Leena Das, Textile Designer
Kangra for a total of 14 faculties from ITI, Palampur. & Founder of Village Art; Ms. Megha Das, CEO
The course focuses on ‘overall development of a & Founder at Amounee Handlooms Ventures Pvt.
teacher’. She conducted sessions for 8 hours, Aug Ltd; Mr. Ashwani Sharma, Sr. Designer at UHHDC
2020. were a part of these lecture series.
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar, Asst. invited as Keynote • NIFT Kangra team organized webinar and talk
speaker for a webinar on Trainers capacity on the topic of Craft of Dolls & Toys: A Cultural
development, organized by ITI Joginder Nagar on Heritage. The Main speakers are Ms. Suhasini Paul
4th June, 2021. : Toy Designer, Ted x Speaker; Mr. Yogesh Shinde :
• Mr Sandeep Sachan , Associate Professor, Social Entrepreneur, Bamboo India.
F&LA organized a Webinar on “INTELLECTUAL • Dr. R Reshmi Munshi : Associate Professor, NIFT;
PROPERTY FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL GROWTH” Ms. Himani Thapa : Apparel, Textile Designer;
in Collaboration with CWEI, New Delhi on 25 Mr. Ajay Kumar Co-Founder & Director Etheral
August, 2020 Earthly Design.
• Mr. Avik Roy, Head of Innovation Centre,
Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and Raymonds delivered lecture on Men’s styling in
International Experts 2020.
• Industry Expert Lecture Session: Ms. Pooja
• A webinar on use of spiritualism, values and Rai, NIFT Kangra alumni and Bollywood Fashion
decision making in ethical dilemma by PEACE Stylist, conducted a session on styling in cinema,
Association by Divya Jyoti Sansthan on 31stJuly performing arts for the students of sem VI students
2020 for the subjects, 2021.
• Webinar on Crafts of Dolls & Toys: A cultural

Major Industry Linkages:
Placements 2020: A total of 149 students

graduated in the 2020. Among these students,
25 students (approx. 17%) opted for either higher
studies or wanted to start their own business while
32 students (approx. 42%) got pre-placement
offers or got placed through Campus Placements
or got their jobs through Off-Campus placements.
Also, 09 students have taken up project-based
engagements and involved with many projects
with multiple companies. Campus Placements are
still organized for both class of 2020 (those who
are not yet placed) and class of 2021 so the final
placement figures are still to be ascertained.
Industry & Alumni interactions: An Alumni Meet

was also organized on 28th February, 2020 to
connect the students with the Alumni of the
campus. More than 50 alumni joined the campus
for the Alumni Meet. All the alumni brought with
them diverse experiences which they shared with
the students and gave them valuable suggestions.
The Alumni who had come were very happy and
felt nostalgic after coming to NIFT Kangra. Some
were coming to Kangra after more than five years.
Alumni Meet – 2020 was a successful event which
was benefited both students as well Alumni.
The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus

Activities
• Dr. Paramita Sarkar was invited by UNDP to

conduct a video lecture on Sustainable Fashion.
The programme is conducted by UNDP in
association with National Museum of Natural
History, conducting a 10-day virtual Summer
Vacation Programme for school students from
classes 6 to 12.
• The objective of the programme is to sensitize
the young participants on key environmental
issues, enhancing awareness on India’s rich
biodiversity as well as the associated natural and
cultural heritage, and encourage them to become
active participants in conservation.
Infrastructure and Facilities
• Mr. Vinod Sharma, Assistant Professor proposed

the plan for new Design Studio at Kangra campus.
• The centre facilitated any services for the benefit
of the students namely – e-cycle service, opening
of café coffee day and a beauty parlour facility.

KANNUR
Significant landmarks/Major Achievements NIFT Kannur was ranked in the 11th position
among India’s Best Fashion Colleges in 2021 by
Kannur is a coastal city in the south Indian state, Outlook Survey.
Kerala. Kannur was long been a port and trade
centre and has had trade relations with several NIFT Kannur has been sanctioned Rs.13.85 Crore
civilizations including Greeks, Romans and Arabs. under EWS fund from Central Government for
Kannur district is established in the year 1957. infrastructure development of campus.
The significance of NIFT campus in Kannur is
justified by its historical importance in the field NIFT Kannur published “INSPIRA” the e-magazine”
of handloom trade. NIFT Kannur campus is 700 in 2020. The 2nd edition is out in July 2021. A
meters away from the National Highway and 16 km publication of upcoming Hindi magazine is also
North of Kannur Town situated in an industrial cum planned.
educational area. The campus is very picturesque
by its eco-friendly atmosphere and cultural Infrastructure and facilities
carvings on its nook and corners.
NIFT Campus have 9.63 acres of land in which
The campus is having 815 students in its rolls (186 the total built-up area is 3 lakh 20 thousand sq.ft.
boys and 629 girls) as on date. Kannur centre is (approx.). The land was earlier in the possession
offering 5 undergraduate programmes and 2 of KINFRA, now has been leased in the name of
postgraduate programmes. 222 students are Director NIFT Kannur. The campus have a 8 storied
graduating in the year 2020 (UG -159, PG-63). academic block, workshop building, 2 hostel blocks
(for Girl students), canteen building, gym, sewage
Due to the pandemic COVID protocol prevailing treatment plant, auditorium etc. Paperwork is
in the Country, the Orientation Programme in proceeding for faculty quarters. All Faculty rooms
NIFT, Kannur was organized in virtual mode. Since are provided with cabins. Annexe to Hostel block
the students are not attending the Orientation in is nearing completion. Basketball and Volleyball
person, a short video “Campus Walk” exploring courts are constructed.
the Campus facilities, infrastructure etc was the
main focus of the video. The student registration 8 elevators are functioning in the Academic Block
and introduction to the curriculum etc were done with all statutory approval & Licence.
through online sessions. Students have presented
their talents. Zumba/DJ sessions also were Fire fighting system is working efficiently. In the
conducted and it added icing on the cake. prevailing situation of Pandemic COVID 19 attack,

the campus and surroundings are sanitized. The • Facilitated study visits of other state departments
surfaces are cleaned and sprayed with disinfectants for knowledge exchange. Himachal Pradesh
to avoid infection. The campus is connected to the Technical Education Department Team visit
internet via 1 GBPS Rail net (NKN) and BSNL net. coordinated (Project cost – Rs. 2.15 lakh).
Campus is having wi-fi connectivity. As a measure
for energy conservation, all street light and other • IIT Palakkad, Convocation dress design (Project
lights were converted to LED and Solar power cost – Rs. 4.96 lakh).
water heater installed in hostel. Resource Centre
of Kannur Campus is having 6279 Nos of Books Major achievements in Student competitions and
115 Journals, 10 online database & 66 Magazines Awards
including addition in Hindi books. Reading Tables,
Computers with internet connectivity, resource • NIFT Kannur Alumni have successfully
materials swatches etc are available in the RC. established an ethnic handloom brand through
e-commerce platform. The brand is now selected
Short term programmes to a showroom brand of one of the international
shopping mall LULU.
Initiated Continuing Education (CE) Programme (4
Nos.) this year. • KD 4th semester students Ms. Aayushi Chawla
participated in intern in Animal Welfare Foundation.
Major Projects Graduation projects and Graduation events:
Government-funded Projects undertaken by NIFT Graduation Show was conducted for the batch
Kannur 2020 through Virtual mode. Graduation projects
were completed on time through Offline and
• Kerala Kudumbasree branded Kurtha design online mode in the various industries of India.
development & Marketing skill training program: Virtual graduation shows organised and show was
Training session for nominated Kudumbasree inaugurated by the Dean.
members for 5 days in Kannur district -Kerala
1.3.21 to 5.3.21 Project cost : Rs. 5,45,000R Craft Cluster Initiative – Activities, workshops and
impact
• VKC Footwear Corporate Training in Category
management online event (Jan 25-27-28-29 2021): Due to the pandemic, Craft Research
Project cost : Rs. 102000 Documentations were majorly based on secondary
data available. Zoom meetings and telephonic
• Kerala Kudumbasree Covid-20 Mask design interviews organized between artisans and
development & Marketing skill training program: students.
Training session for nominated Kudumbasree
members for 42 days in 14 districts -Kerala Dec • Ms. Mukthy Assistant Professor has taken
2020 to Jan 2021: Project cost : Rs. 1365000 students for industry visit to Mariam and Dinesh
Apparel at Kannur on 26th April 2020 for the subject
• Meitra Corporative styling project for Branding ‘Fashion Material & Production Management for
premium hospital uniform (Dec 2020- Feb. 2021) Merchandisers’
Project cost : Rs. 1005000
• Ms. Mukthy Assistant professor has take the
• Kerala Handloom Uniform Project (Project cost students for industry visit to Kerala state start
– 7.5 Lakh)– Valuation study on Handloom School up mission Incubator – MYZONE at Kannur on
Uniforms 5th April 2020 for the entrepreneur subjects
(Deepening specialisation and Core)
• SITTAR (Phase – II) (Project cost – 17 Lakh) –
Photography based state and national level camp • Craft Cluster Product Development – Students
for Higher secondary students(multi-phased from Sem-VII completed the craft prototype (paper
programme primary level conducted at NIFT concept) in an online mode during October and
Kannur Campus and second level conducted Nov 2020 under the handloom craft North Paravur
in coordination with IIT Hyderabad Design Cluster, Ernakulam and Kollayil BLC, Trivandrum
Department).
• Mr. Girish P T, Mr Sarath Kumar and Mr K
• Knowledge partner for Kerala Handloom Mohan each carried out a workshop of 2 hours
Branding project worth 3.7 Crore - Branding of for Sustainable Development & Co-Design for 3rd
Kerala handloom products. Sem students.

Oct 2020 Friday
• Mr. Harpreet Padam carried out a workshop of b. Jan June 2021- FPC men's wear- Mr. Dilip
4 hours for Sustainable Development & Co-Design Rathore - 19th March 2021
for 3rd Sem students c. Jan June 2021- Trends and Forecast- Intimate
wear- Mr. Praveen P.P- 14.05.2021
• Mr. Pankaj Maskara conducted lectures of Design
Innovation and Sustainable Development & Co- • Mr. Basob Majumdar conducted lecture of
Design for 3 hours each for 3rd Sem students Introduction to Industry Practices of 2 hours for
1st Sem students
• Mr. Naren Sridhar conducted a lecture of 3 hours • Mr. Pankaj Maskara conducted workshop of
for Design Research Proposal for 3rd Sem students Industry Guided Project of 18 hours for 1st Sem
• Mr. Prasanna Kumar R P conducted a lecture of students
3 hours for Sustainable Systems and Craft Studies
for 1st sem students • Ms. Neha Tadepalli conducted lectures on
Strategic Design of 2 hours for 1st Sem students
• Ms. Sruthi Maheshwari conducted a workshop • Mr. Pranav Gupta of Nutanix Design and ex
on Design Thinking & Methods of 14 hours for 1st NIFTian conducted a session on Crafting Portfolio
Sem students for 1st Sem students
• Mr. Basob Majumdar conducted lectures • Ms. Tanmaya Goswami conducted Soft Skill
Strategic Design Management of 6hours for 1st Development (Starting into Fashion Industry.
sem students Discover your Potential) for 3rd Sem students. She
spoke on the topic of ‘ How To Make The Most
• Mr. Prasanna, founding director of Desi -Retail Of Your Fashion GP Or Internship Opportunity In
store and Charaka cooperative society, was invited 2021?’
to interact with students (online mode). The
interaction has provided insights into the challenges • Mr. Ujjwal Anand spoke on Career Opportunities
faced today by the handloom sector in terms of in Design for 1st Sem students
production, design innovation, authenticity and
livelihood of artisans' onslaught of mass produced • Mr. Kaustav Guha spoke on Confluence Ideathon
lifestyle. Motivation was incepted in students to 2021 x Serendipity Arts Foundation as a step
take up challenges and find solutions in form of to assist prospective applicants and interested
system design, product diversification and design students from NIFT Kannur, video seminar to
innovation in the handloom and handicraft sectors. introduce them to the process of application and
address any queries or concerns that they may
• Mr. Nishant Sharma, Associate Professor have on 19/2/2021.
Organized an Interactive Expert Lecture NIFT
Alumni by Parvesh Khurana on PhD Pursuing and Completed
a. KD3, DESIGN PROCESS - 25.09.2020,
30.09.2020 MFM - Ms. Jaya Mathew (Thesis submitted)
b. KD5, PRINT DESIGN PROJECT - 29.09.2020, Ms. Mukthy (Pursuing)
03.10.2020
c. KD4, T&F- SPORTSWEAR - 20.04.2021 KD - Mr. R S Jayadeep, (Pursuing)
d. KD4, PRINCIPLES OF HAND FLAT KNITTING Mr Nishant Sharma, (Thesis submitted)
- 21.04.2021 & By Mridul Das
a. KD7, DP- PERFORMANCE SPORTSWEAR - FC - Ms. Gargee Bhattacharjee(Thesis Submitted)
10.10.2020 Mr Sujith KG (pursuing)
b. KD6, DP- SPORTSWEAR FOR TRAINING -
12.05.2021, 15.05.2021, 20.05.2021 DFT - Mr. Rajesh Kumar Jha (Pursuing)
• Mr. Chandramouli. N, Assistant Professor & TD - Dr. T. Vijayalakshmi (Completed)

CC-KD organized Interactive Expert Lecture on
Industry internship on19-12-2020 for KD 7th FD - Mr. Om Soorya (Completed)
semester, Ms. Shangrella Rajesh M K (Pursuing)
• Ms. Lalitha Lakshmi. S, Assistant Professor Publications and Paper Presentations

organized an expert lecture NIFT Alumini by Mr.
Dilip Rathore on • Dr. Puneet Sood, Director, participated and
a. July Dec 2020- FPC women's wear- - on 30th presented paper titled “Sustainable Practices

Among Fashion Entrepreneurs: Study among • Ms. Mukthy S (Assistant Professor), Paper
Kerala Fashion Start-ups” in International Publication : Effective Cross Cultural
Research Conference conducted by TKM Institute Communication for international Business :
of Management, Kerala on 17.10.2020 Shanlax, International Journal of Marketing,
ISSN(P) : 2321-4643, ISSN(E)- 2581-9402, Vol: 8,
• Dr. Puneet Sood, Director, Paper Presentation: Issue: 4, 1.04.2021, page : 24-33
Impact of COVID: Opportunities for social
entrepreneurship in functional fashion, • Ms. Jaya Mathew (Assistant Professor),
International Online Conference, Advances in Published an article in The Indian Journal of
Textile, Fashion and Crafts (ATFC-2021) : NIFT Industrial Relations titled “Social Entrepreneurship
Jodhpur India, 22nd to 24th March 2021. Orientation & Social Networks: Moderating Role
of Collectivism”. ABDC journal.
• Om Soorya, Asst. Professor has written two
academic papers and has published in U.G.C.- • Mr. Nihant Sharma Published 2 papers as follows:
CARE listed PEER reviewed international journal. a. Title : ‘Creating Professionals to meet the
1.”Appropriation of Indigenous Cultural challenges of Knitwear Industry: The Role of
Expressions: A Critical Reading of Modern and Fashion Education by means of Industry Relevant
Contemporary Indian Art” International Journal Learning’ Journal : International Journal of
of Central University of Kerala.ISSN 2321-8010, Research in Social Sciences (Vol. 11 Issue 03, March
2. 2.“‘Fashioning’Indigenous Cultural Expressions 2021, ISSN: 2249-2496).
in the Neo Liberal World” Malayalam Research b. Title: ‘Teaching AI in Knitwear Education, with
Journal U.G.C.-CARE listed ISSN-0974 1984. Vol. reference to the application of Artificial Neural
13 Issue 3 Sept.-Dec. 2020, p. 5045-5056 Networks (ANN)’ Journal : International Journal
of Physical and Social Science (Vol. 11 Issue 03,
• Shangrella Rajesh, Assistant Professor, Paper March 2021, ISSN: 2249-5894).
Publication: Influence of Social Media Marketing
Strategies in Niche Start up Models: A Consumer • Mr. Abhilash Balan P, Assistant Professor, Paper
Study on Fashion Brands : International Journal of titled ‘An Investigation of Handmade School
Textile and Fashion Technology (IJTFT), ISSN (P): Uniform and Sustainability a Kerala model from
2250–2378; ISSN (E): 2319–4510 Vol. 9, Issue 6, India’ been accepted by ICTCS 2020 - International
Dec 2019, 43–56 conference on Textiles and clothing Sustainability,
October 2020, New York USA.
• Shangrella Rajesh, Assistant Professor, Paper
Presentation: Fashion Business Model – Change • Ms. Gargee Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor,
from unconventional creations to sustainable Paper titled ‘Changing Trends in Dimasa Textiles
trends - Upcoming designers perspective: of Cachar District of Assam’ was published in
International Fashion Colloquia 2020, Jaipur India, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science,
26th-30th Jan 2020 Publisher Name: International Organization of
Scientific Research, Publication Date: 31-3-2020
• Shangrella Rajesh, Assistant Professor,
Publication: Rediscovery of handloom cluster with • Mr. Sujith K G, Assistant Professor, Proposed
reference to sustainability and empowerment. paper titled ‘The politics and Aesthetics of internet
International Research Journal on Advanced Memes in contemporary India’s is selected for a
Science Hub, 2020, Volume 2, Issue Special Issue fully funded international conference to be held in
ICSTM 12S, Pages 116-120 Geneva and conducted by the Graduate Institute
of Geneva, Switzerland
• Shangrella Rajesh, Assistant Professor, Paper
presentation: Ethical Factors influencing attitude Seminars and workshops by Alumni, Industry and
towards Fashion counterfeit products. ICSSC International Experts
-2020 : Alagappa University , Sponsored Under
Rusa phase 2.0 scheme- 22- Jan 2020. • NIFT Kannur hosted a webinar on “Revival of
Kannur Textiles” – Initiated talks with Rediff India
• Ms. Mukthy S (Assistant Professor), Paper for collaboration in research at NIFT Kannur.
Presentation: Impact of COVID: Opportunities
for social entrepreneurship in functional fashion, • Ms. Rajish K Ravindran, Assistant Professor
International Online Conference, Advances in participated in the following Webinars: Attended
Textile, Fashion and Crafts (ATFC-2021) : NIFT TOT online by Dr. Banhi Jha on Sustainability Craft
Jodhpur India, 22nd to 24th March 2021. and Fashion. This was conducted on 24th July
2020 By Pantone: Mythos: Embracing Positivity

Expressed Through Colour for Autumn/Winter on 17th June,2020 organised by vogue institute
21/22 on November 25, 2020 of art design. 4. In the Journey toward a Healthy
Mental and Emotional State organised by Christ
• Mr. Om Soorya, Asst. Professor, Participated in Institute of Management, Rajkot on 30 June 2020
the following Webinars: Attended TOT online by
Dr. Banhi Jha on Sustainability on 24th July 2020. • Mr. T Pugazhenthi, Assistant Professor, Mr. K
Kumaraguru, Assistant Professor, Ms. Divyaa.V,
• Shangrella Rajesh, Assistant Professor participated Assistant Professor & Ms.Jyothi Siv Anand,
in the following ToT and Webinars: Performance Assistant Professor attended the TOT titled
clothing. The TOT was conducted by Monika Gupta ‘Paradigm Shift : Innovative Methods & Tools to
over 5 days from 13th – 18th July 2020. Attended Teach Textile Design Online’ conducted by Ms.
Online ToT on the topic ‘Pedagogical approach Rupali Pandit and Ms. Richa Sharma from 20th to
to Fashion Design education’ under the topics, 22nd July 2020 through online mode.
“Apparel Development” by Prof. Dr. Vandana
Narang. Attended TOT on the topic “Value • Mr. T Pugazhenthi, Assistant Professor, Mr. K
addition of textiles for Fashion” by Prof. Dr. Malini Kumaraguru, Assistant and Ms. Jyothi Siv Anand,
Divakala from 22th- 24th July 2020. Attended Assistant Professor attend the TOT titled Digital
Webinar Insights on Global trends & opportunities Print Editing Techniques & Visual Research’ online
in Nonwovens & Technical Textiles Confirmation conducted by Prof Dr Kislaya Chowdhury from 1st
Mar 24, 2021 04:00 PM International Webinar to 6th June 2020.
on “Environmental Impacts of Textiles” from
10/11/2020 to 19/11/2020. Webinar on Impact • Ms. V. Divyaa Assistant professor attended the
of Global Medical Textiles Market post COVID-19 Webinar on “Textile, Craft, Clothing, Commerce
Wednesday, 10th, March, 2021. Attended National and more - Road Ahead” held on 8.11.2020 at
Development Programme on Capacity Building 4.30. which was organized by NIFT HO.
in Drafting proposals for research.5th - 11th Oct
2020 • Ms. V. Divyaa Assistant professor attended
International Webinar on Material Characterization
• Mr. Manuprasad, Asst. Professor, Participated in held on 2.3.2021 from 12 to 1 pm Which was
the following Webinars & ToT: “WHY UNIVERSAL Organized by Wollo University Ethiopia.
DESIGN?” By IIT Hyderabad design dept, 0n 3rd
Dec 2020. “National Education Policy 2020: The • Three days Calligraphy Workshop by veteran
Brighter Future of Education” by ASSOCHAM Calligrapher Mr. Narayana Bhattathiri was
National Council on Education on 3rd sept 2020. conducted for IIIrd Semester students in the
“Back to home: Local, Rural and Small Scale month of November 2020.
Start-ups” by NIFT Bhubaneswar on 15th June
2020. Attended TOT online by Dr. Banhi Jha on • Three days Paper Engineering workshop
Sustainability on 24th July 2020. conducted by Ms. Karthika Vijayan for the Vth
semester students in the month of October 2020.
• Mr. Chandramouli. N -Assistant Professor,
Ms. Lalitha Lakshmi. S - Assistant Professor • Three day Hair and make up workshop conducted
Attended 3 Day long ToT on Overview of Lingerie by Ms. Sherin Shibu for FC VI th semester students
Development from 20.07.2020 to 22.07.2020 by for the month of April 2021.
Ms. Arpana J Walters – Vice-President (Enamour)
Gokaldas Intimates Ltd. • Outbound design fundamental workshop was
conducted by Mr. Naveen Manomohanan and Mr.
• Mr. Chandramouli. N Assistant Professor Rahul Albert for the IVth semester students in the
attended Webinar on 1. Shima Shaki Machine in month of May 2020.
July 2020. 2. Attended webinar organised by
Opitex in July 2020. Major Industry Linkages
• Ms. Lalitha Lakshmi. S attended the following 1. Cannanore Spinning Mill, Kannur
Webinars, 1. Marketing Strategies to scale up the 2. Maryan Apparels, Kannur
Retail Business and Growth Hacks on 23rd May, 3. Hanveev Processing House, Kannur
2020 organised by vogue institute of art design. 2. 4. Intertek Testing Services, Tiruppur
Envisaging Professional Opportunities in Apparel 5. Spencer Dyeing, Tiruppur
and Textile Deign Now and Beyond on June,15 6. Unifront Processors, Perundurai
2020 organised by IFT. 3. Overview of Bangalore 7. NIFT-TEA College Knitwear Fashion, Tiruppur
Retail and Innovations in Consumer Experiences 8. Shri Vishnu Textiles, Palladam, Tamilnadu

9. Dinesh Textiles, Kanhirode Weavers 42. Ancestry, Delhi
cooperative society 43. Nool by hand, Tamil Nadu
10. Kerala state startup mission Incubator – 44. Mush fashions, Mumbai
MYZONE at Kannur 45. Kaiyare, Bengaluru
11. Future Lifestyle,
12. Arvind Ltd, Others: Different linkage at State Level
13. Max
14. Matrix Clothing, 1. Associated with Kerala Textile Export Association
15. Orient Craft, for revival of Kannur Textiles.
16. Shahi Export house, 2. Coordinated mentoring/association with IIHT &
17. Suditi Industries, various institutions for mutual cooperation
18. Aditya Birla -Pantaloons. 3. Director is an Executive Member of Kerala
19. Vaishai S, Mumbai, Development and Innovation Strategic Council
20. House of Primes, Bengaluru (K-Disc) under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Chief
21. Aravind Textiles Minister of Kerala, a state initiative to encourage
22. Lifestyle Bengaluru employment-oriented skill enhancing with advance
23. Nachiket Barve, Mumbai, technologies.
24. The Narration, Surat,
25. Salt studio, Ernakulam The sustainability aspects and Green campus
26. Rouka, Ernakulam activities
27. CHOLA- the label, Mumbai
28. PAVITRA DEOGARH, Deogarh, Rajasthan PCB appreciation award winning Sewage Treatment
29. JAYANTHI BALLAL, MYSURU Plant (STP) of 2 Lakh litre water treatment capacity
30. Good Earth is in place. Kannur Campus has facility of rain
31. Suee , Kannur water harvesting. Incinerator, recycling of plastic
32. Patch Over Patch, Surat waste by giving outside the Municipal Authorities
33. Priyanjoli, Chennai and STP waste is used as fertilizer. A vegetable
34. Grroom, Mumbai garden has been set up in the campus with the
35. Kapraaha, Jaipur guidance of Kerala Agriculture Department. For
36. Ziva, Ernakulam the agriculture purpose, we are utilizing the water
37. Studio24 and fertilizer from STP Plant in the campus. NIFT
38. Khara Kapas, Delhi Kannur campus was declared as an “A” grade
39. In Leather, Bengaluru Green office by the Anthoor Municipality under
40. Taneira, Bengaluru the “Green Protocol-Haritha Kerala Mission” of
41. JAJ International Pvt Ltd., Mumbai Govt. of Kerala.

KOLKATA
Infrastructure and Facilities
NIFT Kolkata Campus has executed RCC Cover over the Existing Main Gate; Construction of Temporary
sheds at old building; Construction of Porta cabin; procured Advance computerised Embroidery cum
sewing machine; Dress Forms; Steam Iron; Refrigerator; Digital Multimeter; Insulation Tester; Digital
Earth Resistance Meter; Maruti Ciaz Hybrid Sigma; Table Loom & Accessories; Laptops; Touch Less
Soap Dispenser; Fogging Machine for Sanitization; Touch Less Sanitizer. Construction of 3rd Floor at
New building has been taken up with CPWD. The Campus was functional as per Govt. guidelines of
Covid 19. The disinfection and sanitisation of Campus and Hostel were conducted in coordination with
Bidhannagar Municipal Cooperation.
Short Term/CE Programmes
SL. Name of the Course Duration Deptt. No. of Remarks

Students
1 Design in Boutique Apparel & One LD 12 Classes stalled owing to COVID
Accessory (DBAA) year
2 Clothing Production Technology One BFT 35 These courses are sponsored
(CPT) year
3 Fashion Knitwear & Production One KD 35 by WBMDFC. Interviews of
Technology (FKPT) year these courses were conduc-
4 Apparel Designing and Fashion One BFT 70 -ted. However due to COVID
Technology (ADFT) [Two Batches] year the classes are not yet comme-
nced and
5 Fashion Leather Accessories One BFT & 35 it is expected that the classes
Designing (FLAD) year LD will commence shortly.

Major Projects
Sl. Project Details Project Cost

(Rs.)
A) Projects Physically and Financially closed during FY 2020-2021 :-
a) Designing of the NJB - Calendar 2020 sponsored by National Jute Board, Govt. of India 20,000/-
B) New Projects execution initiated during FY 2020 - 2021 :-
A proposal for VM for the Sonali Showroom has been submitted to National Jute Board and response is
awaited for the same.
No other new project has been initiated owing to nationwide lockdown and other restrictions for COVID-19
C) Ongoing Projects during FY 2020-2021 :-
a) Chak Islampur Khadi Cluster under SFURTI Scheme sponsored by MSME, Govt. of India 12,50,000/-
b) Silk Khadi Cluster under SFURTI Scheme (Deoghar) sponsored by MSME, Govt. of India 7,83,500/-
c) Revival of Bengal Heritage Textiles (Balaposh) sponsored by Directorate of Textiles, 2,26,590/-
Handlooms, Spinning Mills, Silk Weaving and Handloom based Handicrafts Division, Govt.
of West Bengal
d) Revival of Bengal Heritage Textiles (Dhanakhali, Begampuri, Jamdani) sponsored by 7,64,414/-
Directorate of Textiles, Handlooms, Spinning Mills, Silk Weaving and Handloom based
Handicrafts Division, Govt. of West Bengal.
e) Organizing One integrated Design & Technical Development Project in Hand Embroidery 14,85,001/-
(Kantha) Craft at Barasat, 24 Parganas (North), Kolkata, West Bengal sponsored by Office
of DC(Handicrafts) Govt. of India
f) Organizing One Integrated Design & Technical Development Project in Leather Craft 14,85,001/-
at Sodepur, Panahiti Municipality, Barrackpore Sub Division, West Bengal sponsored by
Office of DC(Handicrafts) Govt. of India.
g) Designing of School Uniforms for boys and girls of schools in West Bengal sponsored by 2,47,800/-
Directorate of School Education, Government of West Bengal
D) HO-Projects
1. NIFT Kolkata has undertaken the Kantha Project under the HO Project - USTTAD.
2. NIFT Kolkata is part of The Repository - Textiles and Crafts (RTC)’ Project
3. The campus is a representing and a part of the ‘Size India’ Project
4. NIFT Kolkata is participating in the VISIONXT- TREND INSIGHT AND FORECASTING project
5. NIFT Kolkata is participating in the execution of HO Project – Establishment of DRC at Weaver Service
Centre, Kolkata
6. NIFT Kolkata has undertaken a New Project under USTTAD for Nagaland Textiles.
Major Achievement in Student Competitions and Awards
• Palak Pankhudi of AD (2016-20) made the Institute proud by winning 2nd Prize in “Quarantine Design
Contest (QDC) – 2020”. Sanjana Ramakrishnan of AD (2019-23) won second prize in Toy Design Challenge
at The India Toy Fair 2021.
• Tanmay Baral of FC (2017-21) participated in B&W stories 2.0 online competition. Chandrama Paul
of FC (2017-21) participated in Art Exhibit Repository and her work got selected to print the artworks
in their column. Rishika Shah of FC (2018-22) participated in Online photography contest held by
Insipid Board of Ideas (NGO), Kolkata and won 1st prize. Aditya Sharma of FC (2019-23) participated
in Poster making competition at NIFT Kolkata and won 1500 Rs. Cash prize. Sudrisha Kolay of FC
(2019-23) participated in Global Tiger Day competition by WWF India. Simran Jain of FC (2017-21)
participated in The Media Mogul event, Under 25 August and also participated in Bindass Befikre, The
National Poetry Competition 20. Tamalika Bhowmick of FC (2017-21) participated in the event called
#fashiontherapywithkomal (A Styling challenge) on Instagram (Online) and was featured as the top 10
winners among 6000 entries from all over the country.
• Manisha Sen of FD (2017-21) bagged first position at the global “Make Your Own Mask Challenge”
competition organized by Ritu Beri in 2020.
• Noyonika Mukherjee, Debanjan Sinha, Suravi Dey, Jhanvi Verma, Kavita Prashant Ujawane, Shreya

Samanta and Abhijit Sardar of LD (2017-21) under the Craft Cluster Initiatives by different
participated in different Fashion Shows - Alcheringa departments of NIFT, Kolkata. These are as follows:
the Annual Fest of IIT Guwahati and successfully
trained at India Story, Wedding Diary and Skoodo, • 7 No's cluster visits (online mode) conducted
the Footwear Brand Sales and Promotions event under the scheme of Craft Research &
in Kolkata. Amy Shiju Varghese of LD (2018-22) Documentation. Students have visited different
shortlisted in first round for HFH Craft Design cluster West Bengal like in Phulia-Shantipur
Challenge – Sanjhi Product Lamp in 2020. handloom cluster; Kalna-Samudragarh-Dhatrigram
handloom cluster; Udaynarayanpur handloom
• Shrestha Mazumder of TD (2018-22) shortlisted cluster; Kantha Sunchi Craft Bolpur-Shantiniketan;
by Aditya Birla group for her works under Print Kantha Sunchi Craft Kaziapara-Ashoknagar-Guma,
Design Project (Home). Simran Behera of TD 24 Parganas (N); Patachitra Craft, Midnapore;
(2018-22) shortlisted under Liva Classroom Project. Leather Craft of Agarpara-Sodepur; Leather Craft
Suvasree Hazra of TD (2018-22) participated in of Garia-Sonarpur; Dokra Craft of Bikna, Bankura;
Textile Design Talents Solstudio Award 2021 and Wooden Craft of Nutuangram; Murshidabad
Institute of Home Economics – Inter College Handloom & Craft from all design programme
Competition 2021. Shilpa Barua of TD (2019-23) batches including Fashion & Life Style Accessories
shortlisted under Textile Design Talents Solstudio during 17.11.2020 to 30.11.2020. Total 534 artisans
Award 2021 and her designs were displayed approx. were engaged during Socio-economical
on their website. Rashi Kumari of TD (2018-22) virtual survey. Students were sensitized to the real
participated in Textile Upcycling Competition – essence of the regional craft and gain in-depth
UPYA 2020 and her entry was shortlisted. Tanisha insight about the craft followed by preparing a
Roy of TD (2018-22) participated in Textile Design report and final documentation.
Talents Solstudio Award 2021. Designs developed
by Liza Saloni, Shruti Kumari and Swati Singh of TD • 3 No's cluster visit (on virtual mode) in 8 different
(2017-21) under classroom project under Weave clusters were conducted under the scheme of
Design Project Home, were shortlisted by M/s Craft Based Design Projects from FD, F&LA and
Raj Overseas, Panipat. Saloni Jain of TD (2017- TD of UG design programme batches. Students
21) was a finalist in the Dorothy Waxman Textile have developed a prototype of the product with
Design Prize 2020. She participated in D’source the assistance of artisans/ weavers in the identified
Corona Design Challenge – Interaction Design. craft cluster.Student’s creativity and artisans skills
Her designs were shortlisted by M/s Shreya & techniques in traditional craft arebeing focused
Samanta Designs under classroom project under in a particular prototype/ garment through this
Weave Design Project, Apparel. She is also the scheme. Approximate 89 artisans were engaged
winner of Handmade in India - Cohort (by Makers for prototype/ product development.
& Markers) - a competition for the best output of
story & photo documentation of Indian crafts and • Artisans/ Weavers Awareness Programme: Total
handlooms. Avinash Kumar Mahato of TD (2017- 01 Awareness programmes (virtual mode) were
21)- his designs were shortlisted by M/s Shreya conducted by MFM departments at NIFT Kolkata.
Samanta Designs under classroom project under Weavers had participated from Udaynarayanpur
Weave Design Project, Apparel. Handloom Cluster (Handloom weaving), Total
12 weaversvirtually attended in Awareness
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events Workshopconducted byNIFT Kolkata Campus.
"Fashion Expositionem 2020", a Virtual Graduation • 623 weavers/ artisans were directly engaged
Show for the Class of 2020 of FC, FD, F&LA, KD, with craft cluster visit by the students.
LD, TD, F.Tech and FMS departments of NIFT
Kolkata was held on 24.09.2020 with the gracious • 306 students were directly engaged with
presence of Shri Shantmanu, IAS, Director General- different craft cluster activities.
NIFT as Chief Guest and Prof. Dr. Vandana Narang,
Dean – Academics, NIFT, as Guest of Honour. In • 22 Faculty Members & 16 Staff were engaged in
the year 2020, total 252 students were graduated different craft related activities during the period.
from NIFT Kolkata.
PhD pursuing and completed
Craft Cluster Initiative – Activities, Workshop and
Impact • PhD Pursuing – 1. Prof. Binwant Kaur, 2. Sh.
Bibekananda Banerjee, Assoc. Prof., 3. Sh. Partha
During the last year (April 2020-March 2021), Seal, Assoc. Prof., 4. Sh. Rahul Sethi, Assoc. Prof.,
following craft cluster activities were organised 5. Sh. Sabyasachi Sengupta, Assoc. Prof., 6. Sh.

D. Rajashekar, Assoc. Prof., 7. Ms. Bharti Moitra, [Agarwal, S., & Datta D. B. (2020)] was published in
Assoc. Prof., 8. Sh. Sandip Kr. Samanta, Assoc. JILTA, 68(6), 15-20.
Prof., 9. Ms. Jayati Mukherjee, Assoc. Prof., 10. • A paper on ‘Impact of the Leather Industry on
Md. Shahabuddin Ashrafi, Assoc. Prof., 11. Sh. Human and Environmental Health’ by Dr. Dibyendu
Sanjib Kr. Das, Assoc. Prof., 12. Mr. Pari Jayaraman, Bikash Datta, Assoc. Prof. [Datta D. B. (2020)] was
Assoc. Prof., 13. Sh. Montu Basak, Assoc. Prof., 14. published in JILTA, 68(2), 31-44. (Best paper Award
Ms. Nagma Sahi Ansari, Asst. Prof. 2020).
• A paper on ‘Technological Advancement in
• PhD Completed – 1. Dr. (Prof.) Monika Aggarwal, Garment Manufacturing’ by Mr. Bikas Agrawal,
Director, NIFT Kolkata 2. Dr. Reenit Singh, Prof. Assoc. Prof. (Dr. A.K. Shaw and Mr. Rahul Kar
co-authors for the chapter) was published in
Publications and Paper Presentations the Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation,
published by JPS Scientific publication, India
Paper Publications (ISBN: 978-81-947154-6-7) First Edition (2021).
• A paper on ‘Review of Union Fabrics’ by Prof. • A paper on ‘Role play in the context of the
Binwant Kaur (Joint publication with Dr. Prabir readymade garment (RMG) retail industry in
Kumar Choudhuri, Visva-Bharati University) was India w.r.t. sales management and negotiation
published in the Man Made Textile in India by skills’ by Dr. Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof. was
Sasmira Publication (ISSN: 03777537) in August, published in International Journal of Commerce
2020. and Management Research (IJCMR) in 2020 [ISSN:
• A paper on ‘Perceiving Identity of Period Interiors 2455-1627]
Based on Visual characteristics: Comparing • A paper on ‘An Indepth Study On Envisaging
Aesthetics of Renaissance in England and France’ The Technological Implications In The E-Retailing
by Ms. Jayati Mukherjee, Assoc. Prof. [Ms. Jayati Business And Benefit To The End Users From
Mukherjee, Mainak Ghosh, (2020)] was published Pre To Post COVID 19 Lockdown Era’ by Dr.
in the Journal of Interior Designing and Regional Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof. was published in
Planning by MAT Journals, Ghaziabad, UP (e-ISSN: International Journal of Business and Management
2581-9984, www.matjournals.com, DOI number: Invention (IJBMI) in 2020 [ISSN (Online): 2319-
10.46610/JoIDRP.2020. v05i02.002). 8028; ISSN (Print): 2319-801X]
• A paper on ‘Thread of Sustainability: Crafting • A paper on ‘A study of the effect of some financial
Fashion for Conscious Community’ by Dr. Anannya indicators from P&L A/C & Balance Sheet on Share
Deb Roy, Assoc. Prof. [Ansari, Deb Roy, Banerjee Price and forecasting the indicators of a chosen
(2020)] was published in Circular Economy and company for the future years-w.r.t. Retail Sector in
Re-Commerce in the Fashion Industry, IGI Global India’ by Dr. Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof. was
[230819-075717]. published in International Journal of All Research
• A paper on ‘Indigenous Practices and Activism: Education and Scientific Methods (IJARESM) in
Challenging the social algorithm in India’ by 2020 [ISSN: 2455-6211].
Dr. Sreenanda Palit, Assoc. Prof. was published • A paper on ‘A Study On The Effect of Some
online in IFFTI 2020-Conference Journal https:// Macroeconomic Factors Namely Bullion Price
oaks.kent.edu/iffti2020/iffti-2020-between- (LBMA), Crude Oil Price (WTI), Foreign Exchange
individual-and-society-community/indigenous- Rate, USA GNI Per Capita and the GDP of USA
practices-and-activism by Kent University, Ohio, on the Export Market of RMG Sector of India’ by
US for the IFFTI 2020: Between Individual and Dr. Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof. was published
Society- International Conference in June, 2020. in International Journal of Multidisceplinary
[The IFFTI 2020 Conference was scheduled to be Educational Research (IJMER) in 2020 [ISSN: 2277
held at the Kent University, Ohio in the US but - 7881].
got cancelled due to the pandemic. However the • A paper on ‘A Study to project the Post
paper was published in their online journal and COVID impact on Indian RMG exports and
available at https://oaks.kent.edu/iffti2020/iffti- identifying suggestive alternative markets’ by Dr.
2020-between-individual-and-society-community/ Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof. was published in
indigenous-practices-and-activism]. International Research Journal of Commerce Arts
• A paper on ‘The Effectiveness of West Bengal and Science (IRJCAS) in 2020 [ISSN 2319 - 9202].
State Khadi Mela as Organisational Marketing • A paper on ‘An empirical study on the
Tool’ by Dr. Dibyendu Bikash Datta, Assoc. Prof. factors influencing consumer buying behaviour
[Datta, D. B., & Sarkar, B. (2020)] was published in towards online shopping for apparel’ by Dr.
SEDME (Sage Journal), 47(1), 1-14. Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof. was published in
• A paper on ‘Benefits of Ethical and Sustainable International Research Journal of Management,
Production of the Indian Leather Industry - A Science and Technology in 2021 [ISSN 2250 - 1959
Review’ by Dr. Dibyendu Bikash Datta, Assoc. Prof. (online); ISSN 2348 - 9367 (Print)].

• A paper on ‘An Empirical study on Consumer and Psychographic Cluster Formation relating to
Preferences towards Digital Marketing in India Agri Food Brands in the Neo Normal Environment’
among younger generation’ by Dr. Sougata was presented by Dr. Sougata Banerjee, Assoc.
Banerjee, Assoc. Prof. was published in Prof in the 4th International Conference on
International Journal of Management, Technology Management and Business Practices (ICMBP),
And Engineering in 2021 [ISSN No: 2249-7455]. organised by Aliah University, WB – 08.02.2021 to
• A paper on ‘Effects of Air Pollution: Why to 09.02.2021.
Ponder for a Better Future and Possible Solutions’ • An oral presentation on ‘Containment of
by Mr. Montu Basak, Assoc. Prof. was published Coronavirus with Replaceable Corona-discharge
in National Textile Research Journal ‘Tantu’ in Treated Filter Media’ was presented by Mr. Montu
September 2020. Basak, Assoc. Prof in The Online Hackathon 2020
• A paper on ‘Thread of Sustainability: Crafting on Design and Performance of Components of
Fashion for Conscious Community and PPE for Fighting Against Covid-19 organised by
Conservation’ (First Author) by Ms. Nagma Sahi UPTTI India.
Ansari, Asst. Prof. was published in Circular Faculty Development
Economy and Re-Commerce in the Fashion
Industry (pp.80-98) 9781799827283 in 2020. Innovative Sustainable Practice
A dress form in half scale and quarter scale was
Paper Presentation developed by Ms. Ruhee Das Chowdhury, Assoc.
• A paper on ‘Designing of Textiles and Fashion Prof. (FD) which could be made at home with
For Sustainable Development’ was presented by available materials. The entire process of dress
Prof. Binwant Kaur in the Webinar conducted by form making was video documented and taught
Amity University, Jaipur on 29.12.2020. to all the faculties teaching Draping and Pattern
• Papers on ‘Floral fashion to augment rural Making across NIFT centers in order to enable
livelihood in India’ and ‘Approaches to Sustainable teaching Draping online during the lockdown
Fashion’ were presented by Sh. Sandip Kr. Samanta, months.
Assoc. Prof in National Conference on Sustainable
Growth in Textiles (NCSGT-2020) on 12.08.2020 Training/ Webinar / Workshop Attended by the
to 14.08.2020 organized by Uttar Pradesh Textile faculty members :
Technology Institute (formerly GCTI), Kanpur and • TOT on ‘Digital Design and Communication-1
funded by TEQIP-III under UGC. (Photography and Application of Online Digital
• A paper on ‘Kantha- A sustainable story of Tools)’ by Prof. Binwant Kaur (B.F.Tech).
change’ was presented by Dr. Sreenanda Palit, • Webinars on ‘Mysuru: Craft caravan of India
Assoc. Prof in Sustaining Craft in India-IFFTI Online by Incredible India’, on ‘Post COVID Luxury
Seminar (International) on 16.03.2021. scenario for Fashion and Lifestyle Accessories’,
• A Paper/ Poster on ‘Athleisure: acceleration of on ‘Crafting resilience – Crafts Communities
a new category’ was presented by Dr. Dibyendu in India: Lessons of resilience in the context of
Bikash Datta, Assoc. Prof in the “Recent Trends disasters and pandemics (a historic perspective)’
in Textiles – A Paradigm for Innovative and and ‘International live Webinar on Women in
Sustainable Fibres, Yarns, Fabrics & Garments sustainable Craft Entrepreneurship : Changing
Production, Processing & Designing Aspects” dynamics’ by Ms. Jayati Mukherjee, Assoc. Prof
(AICTE Sponsored International E-Conference (F&LA).
2020) at The Technological Institute of Textile • TOTs on ‘Digital Print Editing Technique and
and Sciences. Bhiwani, Haryana on 18.09.2020 to Visual Research’, on ‘Paradigm shift- Innovative
19.09.2020. methods and tools to teach textile Design
• A Paper/ Poster on ‘Floral Fashion To Augment online’ and Webinars on ‘How 3D can work for
Rural Livelihood In India’ was presented by Dr. your Fashion Business’, on ‘Cohesiveness and
Dibyendu Bikash Datta, Assoc. Prof in the National Sustainability – the new mantras for fashion and
Conference on Sustainable Growth in Textile (SGT styling in Bollywood’, on ‘Emerging trends in home
2020) at Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, fashion styling’, on ‘Buying practices – Creating
Kanpur on 12.08.2020. an equitable fashion industry’, on ‘Application
• A Paper on ‘Scale Development and Validation of 3D Printing during Covid 19’, on ‘PPE kit and
of Psychological Behavioural Traits relating Mask types: Building awareness and bridging the
to Agri Food Brands’ was presented by Dr. standardised gap’, on ‘Fashion design with TUKA
Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof in the International 3D Visualizer’, on ‘Handmade in India- Leaders of
Conference, Changing Business Paradigm (ICCBP), Change’, on ‘NIFTA Cutting Chai’, on ‘Apparel
organised by MDI Murshidabad, WB – 19.03.2021 manufacturing – Marching towards smart factory’
to 21.03.2021. and on ‘Problems and prospects of handloom
• A Paper on ‘A Study on Behavioural constructs Weavers of Himachal Pradesh’ by Ms. Supriya

Choudhury Basu, Assoc. Prof. (TD). • Ms. Supriya Choudhury Basu, Assoc. Prof
• Webinars on ‘Hand to Handmade series, Craft (TD) coordinated TOT’s on Digital Design and
Practice & Sustainability’, on ‘Back to Home’, on Communication, ‘Use of Open-Source software
‘Home Styling’ by Mr. Prosenjit Bhadra, Assoc. “Photopea” on 10th October and on ‘Digital Design
Prof.(TD). and Communication – Use of Skill Photography and
• Workshop on Design from Kolkata (Online) and Camera Raw and other softwares’ on 17.10.2020.
Communication-1 (2 Sessions of 3 hours each) by
Dr. Sreenanda Palit, Assoc. Prof (FC). • Dr. Anannya Deb Roy, Assoc. Prof (FMS) who
• Webinars on ‘The Neo-Normal- A Post-Pandemic is a Recognised Trainer and National Level
forecast of Handicraft products’, on ‘Brands: Resource Person (DoPT) conducted a 5 days
Evolving Opportunities’, on ‘databases of EBSCO’ TOT on ‘Experiential Learning Tools’, organised
and a four days ‘Art of living’ workshop by Mr. by Administrative Training Institute, Kolkata and
Sanjib Kr. Das, Assoc. Prof (F&LA). Department of Personnel and Training, GOI.
• TOT of ‘Lean Management’ by Mr. Bikas Agrawal,
Assoc. Prof. (B.F.Tech) • Dr. Sreenanda Palit, Assoc. Prof (FC) organised
• TOT on ‘E-commerce and Social Media Marketing’ an online TOT on ‘Fashion Styling’ for 15 faculty
by Dr. Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof.(FMS); members across various campuses from 29.07.2020
• Online TOTs on ‘Creative Thinking Skills’ and on to 01.08.2020.
‘Self & Society’ Mr. J. Pari , Assoc. Prof. (B.F.Tech)
• Seminars to deal with Covid -19 and post Covid - • An Online training programme titled ‘Online
19 as a social worker to maintain their own society Training for Artisans on Innovative Product Design
in terms of current economy, TOT to develop Self and Development’ was organised jointly with IIM,
and Society in overviewing the fact of Covid-19 Kolkata by Mr. Montu Basak, Assoc. Prof (FD)
and its impact in term of behavioral changes in and Mr. Sanjib Kr. Das, Assoc. Prof (F&LA), NIFT
human society, a virtual meditation seminar by Mr. Kolkata sponsored by DST Project at IIM, Kolkata.
Souvik Bose, Assoc. Prof. (Adhoc) (F&LA).
• TOT on ‘Fashion Styling’ by Mr. Himanshu Faculty members invited as Guest Speaker / Peer
Dhanda, Asst. Prof. (FC) and Ms. Nagma Sahi Reviewer / PhD Supervisor
Ansari, Asst. Prof. (FC)
• Seminars on ‘Neo- Normal- A Post Pandemic • Prof. Dr. Ritu Malhotra (FMS)- Peer-reviewer for
Forecast of Handicraft Products’, on ‘Success AMA Marketing Educators’ Conference and for
for your Mechanical working process on Gold International Journal of Business Environment
Jewellery’, on ‘Introduction to XR-AR, VR, MR’, on (IJBE) | Scopus (Elsevier) Indexed Journal.
‘The role of advertising & design industry, amidst
the challenges thrown by corona’, on ‘Emergence • Ms. Jayati Mukherjee, Assoc. Prof (F&LA) was
of commercial and short run print’, on ‘PPE KITS invited for Expert Lecture on the topic, ‘Co-
& Mask Types: Building Awareness & bridging relation Between Architectural Fundamentals
the Standardisation Gap’, on ‘Why UX? How UX and The Art & Clothing, Study Area - Ancient
Design and Research play a pivotal role in the civilizations: Egyptian, Greek, Roman’ by Amity
success of companies and everyday life’ by Ms. University Kolkata.
Tulika Saikia, Asst. Prof. (F&LA).
• Online TOT on ‘Performance Clothing’ by Ms. • Dr. Anannya Deb Roy, Assoc. Prof (FMS)
Surabhi Singh, Asst. Prof. (Adhoc) (FD) guiding as PhD Supervisor for Mr. Surnjan Lahiri.
Dr. Anannya Deb Roy, Assoc. Prof (FMS) - Two
Training/ Workshop / Research Project Conducted chapters have accepted for publication in the
by the faculty members book ‘Routledge Research Companion to Business
with a Conscience’ by the renewed international
• Research Project, ‘Microcontroller based publisher Routledge in the year 2021.
prototype development for automation of table
loom and Hand loom jacquard’ is under process, • Dr. Dibyendu Bikash Datta, Assoc. Prof (FMS)
under the coordination of Prof. Dr. Sandip - Nominated for the Discover Natural Fibres
Mukherjee (FD) and Mr. Montu Basak, Assoc. Prof Initiative (DNFI) Innovation in Natural Fibres
(FD). Award 2020 and one of the eight finalists for the
2020 Award.
• Prof. Dr. Ritu Malhotra (FMS) conducted One-day
workshop on ‘Teaching with Business Simulations’ • Mr. Sanjib Kr. Das, Assoc. Prof. (F&LA) was
for MFM faculty members who teach Strategic invited for guest speaker on the topic ‘Role of
Management and Innovation on 26.09.2020. design in the context of modern Handicrafts’
by Amity University, Kolkata. Co- Research work

undertaken as a research project guide on the title Ex Benetton, Ex Home Store Ltd. at Dubai
“Present Scenario of Santiniketan Leather Bags Ms. Kanika Gupta (MFM Alumni), Vice President –
with special emphasis on their designs and market Stock Planning at Tommy Hilfiger & Calvin Klein,
opportunities” - Programme: M. Des. (PG Bridge Bangalore.
Programme) - Name of the student: Ms. Basumitra
Ghosh Academic activities have been conducted through
virtual mode engaging the Eminent Experts in the
• Dr. Sougata Banerjee, Assoc. Prof (FMS) guiding various fields –
as Ph.D Supervisor for Ms. Sheena Gupta and Mr. • Experts from Pearl Geo-Natural Products LLP,
Sudip Kundu, Research Scholar. Kansya, The Goat Post, Banglanatak.com etc.
in the areas of Craft, Jewelry Design & Product
• Mr. Montu Basak, Assoc. Prof (FD) was invited as a development for F&LA Dept.
Resource Person for sharing his thought provoking
ideas and views on the topic of ‘Evolution, • Alumni, Ms. Rimi Nayak, Founder & Designer at
Relevance and Contemporary Condition of “RimiNayak India”, Ms. Sudipta Dutta, at Infinity
Handloom’ by Bangabasi Morning College, Exports, Kolkata Leather Complex and Mr. Rahul
Kolkata. He was also invited for an online guest Shastri, Founder and Design Head at Toramally
lecture by SVNIT and MANTRA, Surat on the topic Shoe shared valuable knowledge during Industry
of ‘Green Technology in Garment Technology’. Internship / Graduation Project Jury evaluations of
LD Dept.
• Mr. Souvik Bose, Assoc. Prof. Adhoc (F&LA) was
invited by Aim Art Illuminated as a virtual speaker. • Mr. Ruchit Jain, VP- Merchandising, Raj Overseas
(Panipat) conducted an online interaction
• Ms. Tulika Saikia, Asst. Prof. (F&LA) was invited regarding present trends in Home Textiles with
as Keynote Speaker for DPS, Nazira students students of TD-VII on 29.10.2020 under the subject
on the topic ‘Design as career option’. She Weave Design Project (Home & Spaces). Ms
has undertaken a Research Project on creating Shreya Samanta, Designer, interacted online with
platform for laboratory learning experience during students of TD-VII on 28.10.2020 and discussed
the pandemic in collaboration with UMO Design present trends in the apparel textiles under the
Foundation. subject Weave Design Project (Apparel & Fashion
Accessories).
j) Brief note on Seminars and Workshops by
Alumni, Industry and International Experts • Expert lectures were delivered by Ms. Sukanya
Alumni Interactive Sessions were organized by Das for Fashion in Print Media (FC-III); Mr. Abhijit
the RIC Unit in coordination with SDAC Unit & Chanda for Fashion Styling Editorial (FC-V); Mr.
Admission Nodal Officers during Orientation Swarup Dutta, Trend Spotting & Research (FC-V);
Programme 2020 and Admission 2021 with the Ms. Anupriya Dutta Gupta, Ms. Priyanka Khanna
following Eminent alumni:- for Advanced Fashion Styling (FC-VII); Ms. Eishani
Basu for Retail Space and Environment Design
• Orientation Programme – (FC-VII) and for Space Materiality (FC-III); Ms.
Mr. Sayantan Sarkar, senior alumnus of FD, NIFT Chhandak Pradhan for Trend Spotting & Research
Kolkata & owner of the label by same name and (FC-V);
Ms. Amrita Ganguly, senior alumnus of BFT, NIFT
Kolkata & Head of the Merchandising Dept. • Ms. Hemal Kapadia, an eminent graphic designer
of Vogue – n - Hyde had participated in the from Kolkata on board to deliver a lecture of 2
interaction. hours on Craft Documentation Layout, Content
and overall Design. The online lecture was
• Admission 2021 – organised for students of FC, DFT, KD & FD.
Mr. Antar Dutta (B F Tech alumni), Buying, R & D,
Global Sourcing, Strategy, Supply Chain & Quality Major Industry Linkages
Management Leader, serving JEMAKO GmbH at
Düsseldorf Area, Germany In the year 2020, online Placement took place
Ms. Kanistha Saha Choudhury (Leather Design & in which 60.28% students of Class 2020 had
M Des alumni), Design Consultant at EY, Bangalore been placed. The students had undertook
serving as UX Designer Internship and Graduation Project in the reputed
Ms. Laboni Saha (Fashion Design alumni), Founder industries nationwide like, AJIO Business, Apollo
& Pro-Planet Creative Director at L Saha at London International Ltd., Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd.,
Mr. Soumen Mukherjee (Accessory Design alumni), Babyshop Landmark (Dubai), Calvin Klein, Enamor,
Visual Merchandising Manager at Apparel Group, Hidesign, Myntra Jabong India Pvt. Ltd., Nykaa

Fashion, Puma, Raga Designs, Reebok, Reliance publicity for Admission 2021.
Retail, Shoppers Stop, Tata International Pvt. Ltd.,
UCB, Vardhman Textiles, V-Mart & many others. • Digital Promotion among students’ of different
educational institutes through Webinder:NIFT,
The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus Kolkata has organized Webinar and Interactive
Activities session with Alumni on 16 January 2021.
NIFT Kolkata has taken initiative for maintaining • Digital promotion in Social Media Campaign
sustainability and green campus through organised through Social Media platform
plantation of trees and saplings through the for boosting the post / traffic in Facebook
year, implementing paper less work reducing and Instagram in the State of West Bengal.
consumption of papers,restriction of AC cooling Advertisement was aired on 94.3 Radio One for
temperature up to 24 Degree Celcius, Controlled 05 days.
Water distribution through IR plant for all the
connected toilet, Operation of Fountain from • Campaign among aspirant belonging to SC/ST/
9 am to 7 pm, Sufficient number of stair cases EWS Categories: Letters along with Posters and
and court yards for scope of gardening and Prospectus for Admission 2021 has been sent
horticultural usage, Garbage disposal through to Eklavya Model Residential Schools situated in
Local Municipality at regular interval, Maintaining West Bengal to spread awareness among the SC
of proper aesthetic look of the campus with & ST candidates.
proper light and greenery, Maintaining overall
cleanliness of the campus by the House keeping ii) Significant Extra Curricular activities conducted
staff, Controlling of electrical energy by the by SDAC Unit :
extensive use of LED. During the event of 150th
Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Khadi Mask • 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi had
Making activity were organised in which students been observed in which several events had been
were encouraged to make handmade mask by organized, as follows-
using any available Khadi / handloom fabric at
home. - A very unique exhibition has been organised
on Gandhi’s life style and significance of Khadi.
Other significant Activities Portraits of Mahatma’s life style were on display
(courtesy: Mr. Nidhu Mondal, Assoc. Prof - TD).
i) Admission Publicity for the Academic Year 2020- - To encourage the use of Khadi and to make it
21: more popular amongst the youth of the Nation,
In order to enhance number of applications/ an exclusive exhibition on Khadi was organised
registration to various courses of NIFT in (courtesy: TD Dept.).
‘Admissions – 2021’, following various modalities - A digital banner has been prepared (courtesy:
has been drawn up for wide publicity: SDAC) and it was uploaded in the NIFT, Kolkata
• Intimation to the Colleges, Schools of Kolkata: website and in the other social media.
The Colleges and Schools based in West Bengal - The Virtual Exhibition is presented through the
have been intimated about the courses offered by portrait of Mahatma Gandhi and Khadi in the
NIFT at Post-Graduate level and Under-Graduate NIFT, Kolkata website and official webpage on the
level and the ongoing Admission Process 2021. occasion of his birthday, 2nd October.
• Distribution of Admission Prospectus, Posters • Wearing of Face Mask is one of the preventive
etc.: Prospectus, poster and other admission measures along with Sanitization and Social
related documents have been sent to the various Distancing to control the spread of Covid-19 virus.
Public Libraries in the State of West Bengal by In order to outreach this message, on the occasion
Resource Centre through emails for maximum of “National Handloom Day” (August, 2020), a very
circulation and publicity. special activity of “Handloom Khadi Handmade
Mask Making” was organised to encourage the
• Advertisement in Print Media and Website of NIFT students, youth of the Nation.
NIFT Kolkata: Advertisements for Admission, 2021
have been published in the regional newspapers
in English and Hindi. Advertisement has also been
displayed on NIFT Kolkata Website.
• Promotion in Campus : Two Banners have been

installed in the front gate of the campus for

MUMBAI
National Institute of Fashion Technology –Mumbai It proactively took several measures for Covid
NIFT Mumbai is recognized as one of the prevention like use of Benzalkonium Chloride for
premier campuses of NIFT renowned nationally floor / surface cleaning and daily fumigation of
and internationally for its design, technology office space, use of medical grade disinfectant
and management programs. With the Covid19 D125 for disinfecting high contact points such
pandemic disrupting the context and the as handrails, door handles etc., installation of
circumstances of the existing academic contactless automatic sanitizer machine, checking
environment, NIFT Mumbai adopted a proactive of body temperature & oxygen level of each visitor
approach to tackle the crisis. It followed a and employee on daily basis at the entrance of
two-pronged strategy of investing in required the campus premises, regular monitoring of the
information and communication technologies to vaccination status of all the employees of NIFT
adapt to online curriculum delivery and also in the Mumbai, issuing appropriate orders from time to
capacity building of the faculty resources to ensure time for COVID APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
that quality of education and students’ learning
was maintained while focusing on the knowledge, NIFT Mumbai has a strong team of 44 in-house
competencies and values that have become more faculty members and more than 125 visiting faculty
relevant in the current context like solidarity, self- members. It has an enviable infrastructure with
directed learning, care for oneself and others, fully wifi enabled smart campus spread over 10
social-emotional skills, gratitude and resilience. acres and a built-up area of over 45000 sq.meter.
The campus continued to provide an atmosphere The hostel has accommodation facility for 590 girls
for collaborative and experiential learning with and 90 boys.
a global perspective through industry academic
interfaces, webinars, panel discussions, virtual NIFT –Mumbai currently offers following 08 degree
visits to fairs and exhibitions, research, innovation programmes:
and entrepreneurship opportunities encouraging Under Graduate Degrees - Bachelor Programmes
students to express their creativities, analytical (4years)
acumen and leadership skills while respecting B.Des.-Bachelor of Design
the core values of inclusivity, sustainability and • Accessory Design
community welfare. • Fashion Communication
• Fashion Design
Following the lockdown guidelines imposed by • Knitwear Design
Local Authorities / State Govt / Central Govt, the • Textile Design
campus initially functioned on online mode and • Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel
eventually moved to hybrid mode of teaching. Production)

Post graduate Degrees - Masters Programmes infrastructure and specified services and facilitates
(2years) collaborations relevant to business development.
• Master of Design - M.Des The facilitation provided by NIFT includes pre-
• Master of Fashion Management - M.F.M. incubation, incubation, and accelerator services.
The center currently has 1082 students. These services cover developing a viable product,
A total 242 undergraduate and 77post graduate validating the product, and scaling up the validated
students have graduated this year. product. The SWS Incubatorcan be considered as
the amalgamation of clothtech, medtech, protech,
Significant Landmarks and Achievements and sportech, either wearable or applied as a
patch. It has an integrated/embedded biosensor/
• NIFT Mumbai has ranked at the 2nd position sensor with overall material usage in fabric, yarn,
consecutively for 3 years in the list of top-ranking and fiber. The SWS is aimed to monitor and track
fashion colleges by India’s premiere ranking essential bio-vitals of body, mind, activity, sleep,
agencies. diet, medical, and more. NFDI Smart Wearable
• E-Book released ‘Uttunga’ inspired from life of Systems Incubator acts as a ground for the
Mahatma Gandhi by Honorable Minister of Women germination of ideas and bringing innovative
and Child Development and Textiles, Govt. of India ideas to a commercial platform by springing them
on 2nd October 2020 which was edited, created to the world market. NFDI Fashion & Lifestyle
and designed by FC Semester V Students Incubator includes intervention in the prototyping
• Department of Skill Development, Ministry of and sampling of product ideas; to facilitate the
Education has invited Prof. Dr. Rupa Agarwal to transformation of skeletal concepts into tangible
be part of the committee to design the CBSE entities.
curriculum on Design Thinking for standards 6th • New Facilities at Campus: NIFT Mumbai boasts
to 12th. of cloud server based RFID equipped Resource
• Prof. Kislaya Choudhary submitted a patent idea Centre and Institutional/Digital repository, New
and is currently under process for Patent/Design Art lab cum classroom, customized display area
Registration. with new fixtures, Jewellery workshop with 3D
printing Technology and Home Décor workshop
Infrastructure and R&D facilities and the process for Mechatronics and Artificial
Intelligence Lab has been initiated. Some of the
In spite of the Covid crisis, NIFT Mumbai continued key machines purchased this year at the campus
to focus on developing the Infrastructure and are Leather Skiving Machine, Laser cutting machine
R&D facilities at the campus to provide a robust for working with wood, metal and various other
learning environment keeping abreast with new materials, Single needle flatbed leather sewing
technological developments in sync with the machine and two needle feed of arm double chain
changing needsof the industry. NIFT Mumbai is stitch machine, machineries for Textile Testing
focusing on following areas by creating its R&D and Surface Development Lab, Fusing Machine,
infrastructure on campus. 6-thread overlock machine, mannequins, fixtures
for styling. FD dept, has also created a resource
• Tata Trent FMS NIFT Mumbai Retail Chair: hub of clothing / uniforms for Performance
NIFT Mumbai has almost completed the setting Clothing.
up of the “Tata Trent FMS NIFT Mumbai Retail
Chair” infrastructure at campus with a modern, Short Term Programmes
contemporary look and feel in collaboration with
Tata Trent. The objective of the chair is to study Continuing Education is an Integral part of NIFT
the “Impact of Private Label and National Brand Mumbai campus and we are conducting it very
on Customers’ Apparel Buying attitude”. The first successfully every year. NIFT Mumbai offered 13
phase of research has already been started by the CE Programmes for the aspiring students and
NIFT team. industry professionals. Even though it was a major
• Smart wearable system (SWS) and Fashion & challenge in conducting the CE Programmes
Lifestyle Accessories Incubators set up under amidst Covid 19 pandemic, NIFT Mumbai has a
NFDI: Smart Wearable Systems (SWS) Incubator batch strength of 70 CEP students. The students
and Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories Incubator enrolled in various CE Programme, which were
are being set up in NIFT Mumbai which are customized for Design, Management and
part of NIFT Foundation for Design Innovation technology students. Expert and experienced
(NFDI) supported by the Ministry of Textiles. faculty team with the support infrastructure and
NFDI has been registered as Section 8 Company lab facility successfully conducted the online
issued by the Registrar of Companies. The classes for the students and took extra initiative
NFDI gives potential entrepreneurs access to and effort to make the learning process more

interactive and meaningful. two projects with Impactree for Covid Relief
measures. Project 1 centered on user research
Projects for quantitative analysis and strategy formulation
for research collaboration between Sakal Media
Consultancy project is important not only for House and Impactree Data Technologies. The data
the institute in terms of revenue generation but analysis was also visually presented for sharing
also for NIFT fraternity as it engages faculty across platforms in order to raise awareness and
members and students at various levels and identify further opportunities. Project 2 was based
provides an opportunity to them for research on providing back-end support for promoting the
and exploration in the context of real-life industry initiative of Impactree Data Technologies called
challenges. The research findings from various 'The Hunger Collective,' which created a link
projects from industry as well from craft sector between individuals in need of assistance and
benefits various stakeholders of fashion business those willing to assist.
like Retailers, Fashion brands, Retail practitioner/ • Mr. Swagatam Deb, Sem III, M.Des, created the
consultants, academicians, researchers and “Pranali”, a grocery allocation planning application
students in understanding the various aspects of method to provide safe and convenient mobility
the businesses. NIFT Mumbai is currently engaged of individuals within a geographical region for
in 28 projects. with clients like Central Silk Board the procurement of daily commodities during the
Bengaluru, Maha Mumbai Metro Operation pandemic.
Corporation Limited (MMMOCL), Asahi Kasei • Ms. Tejasvi, Sem III, M.Des, was involved with
(India) Japan Ltd, Indian Oil Ltd., KVIC, MSSIDC, Ekibeki and the creative dignity group to raise
MSRTC, CIDCO, Department of Education, U.T funds and provide monthly rations to extremely
of Daman & Diu (India), Directorate of Industries, needy families in the rural tribal belt of Maharashtra
Govt of Maharashtra, USTTAD Project under during the pandemic.
Ministry of Minority Affair via NIFT New Delhi- HO • Ms. Sarbani Mookherjee, Ms. Ishita Sarkar and
Project and MPHSVN). Mr. Aditya Ratnaparkhi, Sem III, M.Des, presented
a paper in the International conference India HCI
Industry Linked Academic Classroom Projects/Live 2020 titled UNFURL- Ease mental strain caused by
Projects Cognitive overload Behavioural Therapy.
Live Projects provide an opportunity to students to Students competition & awards

apply their theoretical learning to real challenges in
the industry. This enhances their strategic thinking • Ms. Natasha Turkar, Sem VII, F&LA, wrote and
and decision making skills. NIFT-Mumbai has been illustrated a fictional children's story book (for age
effectively leveraging its proximity to the industry 3-10) explaining the impact of Coronavirus and
hub and has been organizing multiple live projects the precautions one must take during these times,
every year for its students. Some of the notable as an entry for the Narrative design category in
live projects done this year are as follows: D'source Corona Design Challenge hosted by IDC
• Students of F&LA department conducted a live IIT Powai in May 2020 on a global level. This entry
project with Tata Trent in which they partnered was selected as one of the winning entries and a
Bhansali Trust and trained the rural women from published copy of the book will be a part of their
Gujarat to make bags from rags and leftover travelling exhibition for one year.
fabrics which were sold at Zudio stores. • Ms. Ayushi Jaiswal, Sem VI, KD, won the best
• FD Dept students created a range of apparel entry for the month of May 2020 in “Scrapshala
for W brand (women’s wear) and FirstCry.com repurposing Competition” conducted by a
(children’s wear), using the brand ideology and sustainable, handcrafted, lifestyle brand “Scrap
correlating to fashion forecast based on the Shala”.
understanding the style preferences of the Indian • Ms. Saloni Mhapsekar participated and won in
retail consumer. D'source Corona challenge, IIT Bombay which was
• Live Projects were arranged by TD Dept. for held on 30th May 2020.
Print Design Project and Weave Design Project: • Ms. Sneha Ramnarayan (KD), Ms. Shreyas Ghode
Apparel and Fashion Accessories; a two week (KD), and Mr. Nikhil Kumar (FD) secured the 1st
project was conducted with Dr. Carol Tan, Founder position in the Virtual Adobe Creative Jam (Poster
of Australian Brand Miss Moomoolah. Based on and Movie) held at NIFT Mumbai on 27th July,
this project internship 2 students were selected 2020.
for internship. Another Live Design Project was • Virtual Creative Jam sponsored by Adobe in
done by TD students titled " Cost Plus - Kitchen partnership with NIFT Mumbai participated and
Towels Designing". won 2nd prize by team Ms. Saloni Mhapsekar,
• Ms. Jaya Advani, Sem III, M.Des, worked on Kritika Sharma and Gaurav Singh which was held

on 27th July 2020. Celebration of International Yoga of Day, Talent
• Mr. Atharva Mainkar, Sem VII, F&LA, was Hunt, World Environment Day, Workshop on
shortlisted for Design in India Challenge by Lava Pranayama, Celebration of National Handloom
- Smartphone Design Contest 2020 held on 12th Day, Constitution Day and Virtual Competitions on
August 2020. the occasion of Independence Day etc.
• Ms. Riti Ravichandran, Sem V, F&LA, got a
consolation award in Nuance + NIFT Studio Design The count of activities performed by each club is:
Competition 2020, held in August, 2020. 12 activities organized by Ethics, Social Service &
• Received scholarship to Ms. Saloni Mhapsekar, Environment (ESSE) Club, 7 activities by Cultural
FC Sem VII for Clarity Design Conference, San Club, 7 activities by Literacy club, 2 activities by
Francisco on 04th September 2020. Sports club.
• Received Dropbox design mentorship EuroIA UX
conference, Berlin on 04th September 2020. Publication and paper presentation by students
• Mr. Atharva Mainkar, Ms. Pranoti Padmasali &
Ms. Joshita Rawat, students of Sem VII, F&LA, • Ms. Sarbani Mookherjee, Ms. Ishita Sarkar and
were finalists in Design contest - Titan Nvisage 2.0. Mr. Aditya Ratnaparkhi, Sem III, MDes, presented
held in October 2020. a paper in the International conference India HCI
• Mr. Yash Gupte, Sem III, F&LA, made 3 industrial 2020 titled UNFURL- Ease mental strain caused by
Design projects between September and October Cognitive overload Behavioural Therapy.
2020 which were featured on World Industrial • Ms. Sunaina Khaitan published an article titled
Design Magazine’s website, Yanko Design. “#VocalForLocal… except for the handloom
• Ms. Ritika Suryawanshi & Ms. Tanvi Kedar sector?” in the September 2020 issue of Textile
students of Sem VII, F&LA, were shortlisted for Value Chain
Hand for Handmade's Craft Design Challenge. • Ms. Bhavya Srivastava published an article titled
• Ms. Shreyas Ghode, Sem VI, KD won the 1st “Local is Luxury” in the September 2020 issue of
Prize in Uniform Re-Design Competition for Post Textile Value Chain
Covid World was organized by NIFT Mumbai. • Ms. Natasha Turkar, Sem VII, F&LA, wrote a
• Ms. Jharna Raj Participated in logo design research paper titled, 'Recreating the methodology
competition conducted by DFCCIL (Dedicated of the past to design a better society for the
freight corridor corporation of India ltd.) won 2nd future' which was published in the book, 'Design
place in India. for Tomorrow - Volume 3' by Germany-based
• Mr. Jishnu Sengupta, FC Sem V and It is reeIpsita, Springer publication. Additionally, she presented
FC Sem III are winners and got 1st and 3rd prize her paper in the 8th I'CoRD Conference hosted by
respectively in of Digital Illustration on the topic IDC IIT Powai and IISC Bangalore in January 2021,
“Satark Bharat, Samriddh Bharat (Vigilant India, being one of the youngest speakers of this year.
Prosperous India)” under Vigilance Awareness • Ms. Sanika Joshi and Ms. Urja Khumbare, Sem
Week competition-2020. VIII, KD, co-authored a paper titled, ‘Design
• Ms. Mrunmayee and Ms. Abantika were awarded Sustainability in Knitwear Industry’. The paper
1st Prize, Ms. Anwesha and Ms Khushi were was published in JETIR (www.JETIR.org) ISSN
awarded second prize. All18 participants got UGC Approved (Journal No: 63975) & 5.87 Impact
participation certificates and printed fabric panels Factor. Published in Volume 8 Issue 3, March-2021
from the company.
Students-International Linkages and Organizational
• FD Students participated in Dress Up Volkswagen
Tie -Ups
Challengein and Ms. Shivani Priya won the contest
in creating uniform design for Volkswagen. In spite of a major restriction on international travel
• The team of Ms. Hema and Ms. Anyeesha, FD due to the pandemic, the IDL team successfully
Sem IV got a place among the first five ranking managed students exchange programmes with
for their shoe design for the international brand some of the renowned Institutes in fashion
Jimmy Choo. education. IDL team has signed an MoU with
EnaMoma Paris for Master’s program students.
Students Activities It has continued to provide the opportunity
for the aspiring students for the 1 year dual
NIFT Mumbai SDAC team left no stone unturned degree programme at FIT New York. Through a
and used all possible technology tools and rigorous multilevel screening process, the IDL
innovation to make the students activities as team selected twelve students for the FIT Dual
engaging as the on-campus events. Students of Degree program and around seven students have
the 4 clubs proactively organized and participated alreadycompleted their formalities for joining the
in a series of 20 activities during the year 2020-21. programme. 3 students from Bachelor of Fashion
Some of the activities worth mentioning are: Technology have done their Graduation Project

in Bangladesh, as a part of the MoU with BUFT, in 2021 from TD Dept.and have completed their
Bangladesh. graduation projects in the industry in the areas of
the Textile weaving, Jacquard weaving, Printing,
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events garment development like Purple Patch Studio,
Okhai, Triburg, Avani, FDCI, ArtImage, Vraj:
In order to commemorate the graduating Bhoomi and Jaipur Rugs.
milestone and ensure that the students have a
truly memorable day in spite of the pandemic, a Total of 31 students graduated from BFT
virtual graduation ceremony themed Re-invention Dept. each year during 2020 and 2021. They
2020 was organized by NIFT Mumbai on 26th did their graduation projects in areas of
August, 2020. The ceremony provided a platform Apparel manufacturing technology, production
to the graduating students tocelebrate their and merchandising management, product
accomplishments, engage and connect with peers development, information technology, quality
and faculty. The ceremony was Live Streamed and management, artificial intelligence, etc
featured special keynotes by DG-NIFT, Director-
NIFT Mumbai, valedictory speeches and more. 35 students graduated from the FMS Dept. in
One of the highlights of the virtual event was the the year 2020 and 42 students in 2021. Some of
custom virtual environment of the landing page the projects undertaken in emerging areas are
with the Video Vault that hosted the AVs of the Luxury Home Category Launch, Product Curation,
projects undertaken by the students during their Relaunch of Product Categories, Social Media
Graduation Projects. The ceremony was a great Marketing strategies, Business Plan for scaling
success and was attended by industry mentors, up Start-Ups, Customer Engagement Strategies
family and friends of the students along with etc. The sponsoring companies ranged from
industry members and the academic fraternity. Online Retailers like Tata Cliq, Nykaa etc. to
conglomerates like Reliance Brands, Raymond,
60 students graduated from FD Dept. in 2020 ABFRL etc. to start-ups.
and 61 students in 2021. They created innovative
collections in the categories of Avant Garde, hi- 31 students graduated from Design Space Dept.
fashion, performance clothing, ready to wear etc. in 2020. The students undertook dissertation
for their final project. research topics in a variety of disciplines like
fashion theory, branding, interface design, user
A total of 31 students graduated from F&LA Dept. experience research, folk art, sustainable living and
in 2020. Graduation projects were undertaken design for people, and craft revival. 35 students
by the students in the areas of Industrial Product from the graduating class of 2021 conducted
Design, Jewellery Design, Interior and Décor, research on projects such as Innovative Eco-
Furniture design, Toy design, Bags, Footwear & friendly Packaging, Transition Design-social design
Accessories, Sport Gear. Some of the sponsoring structures and evolutionary lifestyle changes
companies wereTanishq, ABFRL - Pantaloons, through the tiny house movement, Circular
Bonito Designs, Peacock Design, The Great Economy, User Experience in areas like mutual
Eastern Homes, to name a few. fund, vitamins and supplements, cars, banking etc.
KD Dept. proudly bid farewell to 34 students Craft Cluster Initiatives

in 2020 and 36 students in 2021 made their
collections on unique themes and concepts like Although the Covid19 represented yet another
finding positivity, innovative athleisure lines etc. burden on the series of challenges already
The sponsoring companies were the likes of Pepe experienced by the craftsmen and their families;
Jeans, Shoppers Stop, First Cry, Bestseller etc. NIFT Mumbai used every tool at its disposal to
demonstrate solidarity and support for the artisan
52 students graduated from FC Dept. in 2020 and community. A total of 18 craft based activities were
47 students in 2021. They worked in various fields organized this year which is a significant increase
like UI & UX, Branding, Product Design, Publication of 50% over last year. More than 659 students
Design, Visual Merchandising, Photography, across 8 departments participated in these craft
Styling, Design Research and others. While some activities. NIFT Mumbai faculty and students also
of them worked with companies like TataCliq, took cognizance of the fact that many of our
Unistore, HOWL, Daffodils, 3/4th Solutions, beneficiaries may not have access to advanced
TOPPR, Juspay, Ungrammary, Marks and Spencer technology, hence they utilized innovation,
etc., others worked on self initiated projects. creative thinking and re-oriented their efforts
in line with the local needs to provide mutual
35 students graduated in 2020 and 33 students learning opportunities within the locally available

infrastructure and setting that the artisans are in. A Technology on 4 May 2021, 11-1, page no 41-54.
webinar for Artisans based on theme ‘Handmade • Mr. Nitin Arun Kulkarni, Asso. Prof., M. Deshas co-
in India - Leaders of Change’ washeld on 18th July, authored a research paper on the topic designing
2020. The campus celebrated the 6th National a culturally appropriate Kangaroo Care baby
Handloom Day on 7th August 2020 through carrier, ‘Sangam’ using Human-Centered Design
virtual platform in which artisans from various craft and Behavioral Science in Proceedings of the
clusters participated and shared their expertise. 6th International Conference on Design 4 Health
Eminent personalities and alumni also shared Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1st- 3rd July 2020.
their message on this occasion, which was shared • Dr. Akanksha Nautiyal, Asst. Prof., TD co-
on NIFT Mumbai’s official social media accounts. authored a book chapter ‘Sustainability in Fashion
The respective departments also continued and Textiles’ in Recycling from Waste in Fashion
to carry out craft based activities like Craft and Textiles: A Sustainable and Circular Economic
Research & Documentation, Craft based Product Approach, pp 177-198, Scrivener Publishing, USA,
Development, Artisan Awareness Workshop as ISBN:9781119620495, 29 June 2020.
well as Craft Demonstration Sessions. • Prof. Dr. Patricia Sumod, Asso. Prof. Ms. Kundlata
Mishra and Asst. Prof. Ms. Shweta Rangnekar’snon-
PhD Pursuing and Completed paper submission titled, “#NoStitchSeptember – a
surreal journey towards sustainable fashion was
During the academic year 2020-21, 02 faculty selected for presentation at IFFTI 2020.
members have completed their PhD and 11 faculty • Ms. Kundlata Mishra, Asso. Professor’s paper
members are pursuing their PhD. titled “Application of Protective finishes on Denim
and analysisof its Multifunctional Performances”
Publication and paper presentation by faculty was published in a Springer book – Functional
members Textiles and Clothing 2020.
International National
9 research papers were presented by faculty 10 research papers were presented by faculty
members at various international conferences and members at various national conferences and
published in journals as below. published in journals as below:
• Dr. Pallavi Rani, Asst. Prof., F&LA published a • Ms. Lipi Choudhury, Asso. Prof., FMS has
research paper "Design of an Awareness Model published the research paper, "Leveraging the
to Develop Proper Sanitary Habit among the Rural Indian Consumer Sentiment towards Sustainable
People of Jharkhand" in Advanced Manufacturing Consumption in the context of Handlooms and
Systems and Innovative Product Design (pp. 11- Handicrafts" in INSPIRA- Journal of Modern
20).Singapore: Springer Nature 2021. Management and Entrepreneurship (JMME)
• Prof. Dr. Sushil Raturi, FMS published paper Volume 10, No. 03, July, 2020, ISSN : 2231 - 167X
titled “Influence of Experiential Marketing on (Print), COSMOS IMPACT FACTOR: 5.647, in July
Customers Apparel Purchase: A Study for Indian 31, 2020
Organized Apparel Retail Business in International • Ms. Lipi Choudhury, Asso. Prof., FMS has
Journal Business Insights and Transformation ISSN published the research paper, “Green Marketing:
0974-5874 Volume 13, Issue 2, April-September The Engine of Sustainable Economic Growth”
2020 published in August 2020. in Inspira-Journal of Commerce, Economics &
• Mr. Tanmay Kandekar, Asso. Prof., FMS presented Computer Science (JCECS) 16 ISSN: 2395-7069,
paper at International conference on research and Impact Factor: 5.660, Volume 07, No. 01, in March
Management and Technovation, organized by 2021.
KDM girls’ college, Nagpur on "Future of Social • Mr. Tanmay Kandekar, Asso. Prof., FMS presented
Media Marketing in Tier III cities on Maharashtra" the research paper at second National Conference
on 5th& 6th December, 2020. on Ethical & methodological Issues in research
• Mr. Tanmay Kandekar, Asso. Prof., FMS organized by Shri Jagdish prasad Tibrewala
presented paper at International conference University, Jhunjhunu on “Ethical & methodological
Opportunities and challenges of the exciting Issues in research” on 10th October, 2020.
trends of virtual education organised by Shri • Dr. Pallavi Rani, Asst. Prof., F&LA presented
JagdishprasadTibrewala University, Jhunjhunu on a paper in 2nd innovative Product Design and
"Growth of Fashion & lifestyle sector in India", on Intelligent manufacturing Process 2021 at NIT
27thto 29th November, 2020. Rourkela.
• Ms. Bhawana Dubey, Asso. Prof., KD, co-authored • Prof. Dr. Kislaya Choudhary, TD published a
a research paper titled ‘Designing Sustainable paper titled ‘Global Design + Style 2020/21: Inkjet
Resort-Wear for the New Indian Market’published Digitally Printed Textiles” in Colourage - Digital
in International Journal of Textile and Fashion Textile Journal, March Edition 2021

• Dr. Latika Bhatt, Asst. Prof., TD, submitted a b) Conducted TOTs (training of trainers)
book chapter titled “Containers for encapsulation • Prof. Dr. Kislaya Choudhary conducted a ToT on
of fragrances/ aroma/ odour for textile Digital Print Editing Techniques & Visual Research
applications” as first author for Springer Nature from 1st to 6th June, 2020.
Book titled “Micro and Nano Containers for Smart • Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Prof. Conducted Training
Applications”, Book Publication is under process. for Trainers programme for MFT Faculty on “Smart
• Dr. Reena Aggarwal, Asso. Prof., TD published Textile and Wearable” from 10thto 14thAugust,
a paper titled “Hand made in India: An overview 2020 and delivered 4 sessions in the same.
of traditional wall hanging making craft cluster • Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Prof. delivered a session-
of Solapur (Maharashtra) in International Journal in Training for Trainers programme for FD Faculty
of Scientific & Engineering Research -IJSER (ISSN on “Performance Clothing”, conducted by Prof.
2229-5518), Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2021 edition. Monika Gupta on 13thJuly 2020.
• Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Prof., BFT jointly • Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Prof. Delivered Expert
presented her conference paperon the topic session on “Smart Garments: Medical and
“Optimization of Seam Performance in Medical Wellness” in AICTE Sponsored Two Weeks FDP
Coveralls” organized by Technical Association of on “Future of Fashion: AI, IOT, AR, VR, Robotics,
the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), USA from 4th Sensors and Big Data Analytics” organized by the
May to 5th May 2021 for the conference TAPPIC Department of Fashion Technology, Sona College
on. of Technology, Salem organized from 16/11/2020
• Dr. Rashmi Thakur, Asst. Prof., BFT attended and to 28/11/2020.
presented her paper on the topic “Total Productive
Maintenance”, Page 355 -380, Book – Lean Tools Faculty Participation in National & International
in Apparel Manufacturing, Edited by Jana, P. and Conference/ Webinars/ Exhibitions/ Trade Fairs/
Tiwari, M., Elsevier in February 2021. Meets
• Ms. Kundlata Mishra’s paper titled “Denim –
carrying the legacy of a workwear with value NIFT encourages its faculty members to
addition” was published in Colourage, May 2020. continuously upgrade themselves and to get
connected globally by participating in National
Faculty Orientation, Trainings and Development & International Conference, Webinars and
Exhibitions. NIFT Mumbai faculty members
In keeping with the belief that the faculty capacity across departments participated in more than 86
building is paramount to building a work force of webinars, exhibitions and conferences during the
well-equipped change makers who can address academic year 2020-21.
the dynamic learning needs of the students
in such critical times, NIFT Mumbai has been Webinars and Workshops by Alumni Industry and
providing regular opportunities for training and international Experts
development during the pandemic. These training
platforms not only enabled the faculty members COVID-19 pandemic and its uncertainties is
to upgrade their existing knowledge but also changing the learning and trainingparadigm. Since
provided them with the required guidelines and the normal mode of academic delivery has been
innovative techniques to educate the students interrupted, web-based seminars or webinars
in their homes while maintaining the standard have become a major tool necessary for updating
of inputs, simplified reporting and ensuring the knowledge and skills. NIFT Mumbai organized
application of the concepts in simulated real life a series of webinars across diverse areas for
settings. ensuring dissemination of information regarding
latest developments and strategies in the industry
Some of the significant training opportunities in a collaborative, interactive, discussion based
availed by NIFT Mumbai faculty members are as learning environment for its students and faculty.
under: The webinars enabled them to stay competitive
a) Attended TOTs (training of trainers) (within with up-to-date knowledge of their relevant
NIFT) fields and kept their motivations high by trying to
TOTs are organized within NIFT to increase the overcome the challenges of social distance.
inbuilt capacity of internal faculty in specific
area. During the academic year 2020-21, 42 NIFT A total of 10 webinars were organized by the
Mumbai faculty have attended TOTs namely Self academic departments at the campus:
& Society, Creative Thinking Skills, E-Commerce • Luxury Revival Post Covid19- Defining the New
and Social Media Marketing, Overview of Normalon 17th May, 2020.
Lingerie, Microsoft Teams, Design & Illustration, • Impact of Covid-19 on Retail Business on 22nd
Performance Clothing, etc. May, 2020.

• Cohesiveness and Sustainability – the new • Expert Lecture on Story Telling & Narratives (DS)
mantras for fashion and styling in Bollywoodon by Mr. Nikhil Purohit on 15th and 18th March, 2021
11th June, 2020. was organized for Semester IV.
• Emerging Trends In Home Fashion Stylingon • Expert Lecture on Fashion Styling by Ms. Sathya
12th June 2020. Saran, on 24th March, 2021 was organized for
• Application of 3D Printing during Covid-19 Semester VI.
Pandemicon 17th June, 2020. • Mr. Devendra Jamsandekar, General Manager,
• Through the Covid Looking Glass on 20th June, Welspun Global Brands Ltd. And NID Alumnus
2020. for an expert session on "Print Design for USA
• Apparel Export Industry Defining the New Bedding"
Normal on 26th June, 2020. • Mr. Amit More, Project Manager, Welspun USA
• From Sharing to Distancing – Trends in to conduct an expert session on "Print Design and
workspaces on the other side of the pandemic on CAD"
3rd July, 2020. • Ms. Pritika Tuteja : Associate Creative Director
• Handmade in India Leaders of Change on 18th at Delloite Consulting for an expert session on
July, 2020. the topic "Online Portfolio Presentation" on 26th
• Unraveling the story of development of India’s October 2020.
one of its kind: anti-viral and anti-bacterial fabrics • Expert guest lecture by Ms. Sangeetha S.R from
on 1st August, 2020. Italy for Basic Weave Design, Design Fundamentals,
EOD/POD and Color Psychology.
In order to complement theoretical learning • Ms. Bhaavya Goenka, founder and owner of
and leveraging the opportunity of increased IROIRO zero waste brand, Jaipur on “Concept of
accessibility of industry experts due to work from Zero waste in textile industry.”
home scenario created by the pandemic, NIFT • Mr Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, The
Mumbai invited around 163 industry experts and Intellectual Technologies on AI and Its Application
academicians, both national and international from in Textiles
various disciplines for interaction with the students • Ms. Anuradha Maheshwari, Advocate and Legal
contributing to an approximate 14% increase in Consultant for IPR and its importance in Textiles
industry oriented practical inputs. Some of the • Ms. Kelzang Wangmo, Master Craftswoman
notable ones are as below: and owner of Kelzang Handicrafts on Bhutanese
• Ms. Jaya Jaitely, founder Dastakar, for Craft Textiles on 11th September 2020
Entrepreneurship and Craft Research. • Mr. Pankaj Dhamija, CEO, M.R. Global Resources
• Ms. Shibani Jain, Founder Baaya Design and Ms. Ltd for an expert lecture on the topic" Apparel
Radhi Parekh, Founder Artisans, for Sustainable Merchandising”
system & craft studies. • Mr. Abhishek Imhadri, Director of Engineering at
• Mr. Pravin Thakur, Founder Frameito and Co- Imaginate for an expert lecture on "Application of
Founder WLM-Digital Lifestyle App, for Personal AI in E-Commerce”.
Branding and Online marketing. • Ms. Mahima Shrivastava, Owner at WebTech
• Mr. Hari Nallan, CEO Think Design, for UX/UI Computers Education Center for an expert lecture
research practices. on "Data Management Techniques”.
• Mr. Ashish Solanki, CEO and Mr. Hari Hara • Mr. Kishan Daga, Business Leader at Triburg
Subramaniam, UX Designer, Net Brahma Studio Sportswear for an expert lecture on Apparel
for UX/UI principles and practices. Production Techniques.
• Mr. Shiva Vishwanathan, Brand and UX Coach at • Dr. Satish Belani, Head, Measurement Science
Ogilvy for Branding and Experience. at MRSS India.com for an expert lecture on "Data
• Mr. Mridul Das, CTC MANAGER, Adidas India Analytics & R (DS-2)”.
Marketing Pvt Ltd for an expert lecture on • Mr. Anurag Seksaria, Principal Counsellor and
Sportswear. Head – Lean Six Sigma for an expert lecture on
• Ms. Richa Gupta, Creative Director, Arvind Ltd "Apparel Quality Management”.
and Mr. Sunil Kumar, Designer Manager, Future
retails Limited,for an expert lecture on Performance Industry Linkages (Virtual Visits, Live Project,
Fabrics and Smart Textiles, Athleisure and Product Students Internshipsand Campus Placement)
Development for Intimate Apparel
• Mr. Yusuf Dohadwala, Chief Executive Officer, In spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic,
Intimate Apparel Association of India, for Intimate internships were arranged in either virtual or
Apparel. combination mode for around 300 students
• Expert Lecture on Exhibition & Set Design by Mr. of 8 academic departments in various leading
Salim Arif on 19th, 21st and 24th October, 2020 corporate houses, start-ups, NGOs across varied
was organized for Semester V students. sectors like omnichannel retail, manufacturing,

export houses, UI/UX, social media marketing, in a virtual learning environment.
healthcare, hospitality, finance, consultancy,
telecommunications, motorsport etc. at both Initiatives for Promotion of Hindi
national and international level like Tata Cliq,
Chanel India Pvt. Ltd. ABFRL, Future Group, "Hindi Diwas" was celebrated on 4th September,
Reliance Brands, Pantaloons, Nykaa, Bestseller, 2020. Hindi Pakhwada was successfully organized
Tata Trent, Suditi Industries, Banswara Garments, at the campus from 14th to 30th September,
Projekt Indigo, Radnik exports, Imaginarium India 2020. During the event, various competitions
Pvt. Ltd, Novelty Furnishing, Kotak Overseas were organized which was attended by officials
Pvt. Ltd., Shoppers stop, Marks & Spencer, Pepe and employees with great enthusiasm. Multiple
Jeans, Inticede, Airtel, PhonePe, Think Design, workshops have been organized for equipping
Ashok Leyland, California Dream works, Rynox the employees with the required skills to increase
Gears, Avani, Okhai, Turian Labs, The Creative the use of Hindi language for official purposes. In
Trunk, TAOS-The Art Outreach Society, Texport the period of January – May 2021, a total of 11
Syndicate, Damilano, Aquarelle, Orient Fashion employees from NIFT Mumbai have enrolled for
etc. the Prarangat Classes in the online mode under
the Hindi Teaching Scheme. Under the aegis of
To further complement theoretical learning and Navi Mumbai TOLIC several competitions were
compensate for the lack of physical interaction organized in which NIFT Mumbai employees
due to the uncertainties associated with Covid19, participated like Ms. Garima Singhwal- Senior
virtual visits were also arranged for the students like Assistant and Ms. Binita Jha - Assistant Warden
visit to Y-Clothing, Tirupur for KD students, Denim for short story writing and noting, Mr. Sachin
Factory and Performance Clothing manufacturing Kumar - Junior Assistant for poetry recitation, Mr.
for FD students etc. AvinashDevlekar - Research Assistant for noting,
Mr. Sachin Naik - Assistant Director for Article
In spite of the bleak market scenario with respect writing. For the year 2020-2021 NIFT, Mumbai
to placement, there was significant increase of achieved its annual goals of the originating
120% in the highest domestic package offered to correspondence in Hindi for which the gross
M.Des student of NIFT Mumbai who was offered percentage is as following:
a package of 20 lakhs per annum. RIC Unit and
the faculty team at Mumbai managed to provide "A" Region - 95%, “B" Region - 96%, “C" Region -
equitable job opportunities to its graduates via 100% & Noting on files in Hindi - 69%
PPO, Off-Campus or Online Campus Placement
platforms. The Unit contacted 714 new companies Celebration of Days
and 236 start-ups from diverse fields like IT,
fintech, payment gateways, job portals, healthcare • International Yoga Day 2020 was successfully
which participated in placement. Online Campus conducted of using digital media on 21st June
Placements was conducted on 13th & 14th July, 2020, with the key goal to promote Yoga awareness
2021 for PG students and from 15th to 17th in the current pandemic situation globally.
July, 2021 for UG students at NIFT Mumbai. The • On the occasion of National Handloom Day
average package for UG students was 4.5 lakhs 2020, NIFT Mumbai conducted activities such
per annum and for PG students was 5.5 lakhs per as Best Handloom wear & Digital poster making
annum for domestic placements. on Handloom industry to the socio-economic
development of the country among the students
Initiatives by Resource Centre and employees on 07th August, 2020.
• The Independence Day at NIFT Mumbai was
In order to provide access to learning and teaching successfully celebrated among students and
resources to students and faculty during the employees through online mode on 15th August,
pandemic, the Resource Centre at the campus 2020.
introduced an Outreach Programme using digital • NIFT Mumbai observed Hindi Pakhwada from
technology and social media tools. The print and 14th – 30th September 2020. Various online
electronic resources were linked to home page competitions were organized for employees and
for easy access, section for request of e-learning students.
requests was added for facilitating users to send • On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, ‘Uttunga’
their requirements for full text for their study and e-book inspired from life of Mahatma Gandhi
research purposes. The materials collection has was released by Hon’ble Minister of Women and
been digitized with the descriptive information Child Development and Textiles, Govt. of India on
and uploaded to Institutional Repository to ensure 2nd October 2020 which was edited, created and
availability of academic resources to students even designed by FC V students.

• NIFT Mumbai observed Vigilance Awareness also conducted.
week from 27th October – 2nd November 2020. • The Republic Day at NIFT Mumbai was celebrated
E-pledge was administered on 28 October 2019 on 26th January, 2021 following all guidelines
by visiting the website of CVC/ NIFT, HO. of COVID-19 issued by Govt. of India such as
• The Constitution Day to commemorate the maintaining social distance, wearing of mask,
adoption of the Constitution of India and to proper sanitization, avoiding large congregations,
honour and acknowledge the contribution of the protecting vulnerable persons etc.
Founding Fathers of the Constitution, a reading • International Women’s Day was celebrated on
of preamble of the constitution was done virtually 08th March, 2021. A short film – Juice was shown
on 26th November 2020. Ms. Janaki, Advocate to all the female faculty members and staff.
conducted online session on fundamental duties.
An essay competition on the topicof “Relevance
of Constitution of India in Current Scenario” was

NEW DELHI
Significant Landmarks and Achievements of the Short-term Programs

Campus
NIFT Delhi Campus offered nine short term
NIFT Delhi was ranked no. 9 in the global ranking programs in 2020-21, which included eight
of fashion institutes for 2021, published by programs of one year duration and one program
CEOWORLD magazine. It was one of the only two of six months. Total 172 students were enrolled in
Asian institutes in top-10. 2020-21 in the CE program.
NIFT Delhi was ranked no.1 Fashion institute in Major Projects

India in The Week-Hansa Survey for Best colleges
in India-2020 with a composite score of 833 which NIFT Delhi has completed various projects for
was higher than the composite score of highest different Government and private organizations
ranked engineering College, IIT Delhi (792) and some of which are as follows:
best Science College in India St. Stephens (616).
• Consultancy for Uniform Fabric & Garment
NIFT Delhi was also ranked as No. 1 Fashion Specification for Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
Institute of India in Outlook Icare survey 2020 and
Indian today Survey 2020. • Uniform design for several categories of
employees for Airport Authority of India was
Infrastructure and Facilities successfully completed for a total cost of Rs. 20
lakhs.
Delhi Campus has built an additional academic
space of 10 classrooms, 11 labs, 02 auditoriums and •Uniform Design for Mohalla Rakshak – Delhi
03 Exhibition spaces. Construction of classroom Government .
and lab has been planned in 0.4 acre land held
by Delhi campus which is likely to commence • Designing of Kashmiri Pheran for J&K with a
soon. Delhi Campus has procured `State-of- total project cost of Rs. 14 lakhs.
the-Art’ machines for its labs namely 3D printer,
metal melting machine, CNC engraver, jewellery • Design of bed rolls and curtains for AC coaches
polishing machine, band saw machine and Laser of Rajdhani and other trains with project cost of Rs
cutting machines. Rain water harvesting work has 10 lakhs.
been completed in the Delhi campus. Industrial
RO Plant of capacity 5000 Lph has been installed • NIFT Delhi is working on a project on ‘Design of
for optimum use of water. 50 kg jute bag’ for Food Corporation of India.

• Uniform Design for lady officers of Indian Air • Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha is associated with the
Force. ‘Bareilly Smart City’ project to set up a Common
Facility Centre (CFC) and Skill Development Centre
• Uniform Project for staff – PWD. for handicrafts.
• Project on Uniform Design for Group C & D of • Ms. Shresha, engaged in ongoing VisioNxt
DDA employees. Project (faculty facilitator) Trend Byte team, MSD &
amp; E Uniform Design Project, Faculty Associate_
• Design and development of uniforms for Eklavya MEI TY Project Pratibha.
Model Residential School.
• Prof. Dr. Ruby Kashyap Sood tied up with
• Designed the uniforms for the Marshalls of Rajya Birla Cellulose, Aditya Birla Group for classroom
Sabha, the office assistants of the Prime Minister’s projects to be undertaken in Print Design Project
Office, New Delhi, and the office staff of the - Home, Print Design Project - Apparel and Weave
Rashtrapati Bhawan, India. Design Project - Apparel across campuses.
• NIFT Delhi campus has been working in • Dr. Anu Sharma worked as a CPIT in a team
Collaboration with NIFT Headquarters for projects lead by Prof. Dr. Sharmila Dua as the Project
such as VISIONXT, INDIA-size, NIFT Fashion Coordinator for the project ‘Setting up of Design
Design Incubator, Khadi centre of excellence and Resource Center in Weavers’ Service Centers, PAN
Digital Design Repository . India which completed its first Phase of project in
February 2021.
• Prof. Dr. Sudha Dhingra have been appointed the
Director - Center of Excellence for Khadi on 1st • Dr. Anu Sharma alongwith Ms. Surbhi Ahuja,
April 2021. The project is sanctioned by Ministry presented Concept and Ideas presentation for
of MSME to support KVIC. National Textile Museum project to Hon’ble
Minister Smt Smriti Zubin Irani on 11th Dec 2020
• Dr. Noopur Anand is Principal Investigator in under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Anupam Jain.
INDIAsize project - National sizing survey which is
in collaboration with MoT GoI, and is a scientific • Ms. Ashima Tiwari and Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sahi
research study to develop a comprehensive size are doing USTAAD project with Maheswar weavers
chart for ready to wear industry based on these and Varanasi weavers respectively.
body measurements of the Indian population.
• Mr. E. Sivasakthi: Performed as Campus Project
• Dr. Senthil Kumar is Coordinator for the Centre Coordinator (CPC) for ‘Punjabi desi jutti’ craft under
for Advance Research in Textile (CARTex) proposed ‘Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional
to be set-up in Coimbatore. Arts/ Crafts for Development (USTTAD)’ project
and provided inputs for the project website and
• Prof. Dr. Anupam Jain and Dr. Dimple Bahl provided data and feedback through an interview
engaged their creative genius in actualising, schedule conducted.
Design Resource Centres (DRC) at Weaver Service
Centres (WSC) (for which Phase-I is completed & • Ms. Dolly Kumar is Project Coordinator for
Phase-II has been initiated). designing of 50 kg jute bag for Food Corporation
of India
• Prof. Dr. Anupam Jain also initiated and
conceptualised the first draft of the design ideation • Ms. Tulika Mahanty, PIT for designing of Uniforms
and budget details for the proposed National for the employees of Dedicated Freight Corridor
Textiles Museum in Science City at Ahmedabad. Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL)
• Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha and Ms. Anuttama • Dr. Sharmila Dua and Ms. Surbhi Ahuja - A
Chakraborty designed a technology-embedded project on setting up Design Resource Centres
‘smart’ jacket for the Food Safety officers for Food at 28 Weavers Service Centre was undertaken by
Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in NIFT. The project will be completed in 3 phases.
2020. In the Phase-I of the project, setting up of Design
Resource Centre at 8 WSCs identified by the MoT
• Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha and Ms. Anuttama were undertaken. Phase-II of the project will be
Chakraborty designed and developed prototypes executed with another 10 centres of WSCs.
of uniforms for Eklavya Model Residential Schools,
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India in 2020. • Mr. C. S. Joshi is Center Project coordinators for

the USTTAD Project,- cluster - Lucknow Chikankari- Graduation Projects and Graduation Events
sponsored by the Ministry of Minority Affairs and
being implemented by NIFT across twenty five 325 students undertook their graduation projects
different clusters. in year 2020-21 which were held online due to
Pandemic situation.
Major achievements in Student Competitions and
Awards
Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and
Alumni Mr. Priyankur Sengupta of the batch Impact
2016-2020 started an initiative titled Million
Mask Challenge, where in collaboration with the Despite being constrained due to the pandemic,
fashion fraternity 3,50,000 masks were produced craft cluster activities were completed through
and distributed to the underprivileged people online mode. All academic departments had
and a few forefront warriors. He also raised funds undertaken different activities in handloom and
with NIFT Delhi faculty, Ms. Smita Som by online handicraft clusters for design, marketing and
auctioning her art pieces: “Art for Food” and branding interventions under the sponsorship of
donated 100% (Rs. 1.17 lac) of it to the Amphan DC Handlooms and Handicrafts, New Delhi in the
affected areas of Bengal. year 2020-21. Students were acquainted with the
crafts of Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan
Ms. Meher Vadehra, M.Des Batch 19-21 raised and Uttarakhand.
Rs 8,000 through 16 sketches @500/sketch as a
volunteer artist on Valentine’s Day 2020 for Dar PhD Pursuing and Completed
Animals, NGO. She also contributed as Senior
Content Writer and Editor - NIFT Team- Project 15 faculty members are pursuing PhD and 34
Echo. She was selected as exhibiting artist for faculty members have completed their PhD.
“Rebirth”- an international art exhibition based at
the Holy Art Gallery in London (January 2021). Publications and Paper Presentations
Mr. Rohan Behl of DFT dept. was awarded • Mr. Amandeep Singh Grover (Prof.) contributed
silver medal by honourable CM of H.P for being one chapter in the book titled, ‘Supply Chain
the second university topper in Btech (textile Management and Logistics in the Global Fashion
engineering) under Himachal pradesh technical Sector “Published by Routledge -Taylor & Fransis
university in April 2021. Group (London and New York) which was published
recently.
Ms. Mrunalini Desai, currently a student of TD
semester 4, won 1st prize in the “Symbiosis Delhi • Dr. Ananya Mitra Pramanik (Assoc. Prof.) co-
Poster-making competition” in 2020. authored A., Agrawal, published a paper titled,
‘Aspects of Repurposed Yarns, International
Ms. Tanvi Jain, currently a student of TD semester Journal of Home Science.’ (pp. 40-44), ISSN: 2395-
4, was a winner in the Art Category of “Paakshantar 7476’
in association with Social club, NIFT New Delhi” in
2020. • Dr. Ananya Mitra Pramanik (Assoc. Prof.) co-
authored A., Agrawal, published a paper titled,
Ms. Maribel George, currently a student of TD ‘Sustainable Business Development: A Profitable
semester 6, won the Fabindia ‘Fab Design’ contest Enterprise’ in Journal CPJ GLOBAL REVIEW VOL.
in 2020. XII No. 1 (Management, IT and Commerce Journal).
(pp 22-25) ISSN No. 0975-1874’. Published in
Ms. Manvi Tejpal also won the Best Design January 2020.
Collection in a classroom project by Arvind Mills
Ltd under Advance Woven Design subject in • Dr. Anu Sharma (Assoc. Prof.) co-authored
semester 7 in session Jul-Dec 2020 Sharma, A., Suri, M. and Bhagat, S. published
a chapter in book ‘Napasar: An Approach to
Ms. Amara Subul, currently a student of TD Sustainable Livelihood’, Social Entrepreneurship
semester 8, was one of the winners in Hand for and Sustainable Development, Routledge, Taylor
Handmade competition concluded in February and Francis, London and New York, p115-129.
2021. (ISBN:978-0-367-67433-5).
• Dr. Archana Gandhi (Prof.) published paper titled,

“Apparel Factories, the New –Normal” available

at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3804762 or at ICORD 2021, IDC Mumbai in January 2021 and
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ ssrn.3804762. The the same was published in a Springer publication.
article was selected for listing by Europe PMC (an • Dr. Neha Singh (Assco. Prof.) co-authored Kakaria
open science platform). R, presented a research paper titled, ‘Mosquito
Repellent Textiles: An Overview, International
• Dr. Ashok Prasad (Assoc. Prof.) published a Conference on Advances in Textile, Fashion &
paper titled, ‘An Impact of Knitwear Industry on Crafts (ATFC-2021), March 2021, NIFT Jodhpur.
Global Entrepreneurship Amid Corona Pandemic’
in the National online conference held in May 2020 • Dr. Neha Singh (Assco. Prof.) presented a research
at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Management paper titled, ‘A Review Trivial alteration can make
and Information Technology. fabric UV Protective, in ‘Recent Innovations in
Textile & Garment Design and Development’
• Dr Ashok Prasad (Assoc. Prof.) published a paper January 2020 Department of Fashion & Apparel
titled, ‘Weft Knitting – An Innovation for Technical Engineering, TIT&S, Bhiwani.
Textiles” in the online National Conference on
Fashion Apparel and Textile (NCFAT’20) organized • Dr. Noopur Anand (Prof.) published a paper titled,
by AMITY School of Fashion Technology, Noida “Development of Size Chart of Key Measurement
in October 2020, published in proceedings with for Plus Size Women Category in India” in Journal
ISBN:978-81-949292-5-3. of Fashion Technology & Textile Engineering Vol: 8
Issue: 4 ISSN: 2329-9568 in August, 2020.
• Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Jha has contributed to the
Sustainable Fashion Glossary 2020 created by • Dr. Noopur Anand (Prof.) published a paper
Condé Nast in partnership with the Centre for titled, “Validation and Reliability of Size stream
Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, 3D Scanner for Human Body Measurement” in
University of Arts London Springer, Singapore Springer Nature Singapore
Pte Ltd. 2021 Functional Textiles and Clothing
• Dr. Banhi Jha (Sr. Prof.) article titled ‘Kala 2020, pp 13-23 First Print ISBN978-981-15-9375-
Cotton: Cotton of Resilience’ was published in 8 Online ISBN978-981-15-9376-5 https://doi.
Fibre2Fashion (print and online) in 2020. org/10.1007/978-981-15-9376-5_2 in December
2020.
• Dr. Banhi Jha (Sr. Prof.) contributed an article on
‘Khadi Denim’ to the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of • Dr. Noopur Anand (Prof.) presented a paper titled,
World Textiles in 2021. “An anthropometric study of young Indian men
for bottom wear sizing” in International Journal
• Dr. Dimple Bahl (Assoc. Prof.) co-authored Ms. Forensic Engineering and Management, Vol. 1,
Jaya Jaitley, published a paper titled, ‘Inspirations No. 1, 2020 (IJFEM) Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.,
for Graphic Design of India’. Geneva in August 2020.
• Mr. E. Sivasakthi (Assoc. Prof.) a chapter titled, ‘A • Dr. Noopur Anand (Prof.) published a paper a
novel approach towards design and development chapter titled, “Development of Bottom-Wear Size
of Indian men’s work place casual footwear with Chartfor Indian Male Youth” in Design Science
specific reference to sizing’ in the book titled and Innovation book series (DSI) in Springer DOI
‘Recent trends in traditional and technical textiles https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9054-2_5.
(conference proceedings) published by Springer
with ISBN No.978 98115 9995 8 in September • Dr Noopur Anand (Prof.) presented a paper
2020. titled, “Validation and Reliability of Size Stream
3D Scanner for human body measurement
• Ms. Jasmine S. Dixit (Asstt. Prof.) co-authored at Functional Textiles and Clothing FCT 2020
J. S., Alavi, S. & Ahuja, V. published a paper conference organised at IIT Delhi in 2020.
titled, ‘Studying Consumer Brand Relationship
and Segmenting Consumers of Green Apparel • Dr Noopur Anand (Prof.) presented a paper
Brands’ in International Journal of Advances in titled, “3D Scanners Impact on Anthropometric
Engineering and Management, 3(6), 237- 248. studies and Garment “ at AICTE Sponsored 2 Week
doi:10.35629/5252-0306237248. Faculty Development Programme on “Future of
Fashion: AI, IoT, AR, VR, Robotics, Sensors and Big
• Ms. Lavina Bhaskar (Asstt. Prof.) presented a data analytics in Dec, 2020.
paper titled, ‘Ethnography as a tool to study
indigenous Craft Clusters to build cultural • Dr. Noopur Anand (Prof.) presented a paper
sensitivity and inclusivity amongst design students’ titled, “Garment fit and sizing” at AICTE sponsored

Faculty Development Programme titled " 10 :938913661X in 2020.
Recent Innovations in Textile & Garment Design
and Development & quot; organized by TIT & • Dr. Vandana Bhandari (Prof.) published a article
amp; S Bhiwan in 2020. titled, ‘Woven in tradition, India Perspectives’ in
magazine Flagship publication of the Ministry of
• Dr. Ruby Kashyap Sood (Prof.) published a External Affairs, GOI.
research article titled, ‘Genesis of Indian Sari
Blouse’ on fibre2fashion.com in February 2021. • Dr. Vandana Bhandari (Prof.) published a article
titled, ‘Baluchars: The Woven Narrative Silks of
• Dr. Ruby Kashyap Sood (Prof.) published an Bengal, in the Journal of Design, Creative Process
article titled, ‘Natural Elegance: Bridal Fabric & the Fashion Industry.
Trends for the Summer of ‘21’ on fibre2fashion.
com in March 2021. • Dr. Vijay Dua (Prof.) co-authored Mr. A P Khangar
published a Researcher paper titled, ‘Study of
• Dr. Shinju Mahajan (Prof.) co-authored Ms evolution of Indian Currency Notes’ in International
Tanushree Chatterjee presented a paper titled Journal of Advanced Research in Management
‘PVC Flex Banners and mapping it’s afterlife reuse and Social Sciences (ISSN:2278-6236) in May 2021
and recycling in Delhi NCR’ at the Textile and (with Impact Factor of 7.065.)
Fashion Innovation Congress held in April 2021.
Faculty Development
• Dr. Sudha Dhingra (Prof.) published a paper on
titled, “Comparison Between Atlas in Xinjiang of • Prof. Dr. Usha Narasimhan PhD: Creative thinking
China and Patola in Gujarat of India” co-authored skills (CTS) Tot conducted through online mode in
with Weizhu AN and Feng Zhou in Journal of Asian July 2020.
Social Science, Vol 16, N0.2, 2020.
• Prof. Dr. Shalini Sood Completed a 4-month
• Dr. Sudha Dhingra (Prof.) presented a paper extensive Post Graduate Diploma in “Artificial
titled, ‘Making Textile history- Museums and Intelligence for Leaders” from The University of
Repositories in Design Pedagogy’, to Punjab Texas, Austin and Great lakes Executive Learning
University for publishing in an edited book. with “excellent” grade in March 2021.
• Ms. Tulika Mahanty (Assoc. Prof.) presented • Ms. Tulika Mahanty, attended one week Online
research paper titled, ‘Marketing of tribal art and Faculty Development Programme on LaTex from
craft products in the light of globalization and 13th to 19th July 2020 conducted by Jamshedpur
modernization’ in the National E-Conference on Women’s College in collaboration with Spoken
‘Empowering Tribal Women: Entrepreneurship & tutorials IIT Bombay.
Skill Development, a way towards Atmanirbhar
Bharat’ on 5 Dec, 2020. The paper is published • Ms. Garima Anand attended Faculty Development
in UGC CARE Journal (Scopus indexed)- Wutan Programme organized by SARV International on
Huatan Jisuan Jishu, ISSN:1001-1749. ‘Fashion & Textiles’ scheduled from 27th July
2020 to 5th August 2020.
• Ms. Tulika Mahanty (Assoc. Prof.) presented
paper titled, ‘Study on preferences for type • Dr. Priyanka Gupta attended ‘Overview of
of embroidery and inﬂuences on its purchase Lingerie Industry’, held from 20th - 22nd July
decisions among college going girls’ was accepted 2020.
on 13/02/2021 for publication in UGC care journal
Ensemble. A bilingual peer reviewed academic • Ms. Amrita Roy Attended ‘Overview of Lingerie
journal, ISSN (online) 2582- 0427. Industry’, held from 20th - 22nd July 2020.
• Dr. Usha Narasimhan (Prof.) published PhD paper • Prof. Dr. Ruby Kashyap Sood successfully
titled, ‘Fashioning Identity - A Study from Urban completed an online course ‘Sustainable Fashion’
India’, accepted for publication as chapter in conducted by Copanhagen Business School and
edited book by Brill Publication, publication date- offered through Coursera on 6th July 2020.
17th July 2021. E-book ISBN - 978-90-04-44659-5
/Paperback ISBN - 978-90-04-44658-8. • Dr. Anu Sharma completed 1-month online
UI/UX certificate course from California Arts
• Dr. Vandana Bhandari (Prof.) published a book University through Coursera. She also completed
titled, ‘Textiles of Rajasthan at the Jaipur Court’ 1-month online certificate course Deeplearning.ai,
publisher Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, ISBN- AI for everyone.

• Dr. Anu Sharma and Sr. Prof. Dr. Banhi Industry Linkages
Jha conducted an online Training of Trainers
programme on ‘Pedagogical approach to Fashion Total Eight industry linkages were created in 2020-
Design education’ with focus on two subjects - 21.
‘Fashion Society Culture’ and ‘Sustainability Crafts
Fashion’ for thirty FD faculty from across 15 NIFT The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
campuses (22nd – 24th July 2020). Activities
• Ms. Shresha, undertook a 7 module online course Delhi Campus undertook following measures for a
offered by Business of Fashion (BOF) on Fashion green campus:
Styling and Image Making by Lucinda Chambers Electricity Conservation: New building at Delhi
with certification for the same. Campus has a glass façade for saving light and
keeping the building cool. Saving of electricity
The Performance Clothing course was conducted by replacement of tube lights with LED lights and
by Dr. Monika Gupta over 5 days from 13th – electrical panels for safety and security of the
18th July 2020, where 25 faculty from 13 NIFT campus
Campuses participated in the same.
Waste management: Campus has developed
• Dr. Ashok Prasad Participated in one week online comprehensive waste, water, electricity
national Faculty Development Programme (FDP) management systems. Waste management has
on Research Methodology, conducted by Faculty been done by procuring a compost machine
of Doctoral Studies & Research and Internal for converting kitchen waste to manure. Waste
Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Integral University, is segregated into biodegradable and non-
Lucknow. degradable.
Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and Rain water-harvesting: Work for Rain water
International Experts harvesting System has been completed in Delhi
campus and the system is functional now.
Eleven Seminars and Workshops were conducted Water Conservation: Industrial RO of 5000 lph
involving Alumni, Industry and International capacity has been installed in which waste water is
Experts. used for gardening.

PANCHKULA
Faculty Achievements 5. Dr. Vishu Arora, Associate Professor contributed

articles in Harigandha Magazine published by
1. Our Faculty and Director participated in the Haryana Sahitya Academy:
curriculum development workshop organized • gfj;k.kk % oL=ksa dh yqIr gksrh fojklr - November 2020
by NITTTR, Chandigarh for development of • oL=ksa esa jaxksa dk egRo - February 2021
curriculums for New Delhi and Haryana state as
following: 6. Mr. Deep Sagar Verma presented a paper on
• Dr. Puneet Sood (Director) & Dr. Vishu Arora Managing Fashion – A Collaborative Approach
(Associate Professor) on 7th June, 2021. through Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial
Intelligence (AI) at International Online Conference,
• Dr. Puneet Sood (Director) & Mr. Pramod Kumar Advances in Textile, Fashion and Crafts (ATFC-
(Associate Professor) on 6th October 2020 and 2021): NIFT Jodhpur, India on 22nd March, 2021.
22nd June 2021.
7. Hindi Pakhwada was organized from 14th
2. Dr. Puneet Sood (Director NIFT Kannur September to 30th September 2020. Various
& Panchkula) and Ms. Mukthy, Assistant competitions were held essay writing, debate,
Professor, Sustainable Practices Among Fashion Hindi general knowledge and hindi typing
Entrepreneurs: Study among Kerala Fashion competetions were held for faculty and staff of
Startups: 4th International Conference conducted the campus.
by TKM Institute of Management, Kerala, India
which was held on 17th October, 2020. Student’s Achievements
3. Dr. Puneet Sood (Director NIFT Kannur Ms. Ishita Jain and Ms. Pragya Negi did a Poster
& Panchkula) and Ms. Mukthy, Assistant presentation of paper “Khilone: Recalling playful
Professor, Impact of COVID : Opportunities for memories” at International Online Conference,
Social Entrepreneurship in functional fashion, Advances in Textile, Fashion and Crafts (ATFC-
International Online Conference, Advances in 2021): NIFT Jodhpur, India which was held from
Textile, Fashion and Crafts (ATFC 2021): NIFT 22nd - 24th March, 2021.
Jodhpur, India which was held from 22nd - 24th
March, 2021.
4. Dr. Vishu Arora, Associate Professor authored

– Ashavali Brocades and published in December
2020

PATNA
Significant Landmarks and Achievements of • Resource centre

Campus NIFT Patna has a rich RC where approximately
10000 books, both in Hindi and English are
• Ms. Disani Goswami, FC semester 7 student, available for students and faculties to refer from.
Patna campus, won D'source Corona Design The RC also hosts number of online journals and
challenge in Communication Design conducted by databases, which may be accessed by the visitors.
IDC, IIT Bombay in February 2021. For easy functionality, Computers are provided
• Ms. Riya Kumari, FC semester 7 student, Patna inside RC for use by the visitors. There is an access
campus, won D'source Corona Design challenge in to various Journals and e-books with the help of
Typographic Poster conducted by IDC, IIT Bombay E- Granthalya.
in February 2021.
• Ms. Shreyanshi A Mishra , FC semester 8 student, • Incubation Cell
Patna campus, won D'source Corona Design NIFT Patna has an incubation cell which currently
challenge in Communication Design conducted by supports 2 businesses which are operational. It
IDC, IIT Bombay in February 2021. is supported by Bihar start-up policy 2017. The
• NIFT Patna Conducted an International Webinar applicants are provided mentoring support right
on “Women in Sustainable Craft Entrepreneurship from the idea stage. The policy also provides
-The Changing Dynamics. The webinar was well scope of seed funding of up to INR 10Lakhs
received and had more than 100 participants. from Government of Bihar. 25 applicants have
• NIFT PATNA trained the Jeevika Workers to benefitted from this scheme.
make 2 Crore Masks for the Govt of Bihar in a
record time of 3 months. • Video Conferencing room
• World’s first Virtual documentary film on the NIFT Patna has a well-equipped, high speed
crafts of Bihar titled Anmol Mol - Bihar ke shipkar internet based video conferencing room which can
was made and has been received well by viewers connect with outside world with a seating capacity
across the globe. of 50 individuals. It is utilised for meetings,
• Coir India 2021 Conference - NIFT Patna Director conferences and seminars. It often doubles up
was called as one of the speakers. as a classroom and connects with industry and
international professionals for holistic learning of
Infrastructure and Facilities the students.
NIFT Patna has modern classrooms with well- • National Knowledge Network
equipped furniture, A.C. and projectors for all the NKN is available in campus for the students,
departments. who connect with outside world 24X7 using its

dedicated servers. It provides hi speed internet online conference ATFC 2021.
to the students and supports any and all internet • Ms. Khushi Gupta, Mr. Pranav Priyadadrshi, Ms.
requirements. Akanksha Kumari Ms. Rumjhum Ms. Pooja Kumari,
• Wellness Center Ms. Shipra Yadav, Ms. Sneha Mahto Mr. Sudhanshu
The campus also has a wellness center where the Priyadarshi,BFT Ms. Supriya, Ms. Akriti Sharma
consultant physician and consultant psychologist Ms. Priya Thakur Ms. Vijaya Bharti Mr. Shashank
interact with students on a regular basis. The Mishra, Ms. Nisha Kumari Ms. Shivang Ms. Komal
physical and mental health of the students is well Priya Ms. Sejal Gami semester 6 student, Patna
taken care of by the experts who are available in Campus, participated in International Online
the center on regular basis. Conference ATFC 2021.
• Girl’s Hostel National representation

A well-equipped, airy and comfortable setup • Ms. Diksha, Ms. Kriti Verma and Ms. Ankita
is provided to the students who opt for hostel Dasgupta, TD semester 6 student, Patna Campus,
facilities with a maximum capacity of 230 students won 1st prize in poster presentation on theme
on twin sharing basis. With bio-metric attendance “Innovative Approaches for the Development of
system, the hostel is well taken care by hostel Sustainable textile Products and Processes” at
warden and security personnel. 24X7 running Hotel The Lalit Great eastern on 09 - 10 February
water and electricity is provided to the occupants 2020, Kolkata, organized by The Institution of
along with maintenance professionals available Engineers (India), West Bengal State Centre.
around the clock. The housekeeping of the campus • Ms. Ankita Dasgupta and Ms. Diksha, TD semester
is maintained by “Sulabh,” an NGO with wide 6 student, Patna Campus, secured 1st position in
experience in sanitary services. Other facilities poster presentation on topic “Upcycling of Waste
include common area, common Halls, equipped Textile Materials With Added Design Values Using
with Gym facility, Fridge, Oven, Iron, Washing Natural Dye, Printing And Traditional Textile Art”
Machine, News Paper facility at every floor. in National Conference on Sustainable Growth
in Textiles in SGT -2020 held on 12-14 Aug 2020
•NIFT Canteen organised by UPTTI, Kanpur.
An availability of huge air cooled area with hygienic • Ms. Vedika Trivedi, TD semester 7 student, Patna
meals round the clock equipped with modern Campus, presented a research paper on Computer
furniture, TV Screens, Music Systems, graffiti walls invention in fashion and textiles’ at AICTE Internal
etc. conference, Kolkata in June 2020 and got selected
as Craft researcher in Creative Dignity, New Delhi
•Sports in August 2020.
NIFT Patna has excellent indoor as well as Outdoor • Ms. Kriti Verma and Ms. Prerna, TD Ms.
sport facilities. The indoor facilities include: Sharvari Poharkar and Mr. Aditya Pratap Ms.
Carrom, Chess, Badminton, Table Tennis etc. The Ankita Dasgupta and Ms. Diksha, semester 7
outdoor sports available in NIFT Patna include: student, Patna Campus, presented their paper
Futsal, Basketball, Cricket, Volleyball, Throw ball entitled “Unraveling The Weaver Scenario Of
etc. along with athletic events like: Javelin, Shot Indian Handloom Sector: A Case Study” in AICTE
put, Long jump, High jump. Students regularly sponsored International E- Conference
practice these games and also participate in • 7 students of semester 5, Patna Campus,
Converge (annual inter NIFT sport meets event) participated in Toycathon.
and Spectrum (NIFT Patna annual-cultural-sport • Ms. Shubhangi, FD semester 4 student, Patna
fest) along with other college festivals. NIFT Patna Campus, participated in India Lost and Found -
runs SAP club to facilitate and promote its sports Character Eyes on 18th March, 2021.
and photography club activities. • Ms. Jaya Banik, FD semester 7 student, Patna
Campus, won 1st prize in Rangorie Lingerie
Major achievements in Student Competitions and Competition in November-December 2020.
Awards • Ms. Anoushka Sinha,FD semester 4 student,
Patna Campus, participated in the 23rd NHRDN
International representation National Conference hosted by the Delhi & NCR
• Ms. Vedika Trivedi, TD Semester 7 student, chapter as the youngest member of NHRDN Patna
Patna Campus, presented her own designed rug chapter held on 26th and 27th February 2021. and
in DOMOTEX 2020, Germany in May 2020. was, was elected as the youngest office bearer of
• Ms. Amrita Ray, Ms. Meheli Das and Ms. Sayantani Indian Trainers Association, holding the position
Ghosh BFT semester 5 student, Patna Campus, of Additional Secretary in March 2021 and she
participated in poster presentation and abstract signed an MOU for Bayrock Cafe with Central
selected for book of abstracts in International Government’s Atal Incubation Centre of Niti

Aayog on 24th August 2020. 35 students of Fashion Design, batch 2016- 2020,
• Mr. Rahul Kumar, FD semester 4 student, has successfully completed their graduation
Patna Campus, won 4th prize in photography at project in different companies.
Kurukshetra 2020, Telangana on 01st June 2020. • Best Graduation Project : Ms. Garvita Srivastava
• Ms. Shambhavi, FD semester 6 student, Patna • Most Innovative and Creative Design Collection:
Campus, secured position in Top 15 Finalist in India Ms. Veni Gangte
Film Project Season X under Fan Art category. • Best Use of Traditional Skills in Contemporary
• Ms. Vibhuti Gupta, FC Semester 5 student, Patna Styling : Ms. Garvita Srivastava
Campus, won LOGO Design Competition 2020 for
Govinda’s at ISKON, Gurugram. 33 students of Textile Design, batch 2016- 2020,
• Ms. Harshi Reteria, FC semester 7 Student, has successfully completed their graduation
Patna Campus, won Gold Medal in Photography project in different companies.
competition 2020 in NITP Techno Culture Fest. • Best Graduating Project I : Ms. Sneh Khanna
• Ms. Varsha Akhauri, F&LA semester 6 student, • Best Graduating Project II : Ms. Shalini Keshri
Patna Campus, won 1st prize in Prosthetic Glove • Best Graduation Project III : Ms. Toshi Srivastava
Designing Competition, held by IIT Patna.
• Ms. Shreya Verma, F&LA semester 4 student, 28 students of Department of Fashion Technology,
Patna Campus, won 2nd prize at YODA Infobite batch 2016- 2020, has successfully completed their
Hunt 4.0 (Digital Design Contest) in January 2021. graduation project in different companies.
• Ms. Shreya Verma, F&LA semester 4 student, • Best Graduation Project : Srishti Sinha : Vikas
Patna Campus, won 3rd prize at YODA Infobite Kumar
Hunt 5.0 (Digital Design Contest) in February 2021. • Most Innovative Project : Priyanshu Ranjan
• Most Commercially Viable Project : Meghna
State representation Madhukar
• Ms. Anchal Kumari, FD semester 4 student, Patna 31 students of Department of Fashion
Campus, won award for painting by Mr. Shirsat Management Studies, batch 2018- 2020, has
Kapil Ashok (District Magistrate) and Mr. Pramod successfully completed their graduation project in
Kumar (Art, Culture and Youth department) on 16 different companies.
May 2020 at East Champaran. • Best Post Graduation Project (Marketing/
• Ms. Sakshi Padale, F&LA semester 5 student, Retailing) : Ms. Meghna Jha
Patna Campus, participated in World skill • Best Post Graduation Project (International
competition 2020-2021 and cleared 1st round of Business/Export Merchandising) : Mr. Aman Kumar
World skill from Bihar State in Visual Merchandising. • Best Post Graduation Project (Entrepreneurship/
• Ms. Ayushi Pandey, F&LA semester 3 student, Fashion Management Practices) : Ms. Kanak Mishra
Patna Campus, won 3rd prize in World Environment
Day Online Competition by Bihar Government on Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and
05th June 2020. Impact
Graduation Projects and Graduation Awards The Department of Fashion Design, Semester-
VII conducted an online Craft Based Product
32 students of second batch 2016- 2020, Fashion Development during 23rd-27th September, 2020
and Lifestyle Accessories successfully completed in Zari Craft and Goods from Patna City with an
their graduation project in different companies. objective to explore usage of the identified craft to
• Best Graduation Project: Ms. NISHA SHREE design a new range of product (Garment) line. The
• Most Commercially Viable Design Intervention: impact of this study was to learn to apply traditional
Mr. RAHUL KUMAR SHARMA crafts and techniques into a contemporary style.
• Most Exemplary Application of Design The focus was to orient the craft towards the
Methodology: Ms. NISHA SHREE contemporary markets to generate fresh appeal
without losing the essence of the craft (colour,
33 students of Fashion Communication, batch motifs and Garment styles are the few possible
2016 - 2020, has successfully completed their areas for the contemporise touch).
graduation project in different companies.
• Best Graduation Project Award I : Mr. SURAJ The Department of Textile Design, Semester-VII,
ASAWA session July-Dec’ 2020, Batch 2017-2021conducted
• Best Graduation Project Award II : Ms. VISHAKHA online Craft Design Project during 13th-17th
VASU October 2020 from Bhagalpur Mega Handloom
• Most Innovative Graduation Project Award : Ms. Cluster with an objective to produce a survey
SHIRKE RITIKA GANESH report on the artisans-based facts.
Fashion and Life Style Accessories, Semester- V,

Batch 2018-2022 conducted an online Craft Cluster • Kislay Kashyap Assistant Professor FMS is
Study of Craft and Research Documentation during Pursuing Phd From IIT Patna
04th – 05th November, 2020 at Patna Cluster with • Nilima R Topno Associate Professor DFT is
an objective to interact with Artisans and explore Pursuing Phd From IIT Kanpur
the design possibilities of the Sikki Craft products • Satyendra Mishra Associate Professor FD is
and merchandise. Pursuing Phd From IIT Kanpur
• Kunal Singha Assistant Professor TD is Pursuing
Fashion and Life Style Accessories, Semester- PhD from IIT Khargpur
VII, Batch 2017-2021 in the session of July-Dec’ • Rajesh Kumar Assistant Professor AD is Pursuing
2020 conducted an online Craft Cluster Study of Phd From Aryabhatta Knowledge University Patna
Craft Based Design Product with an objective to • Sweta R Sharma Associate Professor FD is
interact and forward the designs for the prototype Pursuing Phd From Vanastali Vidya Peeth Rajasthan
to the Artisans virtually under the activity of wood
carving and Stone carving. Publications and Paper Presentations
Fashion Management Studies, Semester- II, Batch • Paper presented on “Sustainable approaches to
2020-2022 in the session of Jan-Jun 2021 conducted rejuvenate the Textile and Fashion Industry” as a
an online Craft Research and Documentation event invited key note speaker in SGT-2020, National
during 26th-30th April 2021 with an objective to Conference held on 12-14 Aug 2020 organised by
document the findings of the diagnostic studies UPTTI Kanpur, India by Prof. Sanjay Shrivastava,
based on the interaction with the artisans of Sujini, Director, NIFT, Patna.
Appliqué and Sikki Crafts. NIFT Patna conducted • Paper presented on “Textile Fabric for Biological
an online Artisans Awareness Workshop during Protection Using Herbal Resources for Fight
27th-29th May 2021 with an amalgamation of five against COVID -19” at UPTTI Kanpur on 1st May
different UG departments namely Fashion Design, 2020 by Dr. Pintu Pandit, Kunal Singha, Assistant
Fashion Technology, Textile Design, Professor, Department of Textile Design & Prof.
Sanjay Shrivastava, Director, NIFT, Patna.
Fashion Communication and Fashion and Lifestyle • Paper presented on “Ground Reality of Bihari
Accessories. This event was marked by an active Migrant Labourers During Covid’19 crisis” at B.S
participation of Craft Experts and Artisans from College, Danapur, Patna as key note speaker on
various Craft Clusters along with the students and 20th June 2020 by Dr. Rishikesh Kumar, Assistant
Faculty members of the respective departments. Professor, Department of Fashion Management
The objective of this event was to reach out to the Studies.
artisans and craftsmen at the grass root level and • Paper presented on “Econometric Methods
to provide them the benefit through knowledge of Data Handling” at the 3rd International
dissemination and exposure to urban markets Management Conference organized by JIMC
and design intervention, innovative designs and on July 18th 2020 by Kislay Kashyap, Assistant
linkages with new markets Professor, Department of Fashion Management
Studies.
NIFT Patna registered its presence once again • Paper presented on “UV - protected & Thermal
on You Tube through the world’s first Virtual Controllable Nano - particle Treated Home
documentary film “Anmol Bihar Ke Shilpkar” with Furnished Woven Fabric” National conference -
the URL: https://youtu.be/X9Jm9gosTa4 based NCFAT’20 Organized by Amity School of Fashion
on the event of Artisans Awareness Workshop Technology, U.P, 2020 by Kunal Singha, Assistant
2021. The USP of this Virtual documentary been Professor, Department of Textile Design.
the coordination of 209 IP addresses in sync with • Paper presented on “Building Up Innovative
1440 minutes of screen time with an objective and Sustainable Textile Landscape Applying Plant
to make the artisans of Bihar to understand that Biomolecules” in SGT -2020, National conference
any situation like pandemic cannot restrict the held on 12-14 Aug 2020 organised by UPTTI
value of the craft that they practice. The Virtual Kanpur by Dr. Pintu Pandit, Assistant Professor,
documentary has been garnered good response Department of Textile Design.
so far. • Paper presented on “Building Up Innovative
and Sustainable Textile using waste Natural
PhD Pursuing and Completed Resources” 5th International Conference on Reuse
and Recycling of Materials and their products held
• Vinayak Yashraj Associate Professor AD is on 11-13 Dec 2020 organised by Mahatma Gandhi
Pursuing PhD from IIT Patna University, Kerela, India by Dr. Pintu Pandit,
• Toni Sharma Associate Professor FMS is Pursuing Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Design.
Phd From IIT Patna • Paper presented on “Computer intervention

in Textile & Fashion” in AICTE sponsored Agro Processing Residue for the Coloring and
International E-conference at TITS Bhiwani on 18- Protective Finishing of Cotton Fabric” published in
19th September, 2020 by Dr. Pintu Pandit & Kunal Waste and Biomass Valorization (Springer) 2020 by
Singha, Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Dr. Pintu Pandit, Assistant Professor, Department
Design. of Textile Design.
• Paper presented on “Vocal for Local Indian • Paper titled “Water repellent finishing on eri silk
Textiles” at International Online conference fabric using nano silica” published in The Journal
Advances in Craft Fashion and Textiles, NIFT of The Textile Institute, 2020 by Dr. Pintu Pandit,
Jodhpur, India 22nd-24th March 2021 by Nilima Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Design.
Regina Topno, Associate Professor, Department of • Paper titled “Simultaneous dyeing and functional
Fashion Technology. finishing of cellulosic and protein fibres with
• Poster paper presented on “Intensification eucalyptus bark” published in Fibers and Polymers
of industry 4.0 due to covid -19”, “Textile (Springer) 2020 by Dr. Pintu Pandit, Assistant
industry wastewater and it’s hazardous effects”, Professor, Department of Textile Design.
“International Online conference Advances in • Paper titled “Embracing natural dyes” published
Craft”, “Monpa Handmade paper of Arunachal in The Indian Textile Journal, 2020 by Kumar
Pradesh” and “Fashion Forecasting” at Vikas, Associate Professor, Department of Fashion
International Online conference Advances in Communication.
Craft Fashion and Textiles, NIFT Jodhpur, India • Paper titled “Banaras: A Parallel space of
22nd-24th March 2021 by Nilima Regina Topno, the Cosmic universe and its contribution to
Associate Professor, Department of Fashion Architecture” published in International Journal
Technology. of the Advanced Research, 2020 by Kumar Vikas,
Associate Professor, Department of Fashion
Research/Review Paper Publications Communication.
• Paper titled “Sustainable approaches to • Paper titled “Goudana: An Extinct Art” published
rejuvenate the handloom and handicraft in India” in International Journal of the Advanced Research,
published in Journal of Textile Engineering 2020 by Kumar Vikas, Associate Professor,
& Fashion Technology, 2020 by Prof. Sanjay Department of Fashion Communication.
Shrivastava, Director, NIFT, Patna. • Paper titled “Banarsi Sari-Evolution and
• Paper titled “Dimensions of Narrative through Endurance in Modern Age” published in Fibre to
Dress: Portyal of the Marginalized in Satyajit Ray’s Fashion, 2020 by Kumar Vikas, Associate Professor,
Sadgati” published in Contemporary Literary Department of Fashion Communication.
Review India, 2020 by Vinayak Yashraj, Associate • Paper titled “UV-protected & Thermal
Professor, Department of Fashion & Lifestyle Controllable Nano-particle Treated Home
Accessories. Furnished Woven Fabric” published in Fashion
• Paper titled “Managing Sustainable Development Apparel and Textile (NCFAT’20) Organized by
of Indian Carpet Industry” published in the Journal Amity School of Fashion Technology, U.P, 2020 by
of Seybold Report, 2020 by Dr. Vikas Kumar, Kunal Singha, Dr. Pintu Pandit, Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor, Department of Fashion Department of Textile Design and Rajesh Kumar,
Management Studies. Assistant Professor Department of Department of
• Paper titled “Green Synthesis of Nanoparticle Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories.
and its application on cotton fabric using Sterculia • Paper titled “Salt-free and low temperature
foetida fruit shell extract” published in Journal colouration of silk using He–N2 non-thermal
of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology, plasma irradiation” published in Journal of Cleaner
2020 by Dr. Pintu Pandit & Kunal Singha Assistant Production (Elsevier) 2020 by Dr. Pintu Pandit,
Professor, Department of Textile Design. Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Design.
• Paper titled “Acacia auriculiformis-A natural dye
used for simultaneous coloration and functional Book and Book Chapters Publications
finishing on textiles” published in Journal of • Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD), Kunal Singha
Cleaner Production (Elsevier), 2020 by Dr. Pintu (Asst. Prof. TD) and Prof. Sanjay Shrivastava
Pandit, Assistant Professor, Department of Textile (Director, NIFT, Patna) have authored a Book
Design. Chapter on “Pineapple Leaf Fibre: Cultivation and
• Paper titled “Bhagalpur Silk Fabric- Weaving Production” published in Springer-Nature, 2020.
Process in Textile” published in different • Satyendra Kumar Mishra (Associate Professor &
technological Methodologies used in the Garment CC-FD) has authored a book chapter on “COVID-
Industry in Textile school, 2021 by Nilima Regina 19’s Impact on Fashion Design Education”
Topno, Associate Professor, Department of published on book COVID-19 & Emergency
Fashion Technology. E-Learning: Consequences and Experiences, Star
• Paper titled “Groundnut Testa: An Industrial Publication, 2020.

• Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD), Dr. Pintu Pandit “Chitosan-based bionanocomposites in medical
(Asst. Prof. TD) and Prof. Sanjay Shrivastava textile” published in Bionanocomposites in Tissue
(Director, NIFT, Patna) have authored a Book Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Elsevier,
Chapter on “Anatomical Structure of Pineapple 2021.
Leaf Fiber” published in Springer-Nature, 2020. • Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) & Dr. Pintu
• Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD), Kunal Singha Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book
(Asst. Prof. TD) and Prof. Sanjay Shrivastava Chapter on “Applications of alginate - based
(Director, NIFT, Patna) editor for Book on bionanocomposites in drug delivery” published
“Recycling from Waste in Fashion and Textiles: in Bionanocomposites in Tissue Engineering and
A Sustainable and Circular Economic Approach” Regenerative Medicine, Elsevier, 2021.
published in Scrivener Publishing LLC. John Wiley • Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) & Dr. Pintu
& Sons, USA, 2020. Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book
• Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD), Kunal Singha Chapter on “Applications of alginate-based
(Asst. Prof. TD) and Prof. Sanjay Shrivastava bionanocomposites in drug delivery” published
(Director, NIFT, Patna) have authored a Book in Bionanocomposites in Tissue Engineering and
Chapter on “Overview on Recycling from Waste Regenerative Medicine, Elsevier, 2021.
in Fashion and Textiles: A Sustainable & Circular • Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) & Kunal Singha
Economic Approach” published in Scrivener & (Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter
Wiley Publishing LLC, 2020. on “Starch-based bionanocomposites in tissue
• Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) & Dr. Pintu Pandit engineering and regenerative medicines”
(Asst. Prof. TD) 2020. have authored a Book published in Bionanocomposites in Tissue
Chapter on “Advanced Dyeing or Functional Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Elsevier,
Finishing” published in book Frontiers of Textile 2021.
Materials, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.,2020. • Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) & Kunal Singha
• Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD), Prof. Sanjay (Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter on
Shrivastava (Director, NIFT, Patna), Kunal Singha “Treatment of textile wastewater by agricultural
(Asst. Prof. TD) & Lokesh Kumar (Asst. Prof. TD) waste biomasses” published in  Sustainable
have authored a Book Chapter on “Challenges Technologies for Textile Wastewater Treatments,
and Opportunities of Waste in Handloom Textiles” Elsevier, 2021.
published in Scrivener & Wiley Publishing LLC, • Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) & Dr. Pintu Pandit
2020. (Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter
• Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) & Dr. Pintu Pandit on “Conjugated polymer-coated novel bioads
(Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter on or bents for waste water treatment” published
“UV Protection via Nanomaterials” published in in Sustainable Technologies for Textile Wastewater
book Frontiers of Textile Materials, John Wiley & Treatments, Elsevier, 2021.
Sons, Ltd.,2020. • Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) & Kunal
• Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) & Dr. Pintu Pandit Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book
(Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter on Chapter on “Zero liquid discharge wastewater
“Advanced UV Protection Agents for Protective treatment technologies” published in Sustainable
Textiles and Clothing” published in Springer Technologies for Textile Wastewater Treatments,
Nature pub, 2020. Elsevier, 2021.
• Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) has authored
a Book Chapter on “Advanced insect repellent ToTs attended by faculty members :
agents for protective textiles and clothing” 40 Number of TOT were attended by faculty
published in Advances in Functional and Protective members of NIFT Patna.
Textiles, Woodhead Publishing, 2020.
• Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) & Kunal Singha Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and
(Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter on International Experts
“Advanced flame-retardant agents for protective
textiles and clothing” published in Advances in • Expert lecture by Padmshree Shree Shyam
Functional and Protective Textiles, Woodhead Sharma, a renowned Print Making Artist, Professor,
Publishing, 2020. Writer and a Committee Member of National
• Dr. Pintu Pandit (Asst. Prof. TD) & Kunal Singha Museum, on topic “What to see” on 23.11.2020.
(Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter • Expert lecture by Mr. Anshul Rajwansh, Creative
on“Advanced applications of green materials in head at Rajwansh Pret & Couture and NIFT
construction applications” published in Application Hydrabad Alumni of Fashion Design Department
of Advanced Green Materials, Elsevier, 2020. 2000, on topic “ Globalization of Fashion” on 25
• Kunal Singha (Asst. Prof. TD) & Dr. Pintu Pandit November 2020.
(Asst. Prof. TD) have authored a Book Chapter on • Expert lecture by Mr. Anuj Sharma, a well known

Fashion Designer, NID alumni and founder of of Global Environment Sustainability, Colorado
Button Masala, on topic “Sustainable Fashion & State University, USA, on topic “Alternative
We” on 27 November 2020. Business Models incorporating Circular Economy
• Expert lecture by Mr. Chandrashekhar Bheda, Principles” on 28 December 2020 (as per Indian
a NID alumni and Creative Head and Principal Date).
Designer of Spider Design, on topic “Dependence • Apart from this 60 more such lectures and
of Craft & Fashion” on 28 December 2020. workshops were organized
• Expert lecture by Deepak Jhon Methew, a
well known senior Photographer and HOD Major Industry Linkages
at IIT Hyderabad, on topic “Photography as
Communication” on 02 December 2020. • Department of Textile Design, Batch - Arvind
• Expert lecture by RJ Vijeta , a Radio Jockey at Ltd., Arawali Exports, House of Masaba, WFB Baird
BIG FM Patna, an Actor, and a Standup Comedian, and Co.(India) Pvt. Ltd, Ratan Paper, Ratan Textile,
on topic “Design your Communication”on 03 SAN International, Kontoor Brands, Obeetee Pvt.
December 2020. Ltd., New times Group, Bhavya International,
• Expert lecture by Prof. S Balram, a Founding Fullsea Export, Radiant Expo Vision Pvt. Ltd.,
and Governing Council Member of The Craft Triburg, Obeetee Pvt. Ltd., Lifestyle (Landmark
Development Institute in Kashmir and is currently group), Jaipur Rugs, Donear Industries Ltd., Jaw
the Dean of DJ Academy of Design in Coimbatore, and sons Ltd., Blackberrys, ALPS Industries Ltd.,
on topic “Power of Perception” on 04 December Belleven Home, Oster Knitwears, Welspun India
2020. Ltd., Jayashree Textiles. Future Group- Future
• Expert lecture by Somesh Singh, a NIFT alumni Lifestyle Fashion, United Colors of Benetton
and Co-Founder of Craft Village, on topic “How (India), Tejas Harish for Evolve, New times group,
Technology and Design Moves Hand in Hand” on AJIO (Reliance Retail Limited), Arvind Limited
10 December 2020. (Denim Division), Mufti, Impulse India, Reliance
• Expert lecture by Akhilendra Mishra, an Indian Retail, Madura Fashion and Retail Ltd, Triburg
Film and Television Character Actor best known for Apparel, Live bohame, Levi Strauss & Co.PANYA
his role as Kroor Singh in the 1990s Doordarshan (Shuruaat Collections pvt. ltd.), Wunderman
fantasy television series Chandrakanta. His other Thompson, Femina, INDI Design, Ogaan Media,
notable works include the character of Mirchi SKPL Antrepriz Solutions Pvt Ltd, Sartoin, Gaatha,
Seth in the 1999 critically acclaimed film Sarfarosh Shoppers Stop, McCann World group, Chumbak
and He also played the character of Arjan in the Design Pvt. Ltd., Superfly Productions, Future
Academy Award nominated film Lagaan, on topic Specialty Retail Ltd., Box8, Unthinkable solutions
“Cinema & Its impact on Society” on 12 December LLP, DDB Mudra, Conde Nast Traveller, Design
2020. Stack, Koovs.com, Damensch Apparel Pvt Ltd,
• Expert lecture by Manisha Jha, an Architect and Lokus Design, Bihar School of Yoga, Prasun
Mithila Artist (Madhubani Painting) she has got Mazumdar Design, Early Man Film Pvt. Ltd., The
the prestigious National Award given by Hon’ble Magic Beans, Care Earth. Direct Create, Klove
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the Studio, Y- Walls Design Pvt. Ltd., Enroute Dezine,
year 2014, on topic “Cultural Roots and Advent of Iseo Chemdis Pvt. Ltd., Titan Company Limited,
Design “on 14.12.2020. The FOP Design Studio, Little Bird, Zorin Interiors
• Expert lecture by Parimal Aloke, an Indian film Pvt. Ltd., Vivaldi leather Pvt Ltd., Stone man crafts,
Actor and Director, who has worked predominantly Trendy dice Design tech Pvt. Ltd., Kasa Adbhuta,
in Bollywood. Parimal’s previous film to hit the Toteteca, SGS Overseas, Chlorophyll, Fab India
theatres was Sadda Adda in the year 2012, on Overseas Pvt Ltd, Chalk Studio 207, SSIPL Retail
topic “Change in Indian Cinema” on 16.12.2020. Ltd., Under Armour India, Times Internet Limited.
• Expert lecture by Tuhin Roy, an alumnus of N.I.F.T
(Design) Hyderabad and Director and Co-Founder The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
of JUMPINGGOOSE, one of the most reputed Activities
Design Agencies in India, on topic “Branding and
Story Telling” on 18 December 2020. • LED Lighting has been placed
• Expert lecture by Sidharth Maheshwari, an • Solar Street Lights have been installed
alumnus of NIFT Hyderabad and Deputy General • Solar Panels are installed for supporting the WI
Manager Operations at Page Industries Limited, FI Systems
on topic “Everyone Communicates few connect” • Minimum use of plastic mineral water bottles
on 24 December 2020. • Air Purifying Plants are being hired on a monthly
• Expert lecture by Sonali Didi, an alumnus of NIFT basis
Hyderabad and Associate Professor, Department • Tree Plantation Drive is done twice every year
of Design and Merchandising, Core faculty, School

RAEBARELI
Significant Landmarks and Achievements • Vigilance Awareness Week – 2020 was organized
from 27 October to 02 November 2020. The
• Online classes conducted successfully by NIFT Integrity Pledge was taken by the Officers, Faculty
Raebareli Campus during the pandemic COVID-19. & Staff members of NIFT Raebareli campus. Various
• Initiated at the behest of the campus along with competitions were organized online amongst the
footpath inter locking tiles have been completed students.
which gives an aesthetic look.
• Fresh tenders of various service contracts at
• Special measures were initiated in the campus to NIFT Raebareli viz. Pest Control Services, Security
address COVID-19 pandemic situation for smooth Services, Office Stationary & Housekeeping &
conduct of all the activities. Manpower services, Canteen Services, Stationary
Shop have been processed during COVID-19
• Fixing of PVC wall panelling was carried out in period and presently running successfully.
Conference room of Administrative Block of the
campus under Swachhata activities. • On behalf of NIFT Raebareli campus, Dr. Smriti
Yadav, Associate Professor & Mr. Akhilendra
• Tiling work in the administrative block and Pratap Sonkar, Assistant Professor has contributed
plantation of trees outside of the boundary wall as Campus Project Implementation Team for the
of the campus were carried out to improve the project Development of Design Resource Centre
aesthetic view of the campus. at Weavers Service Centre, Varanasi which was
duly inaugurated by Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani,
• International Yoga Day observed on 21st June Hon’ble Cabinet Minister of Textiles, Govt. of India
2020 at NIFT Raebareli. Dr. Ravi Pratap Singh, on 15 November 2020 along with 08 other WSCs
Yoga Specialist – Ayush Deptt. deliberated on the across the country.
importance of Yoga in our life. All staff members &
stakeholders attended the Yoga session physically • Renovation work of two nos. of Hostel Blocks
/ online mode conducted on the occasion. have been completed within stipulated time.
• Hindi Pakhwada-2020 was celebrated by Officers, • Celebration of Constitution Day, Independence

Faculty, Staff members & students of NIFT Day, Republic Day & Gandhi Jayanti have
Raebareli from 14 to 30 September 2020. Various been successfully organized during COVID-19
Hindi Competitions (online / offline) amongst the pandemic period by physical/ online presence of
students & Staff members were organized and by the employees & students.
following COVID-19 guidelines.

• “Swachhta Pakhwada” organised from 01st • Textile collections
March to 15th March, 2021 at NIFT Raebareli • Craft Materials sourced from various Craft
campus wherein several competitions and
awareness workshop were organized amongst the Clusters of Uttar Pradesh
employees & students and periodic report sent. Services offered:
• Reference Service
Infrastructure and Facilities • Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
• Bibliographic Service
Lively and vibrant campus is complemented with • Indexing Service
a dedicated team of faculty that equal to best in • Circulation service
the world at NIFT Raebareli. Creative architecture • Reprographics Service
and spaciousness define all NIFT buildings, which • Colour Service
house fully equipped lecture halls, design studios • E-book Service
and laboratories, resource center, activity centers • E-magazine Services
and hostels. The education structure emphasizes • Students Projects (GP, Craft’s)
hands-on experience through practical set- • E-Journals and online Database
ups. NIFT Raebareli provides state-of-the-art • Current Awareness Services
infrastructure and equipments to impart both • Services of RFID Library Security System are to
practical and theoretical training. be started very soon
The facilities and services offered at NIFT Amphitheatre

Raebareli to the students allow them the freedom The amphitheater at NIFT Raebareli campus
to experiment and generate creative ideas. is ideal for student presentations and design
collection showcases.
• Lecture Halls
Well-equipped air-conditioned Lecture Halls, use Cafeteria
of advanced teaching methodology designed for A variety of food and a friendly atmosphere make
highly interactive sessions. the cafeteria’ ideal for students to relax and
interact with their peers.
• Computer Labs
The success of fashion professionals’ rests on Stationary Shop
their ability to integrate Fashion and Information Well established Stationary Shop is available in the
Technology in a meaningful way. IT support is a campus to cater the day to day stationary needs
vital feature across all NIFT centers and the air- of the students.
conditioned computer labs at NIFT Raebareli
are equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and Hostels
software. NIFT Raebareli provides fully residential
accommodation for girls & boys. The hostel
• Resource Centre premises are provided with round the clock
The Resource Centre is pillar of information and professional security cover with WI-FI and broad
knowledge management. Each Resource Centre band internet facility. The rooms are furnished
has an integrated collection of print, visual and with all essentials viz., mattresses, air coolers and
creative material resources: the only systematically Geysers. Recreational facilities like T.V., magazines,
documented source of information available in some indoor and outdoor games are also available
India for study of international and contemporary in the hostels.
Indian fashion. The Resource Centre also provided
information services to the design community, Health Care
Industry practitioners and entrepreneurs. The medical aid services to the students are
provided on the campus through a Doctor who
The collections at the Resource Centre include: visits to the campus regularly. A psychologist
• Books, Bounds, Graduation Projects, Craft also visits the campus to counsel the students at
Documents regular intervals. Besides, all students are covered
• Periodicals with Medical Insurance with cashless facility.
• National and international fashion and textile
journals Recreation Zone
• Audio-visuals The Student activity clubs, namely, Cultural &
• Indian collections of Ritu Kumar, Metro Dress Dramatic Club, Sports, Adventure & Photography
design by NIFT Students and other collections of Club, Literary Club and Environment & Social
NIFT students Service Club organize a wide spectrum of

entertainment, sports and leisure activities on Mission (UPSRLM), Department of Rural
a regular basis. The NIFT Raebareli campus has Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh
ample space to host events, allowing students to to arrange manufacturing of approx. 1.20 lakhs
pursue their individual interests and work towards uniforms (Sarees and Suits) weaved on handlooms
social concerns. preferably from the weavers of Mubarkpur, Mau,
Varanasi etc. for BC- Sakhi cadre.
Gym Facility
Unisex Gym Facility including both aerobic and Major achievements in Student Competitions and
strength training exercise equipment’s. Awards
Sports Facility • Ms. Aditi Chaturvedi, student of FC-VI semester

Badminton Court, Basket Ball Court & Volley Ball (2018-22) has won Media Mogul competition
Court is available at NIFT Raebareli campus. Yoga organized by Under 25 student labs 2020. (All
trainer is available for the students as well as India level)
employees of NIFT Raebareli campus. • Mr. Shubhojit Roy, student of FC-VIII (2017-
21) has won D’source Corona Design Challenge
Short-term Programmes conducted by IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.
• Ms. Riya Bhattacharya, student of AD-VII
Three batches of two CE programmes i.e. CAD for semester (Batch 2017-21) has won the Nuance
Textiles & Fashion Clothing Technology have been Studio Banglore design contest organized in the
conducted at Extension Centre of NIFT Raebareli month of July, 2020.
at Varanasi during the year 2020-21. • Department of Leather Design – III, V &
VII semester students have participated as
Major Projects volunteering in “First-Ever Digital Edition of India
Couture Week-2020” from 18 to 23 September
NIFT Raebareli is undertaking major initiatives 2020. Three students, Ms. Vaibhavi Taragi, LD-III
in Handicraft & Handloom sectors in rural areas Sem., Ms. Ashlesha Rai (LD-V Sem.) & Ms. Tanya
towards design development, technological Agarwal (LD-V Sem.) got the certificate from FDCI.
upgradation and skill development in order to Apart from the above many students have
assist the craftsmen in economic sustainability. participated in various State / National level
Some of the major ongoing consultancy projects competitions / Intra - College competitions
currently undertaken by NIFT Raebareli are as organized throughout the year.
under:
• Fully residential training programme to Khadi Graduation Projects and Graduation Events
Kaamgars/workers during the current year.
Training conducted on Design Concepts, Pattern • 26 students of Fashion & Lifestyle Accessories
Development, Garment Construction, Surface (Accessory Design) Department (Batch 2016-20)
Ornamentation and Styling for Khadi Kaamgars. A had undergone 22 weeks of Graduation Project as
total of 40 Khadi Kaamgaar (artisans) & 30 Master part of course curriculum via online mode due to
Trainers would be benefited bythese training Pandemic Covid-19.
programmes.
• 30 students of Fashion Communication
• “Upgrading the Skill and Training in Traditional Department (Batch 2017-21) have done 16 weeks
Art/ Crafts for Development (USTTAD)” is focused of Graduation Project as part of the course
on development of Kaamdani Craft Cluster of curriculum.
Lucknow & Bone Carving Craft Cluster of Lucknow
and Barabanki with the objective of training the • 24 Students of Department of Leather Design
minorities Craftsmen and Artisans. had done 16 weeks Graduation Project as part of
course curriculum 2021, Students have done their
• Project from Uttar Pradesh State Livelihood Graduation Project in online and offline mode in
Mission (UPSRLM), Department of Rural reputed companies in India and outside India.
Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh for
designing a uniform for Banking Correspondence • 27 students of Fashion Management Department
Sakhi (BC-Sakhi) in order to create a distinct (Batch 2019-21) have done 16 weeks of Graduation
identity, visibility, and camaraderie for the member Project as part of the course curriculum.
of this cadre.
• 31 students of Fashion Design Department – VIII
Project in pipeline: semester done their Graduation Project in various
• Project from Uttar Pradesh State Livelihood reputed Industries.Besides, 11 students of Fashion

Design Department – VIII semester have done (U.P.) for ‘Lacquerware Craft’ was arranged for 27
Design Collections. students of AD-7th Sem., batch 2017-21 regarding
the subject ‘Craft Based Design Project’ on
Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and 19.10.2020, 25.10.2020 & 26.10.2020 (03 days).
Impact
• Virtually interaction for 27 students of AD-5th
• Special input Session was organized through Sem., batch 2018-22 was arranged to collect
online mode on ‘Mojari Craft of Jodhpur Rajasthan’ the Primary & secondary research data from
for students of LD-7th Sem. (Batch 2017-21) on 27 the Artisans of their respective clusters Gulabi
October 2020 by Mr. Suresh Chand, Mojari Artisan Meenakari, Varanasi (U.P.) (07 students), Metal
from Jodhpur. Repousse, Varanasi (U.P.) (07 students), Pachhikari,
Agra (U.P.) (06 students) & Lacquer ware, Varanasi
• An interactive session was organized on 04 (U.P.) (07 students) on 23.10.2020, 06.11.2020,
th November 2020 with Mr. Virendra Kumar, 06.11.2020, 10.11.2020 to 12.11.2020 &
Deputy Director, O/o Development Commissioner 24.11.2020 regarding the subject ‘Craft Research
(Handicrafts), Delhi through online mode on the and Documentation’.
topic ‘‘Introduction to Craft’’ for LD-5th Sem.
students (Batch 2018-22). • Craft Research Documentation conducted via
online mode due to Covid-19 pandemic with FC-V
• Craft Workshop was organized through online semester students from 11.11.2020 to 27.11.2020.
mode on ‘Nagra Jutis of Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh’
for students of LD-5th Sem. (Batch 2018-22) on • Artisan Awareness Workshop conducted by
05 November 2020 by Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Artisan Fashion Communication Department via online
from Hamirpur. mode from 21st to 23rd December, 2020 with 12
artisans.
• Craft Workshop was organized through online
mode on ‘Nagra Jutis of Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh’ • ‘Artisans Awareness Workshop’ was conducted
for students of LD-3rd Sem. (Batch 2019-23) on 06 from 21.12.2020 to 23.12.2020 (03 Days), in which
November 2020 by Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Artisan of 12 artisans from various crafts have participated
Hamirpur. alongwith faculty members of AD Deptt. During
• Special input Session was organized through the workshop, expert Lecture has been conducted
online mode on ‘Skills to make a good quality by Ms. Rekha Sinha, General Secretary, Rekhaakriti
Research Document’ for students of LD-5th Sem. (NGO) & Proprietor - Rekhaakriti Marketing
(Batch 2018-22) on 06 November 2020 by Mr. S.G. Company, Lucknow (U.P.) and Mr. Pradeep
Ranjan, Academician of Craft, Design and Art, Kumar Yadav, Assistant Director, D.C. Handicraft,
Delhi. Lucknow (U.P.) on 23.12.2020.
• Special input Session was organized through • Artisans Awareness Workshop conducted online
online mode on ‘Mojari Craft Demonstration on (due to the covid-19) for 12 artisans from Brocade
Hand Painting, Screen Printing, Block Printing’ (Handicraft), Varanasi from 24.10.2020, 26.10.2020
for students of LD-IVth Sem. (Batch 2019-23) on &27.10.2020 (3days). 27 students of MFM-III have
24 to 26 February 2021 by Mrs. Madhuri Mishra, also participated in the workshop through online.
National Awardee from Luckonw . During the workshop, 12 artisans from Brocade,
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) interacted with the NIFT
• Special input Session was organized through faculty and students for knowledge sharing on
online mode on ‘Hand Crafted Leather Productsfor Marketing, Retailing, Business, etc.
students of LD-VI Sem. (Batch 2018-22) on
23.03.2021 to 24.03.2021and 26.03.2021 by Mrs. • Ms. Garima Srivastava, National Livelihoods
Madhuri Mishra, National Awardee from Lucknow. Officer, United Nation Development Program,
Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity
• ‘Craft Workshop’ on Lacquer Toys, Varanasi (U.P.) Program, New Delhi was invited on 24.10.2020
& Gulabi Meenakari, Varanasi (U.P.) conducted for online expert Lecture for 12 artisans of
through online mode for AD-4th Sem, batch Brocade (Handicraft), Varanasi for understanding
2018-22 students from 19.05.2020, 20.05.2020, of Marketing, Business, etc. during the awareness
09.06.2020 & 14.06.2020 by Mr. Rameshwar Singh workshop.
(National Awardee) and Mr. Rohan Vishwakarma,
Artisan. • Students of MFM-III Sem., Batch 2019-21 have
completed their Cluster Studies (Research and
• Virtual interaction with the Artisans of Varanasi Documentation) work (MFM-II semester as the

subject was carry forwarded due to Covid-19) published by Starlet Publishing, ISBN no. 978-93-
through online with the following areas from 90307-62-3.
28.10.2020 to 01.11.2020.
• Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Asst. Prof. FC Raebareli
• Pre-visit special input lecture was arranged for campus presented a research paper titled “Study
FD-V semester students by Dr. Rajnikant (Padam of Introducing Home Furnishing Products and
Shree Awardee) on 06.11.2020 for the subject – Marketing Strategy in Varanasi Brocade” published
Craft Cluster Diagnostic study. by International Journal of Scientific and Innovative
Research (IJSIR), ISSN No. 2724-3338.
PhD Pursuing and Completed
• Dr. Vidya Rakesh, Assoc. Prof. - FD has published
• Mr. Ajay Kumar, Assistant Professor, NIFT a paper “Artificial Intelligence: New face of Luxury
Raebareli has completed his PhD and has been promotions” (Gradiva review Journal, A UGC
awarded PhD degree from Banaras Hindu approved Group II journal) (ISSN NO: 0363- 8057
University, Varanasi on 29.07.2020. VOLUME 7, ISSUE 3, PAGE 49-70) in March, 2021.
• 11 faculty of the campus are perusing PhD from
various prestigiousUniversities. Faculty Orientation, Trainings and Development
Publications and Paper Presentations Faculty Training (Workshops andToTs)

• Most of the faculty of NIFT Raebareli attended
• A research paper written by Ms. Anketa Kumar, various Webinars, workshop and ToTs throughout
Assistant Professor was published on the topic the year on online mode. Total 19 numbers
“The Influence of Hindi Cinema on Fashion and workshops attended/ participated.
Society in India and Vice Versa” in the International
Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change; Faculty Participation in National and International
Volume 13, Issue 12, 2020; ISSN 2201-1323. Conferences/ Exhibitions/ Trade Fairs/ Meets
• A research paper written by Ms. Anketa Kumar, • Dr. Vidya Rakesh, Assoc. Prof. participated
Assistant Professor was published on the topic as SPEAKER on 16.03.2021 in IFFTI conference
“Unraveling Cultural Code in Junoon: A Narrative on “Sustaining crafts in India”, chaired by Dr.
through Costumes” in the International Journal Vandana Bhandari and Presided by the DG-NIFT,
of Innovation, Creativity and Change; Volume 13, Sh. Shantmanu, IAS.
Issue 12, 2020; ISSN 2201-1323.
• Mr. Rajesh Kumar Choudhary, Assistant Professor
• A research paper written by Mr. Lal Singh, presented a research paper on the topic “Impact
Assistant Professor was published on the topic on Rural Indian Economy due Migration during
“द्वापरयुगमेंपुनर्जन्मकेप्रमाण - एकसत्य” in the Covid-19” on National Webinar on ‘Impact of
Journal, Shodh International: A Multidisciplinary Covid-19 Pandemic In Rural India’ on dated
International Journal (In Hindi) ISSN:2581-3501. 15.05.2020 & 16.05.2020 at Magadh University,
Bodh Gaya.
• Mr. Bharat Singh, Assistant Professor presented a
research paper on the topic “The Indian Footwear • Mr. Rajesh Kumar Choudhary, Assistant Professor
Industry Moving Towards Green Manufacturing” in presented a research paper on the topic “Strategy
the National Seminar on Sustainability In Business and Management for Rural India” on National
Practices at Jaypee Business School, Noida. Webinar on ‘Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic In
Rural India’ on dated 15.05.2020 & 16.05.2020 at
• A research paper written by Mr. Bharat Singh, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya.
Assistant Professor was published on the topic
“Post COVID-19: Opportunities in Indian Footwear • Mr. Rajesh Kumar Choudhary, Assistant Professor
and Leather Industry with reference to MSME presented a research paper on the topic “Post
Stimulus and Special Role of Council for Leather COVID: Export Scenario of Indian Handicraft
Exports” in the journal VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2 2020 (Reboot, Reset, Rediscover)” on National Webinar
The Corporate International [ISSN: 2581-6438]. on ‘Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic In Rural India’
on dated 15.05.2020 & 16.05.2020 at International
• Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Assistant Professor Management Conference, Bodh Gaya.
- FC has written chapter no. 4 titled Enhancing
Commercial Viability of Indian Craft using • Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Asst. Prof.
Digital Technology (Page no. 38-44). The book participated and contributed an article bearing
(Contemporary Research in Management Vol.2) title “COVID–19 Harbinger of Technological Tech

off” in National Article Writing Competition on • Plantation in the campus on regular basis
topic “COVID–19, A Global Pandemic: Prospect have been done on various occasions such as
and Challenges” presented the article at National Environment Day, Republic Day, Independence
webinar organised on 17.05.2020 by Department Day and on joining of freshers.
of Rural Management BBAU (A Central University,
Lucknow, India). • 3 Compost pits have already been set up in
the premises of NIFT Raebareli campus, in which
Seminars and Workshops by Alumni, Industry and organic waste generated daily is disposed of and
International Experts managed by NIFT.
• Seminars, special input lectures from experts, • The conventional lights installed in the hostel
workshops on online mode were conducted by all area, Residential quarters, Academic blocks have
the five Departments involving Alumni, Industry already been replaced with LED lights.
Experts from India ad abroad. Total 89 such
seminars/workshop were organized on different • 3 nos. of water harvesting systems is in place at
dates throughout the Academic session. NIFT premises for supply of water in hostel, office
and residential block.
Industry Linkages (Visits and Student Internships)
• Use of waste material for Recycling & Upcycling
• 04 students from NIFT Raebareli Campus namely in the campus. ‘Kulhads’ are being used in the
Ms. Anshita Mohanti (AD-III), Ms. Parul (LD-III), canteen for serving tea which is an environment
Ms. Yambem Yaikhomba Meetei (FC-III) and Mr. –friendly option.
Sanyam Sharma (FD-III) selected for FIT AAS
programme 2021-22. • The Institute is continuously taking initiatives to
maintain a flora rich environment to make ‘Swachh
• Interactive sessions of the students of different Bharat Abhiyan’ a grand success. Gardens and
departments were conducted with industry Lawns are being developed to create an ambiance
experts like Mr. Rakesh Kumar Prabhakar, Senior perfect to an academic Institute.
Visualiser and Production In-charge, Dawra
Printers, New Delhi, Ms. Sansriti Srivastava, Senior
Merchandiser, Li and Fung, Gurgaon, Mr. Ruching
Bhusan Srivastava, Senior Manager, Tanishq, New
Delhi, Mr. Nitin Kumar Shukla, Designer, Fuma
Design, to name a few.
• Interactive sessions were also organised with

domain experts like Ms. Rupal Borge, Social Media
strategist, Hirendra Noonwal, Stylist, Prashant
Johari, Film Director and Writer to make the
students aware of the nuances in the industry.
Some prominent alumni like Mr. Mayank Kaushal,
Senior Designer, Donguk Steel, Noida, Naved
Khan, Senior Manager, Microsoft Corporation,
Mr. Sanjeev Tiwari, Chief Visual Merchandiser,
Reliance Trends, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
also interacted with the students.
• Sessions with Entrepreneurs like Mr. M.

Jivani, MD - Bharat Industries, Sakshi Elsa, MD-
Sampanna, Kerala and Ms. Monika Singh, Jewelry
Designer and Entrepreneur also interacted with
the students.
• In-house nursery has been developed and

campus is always kept green with seasonal flowers
and plants.

SHILLONG
NIFT Shillong, established in 2008, is the sole NIFT additional display areas and props to enhance both
Campus in the North Eastern Region of the country. functional and aesthetic aspects of the DRC. This
The centre offers Bachelor of Design programmes DRC at WSC Guwahati was inaugurated virtually
in Fashion Design; Accessory Design; Textile by Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, Smt. Smriti Zubin
Design; and Fashion Communication, as well as Irani on December 15th 2020 in the presence of
Master’s programme in Fashion Management. Secretary Textiles, Shri Ravi Capoor IAS, and Shri
Shantmanu IAS, Director General NIFT.
Infrastructure & Facilities
2. Eri Silk Village Partner
The NIFT Shillong Campus, is spread over 20.13 On request from the Department of Sericulture,
acres at Umsawli, New Shillong out of which Govt. of Meghalaya, NIFT was a partner in the
approximately 8 acres construction has been initiative for “Declaration of Eri Silk Village” at
completedwhich houses state-of-the-art facilities, Umden-Diwon in Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya.
including 15 classrooms with audio visual capacity; This involves consolidating the various silk units
5 computer labs with 120 computers having the at Umden Village and with a centralised design
latest configuration and software; specialist labs centre and display area.
for pattern-making, garment construction, dyeing,
leather products, looms, accessory design; wet and 3. MoU between NEHHDC and NIFT Shillong
dry workshops; video conferencing and general A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been
discussion rooms; resource centre & library; display approved between North Eastern Handicrafts &
areas; general and specialist shops; cafeteria, gym; Handlooms Corporation Ltd (NEHHDC) and NIFT
bank premises; hostels for boys and girls with a Shillong to enhance the professional growth and
capacity of 120 and 280 respectively; faculty and development of artisans and weavers from the
staff quarters; Director’s residence; and guest North Eastern Region; support the development
house. and promotion of the Northeast Handicrafts &
Handloom Sectors; and promote mutual growth
Important Events of 2020-21 and benefit for NE artisans, NIFT students and
faculty members.
1. Design Resource Centre (DRC)
The responsibility of setting up the Design 4. Observance and Celebration of Important Days
Resource Centre (DRC) at Weavers’ Service Centre NIFT Shillong celebrated various important events
(WSC) Guwahati was handed over to NIFT Shillong during 2020-21, including International Yoga Day
in September 2020. A new layout was designed (21st June); Independence Day (15th August);
for the DRC, along with the setting up new and National Handloom Day (07th August); Gandhi

Jayanti (02nd October); Vigilance Awareness Handloom FD/Process Kokrajhar,
Week (27th October to 02nd November, 2020); (Cotton) documentation and Assam
Constitutional Day (26th November); Republic Day diagnostic study
(26th January); International Women’s Day (08th Eri, Cotton & FMS/Knowledge Conducted
March); Swachhta Pakhwada 2021 (1st March 2021 Acrylic yarns sharing on trends Online
to 15th March 2021). (Artisans and understanding
Awareness market demands
Short-term Programmes Workshop)
Handloom FMS/Prototype Chandrapur,
NIFT Shillong conducted its first ever short term (Cotton & Eri development Assam
programme on Fashion Design Basics for 40 No. Silk) and process
of PG National Cadet Corps (NCC) Girls cadets for documentation
5 days from 21st to 26th October 2020 which was Handicraft F&LA/Process Longpih,
conducted by Ms. Rimi Das and Ms. Aurineeta Das. (Black documentation and Manipur
Pottery) diagnostic study
Major Projects Handicraft F&LA/Prototype Bamutia and
(Black Pottery development Shankhala,
Some of the major projects include Entrepreneurship & Bamboo) and process Tripura
Development Programme of Apparel; Accessory documentation
Development and Management Skills, Project from Handicraft F&LA/Prototype Dimapur,
Ministry of Minority Affairs towards “Upgrading (Wood craft development Nagaland
Skills And Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts For & Bamboo) and process
Development‘’ (USTTAD); Integrated Design and documentation
Technical Development Workshopsin Meghalaya; Handloom FD/Prototype Umden
Weaving & Embroidery at Umroi, Ri-Bhoi District, (Eri Silk) development & Plasha,
Meghalaya; Leather Craft at Shillong, East Khasi and process Meghalaya
Hills District; Black Pottery Craft at Jowai, Jaintia documentation
Hills District, Meghalaya; and Capacity Building Handicraft F&LA Department/ Kohima,
Training on Apparel Designing & Manufacturing (Wood craft Prototype Nagaland
(Directorate of Commerce & Industries), Govt of & Bamboo) development
Meghalaya. and process
documentation
Major achievements in Student Competitions and
Awards PhD Pursuing and Completed
Ms. Ashima Kanwar, Ms. Manisha Sarma and Mr. Dr. Arindam Das, Director NIFT Shillong (PhD
Arvind Aniket Raut, students of the final year Degree Awarded) and Ms. Rimi Das, Associate
Fashion Design Dept were shortlisted for the All Professor (Pursuing from Banasthali Vidyapith,
India Design Challenge by TCNS Clothing. Rajasthan) & Mr. Amardeep Rabha, Associate
Professor (Pursuing from IIT Guwahati)
Graduation Projects and Graduation Events
Publications and Paper Presentations
Students completed their Graduation Projects
with prestigious companies such as Aquarelle Dr. Arnab Banerjee, Asst. Prof.– FMS Dept & Mr. S.
India Pvt Ltd, Arvind Brands Ltd, Genesis Luxury D Buhroy, Asst. Prof. – FMS Dept Majuli published
Fashion Pvt.Ltd, Giva (Indiejewel Fashions Pvt. a research paper on “Weaving Cluster: A study
Ltd), JJ Fashion, Lifestyle International Pvt Ltd., on Weaver Dropout using Industry Competitive
Manglam Arts, Orient Craft Limited, Outhouse Analysis and Concepts of Behavioural Economic”
Jewellery, Pantaloons, Pepe Jeans- Innerfashion at Fashion Practices. (Taylor and Francis) Journal
Pvt Ltd, Ranik Exports Pvt. Ltd, Shahi Export Pvt in July 2020.
Ltd, Swissikon, Tanishq, United Colors of Benetton
Faculty Development
Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and
Impact The following faculty members who attended
online ToT on ‘Pedagogical approach to Fashion
Craft Department/ Activity Location Design Education’ conducted by Faculty
Handloom FD/Process Mendipathar, Orientation Training and Development Dept of
(Eri Silk) documentation and Meghalaya NIFT Head Office between 22nd July to 24th July
diagnostic study 2020.

• Design Illustration and Image Creation
Mr. Amardeep Rabha, Assoc. Prof.
Ms. M. Blah, Asst. Prof.
• Apparel Development
Ms. Rimi Das, Assoc. Prof.
Mr. Febby D. Shanpru, Assoc. Prof.
Ms. M. Blah, Asst. Prof.
• Value Addition of Textiles for Fashion
Ms. PhiralyndaMarbaniang, Asst. Prof.

These included interactions with industry experts

and alumni on topics such as Impact of Covid
on NE Handloom Sector Organised by CII;
E-Commerce and Promotion (Traditional andSocial
media); Sustainability, Crafts & Fashion; Fashion
Designing & Illustration - Range Development;
Heritage Couture Women; Fashion Styling & Image
Creation; Fashion Brand Management; Retail
Entrepreneurship; Fashion Business Research as
well as workshops on Anti-Ragging Awareness;
Team Building Exercises.
NIFT Shillong Placements
Further, NIFT Students were placed in some

of the renowned organizations such as Blupin
Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; Bracing Earth; Byju’s;
Coach Ip Holdings Llc; Fyle; G. K Diamond; Giva
(Indiejewel Fashions Pvt.Ltd); Gold Star Jewellery
Pvt. Ltd.; Indie Jewels Fashion (Giva); Investors
Clinic; Kmart Australia; Olive Planet; Pepe Jeans
Innerfashion Pvt. Ltd.; Shahi Exports; Son of
a Noble(SNOB); Sveltetech; Swissikon; The
Minimalist; Tumi; Under Armour.

Activities
The Campus remains committed to maintaining

environmental health and awareness through
measures such as plantation of fresh saplings,
repairing of equipment and furniture, installation
of environment-friendly equipment and launch of
awareness programmes amongst students, faculty
and staff members.

SRINAGAR
Infrastructure and Facilities • Webinar on “Career Opportunities in fashion

Industry” conducted by Ms Sushma Saitwal, CAC
NIFT Srinagar is one of the emerging millennial NIFT Srinagar in collaboration with University of
campuses of NIFT and is presently operational Kashmir on 12th August, 2020.
from its temporary campus Industrial Estate,
Rangret, Srinagar. The permanent campus is • Webinar on “Career Opportunities in design
coming up at Ompora Budgam with an estimated & fashion Industry” conducted by Ms Sushma
capital cost of Rs 287 crores. It is likely to be made Saitwal, CAC NIFT Srinagar in collaboration with
functional from 2021. DPS Srinagar on 7th October, 2020.
The Temporary Campus has all required
infrastructure for teaching-learning which includes • A ‘Design Competition’ was organized by NIFT
Garment Construction laboratory with the latest Srinagar for students of 5 local schools in March,
SNLS machines, Pattern making laboratory, 2021. The winners were given Certificates and
Design Collection lab, Computer laboratory, mementos.
Fashion Photography studio, upgraded Internet
connectivity, Resource Centre, Canteen Service, • Webinar on “From waste to treasure – a fresh
Stationary shop and other facilities. Required look at the Paper Machie of Kashmir’” by Mr
infrastructure for sports and Indoor games has Burhanuddin Khateeb, Guest Faculty, NIFT
been also made available. Class rooms and lab Srinagar in collaboration with DPS Srinagar on
facilities are well maintained. 27th November, 2020.
Manpower requirements of NIFT Srinagar have
been optimally augmented by recruitment of 3 • Mr. Alice Payne Associate Professor in Fashion
Assistant Professors, two Consultants and other in the School of Design, Queensland University
Group b and C personnel on short term contract of Technology, Australia delivered a talk to the
basis. The Campus is working on fully e-governance students and staff on "Textile Waste and the
tools. Circular economy” on 12th march, 2021
Short-term Programmes/events • NIFT Srinagar conducted various activities in

connection with the commemoration of the 150th
• A webinar was conducted on handloom day on birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi ji from 2nd
“Pashima – making of a Royal fabric” in which Mr October, 2020 which included:
Yasir A Mir, faculty, CDI and Ms Nousheen Qazi,
Faculty, NIFT Srinagar gave a presentation on on a) Special lecture by Dr. Khalid Waseem, Charles
7th August, 2021. Wallace Fellow, Cambridge University Fellow,

Faculty Department of Politics and Governance visual aesthetics disguised in discomfort" in Feb-
Central University of Kashmir. March, 2021.
b) Quiz about Gandhiji's biography. • Identified +400 new industry contacts and got
c) Sketches/posters (online) competition was +20 internship opportunities for graduating
organized on Gandhian thought and philosophy in students.
which both students and staff participated. • During industry visits in the location of Noor
Bagh the NIFT students had the opportunity to
• Workshop on Gender Sensitisation was learn embroidery by hand and by machine.
conducted on 25 January 2021. resource Person:
Dr Vandana Gambhir, University of Delhi. Graduation Projects and Graduation Events
• Workshop on the topic “Rajbhasha ke rup • Fashion Communication students (Class 2020)
me hindi ka mahatva” was conducted on 14th completed their Graduation project in various
September 2020, in which Prof. Vinod Taneja was specialized fields like Graphic Design, Visual
the key speaker. Merchandising, Photography, Fashion Styling,
Product Design, Content intent, etc in various
• Workshop was conducted by Dr. Shahzada industries like Superflow Media Mumbai, Things
Akhter on 12th March 2021 on progressive use of Go Social Delhi, Leo Burnett, Brand Affair Kolkata,
Hindi language in official domain. Mars Cosmetics Delhi, Moshi Moshi Bengaluru,
Decathlon Bengaluru, Design Factory India Noida
•Hindi diwas was celebrated on 14th. September, -NCR, Manglam Arts Jaipur, Aerologiks Bengaluru,
2020. The key highlights of the Hindi diwas were Shoppers Stop Amritsar, Women’s Era Delhi, Bery
an essay and poem competition. India Noida – NCR.
• Fashion Design students (Class 2020) completed
• Online (outbound) workshop for FC 4 Semester their Graduation Projects in forecasting of fashion,
Jan-Feb, 2021 creativity of pattern, draping, use of surface
techniques etc.
Major Projects • Convocation and Graduation show of the Class
2020 was held on 9.04.2021.
• Directorate of Handicraft & Handloom, J&K Govt,
has approved a project on Designing of Innovative Craft Cluster Initiative- Activities, Workshops and
Packaging for enhancing the marketability of Impact
Handicraft & Handloom Products of Kashmir. The
project shall be completed by Nov, 2021. Total • Under Craft Based Design Project (CBDP),
approved fund under the project is Rs 26.9 lakhs. students worked on different crafts like Wagu,
Pashmina, Paper Mache, Shikara Boat, Willow
• NIFT Srinagar has signed an MoU with Higher wicker, Namda, Copper moulding etc. .
Education Department, J&K Govt for providing • Lectures and interactions were organized with
services as knowledge partner to launch skill experts and craftspersons of Kani shawl weaving,
based programs at UG & PG levels in Colleges of Tweed, Woolen Products & Leather.
J&K. This project is sponsored by J&K Govt and is • Secondary studies were carried out in Design
being implemented from 2020-2023. Research (craft based) wherein students did the
research by secondary data collection method.
• NIFT Srinagar has initiated collaboration with the • Craft research and documentation was conducted
Craft Development Institute (CDI) of Jammu and on different crafts like Copperware, Willow-wicker
Kashmir for collaboration in academics, research, and Pashmina Weaving etc.
craft-cluster activities and sharing of educational
resources. Publications and Paper Presentations
• NIFT Srinagar has also submitted a DPR of Rs •Ms. Nayantara Singh, Assistant Professor, NIFT
49 lakhs to Govt of UT Ladakh for promotion and Srinagar published a paper in International textile
development of crafts of UT of Ladakh. Journal TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN on the topic
"Organic Cotton: 2020-21.
Major achievements of Student
• Ms. Nayantara Singh, Assistant Professor,
•Mr. Pawandeep Singh, Ms. Rashmi Kartha and NIFT Srinagar published an article on the topic
Ms. Aishani Jain (Students from FD-6) participated ``Worsening condition of Kashmir crafts - Namda:
in World of Wearable Art competition, with the The dying craft of Kashmir" Valley Observer. 2020-
concept, “Sometimes, beauty is just layers of 21.

Faculty Development Major Industry Linkages
• Ms. Nousheen Qazi, Assistant Professor • Students of NIFT Srinagar have undergone 8
participated in the Webinar by Pantone “The weeks Industry Internship in various companies like
Power of a Single Color, Leveraging Your Brand’s Aditya Birla, Madura Aharin Noida, Label JENN,
Visual Identity” on August 10, 2020. TRC Overseas Alliance, Srinagar MV Clothing, U
& Me, Bhopal, Zubair Kirmani, Srinagar El Pano,
• Ms. Nousheen Qazi, Assistant Professor Delhi & Mumbai, J&K Industries Ltd. (Silk Factory)
participated in the Webinar “Sustainability in Namrita Joshi Pura, Noida, Rahul Mishra Arvind,
Fashion” on September 13, 2020, Bangalore.
• Ms. Nousheen Qazi, Assistant Professor • Students of NIFT Srinagar have also undergone
participated in the Webinar Apparel Sourcing- 16 week Graduation Project in various companies
New Directions Or New Destinations? on October like El Pano, Mumbai Blue Saint, Van Heusen,
04, 2020. Bangalore, U & Me Bhopal, Louis Philippe, Aditya
Birla, Yam India, and Bummlers Rishta.
• Ms. Nousheen Qazi, Assistant Professor
participated in the Webinar by Pantone: “Mythos: The Sustainability Aspect and Green Campus
Embracing Positivity Expressed Through Color for Activities
Autumn/Winter 21/22” on November 25, 2020.
• Plantation drive was conducted both in
• Ms. Nayantara Singh, Assistant Professor was Temporary as well as at upcoming permanent
invited as a key speaker for IDT, one day Webinar campus at Ompora Budgam in Feb-March, 2021.
on the topic “Fashion Forecast and Impact on • Aesthetics of the temporary campus was
Fashion after pandemic” held on 26th July, 2020. refurbished by painting both exterior as well as
interior walls of Campus along with boundary
• Ms. Nayantara Singh, Assistant Professor was walls, gates etc.
invited as the guest lecturer organized by the VIT
Fashion Institute of Technology, Chennai on the
topic Fashion Design Process on 09th March, 2021.
• Ms. Nayantara Singh, Assistant Professor,

attended 5 days Faculty Development Programme
on “Recent Developments in Arts, Design, and
Fashion” from 29th June, 2020 to 3rd July, 2020
organized by Amity School of Fashion Technology
and Amity School of Fine Arts, Amity University
Kolkata.
• Mr. Abhishek Lewis, Assistant Professor, along

with a team of students from FD Department,
choreographed, styled, shot a fashion Show Event,
Mr. Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) in the month
of February 2021.
• Mr Arshad Mushtaq, Assistant Professor

conducted 2 Day training workshop on Theatre
and its Social Relevance for upcoming journalists
in the art of reporting in 2020.

• Ms. Alice Payne Associate Professor in Fashion

in the School of Design, Queensland University
of Technology, Australia delivered a talk to the
students and faculty on “Textile Waste and the
Circular economy” on 12th March, 2021

Auditors Report & Statement
of Accounts 2020-21

Separate Audit Report or the Comptroller & Auditor General of India on the Accounts of
National institute of Fashion Technology for the year ended 31 March 2021
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of National Institute of fashion Technology (NlFT) as on 31 March
2021 and the Income and Expenditure Account & Receipt Payment Account for the year ended on that date under
Section 19 (2) of the Comptroller & Auditor General’s (Duties, Powers & Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 read
with Section 21(2) of the National Institute of Fashion Technology Act, 2006. These financial statements include
the accounts of 17 Centres of NIFT located at Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar,
Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Panchkula, Patna, Raebareli, Shillong and Srinagar. The
preparation of these financial statements is the responsibility of NIFT’s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
2. This Separate Audit Report contains the comments of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) on
the accounting treatment only with regard to classification, conformity with the best accounting practices,
accounting Standards and disclosure norms etc. Audit observations on financial transactions with regard to
compliance with the Law, Rules & Regulations (Propriety and Regularity) and efficiency-cum-performance
aspects, etc., if any, are reported through Inspection Reports/ CAG’s Audit Reports separately.
3. We have conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in India. These
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free from material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidences supporting the amounts and disclosure in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall presentation of financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
4. Based on our audit, we report that:
i) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our knowledge and belief
were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
ii) The Balance Sheet and Income & Expenditure Account and Receipt and Payment Account dealt with by
this report have been drawn up in the format approved by Government of India.
iii) In our opinion, proper books of accounts and other relevant records have been maintained by National
Institute of Fashion Technology in so far as it appears from our examination of such books.
iv) We further report that:
A Balance Sheet
A.1 Liabilities
A.1.1 Current Liabilities and Provisions (Schedule 7): Rs. 275.24 crore
(i) The above does not include Rs. 5.67 crore being lease rent payable by Raebareli Campus to ITI Limited (ITI) for
the financial year 2019-20 and 2020-21. The lease agreement entered into with ITI had expired on 14 November
2018 and efforts of NIFT to get the land transferred from ITI have not yet materialised. In the meantime, ITI
demanded lease rent on provisional basis as per the last agreement. Though NIFT had created provision for
the period 15 November 2018 to 31 March 2019, no provision has been created for the year 2019-20 and 2020-
21.
Non-provision of lease rent has resulted in understatement of Current liabilities and Provisions by Rs. 5.67
crore1 and overstatement of Surplus to that extent.
Despite being pointed in the Separate Audit Report (Comment no. A.1.1) issued on the Accounts of NIFT for
the year 2019-20, no corrective action has been taken by the Institute.
(ii) Provision for Building WIP: Rs. 2.71 crore
The above includes provision for Building WIP amounting to Rs. 2.21 crore lying in the books of respective
Campuses (Bengaluru: Rs. 1.23 crore. Chennai: Rs. 0.06 crore, Hyderabad: Rs. 0.84 crore and Kolkata: Rs. 0.08
crore) pertaining to the period from 2003-04 to 2005-06. As it does not correspond to any Building WIP, the
same should have been written back in the books of accounts of the Institute. The provision was transferred
by Head Office to respective campuses (on being pointed out by Management letter issued on the Accounts
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1 Rs. 6.87 crore less Rs. 0.95 crore, being provision already made for the period 15 November 2018 to 31 March 2019 less Rs. 0.25 crore, being
rent paid for the month of April 2021

of NIFT for the year 2015-16) by raising credit notes on 31.03.2017 for writing back. However, the amount is still
lying in the books.
Non-writing back of the provision for Building WIP has resulted into overstatement of Current Liabilities and
Provisions and understatement of Surplus by Rs. 2.21 crore.
(iii) Provision for Leave Encashment (Annexure 10): Rs. 45.09 crore
As per the actuarial valuation report, the liability towards leave Encashment was Rs. 47.19 crore, against which
NIFT has created a provision of Rs. 45.08 crore only. This has resulted in understatement of Current liabilities
and Provisions and overstatement of Surplus by Rs. 2.11 crore.
A.2 Assets
A.2.1 Current Assets, Loans, Advances etc. (Schedule-11): Rs. 1,495.24 crore
A.2.1.1 Sundry Debtors (Annexurc-14): Rs. 25.72 crore
The above include Rs. 0.59 crore being amount recoverable from NIFT Head Office by Raebareli campus towards
Craft Cluster Initiative. As it is an inter-unit transaction. it should not have been included as recoverable. This
has resulted in overstatement of Receivables and Surplus by Rs. 0.59 crore.
Despite being pointed in the Separate Audit Report (Comment no. A.2.2.1 (iii)) issued on the Accounts of NIFT
for the year 2019-20, no corrective action has been taken by the Institute.
B Income & Expenditure Account
B.1 Deferred Revenue Income: Rs. 20.01 crore
Prior Period Income: Rs. 4.36 crore
The above includes Rs. 19.85 crore (Rs. 20.01 crore during current year and (-) Rs. 0.16 crore on account of prior
period) being deferred depreciation/deferred Revenue income booked in Income & Expenditure account due
to implementation of Accounting Standard (AS)-12 –Accounting of Government Grants. NIFT capitalized the
Government Grant to the tune of Rs. 794.40 crore (net of deferred depreciation), however, the corresponding
Net Assets created out of Government Grants has been shown at Rs. 766.46 crore which has resulted in a
difference of Rs. 27.94 crore.
Despite being pointed out in the Separate Audit Reports on the accounts for the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and
2019-20, NIFT has not yet reconciled the difference.
B.2 Interest Earned (Schedule-17): Rs. 53.97 crore
(i) The above includes Rs. 0.07 crore on account of interest earned on Grants-in-Aid of Rs. 1.05 crore from 18
September 2019 to 10 September 2020 specifically received from Ministry of Textiles (MoT) for the scheme
NIFT Design Innovation Incubator (NDII Scheme). As the grant was specifically received for NDII Scheme, the
amount of interest earned should have been transferred by NIFT to NIFT Foundation for Design Innovation
(Section 8 Company incorporated to house NDII Scheme) along with the amount of the grant.
This has resulted in overstatement of interest earned by Rs. 0.07 crore and understatement of current liabilities
to the same extent.
(ii) During the year 2020-21, NIFT received grants of Rs. 18.47 crore towards four project2 and deposited the
amount in fixed deposits and earned interest of Rs. 0.28 crore till the grant was transferred to specific project
account. As the interest earned pertained to project funds, it should have been credited to Project Fund.
However, NIFT recognised the interest as its own income.
This has resulted in overstatement of interest earned and understatement of Current liabilities and Provisions
by Rs. 0.28 crore and overstatement of surplus to that extent.
C. Contingent Liabilities and Notes on Accounts (Schedule 27)
NIFT has not disclosed in its Notes on Accounts that out of Rs. 245.35 lakh sanctioned during 2014 by the
erstwhile Government of Andhra Pradesh, an amount of Rs. 50.95 lakh is still receivable from the Govt of
Andhra Pradesh.
D. General Comments
(I) NIFT submitted utilization certificate dated 03.04.2021 to the Ministry in respect of Rs. 1.05 crore of Grant
received for setting up of NIFT Design Innovation Incubator (NDII scheme), showing interest earned on the
Grant as Rs. 0.21 lakh. However, interest of Rs. 10.61 lakh, as calculated by NIFT (Rs. 7.23 lakh by NIFT and
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2 Design Resource Centre (DRC) in Weavers Service Centres (WSC)-II, DRC in WSC-I, Meity Project, and USTTAD

Rs. 3.38 lakh by NFDI, i.e. the Section 8 Company incorporated to house NDII Scheme) was earned during
the period 18 September 2019 to 24 February 2021. Thus, interest earned has been understated by Rs. 10.40
lakh (Rs. 10.61 lakh less Rs. 0.21 lakh) in the Utilization Certificate submitted by NIFT to the Ministry. Hence,
Utilization Certificate dated 03.04.2021 submitted by NIFT to the Ministry of Textiles was factually incorrect.
(ii) Audit observed that figure of assets purchased out of Earmarked/Endowment Fund as on 31 March 2021
shown in Schedule-1 (Corpus/Capital Fund), Schedule-3 (Earmarked/Endowment Fund) and in Schedule 8-C
(Fixed Assets from Endowment Fund) were not tallying and all the above mentioned three schedules showed
different amounts (Rs. 2.21 crore, Rs. 1.99 crore and Rs. 1.56 crore respectively). Therefore, audit was unable to
certify how much assets had actually been purchased out of Earmarked/ Endowment Fund.
Despite being pointed out during previous year, no corrective action has been taken by NIFT.
(iii) NIFT has six Earmarked/Endowment Funds viz Activity Fee Fund, Department Development Fund, Alumni
Association Fund, Centre Development Fund, Campus Endowment Fund and Continuing. Education Program
Fund. Audit observed that NIFT did not follow a uniform practice of crediting the income to these Earmarked/
Endowment Funds, as income of Rs. 5.59 crore was credited through Income and Expenditure account, while
an amount of Rs. 12.11 crore was credited directly to the Funds. NIFT should follow a uniform policy in this
regard.
Despite being pointed out during previous years, no corrective action has been taken by NIFT.
(iv) NIFT receives grants from Central Government and State Government for creation of Capital Assets which is
disclosed in the Schedule 2: Reserves and Surplus (under sub head: Government Grant: Capitalised/unutilized).
The grant is capitalized to the extent of Fixed Assets created out of Government Grant during the year. As per
Schedule 8A and 8B, total amount of Rs. 74.72 crore (Rs. 64.39 crore and Rs. 10.33 crore towards Fixed Asset
and CWIP respectively) has been added during the year in the Gross block of NIFT out of grants received from
Central Government and State Governments. However. as per Schedule 2, an amount of Rs. 68.67 crore has
been capitalized during the year.
Thus there is a difference of Rs. 6.05 crore (Rs. 74.72 crore less Rs. 68.67 crore) which needs reconciliation.
E. Grants-in-aid
NIFT had unspent balance of Government grants amounting to Rs. 86.23 crore pertaining to previous years.
The Government of India/ State Governments have given grants of Rs. 86.14 crore to NIFT during 2020-21
on which interest of Rs. 2.83 crore was earned during the year 2020-21. Out of the total amount of
Rs. 175.20 crore. Rs. 1.68 crore was adjusted against Revenue Deficit, Rs. 3.37 crore towards other
adjustments related to previous years and Rs. 68.68 crore was utilized during the year 2020-21 as capital
grant. Thus, a balance of Rs. 101.47 crore remained unutilized as on 31 March 2021.
F. Deficiencies which have not been included in this Separate Audit Report have been brought to the
notice of the Management through a Management Letter issued separately for remedial/ corrective action.
v) Subject to our observations in the preceding paragraphs, we report that the Balance Sheet and the Income
and Expenditure Account dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of accounts.
vi) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us, the said
financial statements read together with the Accounting Policies and Notes to Accounts, and subject to the
significant matters stated above and other matters mentioned in the Annexure, give a true and fair view in
conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India.
a) In so far as it relates to the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of National Institute of Fashion Technology as
at 31 March 2021; and
b) In so far as it relates to the Income and Expenditure account, of the surplus for the year ended on that date.
For and on behalf of the

Comptroller & Auditor General of India
Place: New Delhi

Date: 6.01.2022
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(Vidhu Sood)
Principal Director of Audit
Industry & Corporate Affairs

Annexure to SAR
1. Adequacy of Internal Audit System
Internal Audit is being done by hired Chartered Accountants’ Firm and the same has been completed for the
year 2020-21.
2. Adequacy of Internal Control System
Internal control system is inadequate and not commensurate with the size and nature of the activities of NIFT
in so far as financial matters are concerned. The procedure for accounting and presentation of Grants and
Endowment Funds, accounting of Fixed Assets and its capitalization needs improvement.
3. System of Physical verification of fixed assets
The physical verification of fixed assets for the year 2020-21 was completed in all campuses except Bengaluru
Campus due to Covid. No discrepancies were found except in case of Bhubaneswar campus where reconciliation
of assets supplied by Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd. (IDCO) was under progress.
4. System of Physical verification of inventory
NIFT was not maintaining any inventory as on 31 March 2021.
5. Regularity in payment of statutory dues
NIFT was regular in depositing the statutory dues during 2020-21.
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Director

FORM OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS)
NAME OF ENTITY : NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH, 2021
Rs. in Lakhs
CORPUS/ CAPITAL FUND AND LIABILITIES SCHEDULE MARCH 31, 2021 MARCH 31, 2020
Corpus /Capital Fund 1 91,398.07 75,780.56
Reserves And Surplus 2 89,586.83 83,364.26
Earmarked / Endowment Funds 3 28,922.84 26,418.46
Secured Loans And Borrowings 4 0.00 0.00
Unsecured Loans And Borrowings 5 0.00 0.00
Deferred Credit Liabilities 6 0.00 0.00
Current Liabilities And Provisions 7 27,523.56 26,834.70
TOTAL 2,37,431.30 2,12,397.98
ASSETS
Fixed Assets 8 83,204.10 78,488.70
Investments - From Earmarked/Endowment 9 0.00 0.00
Funds
Investments - Others 10 4,702.80 4,162.64
Current Assets, Loans, Advances Etc. 11 1,49,524.40 1,29,746.64
Miscellaneous Expenditure 0.00 0.00
(To The Extent Not Written Off Or Adjusted)
TOTAL 2,37,431.30 2,12,397.98
Significant Accounting Policies 26 Enclosed

Contingent Liabilities And Notes On Accounts 27 Enclosed
Compiled by:
Batliboi & Purohit
Chartered Accountants
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CA Raman Hangekar CA Supriya Misra CMA B.K.Pandey Shantmanu
Partner Dy. Director(F&A) Director(F&A) Director General
M.No. 30615
Place: New Delhi

Date: 17.07.2021
UDIN: 21030615AAAAMK7974

INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 2021
Rs. in Lakhs
PARTICULARS SCHEDULE MARCH 31, 2021 MARCH 31, 2020
A. INCOME
Income From Sales/Service 12 0.00 0.00
Grants/Subsidies 13 160.98 652.09
Fees/Subscriptions 14 36,852.36 36,610.97
Income From Investments 15 308.77 302.43
Income From Royalty, Publication Etc. 16 0.00 0.00
Interest Earned 17 5,397.44 5,367.32
Other Income 18 415.87 425.58
Inc/Dec In Stock Of Finished And Work In Progress 19 0.00 0.00
Deffered Revenue Income 2,001.27 2,240.47
TOTAL (A) 45,136.69 45,598.86
B. EXPENDITURE
Academic Expenses 20 4,415.23 7,995.98
Establishment Expenses 21 16,555.18 15,543.77
Other Administrative Expenses 22 3,621.42 4,675.77
Expenditure On Grants, Subsidies Etc. 23 0.00 0.00
Interest /Bank Charges & Commission 24 1.56 1.41
Depreciation (Net Total At The Year End - 3,350.88 3,475.49
Corresponding To Schedule -8)
TOTAL (B) 27,944.28 31,692.42
BALANCE BEING EXCESS OF INCOME OVER 17,192.41 13,906.45
EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR C = (A-B)
Add : Prior Period Income (D) 25 436.24 473.65
Less : Prior Period Expenses (E) 1,594.16 479.86
NET EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE 16,034.50 13,900.24
(C+D-E)
Transfer To DDF/CDF/CE 559.18 766.00
BALANCE BEING SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) CARRIED TO 15,475.32 13,134.24
CORPUS/CAPITAL FUND
Significant Accounting Policies 26 Enclosed

Contingent Liabilities And Notes On Accounts 27 Enclosed
Compiled by:
Batliboi & Purohit
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Date: 17.07.2021

RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 2021
Rs. in Lakhs
RECEIPTS MARCH 31, MARCH 31, PAYMENTS MARCH 31, MARCH 31,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Opening Balances Expenses
(A) Cash In Hand 1.75 1.01 Academic Expenses 3069.61 6258.44
(B) Bank Balance Establishment 14171.11 13355.26
Expenses
In Scheduled Bank Account 41736.05 32674.83 Administrative 2748.14 3584.23
Expenses
In Deposit Accounts 77551.60 70432.97 Prior Period 356.35 164.75
Expenditure
Prepaid Expenditure 90.37 75.66
Grants Received by HO
From Govt Of India Grants Transferred

by HO to Campus
(A) Capital 8463.25 4681.00 From Govt Of India
(B) Revenue 0.00 0.00 (A) Capital 8463.25 4717.95

C) Grant for Cluster Initiative 31.39 175.00 (B) Revenue 0.00 0.00
(D) Other 713.58 505.82 (C) Grant for Cluster 0.00 171.00
Initiative
From Other Source
(A) Capital 0.00 0.00 (D) Others 737.70 505.46

(B) Revenue 38.16 0.00 From Other Source
(A) Capital 42.48 0.00
Grants Received by (B) Revenue 0.00 0.00

Campuses
(either from HO or Govt
or State Govt or any body
directly)
From Govt/State Endowmnet Fund
(A) Capital 1081.00 1016.00 (A) Capital 298.51 429.76

(B) Revenue 0.00 68.00 (B) Revenue 0.00 0.00
(C) Grant for Cluster Initiative 29.83 402.14
From Other Source Payment Fixed

Assets & CWIP
(A) Capital 0.00 150.00
(B) Revenue 1.74 47.03 (A) Purchase Of Asset 287.83 56.92

From Central Govt
Grant

Endowmnet Fund (B) Purchase Of Asset 166.80 463.58
From State Govt
Grant
(A) Capital 222.58 165.08 (C) Purchase Of Asset 588.60 1152.56
From Other Fund
(B) Revenue 74.23 176.57 (D) CWIP Payment 565.59 1504.64
Income From Fees
(A) Application Fees/ 873.61 1018.53 Earmarked Fund

Enterance Fees Utilisation
(B) Tution fees 22509.83 21933.23 (A) Endowment Fund 23.02 89.05
Utilisation Capital
(C) C. E. Program Fees 179.37 702.59 (B) Endowment Fund 9.76 16.58
Utilisation Revenue
(D) Hostel Fees 111.27 3310.79 (C) Other Earrmarked 14.91 58.10
Fund Capital
(E) Library Fees 1010.08 966.09 (D) Other 24.93 167.81
Earrmarked Fund
Revenue
(F) Fees Received In Advance 8756.19 8888.83
(G) Fees Forfeiture 57.40 30.05
(H) Other Misc Fees 838.97 826.61 Investment Made
Income from Investment 59.41 58.80 LIC Leave 345.52 770.07

Encashment Scheme
Interest Received
(A) Interest On Bank Accounts 4922.85 4891.49 Refunds/Advances
(B) Intertest On Grants 242.59 273.71 (A) Advances To 734.97 1015.09

Contractor
(C) Interest On Endowment 625.02 1201.72 (B) Staff Advances 158.66 641.51
Fund
(D) Interest On Other 310.85 338.55 (C) EMD 84.56 108.94
Earmarked Fund
(D) Security Deposit 191.99 291.63
(Student)
Projects & Workshop 0.00 0.00 (E) Security Deposit 78.89 120.07
Receipt (Vendor)
(A) Surplus From Workshop & 742.28 2677.54 (F) Fees Refund 39.00 230.91
Projects
(B) Project Liabilities (Net) 189.05 214.22 (G) Any Other Refund 697.05 199.00
Other Income
(A) Prior Period Income 49.55 11.42
(B) Sale Or Disposal Of Asset 13.69 26.03

(C) Guest House Charges 1.58 6.00 Payments Against
P.Y. Liability
(D)Licence Fees Lease 5.46 2.33 Provision Of Last Year 3311.64 3785.09
Accomodation Paid This Year
(E) Income Tax Refund 152.00 56.37 Statutory Liabilties 589.55 311.86
Of last year paid
during this year
(F) Other Misc Income 113.77 211.93
Interest & Bank 1.56 1.42

Charges paid
Inter Campus Receipts 755.52 337.38
Inter Campus 961.24 862.69

Payment made
Any Other Receipt
(A) Advance Received From 46.72 39.09

Contractor
(B) Security Deposits 62.48 135.72 Closing Balances
Supplier/Contractor
(C) Security Deposits 490.76 587.44 (A) Cash In Hand 1.00 1.75
Students
(D) EMD 88.73 110.13 (B) Bank Balance 0.00 0.00
(E) Alumni Fund 81.10 23.19 In Scheduled Bank 51699.71 41736.05
Account
(G) Staff Advance Refund 67.47 218.82 In Deposit Accounts 84909.21 77551.60
(H) Misc Receipt 2160.73 805.38
Total 175463.52 160399.42 175463.52 160399.42
Compiled by:
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M.No. 30615
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Date: 17.07.2021

SCHEDULES FORMING PART OF ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AS AT 31st MARCH, 2021
SCHEDULE 1: CORPUS / CAPITAL FUND Rs. in Lakhs

PARTICULARS MARCH 31, 2021 MARCH 31, 2020
Balance As At The Beginning Of The Year 75,780.56 62,189.04
Add : Asset Purchased Out Of Endowment/DDF/CDF 220.55 561.76
(Annexure 1)
Less : Adjustment/Transfer During The Year 78.36 104.47
Add / Less: Net Surplus /Defcit From Income & 15,475.32 91,398.07 13,134.24 75,780.56
Expenditure Accounts
BALANCE AS AT THE YEAR END 91,398.07 75,780.56
SCHEDULE 2: RESERVES AND SURPLUS Rs. in Lakhs

1. CAPITAL RESERVE
GOVERNMENT GRANT
CAPITALISED / UNUTILISED GOVERNMENT GRANT
Balance As At The Beginning Of The Year 8,622.37 10,001.08
Add: Grant Received During The Year 8,614.03 4,831.00
Add: Grant Transferred by HO and Received by 8,463.25 5,663.70
Campus.
Add: Interest On Govt Grant (From Schedule 17) 282.94 310.77
Less : Adjustment And Transfers 8,800.86 4,718.00
Less : Grant Refunded To Ministry 0.00 0.00
Less: Grant Adjusted Against Revenue Deficit 166.98 186.82
Less: Grant Capitalised During The Year 6,867.48 7,279.36
10,147.26 8,622.37
CAPITALISED / UTILISED GOVERNMENT GRANT
Balance As At The Beginning Of The Year 1,01,796.60 94,679.21
Add: Grant Capitalised During The Year 6,867.47 7,279.36
Add / Less: Adjustment / Transfer, If Any -106.08 -161.97
1,08,557.99 1,01,796.60
Less: Capital Fund Adustment (Deferred Depreciation)
Up To Previous Year 27,003.36 24,784.90
During This Year 1,999.56 2,174.00
On Account of Prior Period 115.52 95.81
29,118.43 89,586.83 27,054.71 83,364.26
2. REVALUATION RESERVE
As Per Last Account 0.00 0.00
Addition During The Year 0.00 0.00
Less : Deductions During The Year 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3. SPECIAL RESERVE
4. GENERAL RESERVE
BALANCE AS AT THE YEAR END 89,586.83 83,364.26

SCHEDULE 3: EARMARKED / ENDOWMENT FUNDS Rs. in Lakhs
PARTICULARS
Development
Development
Department
Endowment
Activity Fee
CE Program
Association
MARCH 31,
MARCH 31,
Campus
Alumni
Centre
FUND
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
Fund
2021
2020
A) Opening Balance Of The 1,119.91 591.39 5,525.71 1,152.84 255.99 455.54 9,101.37 7,835.76
Funds
Additions To Funds
I. Donations/Grants 0.00 12.00 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.24 172.33
Ii. Intrest Earned During The 46.20 26.46 467.21 71.30 13.48 24.09 648.74 407.88
Year
Iii. Transfer During The Year 143.65 13.59 368.12 45.46 -15.60 39.47 594.67 892.08
iv.Other Additions 325.89 93.38 20.38 17.58 11.90 45.42 514.55 187.90
Sub Total (A) 1,635.65 736.82 6,381.66 1,287.19 265.76 564.52 10,871.58 9,495.95
B) Utilisation / Expenditure
Towards Objectives Of The
Funds
I. Capital Expenditure 0.00 0.00 14.96 37.19 13.17 0.00 65.32 119.94
Ii. Revenue Expenditure 31.09 0.45 19.32 0.19 10.98 0.39 62.42 274.64
Sub Total (B) 31.09 0.45 34.28 37.38 24.15 0.39 127.74 394.58
CAMPUS FUNDS C= (A-B) 1,604.55 736.37 6,347.38 1,249.80 241.61 564.13 10,743.84 9,101.37
PARTICULARS NIFT Endowment MARCH 31, MARCH 31,

Development Fund 2021 2020
fund
D) Opening Balance Of The Funds (Principal 137.30 10,000.00 10,137.30 10,137.30
Fund) (At HO Only)
Additions To Funds
i. Donations/Grants (At HO Only) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ii.Other Additions (Specify Nature) 0.00 16.30 16.30 0.00
Sub Total (D) 137.30 10,016.30 10,153.60 10,137.30
E) i Grant Received By Campus From HO 0.00 17.98 17.98 191.80
ii Grant Receivable By Campus From HO 0.00 -25.84 (25.84) (2.43)
Sub Total (E) 0.00 -7.86 (7.86) 189.37
F) Opening Balance Of The Funds (Interest) 134.20 7,186.77 7,320.97 6,564.75
(At HO Only)
Additions To Funds
i. Intrest Earned During The Year 19.91 1,165.93 1,185.84 1,242.05
ii.Other Additions/Transfer 0.00 38.01 38.01 0.06
Sub Total (F) 154.11 8,390.71 8,544.82 7,806.85
Total G= (D+E+F) 291.41 18,399.16 18,690.57 18,133.52
H) Utilisation / Expenditure Towards
Objectives Of The Funds
i. Capital Expenditure 1.16 132.76 133.92 369.33
ii. Revenue Expenditure 3.09 73.25 76.34 3.93
iii. Amount transferred By Ho To Campus 2.80 298.51 301.31 443.18
(Only At HO)
Sub Total (H) 7.05 504.52 511.57 816.44
Total I= (G-H) 284.36 17,894.64 18,179.00 17,317.08
NET BALANCE AS AT THE YEAR END (C+I) 28,922.84 26,418.46

SCHEDULE 4: SECURED LOANS AND BORROWINGS Rs. in Lakhs
1. Central Government 0.00 0.00
2. State Government 0.00 0.00
3. Financial Institutions
a) Term Loan 0.00 0.00
b) Interest Accrued And Due 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
4. Banks
5. Other Institutions And Agencies 0.00 0.00
6. Debentures And Bonds 0.00 0.00
7. Others 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0.00 0.00
SCHEDULE 5: UNSECURED LOANS AND BORROWINGS Rs. in Lakhs

1. Central Governmert 0.00 0.00
3. Financial Institutions
4. Banks
5. Other Institutions And Agencies 0.00 0.00
6. Debentures And Bonds 0.00 0.00
7. Others 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0.00 0.00
SCHEDULE 6: DEFERRED CREDIT LIABILITIES Rs. in Lakhs

a) Acceptances Secured By Hypothecation Of 0.00 0.00
Capital Equipment & Other Assets
b) Others 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0.00 0.00

SCHEDULE 7: CURRENT LIABILITIES AND PROVISIONS Rs. in Lakhs
A. CURRENT LIABILITIES
1. Project Liabilties (Annexure 2) 5,168.03 5,015.95
2. Sundry Creditors
a) For Goods/Services (Annexure 3) 698.38 748.34
b) Others (Annexure 4) 1,937.53 2,635.90 1,794.29 2,542.62
3. Advance Fees Received From Students (Annexure 5) 9,108.76 9,057.56
4. Security Deposits EMD & Retention (Annexure 6) 2,740.17 2,534.08
5. Interest Accrued But Not Due On
a) Secured Loans / Borrowings 0.00 0.00
b) Unseured Loans /Borrowings 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6. Statutory Liabilities (Annexure 7) 389.98 389.79
7. Other Current Liabilities (Annexure 8) 1,230.88 1,220.56
TOTAL (A) 21,273.72 20,760.57
B. PROVISIONS
1. For Taxation 0.00 0.00
2. Gratuity (Annexure 9) 56.44 24.61
3. Leave Encashment (Annexure 10) 4,509.25 3,981.04
4. Provision For Building WIP (Annexure 11) 271.05 248.36
5. Other Provision (Annexure 12) 1,413.09 1,820.12
6. Trade Warranties / Claims 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (B) 6,249.83 6,074.13
TOTAL (A+B) 27,523.56 26,834.70

SCHEDULES 8: FIXED ASSETS
DESCRIPTION GROSS BLOCK DEPRECIATION

COST/ ADDITIONS DEDUCTIONS/ COST/ AS AT DURING
VALUATION DURING ADJUSTMENTS VALUATION BEGINNING THE
AS AT THE YEAR DURING THE AT THE OF THE YEAR
BEGINNING YEAR YEAR END YEAR
OF THE YEAR
A. FIXED ASSETS
1. Land
A) Freehold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
B) Leasehold 597.39 0.00 0.00 597.39 0.00 0.00
2. Buildings
A) On Freehold Land 13,991.99 280.18 0.00 14,272.17 1,846.48 230.36
B) On Leasehold Land 40,138.05 802.16 86.82 40,853.39 4,742.51 661.04
C) Ownership Flats/ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Premises
D) Super Structures On 38.45 0.00 0.00 38.45 36.52 0.00
Land Not Belonging
3. Classroom Equipments 6,688.47 161.96 2.15 6,848.28 4,986.06 439.91
4. Vehicles
A) Light Vehicles 296.98 97.87 16.99 377.87 161.18 24.32
B) Heavy Vehicles 209.46 30.30 0.00 239.76 122.38 20.38
5. Furniture , Fixtures 5,119.04 241.35 1.36 5,359.03 2,453.09 295.16
6. Office Equipments 1,302.67 65.47 0.00 1,368.14 932.66 92.25
7. Computer/ Peripherals
A) Hardware 8,722.93 412.79 95.78 9,039.95 6,321.80 735.91
B) Software 2,537.27 10.55 35.45 2,512.37 2,137.48 116.00
8. Electric Equipments 4,924.02 144.21 8.14 5,067.68 3,387.03 449.78
9. Resource Center 105.83 0.78 0.00 106.61 72.62 9.87
Collection
10. Books 2,460.16 117.23 2.00 2,575.35 1,908.68 165.40
11. Books & Periodicals 742.11 19.49 0.00 761.62 725.44 31.16
12. Tube Well And Water 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Supply
13. Project Assets 279.91 0.00 0.00 279.91 250.64 1.01
14. Hostel Equipments 695.37 6.85 0.25 701.97 197.98 45.90
15. Other Fixed Assets 1,279.57 54.02 0.00 1,333.58 1,099.35 57.29
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2020-21 (A) 90,129.66 2,445.21 248.94 92,333.54 31,381.92 3,375.72
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2019-20 77,774.84 13,011.20 656.36 90,129.66 28,470.13 3,470.29
B. CAPITAL WORK-IN-
PROGRESS
Buildings 19,570.74 6,278.47 475.65 25,367.39 0.00 0.00
Capital Goods In Transit 84.65 96.28 79.68 107.41 0.00 0.00
Others 143.81 24.21 71.81 96.21 0.00 0.00
TOTAL OF CWIP (B) 19799.20 6398.96 627.15 25571.00 0.00 0.00
GRAND TOTAL (A+B) 109928.87 8844.18 876.09 117904.54 31381.92 3375.72

Rs. in Lakhs
AMORTISATION NET BLOCK

ON TOTAL AS AT DURING ON TOTAL AS AT AS AT
DEDUCTIONS/ UP TO BEGINNING THE DEDUCTIONS/ UP TO MARCH 31, MARCH 31,
ADJUSTMENT THE OF THE YEAR YEAR ADJUSTMENT THE 2021 2020
DURING THE YEAR END DURING THE YEAR END
YEAR YEAR
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 58.25 5.20 0.00 63.45 533.94 539.14
-0.05 2,076.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,195.28 12,145.51

0.00 5,403.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35,449.84 35,395.54
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 36.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.92 1.92
-5.37 5,431.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,416.95 1,702.40
16.14 169.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 208.52 135.80

0.00 142.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 97.00 87.09
1.17 2,747.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,611.94 2,665.96
0.00 1,024.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 343.23 370.00
83.04 6,974.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,065.29 2,401.13

24.72 2,228.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 283.61 399.80
8.11 3,836.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,231.37 1,536.98
0.00 82.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 24.11 33.20
0.26 2,073.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 501.55 551.49

0.00 756.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.03 16.68
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 251.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.26 29.27

0.22 243.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 458.31 497.38
0.00 1,156.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 176.95 180.24
128.25 34,636.98 58.25 5.20 0.00 63.45 57,633.09 58,689.50
558.49 31,381.92 53.04 5.20 0.00 58.25 58,689.50 49,251.65
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,367.39 19,570.74

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 107.41 84.65
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 96.21 143.81
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25571.00 19799.20
128.25 34636.98 58.25 5.20 0.00 63.45 83204.10 78488.70

SCHEDULES 8A: FIXED ASSETS FROM CENTRAL GOVT GRANT
GROSS BLOCK DEPRECIATION

DESCRIPTION AS AT THE YEAR DURING THE AT THE OF THE YEAR YEAR
BEGINNING YEAR YEAR END
OF THE YEAR
A. FIXED ASSETS
1. Land
A) Freehold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
B) Leasehold 381.59 0.00 0.00 381.59 0.00 0.00
2. Buildings
A) On Freehold Land 7,518.19 0.00 0.00 7,518.19 1,331.05 122.54
Premises
Land Not Belonging
4. Vehicles
A) Light Vehicles 155.53 17.13 16.21 156.45 128.12 6.87
B) Heavy Vehicles 81.36 0.00 0.00 81.36 66.10 3.84
5. Furniture , Fixtures 2,154.01 61.49 1.36 2,214.14 1,421.82 99.05
6. Office Equipments 641.64 13.25 0.00 654.89 558.63 15.93
A) Hardware 3,612.55 139.33 33.41 3,718.46 3,263.67 89.03
B) Software 1,150.90 4.23 24.85 1,130.28 1,070.45 13.39
8. Electric Equipments 2,494.59 0.00 8.14 2,494.06 1,903.22 188.14
9. Resource Center 31.09 0.00 0.00 31.09 29.45 0.16
Collection
10. Books 1,145.41 6.44 0.00 1,151.85 1,081.33 8.66
Supply
13. Project Assets 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.94
15. Other Fixed Assets 606.75 32.55 0.00 639.30 548.31 15.62
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2020-21 (A) 50,663.99 695.19 86.37 51,280.41 18,242.87 1,071.00
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2019-20 42,408.02 8,768.55 512.57 50,664.00 17,505.37 1,083.85
B. CAPITAL WORK - IN -
PROGRESS
Buildings 16,638.53 5,654.13 374.00 21,918.67 0.00 0.00
Others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL OF CWIP (B) 16638.53 5743.57 374.00 22008.11 0.00 0.00
GRAND TOTAL (A+B) 67302.53 6438.76 460.37 73288.52 18242.87 1071.00

Rs. in Lakhs

DEDUCTIONS/ UP TO BEGINNING THE DEDUCTIONS/ UP TO MARCH MARCH 31,
ADJUSTMENT THE OF THE YEAR YEAR ADJUSTMENT THE 31, 2021 2020
DURING THE YEAR END DURING THE YEAR
YEAR YEAR END
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 58.25 5.20 0.00 63.45 318.14 323.34
0.00 1,453.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,064.60 6,187.14

0.00 3,790.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 23,223.50 23,284.25
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2.04 3,124.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 317.41 319.95
15.40 119.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 36.86 27.41

0.00 69.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.43 15.27
1.17 1,519.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 694.43 732.20
0.00 574.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.33 83.00
30.87 3,321.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 396.64 348.86

24.85 1,058.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 71.28 80.46
8.11 2,090.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 403.19 591.36
0.00 29.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.47 1.64
0.00 1,089.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.89 64.11

0.00 253.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.54 3.32
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.94 0.00

0.22 177.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 219.00 242.12
0.00 563.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.38 58.45
82.66 19,238.80 58.25 5.20 0.00 63.45 31,978.16 32,362.87
346.38 18,242.87 53.04 5.20 0.00 58.25 32,362.87 24,849.61
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 21,918.67 16,638.53

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 89.44 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22008.11 16638.53
82.66 19238.80 58.25 5.20 0.00 63.45 53986.26 49001.40

SCHEDULES 8B: FIXED ASSETS FROM STATE GOVT GRANT

DESCRIPTION VALUATION DURING ADJUSTMENTS VALUATION BEGINNING THE
OF THE YEAR
A. FIXED ASSETS
1. Land
A) Freehold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
B) Leasehold 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
2. Buildings
A) On Freehold Land 6,452.79 15.60 0.00 6,468.39 513.81 105.31
Premises
Land Not Belonging
4. Vehicles
A) Light Vehicles 47.10 18.03 0.00 65.13 14.83 5.07
B) Heavy Vehicles 70.03 0.00 0.00 70.03 37.12 6.55
5. Furniture , Fixtures 1,764.83 81.22 0.00 1,846.04 727.89 114.66
A) Hardware 1,843.03 54.42 31.66 1,865.79 1,428.25 152.48
B) Software 492.82 0.00 0.00 492.82 436.39 12.47
8. Electric Equipments 1,194.17 4.51 0.00 1,198.67 903.71 87.69
9. Resource Center 19.03 0.00 0.00 19.03 17.12 0.65
Collection
10. Books 452.41 21.87 0.14 474.11 359.21 21.85
Supply
13. Project Assets 279.91 0.00 0.00 279.91 250.64 0.07
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2020-21 (A) 28,103.52 486.85 31.80 28,547.82 7,910.65 922.23
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2019-20 25,736.44 2,397.43 30.35 28,103.52 6,940.83 1,088.15
PROGRESS
Buildings 2,358.54 546.46 0.00 2,905.00 0.00 0.00
Others 71.81 0.00 71.81 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL OF CWIP (B) 2432.74 546.46 74.20 2905.00 0.00 0.00
GRAND TOTAL (A+B) 30536.27 1033.32 106.00 31452.82 7910.65 922.23

Rs. in Lakhs

YEAR YEAR END
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
-0.05 619.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,849.21 5,938.97

0.00 1,575.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,663.74 11,634.15
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 36.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.92 1.92
0.00 1,328.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 298.44 434.57
0.00 19.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.23 32.27

0.00 43.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.36 32.90
0.00 842.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,003.49 1,036.94
0.00 116.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.43 20.49
29.48 1,551.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 314.54 414.78

0.00 448.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 43.96 56.43
0.00 991.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 207.28 290.46
0.00 17.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.26 1.91
0.01 381.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 93.07 93.20

0.00 133.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -4.26 0.03
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 250.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 29.20 29.27

0.00 28.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 136.77 147.33
0.00 408.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.47 27.25
29.44 8,792.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19,755.13 20,192.87
118.36 7,910.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,192.87 18,795.62
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,905.00 2,358.54

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.404
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 71.81
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2905.00 2432.74
29.44 8792.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22660.13 22625.62

SCHEDULES 8C: FIXED ASSETS FROM EARMARKED FUND

DESCRIPTION AS AT THE YEAR DURING THE AT THE OF THE YEAR
OF THE
YEAR
A. FIXED ASSETS
1. Land
A) Freehold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
B) Leasehold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2. Buildings
A) On Freehold Land 20.12 0.00 0.00 20.12 1.57 0.33
B) On Leasehold Land 256.83 86.82 0.00 343.65 17.95 5.73
Premises
Land Not Belonging
3. Classroom Equipments 505.44 14.82 0.00 520.26 221.95 76.17
4. Vehicles
A) Light Vehicles 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
B) Heavy Vehicles 43.64 0.00 0.00 43.64 15.92 4.94
5. Furniture , Fixtures 474.77 0.00 0.00 474.77 104.95 30.06
A) Hardware 1,066.40 17.85 -8.30 1,092.55 564.51 153.94
B) Software 51.14 0.00 1.47 49.66 27.74 8.19
8. Electric Equipments 343.36 6.46 0.00 349.81 174.75 48.46
9. Resource Center 15.33 0.00 0.00 15.33 6.58 3.01
Collection
10. Books 214.82 6.60 0.02 221.40 104.98 36.83
Supply
13. Project Assets 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2020-21 (A) 3,346.21 155.94 -6.80 3,508.94 1,458.80 414.79
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2019-20 3,025.84 300.65 -19.72 3,346.21 1,046.98 433.71
PROGRESS
Buildings 283.76 17.12 0.00 294.72 0.00 0.00
Others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL OF CWIP (B) 303.00 17.12 19.24 300.88 0.00 0.00
GRAND TOTAL (A+B) 3,649.21 173.06 12.44 3,809.82 1,458.80 414.79

Rs. in Lakhs

YEAR YEAR END
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 1.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18.22 18.55

0.00 23.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 319.97 238.88
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 298.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 222.13 283.47
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 20.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.78 27.71
0.00 135.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 339.75 369.80
0.00 77.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.10 54.90
0.55 717.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 374.63 501.89

1.22 34.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.95 23.40
0.00 223.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 126.60 168.61
0.00 9.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.74 8.75
0.00 141.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 79.59 109.85

0.00 42.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18 2.24
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 6.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.43 17.95
0.00 138.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 36.02 61.40
1.77 1,871.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,637.10 1,887.39
21.88 1,458.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,887.39 1,978.83
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 294.72 283.76

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.16 19.24
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.88 303.00
1.77 1,871.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,937.98 2,190.39

SCHEDULES 8D: FIXED ASSETS FROM OTHER FUNDS

DESCRIPTION VALUATION DURING ADJUSTMENTS VALUATION BEGINNING THE
OF THE YEAR
A. FIXED ASSETS
1. Land
A) Freehold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
B) Leasehold 215.79 0.00 0.00 215.79 0.00 0.00
2. Buildings
A) On Freehold Land 0.89 264.58 0.00 265.47 0.05 2.17
B) On Leasehold Land 247.26 96.15 86.82 256.59 9.00 4.96
Premises
Land Not Belonging
3. Classroom Equipments 1,184.23 75.54 0.00 1,259.77 519.85 153.57
4. Vehicles
A) Light Vehicles 94.36 62.71 0.78 156.29 18.22 12.38
B) Heavy Vehicles 14.44 30.30 0.00 44.74 3.24 5.06
5. Furniture , Fixtures 725.44 98.64 0.00 824.07 198.43 51.38
A) Hardware 2,200.96 201.20 39.01 2,363.15 1,065.37 340.46
B) Software 842.42 6.32 9.13 839.61 602.90 81.94
8. Electric Equipments 891.90 133.25 0.00 1,025.14 405.35 125.49
9. Resource Center 40.38 0.78 0.00 41.16 19.47 6.05
Collection
10. Books 647.51 82.33 1.84 727.99 363.16 98.06
Supply
13. Project Assets 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2020-21 (A) 8,026.72 1,107.24 137.58 8,996.37 3,780.35 967.70
TOTAL OF F.Y. 2019-20 6,604.52 1,544.58 133.14 8,026.72 2,976.88 864.58
PROGRESS
Buildings 289.91 60.75 101.65 249.00 0.00 0.00
Others 72.00 24.21 0.00 96.21 0.00 0.00
TOTAL OF CWIP (B) 424.92 91.80 159.71 357.01 0.00 0.00
GRAND TOTAL (A+B) 8451.65 1199.04 297.29 9353.39 3780.35 967.70

Rs. in Lakhs

YEAR YEAR END
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 215.79 215.79
0.00 2.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 263.26 0.84

0.00 13.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 242.62 238.26
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
-7.41 680.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 578.95 664.38
0.74 29.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 126.43 76.13

0.00 8.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 36.44 11.20
0.00 249.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 574.26 527.02
0.00 256.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 186.37 211.61
22.14 1,383.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 979.46 1,135.59

-1.35 686.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 153.42 239.52
0.00 530.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 494.29 486.55
0.00 25.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.63 20.90
0.25 460.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 267.02 284.34

0.00 328.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.58 11.09
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 30.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 86.10 89.99
0.00 45.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 37.08 33.15
14.37 4,733.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,262.70 4,246.37
71.88 3,780.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,246.37 3,627.63
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 249.00 289.91

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.80 63.01
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 96.21 72.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 357.01 424.92
14.37 4733.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4619.71 4671.29

SCHEDULE 9: INVESTMENTS FROM EARMARKED/ ENDOWMENT FUNDS Rs. in Lakhs
In Government Securities 0.00 0.00
Other Approved Securities 0.00 0.00
Shares 0.00 0.00
Debentures And Bonds 0.00 0.00
Subsidiaries And Joint Ventures 0.00 0.00
Others 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0.00 0.00
SCHEDULE 10: INVESTMENTS - OTHERS Rs. in Lakhs

In Government Securities (RBI Bonds - Not 0.00 0.00
Marketable)
Other Approved Securities 0.00 0.00
Shares 0.00 0.00
Debentures And Bonds 0.00 0.00
Subsidiaries And Joint Ventures 0.00 0.00
Others (Annexure 29) 4,702.80 4,162.64
TOTAL 4,702.80 4,162.64
SCHEDULE 11: CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS, ADVANCES ETC. Rs. in Lakhs

A. CURRENT ASSETS
1. Inventories
a) Stores And Spares (NIFT Shops (Old) Stocks) (Annexure 0.00 0.00
13)
b) Loose Tools 0.00 0.00
c) Stock Of Souvenir 0.00 0.00
- Finished Goods 0.00 0.00
- Work-In-Progress 0.00 0.00
- Raw Materials 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2. Sundry Debtors
a) Debts Outstanding For a Period Exceeding Six Months 2,571.03 2,889.39
(Annexure 14)
b) Receivable 1.33 2,572.36 0.00 2,889.39
3. Cash In Hand (Including Cheques/Drafts) (Annexure 15) 1.01 1.76
4. Bank Balances
a) With Scheduled Bank
- On Deposit Accounts (Annexure 16) 82,945.36 76,131.20
- On Bank Accounts (Annexure 17) 53,663.56 43,156.45
b) With Non - Scheduled Bank
- On Deposit Accounts 0.00 0.00
- On Bank Accounts 0.00 1,36,608.91 0.00 1,19,287.65
5. Post Office Saving Account 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (A) 1,39,182.28 1,22,178.80

B. LOANS, ADVANCES AND OTHER ASSETS
1. Loans
a) Staff (Annexure 18) 9.86 4.30
b) Other Entities Engaged In Activities/Objectives Similar 0.00 0.00
To That Of The Entity
c) Others 0.00 9.86 0.00 4.30
2. Advances And Other Amounts Recoverable In Cash Or In
Kind Or For Value To Be Received
a) On Capital Account (Annexure 19) 5,956.97 4,565.24
b) Prepayments (Annexure 20) 158.79 159.56
c) Security Deposits Paid (Annexure 21) 267.75 254.64
d) Staff (Annexure 22) 74.40 116.27
e) Projects Annexure 23) 1,035.49 284.84
f) Others (Annexure 24) 111.23 7,604.64 218.63 5,599.18
3.Income Accrued:
a) On Investments From Earmarked/Endowment Funds 0.00 0.00
b) On Investments - Others 0.00 0.00
c) On Loans And Advances 0.00 0.00
d) Interest On Fdr/Bank Deposits(Annexure 25) 2,797.78 2,036.52
e) Others (Annexure 26) 3.32 2,801.10 0.10 2,036.62
4. Claims Receivable:TDS & Tax Recoverables (Annexure 27) 189.98 288.06
5. Inter Campus / Head Office (Annexure 28) -263.47 -360.32
NIFT Head Office 2,487.25 2,414.82
NIFT Bengaluru -975.73 -994.38
NIFT Bhopal 138.39 142.50
NIFT Bhubaneswar 214.66 192.52
NIFT Chennai 281.27 282.82
NIFT Gandhinagar -755.31 -785.22
NIFT Hyderabad -545.50 -562.43
NIFT Jodhpur 404.01 395.16
NIFT Kangra 198.49 205.39
NIFT Kannur 4.98 50.45
NIFT Kolkata -809.06 -807.47
NIFT Mumbai 282.77 275.68
NIFT Delhi -1,737.99 -1,597.91
NIFT Patna 388.60 383.66
NIFT Shillong 125.68 127.64
NIFT Raebareli 106.85 98.92
NIFT Project Cell 70.47 74.28
NIFT Srinagar 108.85 95.56
NIFT Surat Ext 0.00 0.00
NIFT HO Group Gratuity Trust -263.97 -360.56
NIFT Panchkula 11.81 8.25
TOTAL (B) 10,342.11 7,567.84
TOTAL (A+B) 1,49,524.40 1,29,746.64

SCHEDULE 12: INCOME FROM SALES/SERVICES (PROJECTS) Rs. in Lakhs
1. Income From Sales
A) Sales Of Finished Goods 0.00 0.00
B) Sales Raw Material 0.00 0.00
C) Sales Of Scraps 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
2. Income From Service
A) Labour And Processing Charges 0.00 0.00
B) Professional/ Consultancy Services (Projects) 0.00 0.00
C) Agency Commission And Brokerage 0.00 0.00
D) Maintenance Services (Equipment/Property) 0.00 0.00
E) Others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0.00 0.00

SCHEDULE 13: GRANTS/SUBSIDIES Rs. in Lakhs
(Irrevocable Grants & Subsidies Received)
1. Central Government 64.53 116.12
3. Government Agencies (Cluster Initiative) 58.66 423.19
4. Institutions/Welfare Bodies 0.00 0.00
5. International Organisations 0.00 0.00
6. Others 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 160.98 652.09
SCHEDULE 14: FEES/SUBSCRIPTION Rs. in Lakhs

1. Entrance Fees/Application Fees 881.99 1,024.33
2. Annual Fees/Tuition Fees/Subscription
Tuition Fee 33,522.10 29,750.88
Less: HO Share 1,081.25 32,440.86 1,055.27 28,695.61
3. Seminar/Program Fees (CE Program Fees) 343.86 860.05
4. Hostel Fees 916.44 4,002.65
5. Fee Forfeiture 61.41 30.27
6. Library Fees - Student & Others 1,256.76 1,091.58
8. Other Fees 951.04 906.49
TOTAL 36,852.36 36,610.97

SCHEDULE 15: INCOME FROM INVESTMENT Rs. in Lakhs
1) Interest
A) On Govt. Securties 0.00 0.00
B) On Govt. Securties 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2) Dividends
A) On Govt. Securties 0.00 0.00
B) On Govt. Securties 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3) Rents 0.00 0.00
4) Others (Interest On Gratuity & Leave Encashment 308.77 302.43
Investment)
TOTAL 308.77 302.43
SCHEDULE 16: INCOME FROM ROYALTY Rs. in Lakhs

1. Income From Royalty 0.00 0.00
2. Income From Publications 0.00 0.00
3. Others 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0.00 0.00
SCHEDULE 17: INTEREST EARNED Rs. in Lakhs

1) On Term Deposits
A) With Scheduled Banks 4,115.49 4,367.86
B) With Non-Scheduled Banks - 0.00
C) With Institutions (Govt. Of India Bond) - 0.00
D) Others - 0.00
4,115.49 4,367.86
2) On Savings Accounts
A) With Scheduled Banks 1,453.96 1,298.41
B) With Non-Scheduled Banks - 0.00
C) With Institutions - 0.00
D) Others - 0.00
1,453.96 1,298.41
Less: Interest On Govt Grant Transferred To Schedule 2 183.60 5,385.85 310.77 5,355.50
3) On Loans
A) Employees/Staffs 0.55 0.64
B) Others 11.05 11.60 11.19 11.82
4) Interest On Debtors And Other Receivables 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 5,397.44 5,367.32

SCHEDULE 18: OTHER INCOME Rs. in Lakhs
1. Profit On Sale/Disposal Of Assets
A) Owned Assets 3.27 18.60
B) Assets Acquired Out Of Grants Or Received Free Of Cost 0.00 3.27 0.00 18.60
2. Projects & Workshops
Projects Incomes 1,636.50 3,457.79
Less: Projects Expenses 1,461.23 175.27 3,419.75 38.04
3. Export Incentives Realised 0.00 0.00
4. Licence Fee - Leased Accomodation 7.39 6.14
5.Guest House Charges 2.11 7.68
6. Fees For Miscellaneous Services 0.00 0.00
7. Miscellaneous Income (Incl Hostel Library & Other 227.82 355.14
Receipts)
TOTAL 415.87 425.58
SCHEDULE 19: INCREASE/DECREASE IN STOCK Rs. in Lakhs

Closing Stock
A) Finished Goods 0.00 0.00
B) Work-In-Progress 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Less: Opening Stock
A) Finished Goods 0.00 0.00
B) Work-In Progress 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net Incerase/Decrease 0.00 0.00
SCHEDULE 20: ACADEMIC EXPENSES Rs. in Lakhs

A) Academic Expenses:
Admission Expenses 135.73 205.48
Advertisement Expenses 141.42 217.61
Classroom Expenses 12.85 31.99
Repairs & Maintenance Classroom Equipment 6.60 18.87
Curriculum / Course Dev. Expenses 40.79 38.76
Convocation Expenses 57.87 120.38
Hiring Of Bus/Car 0.02 44.17
Guest Faculty 964.38 1,045.54
Foreign Faculty Fees 0.00 0.00
IILF Expenses 0.00 0.07
Insurance Expenses (Student) 60.01 61.16
Jury Expenses 89.17 425.45
Scholarship & Fee Subsidy 1,034.03 845.49
Student Welfare Expenses 17.21 40.28
Faculty Visit Expenses (India) 9.82 79.60
Visit To Fair/Seminar Abroad 0.00 49.90
Travelling In India Faculty/Student 0.42 6.99

Training Expenses 3.29 123.37
Seminar & Conference Expenses 7.39 18.89
Promotional Expenses 3.08 7.95
Conclave/F.Prograom, Student Visits 0.00 0.14
Craft Documentation 2.89 8.35
Placement/Pre.Placement Expenses 0.71 16.00
Design Collections 0.04 18.35
Display And Exhibition 0.86 5.68
Diploma Projects/Graduation Shows 2.98 128.74
Converge Expenses 0.82 54.40
Departmental Meets 0.03 6.54
Examination/ Re - Examination Expenses 0.11 1.28
Certification, Award, Trophies Expenses 0.00 5.05
Open House Expenses 0.43 1.93
Magazine & Periodicals 66.89 116.78
Postage & Telegram 1.06 5.58
Fashion Spectrum 2.98 42.95
Orientation Program 5.03 22.35
Field Study 2.18 50.19
Allumi Association Expenses 1.54 0.88
Membership Fees 4.00 7.70
Misc. Expenses - Academic 3.69 8.46
Hospitality Expenses 2.59 7.65
Internet Expenses 19.01 19.40
Printing & Publication Expenses 8.63 10.62
Repairs & Maintenance Computers 62.52 67.37
Resource Centre Expenses 2.27 11.57
Library Expenses Resource Centre (TA/DA Resourse) 0.00 1.17
Other Expenses 13.38 57.03
Ph. D. Expenses 33.73 32.13
Industry Visit Charges 1.71 77.80
Common Examination Board 0.00 0.05
Design Sutra 0.00 0.00
Textile India 2017 0.00 0.00
International Conference 2018 0.00 0.00
Software License & Subscription Charges 49.23 110.89
Cluster Initiative Expenses H. Loom 29.47 143.04
Cluster Initiative Expenses H. Craft 57.06 240.76
Combined PG Bridge Courses 0.00 0.00
Bridge Programme Tuition Fee Subsidy 0.59 4.50
Faculty Conclave 0.00 0.00
Branding & Social Media Expenses 0.00 0.00
Student International Scholarship 0.00 0.00
Capacity Building Faculty (FOTD) 5.37 96.19
Industry Engagement Expenses 0.00 9.93
TOTAL (A) 2,965.86 4,773.41

B) Hostel Expenses
Rent Hostel 38.25 73.66
Hiring Charges Of Furnitures / Fixtures 0.00 0.00
Electricity - Hostel 164.30 513.13
Water Hostel 29.97 93.46
Telephone Hostel 2.34 1.47
Internet Charges 2.46 5.39
Newspaper/ Periodicals 0.57 1.16
Mess Charges 11.03 771.87
R & M Of Hostel Equipment / Furniture 34.62 92.70
Misc. Expenses - Hostel - Academic 30.34 80.78
Security Expenses - Hostel 582.70 737.00
House Keeping Expenses - Hostel 450.80 510.12
Others 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (B) 1,347.38 2,880.75
C) C.E. Program Expenses 101.99 341.82
TOTAL (A+B+C) 4,415.23 7,995.98
SCHEDULE 21: ESTABLISHMENT EXPENSES Rs. in Lakhs

A) Salaries & Wages 9,593.38 9,202.22
B) Allowance And Bonus 5,008.99 4,525.69
C) Contribution To Provident Fund /GSLI 1,062.80 1,019.42
D) Contribution To Other Fund (EDIL Premium) 20.52 17.75
E) Staff Welfare Expenses 22.88 60.25
F) Expenses Employees Retirement And Terminal Benefits 832.80 674.50
G) Recruitment Expenses 7.62 31.08
H) CPC Arrear 0.00 0.00
I) Others 6.18 12.87
TOTAL 16,555.18 15,543.77
SCHEDULE 22: OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Rs. in Lakhs

A) Administrative Expenses
Advertisement 8.18 11.02
Hospitality 10.36 17.69
Hindi Expenses 15.63 25.48
Fuel Expenses 9.64 15.18
Legal & Professional Charges 26.72 30.10
Local Conveyance 1.70 3.33
Postage & Telegram 3.43 7.80
Printing & Stationery 56.76 94.53
Magazines And Periodicals 1.24 0.65
Repairs & Maintenance Furniture 182.10 186.14

Repairs & Maintenance Vehilcle 31.91 54.30
Telephone Charges 25.50 26.20
Travelling In India 12.97 109.10
Travelling Abroad 0.00 0.00
Loss From Sale Of Asset 0.02 10.93
Security Expenses 1,068.34 1,215.16
Other Expense 41.05 37.87
Fines / Penalty / Interest 0.13 0.36
Fixed Assets Written Off 0.00 39.69
BOG Expenses 0.21 0.90
Liveries 0.95 0.95
Repairs & Maintenance Equipment 36.11 26.80
Hiring Of Vehicle 52.15 77.98
Internal Audit Fees 28.45 31.55
Statutory Audit Fees (C&AG) 6.23 8.25
Others Fee And Expenses 0.28 1.85
Foreign Exchange Loss/Gain 0.26 0.17
Guest House Expenses 11.94 12.59
Insurance 58.12 44.10
Reverse Charges (Expenses)-CGST 7.40 7.00
Reverse Charges (Expenses)-SGST 7.40 7.00
Reverse Charges (Expenses)-IGST 2.61 4.18
TOTAL (A) 1,707.80 2,108.82
B) Building Maintenance Expense
Insurance Building 0.00 0.00
Repairs & Maintenance Building 435.24 618.25
DG Set Expenses 25.64 47.66
Housekeeping Expenses 814.12 833.22
Property Tax 143.28 176.73
Electricity Expense And Water Charges 450.69 825.47
Horticulture 14.02 26.80
Rent For Building 28.60 33.17
Others 2.03 5.66
TOTAL (B) 1,913.62 2,566.95
TOTAL (A+B) 3,621.42 4,675.77
SCHEDULE 23: EXPENDITURE ON GRANTS, SUBSIDY, ETC Rs. in Lakhs

A) Grants Given To Institutions/Organisations 0.00 0.00
B) Subsidies Given To Institutions/ Organisations 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0.00 0.00

SCHEDULE 24: INTEREST/BANK CHARGES & COMMISSION Rs. in Lakhs
A) Fixed Loan 0.00 0.00
B) Other Loan (Incl. Bank Charges) 0.00 0.00
C) Other (Bank Charges & Intt. Paid) 1.56 1.41
TOTAL 1.56 1.41
SCHEDULE 25: PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT Rs. in Lakhs

Income
Academic Income 59.52 15.57
Establishment Income 56.17 5.23
Administrative Income 6.27 18.21
Miscellaneous Income 72.53 18.30
Depreciation Written Back 23.50 192.23
Grant In Aid (Revenue) 102.25 109.58
Liability For Unpaid Bills Written Back 116.00 436.24 114.53 473.65
Expenditure
Academic Expenses 153.25 40.89
Establishment Expenses 33.52 4.54
Administrative Expenses 16.87 49.93
Depreciation 39.24 98.42
Miscellaneous Expenses 1,351.29 286.08
Sundry Advance Written Off 0.00 1,594.16 0.00 479.86
Net Prior Period Expenditure -1,157.92 -6.21

NAME OF ENTITY: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
SCHEDULES FORMING PART OF ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AS AT 31st MARCH, 2021
SCHEDULE 26 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
1. The Annual Accounts have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(GAAP) under the historical cost convention on accrual basis and the applicable accounting standards issued
by “The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)”. These accounting policies and standards have
been consistently applied. The annual accounts have been prepared on a Going Concern Basis.
2. Recognition of Grants from Central/State Government
Grants from the Central/State Govt. have been accounted following Accounting Standard 12 issued by the
ICAI i.e. “Government Grants are recognized if it is reasonably certain that the ultimate collection will be
made”.
i. Govt. Grants related to revenue are recognized on a systematic basis in the Income and Expenditure
Accounts over the period to match with the related cost which they are intended to compensate. Such
grants are shown separately under the head “Grant in Aid” in the Income & Expenditure Account.
ii. Government Grants related to depreciable fixed assets are treated as Deferred Income. The Deferred
Income is recognized in Income & Expenditure Accounts on systematic and rational basis over the useful
life of assets. Such allocation of Income is made over the periods and in proportions in which depreciation
on related asset is charged.
iii. Govt. Grants in the form of non-monetary assets, given at a concessional rate, are accounted for on the
basis of their acquisition cost. Non-monetary assets given free of cost are recorded at nominal value.
3. Recognition of Fees from Students, Project and Consultancy Fee
Fee from Students: The fee from students is recognized on accrual basis.
Project and Consultancy Fees: Project and Consultancy fees are recognized on the completion of the project.
4. Investments
The current investments are shown at cost or fair market value whichever is lower and the long term
investments are shown at cost except when there is permanent decline in value of investments.
5. Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Fixed Assets are stated at their original cost including freight, duties, customs and other incidental expenses
relating to acquisition and installation less accumulated depreciation.
i. The expenditure incurred during the year on construction of buildings, interiors, etc. is booked under the
head “Capital Work in Progress”, if the work is not completed.
ii. The depreciation is charged at 100% of rate prescribed if an asset is acquired on or before 30th September
and 50% of rate prescribed if assets are acquired after 30th September.
iii. The depreciation is charged at straight line method at the following prescribed rates:es:
Particulars Rate of Dep.

Building 1.63%
Class Room Equipment 15.00%
Computer Hardware 16.21%
Computer Software 16.21%
Laptop for Faculty/Officer 25.00%
Electricity Machinery 15.00%

Furniture &Fixture/Fittings 6.33%
Office Equipment 15.00%
Books 20.00%
Resource Centre Collection 20.00%
Hostel Equipment 6.33%
Motor Car (Light Vehicles) 9.50%
Bus (Heavy Vehicles) 11.31%
Project Assets As per assets class
Books and Periodical 100.00%
Other Assets As per assets class
iv. The depreciation on fixed assets is provided up to 95% of its gross value and thereafter no depreciation
is provided.
v. The depreciation on sale/deletion/transfer of assets is provided up to the date of sale/deletion/

transfer.
vi. A new laptop policy for providing laptops, Notebooks and similar portable electronic devices to the
faculty and officers of NIFT has been approved by BOG in its meeting dated 11.12.2018. The policy
also covers laptops already in possession of faculty/Officers. Accordingly, depreciation on such
laptops has been provided at the rate of 25% from the financial year 2018-19 considering the value
of 5% to be retained. In this regard, Office Memorandum No. NIFT/HO/Laptop Policy/2018/07 dated
30th January 2019 and Office Memorandum No. NIFT/HO/Laptop Policy/2019 dated 3rd May, 2019
have been circulated among all the NIFT Campuses.
6. Insurance Claims
Insurance claims are accounted “as and when settled” basis.
7. Foreign Currency Transactions
Foreign exchange transactions are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the date of transactions.
Exchange differences arising on foreign exchange differences settled during the period are recognized in
the Income and Expenditure Account. Assets acquired against foreign currency are capitalized at the time of
transaction.
Monetary current assets and monetary current liabilities that are denominated in foreign currency are
translated at the exchange rate prevalent at the date of the Balance Sheet. The resulting difference is recorded
in the Income and Expenditure Account.
8. Employee’s Retirement Benefits and Others Benefits
The provision for leave encashment and Gratuity has been made as per the actuarial valuation done by Life
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and further provision as per the Govt. of India Rules has been made for
employees on deputation which were not covered in actuarial valuation of LIC.
During Financial Year 2016-17, NIFT has created/formed NIFT Employees Group Gratuity Trust for management
of activities related to Gratuity of all NIFT Employees.
Group Gratuity policy and Group Leave Encashment policy for all the NIFT campuses including Head Office
have been taken from LIC.
9. Interest recoverable from employees on advances such as House Building Advance, Car Advance and Scooter
Advance etc. is accounted in the year of recovery.
10. As per Office Memorandum No. NIFT /HO/F&A/2018-19 dated 12th December, 2018; any claim from students
for security deposit which is not received within one year from the date of their leaving the Institute and after
three years in case of others, the security deposits can be treated as income.

SCHEDULE 27- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND NOTES ON ACCOUNTS
The Notes forming part of Annual Accounts gives inter-alia certain additional disclosure in respect of significant
accounting transaction during the year.
1. Receipt & Payment Account carries the actual receipts and actual payments of the Institute during the year
2020-21.
2. The Income & Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet have been drawn from Receipt & Payment Account
duly accounted for Liabilities, Prepaid expenses, Advance payments, Provision etc at the end of accounting
year.
3. Previous year figures have been regrouped/rearranged in order to make them comparable with the current
year figures
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
1. 1. Claims against the entity not acknowledged as debts Rs. 9.80 lakhs (2020-21) Rs. 2.18 lakhs (2019-20).
63 Nos. of legal cases are pending in different courts/tribunal in the current financial year 2020-21 for which
the estimated contingent liability is Rs 211.52 lakhs in comparison to 45 Nos. of previous financial year 2019-
20 for Rs 112.44 lakhs. However, Management does not anticipate any liabilities of these legal cases and
accordingly no provision has been made in the books of accounts.
2. In respect of:
• Bank guarantees given by/on behalf of the entity Rs. 52.71 Lakhs (2020-21) Rs. 8.24 lakhs (2019-20).
• Letters of Credit opened by bank on behalf of the entity Rs. Nil (2020-21) Rs. Nil (2019-20).
• Bills discounted with banks Rs. Nil (2020-21) Rs. Nil (2019-20).
• Income Tax Rs. 0.09 Lakhs (2020-21) Rs. 0.42 Lakhs (2019-20).
• GST Rs. Nil (2020-21) Rs. Nil (2019-20).
• Municipal Tax Rs. Nil (2020-21) Rs. Nil (2019-20).
3. In respect of claims from parties for non-execution of orders, but contested by the entity Rs.Nil (2020-21) Rs.
Nil (2019-20).
CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
Estimated value of contracts remaining to be executed on capital account and not provided for (net of advances)
Rs. 3747.24 lakhs (2020-21) Rs. 15686.73 lakhs (2019-20).
The campus wise break up is as under:

Rs. in Lakhs
Sr. No. Campus MARCH 31, 2021 MARCH 31, 2020
1 Bengaluru 32.67 53.03
2 Shillong 138.00 274.00
3 Mumbai 2136.99 2039.00
4 Kannur 0.00 26.08
5 Chennai 0.97 11.52
6 Srinagar 48.68 12480.00
7 Kangra 900.00 433.50
8 Hyderabad 0.00 25.70
9 New Delhi 342.84 342.84
10 Patna 10.16 1.06
11 Bhubaneswar 75.46 0.00
12 Gandhinagar 61.47 0.00
Total 3747.24 15686.73

LEASE OBLIGATIONS
Future obligations for rentals under finance lease arrangements for plant and machinery amounting to Rs Nil
(2020-21) Rs. Nil (2019-20).
Lease rental for campuses are very minimal, approx ranging from Rs. 1-1000. Hence, disclosure for the future
payments as required by AS 19 “Leases” are not made in the notes to accounts.
CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS AND ADVANCES
In the opinion of the Management, the Current Assets, Loans and Advances have a value on realization in the
ordinary course of business, at least equal the amount at which they are stated in the Balance Sheet as on that
date.
TAXATION
NIFT’s income is exempt under section 11 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Therefore, no provision for Income Tax has
been considered in the Books of Accounts.
1. A claim of Rs.16.41 lakhs towards IGST refund on account of Export services is pending with Revenue
Department (CBIC).
2. An appeal for TDS refund amounting to Rs. 24.10 lakhs (including interest) filed with CIT (Appeal), Income Tax
Department for Assessment Year 2017-18 is pending with Income Tax Department as on date.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTION Rs. in Lakhs

1. Value of imports calculated on CIF Basis:
a) Purchase of finished Goods Nil Nil
b) Raw Materials & Components (Including in transit) Nil Nil
c) Capital Goods Nil 47.80
d) Stores, Spares and Consumables Nil Nil
e) Purchase of Books & Periodicals 89.71 44.31
f ) Purchase of Software Nil Nil
2. Expenditure in foreign currency:
a) Travel 4.45 50.05
b) Remittances and Interest payment to Nil Nil
Financial Institutions/Banks in Foreign Currency
c) Other expenditure:
• Commission on Sales Nil Nil
• Legal and Professional Expenses Nil 11.42
• Miscellaneous Expenses Nil 155.32
• Membership Fee 1.08 2.19
• Technical Fee 53.69 Nil
• Honorarium 1.12 Nil
• International Conference Registration fees Nil Nil
for ETIDI Project
3. Earnings:
Value of Exports on FOB basis Nil 91.18
4. Remuneration to Auditors:
As Auditors
a) Taxation matters Nil Nil
b) For Management Services Nil Nil
c) For Certification Nil Nil
d) Others Nil Nil

Other Notes on Accounts:
1. Various State Governments have provided land to NIFT campuses either free of cost or at concessional rate
for establishment of the campus in their State. The land has been recorded as Fixed Asset at the amount
actually paid or nominal value (say Rs. 1/Rs. 100 /Rs.1000) whichever is higher following “Accounting Standard
10: Accounting for Fixed Assets” issued by the ICAI. However, in case of campuses which have recorded the
land value at Rs.1/-, Rs.100/- or Rs.1,000/- the land is not appearing in their Fixed Assets Schedule 8 due to
rounding off of figures in lakhs.
The detail of land recorded in the books is furnished here as under:-
Particulars Book Value as on Leasehold/ Area of land

March 31, 2021 Freehold
NIFT Head Office Rs.119.27 lakhs Leasehold 3.796 Acres
NIFT Bengaluru Rs. 1* Leasehold 18067.36 Sqm
NIFT Bhopal Rs.1 Leasehold 29 Acres
NIFT Bhubaneswar Rs.1 Leasehold 10.046 Acres
NIFT Chennai Nil ** Leasehold 7.29 Acres
NIFT Delhi 215.79 lakhs*** Leasehold 1837.29 Sqm
NIFT Gandhinagar Nil Freehold 20,000 Sq. Meters
Rs.1 Leasehold 6,000 Sq. Meters
NIFT Hyderabad Rs.1 Freehold 9.25 Acres
NIFT Jodhpur Rs.1 Leasehold 20 Acres
NIFT Kangra Rs. 1**** - 26 Acres
NIFT Kannur Rs. 1000 Leasehold 3.774 Hectares
NIFT Kolkata Rs. 9.78 lakhs Leasehold 3.276 Acres
NIFT Mumbai Rs. 189.09 lakhs Leasehold 10 Acres
NIFT Patna Rs. 210 Freehold 6 Acres
NIFT Raebareli Nil ***** Leasehold 11.46 Acres
NIFT Shillong Rs. 100 Leasehold 20.13 Acres
NIFT Srinagar Rs. 100 Leasehold 80 Kanal
NIFT Panchkula Rs. Nil Freehold 10 Acre
* Land is on 30 years of lease from Bangalore Development Authority.
** The land is not recorded as title has not been passed in favour of NIFT Chennai and there is no evidence to
show that there is transfer of property from Govt. of Tamilnadu to NIFT, Chennai.
*** NIFT Head Office and Delhi campus is in the same land. However during Financial Year 2016-17 an
additional land measuring 1873.26 Sqm has been allotted by DDA, New Delhi at a cost of Rs. 215.79 crore and
the same has been acquired by NIFT.
**** The land has been transferred by the Government of Himachal Pradesh to the Department of Technical
Education for construction of NIFT Campus.
***** Currently NIFT Rae Bareli Campus is carrying out its operations on 11.46 acres of land taken on lease
from M/s I.T.I. Limited, Rae Bareli for the period of 4 years 11 months w.e.f. 15th December 2013. Land is not
allotted / given to NIFT Rae Bareli so not booked in the accounts instead NIFT Rae Bareli is paying premises
rental charges.
2. Depreciation on asset purchased out of Government Grant is treated as Deferred Revenue Income and
recognized in the Income & Expenditure Accounts every year on systematic basis over the ‘useful life ‘of the
assets. The grant treated as revenue income for the current financial year is Rs. 2001.27 lakhs (previous year
Rs. 2240.47 lakhs).
3. The Provisions of Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 are applicable to the Institute. Therefore, a Gratuity Trust

has been created by the institute to manage the activities related to Gratuity of the employees of NIFT. A
separate Balance sheet, Income & Expenditure Account and Receipt & Payment Account are being prepared
for Gratuity Trust. During the financial year 2020-21, total Rs. 504.04 lakhs (Previous year Rs. 397.20 lakhs) has
been provided for gratuity expenses in the books of NIFT.
4. Leave Encashment Schemes have been purchased separately for all NIFT campuses towards payment of
liabilities in respect of Leave encashment of Employees of Institute. An accumulated provision for leave
encashment for Rs. 4509.25 lakhs has been made in the books of Institute for the financial year 2020-21
(previous year Rs. 3981.04 lakhs).
5. The interest income on investment of the earmarked/endowment fund is being credited to the related fund.
6. Interest income on investment of the Government Grant is being credited to the Government Grant Account.
7. All known and ascertained liabilities and all income and expenses related to the financial year ended 31st
March, 2021 have been duly provided/accounted for in the books of accounts as per the accounting policy
consistently followed by the Institute.
8. Generally, the contribution/transfer to various earmarked funds such as DDF, CDF, and NDF etc. has been
made directly to the earmarked fund. During the financial year 2020-21, addition to DDF fund and CDF fund
including interest amounting to Rs. 603.72 lakhs and Rs. 134.34 lakhs respectively has been made in the
books of accounts.
9. The Institute has capitalized grant Rs. 6867.48 lakhs during the current financial year 2020-21 in comparison
to the previous financial year 2019-20 Rs. 7279.36 lakhs out of fund provided by Central Government and
State Government.
The detail of grant capitalized is furnished here as under:

Rs. in lakhs
Particulars Financial Year 2020-21 Financial Year 2019-20
Chennai 0.00 41.98
Delhi 0.00 309.67
Gandhinagar 0.00 26.21
Jodhpur 82.18 271.03
Kangra 333.77 398.81
Kannur 10.74 0.00
Mumbai 0.00 7.00
Patna 33.72 85.84
Raebareli 90.69 21.86
Shillong 805.20 1437.38
Srinagar 5407.76 4659.84
Panchkula 103.42 19.74
Total 6867.48 7279.36
10. The figures in Balance Sheet, Income and Expenditure Accounts, Receipts & Payments Accounts and Schedules
have been shown in lakhs of rupees. For this purpose, the figures have been rounded off to near lakhs with
two decimal points. In some places an adjustment (addition / deduction) of Rs.0.01 lakhs has been made to
match / tally the figures.
11. Regrouping /reclassification/clubbing have been made in certain items of the current year or previous year
whenever required i.e. current liability, current assets, loans and advances, fixed assets, provisions, expense/
income and capital fund etc.
12. Assets in transit Rs 94.42 lakhs (previous year Rs. 160.62 lakhs) and liabilities under the head provision for
capital goods has been incorporated in the books of accounts on the basis of Purchase Orders placed with
suppliers without actual receipt of goods.
13. Design Innovation and Incubation (DII) Project was set up by MOT for facilitating innovation and
entrepreneurship. In this project, CAPEX of Rs. 17.532 Crore was sanctioned by the MOT. A grant of Rs.
8,11,75,000/- has been received from Ministry of Textiles during the financial year 2019-20 for NIFT Design

Innovation Incubator Project. However, for funding of Operational Expenditure, NIFT decided to look to ATAL
Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog and other funding sources from Govt & CSR sources. While the project is
revenue generating Model and this would take time, so to stabilize and initial expenditure to systemize, NIFT
may deploy its own recourses to meet this operational requirement.
The amount for meeting revenue expenditure is required to be funded from NIFT’s fund and the same will be
recouped once the revenue expenditure for the project breaks even with the revenue generated or on receipt
of commensurate revenue funding support from external sources. During 46th F&AC meeting, an agenda
item no 4606 was placed wherein the F&AC approved Rs. 6.64 Crore (Rs. 3.32 Crore for 2019-20 and Rs. 3.57
Crore for 2020-21) towards Revenue expenditure from NIFT’s fund for the initial phase of the project.
Further, a company namely “NIFT Foundation for Design Innovation” (NFDI) has been incorporated under
section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 on 25th July, 2020 for setting up and facilitating innovation and
entrepreneurship. The company is governed by rules of its Memorandum of Association (MOA) and Article of
Association (AOA) (Pursuant to rule 19(2) the Companies (Incorporation) Rules 2014.
NFDI is not a profit making company and the profit if any or other income or property of the company
whenever derived shall be applied solely for the promotion of its object and no portion of the profit, other
income or property aforesaid shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend bonus, or
otherwise.
14. During the year 2020-21, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Odisha Renewal Energy
Development Agency (OREDA) and NIFT Bhubaneswar Campus for estimated cost of Rs 75.46 lacs out of
which an amount of Rs 30.20 lacs (being 40% of estimated cost) released and shown under Schedule 11 sub
head Other advances main head Current assets, loans and advances for installing roof top Solar plants in the
NIFT Campus.
15. Liabilities written back Rs 0.69 Lakhs and amount Recoverable of Rs. 1000 Lakhs have been written off during
the Financial Year 2020-21 by the Head Office.
16. Computer Software’s worth Rs. 24.85 lakhs have been written off by Bengaluru campus upon software
becoming obsolete/outdated. Net block of these obsolete/outdated software as on 31.03.2021 of Rs. 1.24
lakhs has been written off as depreciation during 2020-21.
17. As per Schedule-2, fixed assets to the tune of Rs. 790.0 lakhs have been procured by Bhopal campus from
State Govt grant and the same has been capitalized. Later during the past years, the assets to the tune of
Rs. 9.08 lakhs have been disposed off/ discarded, hence there is the difference between schedule – 2 and
relevant schedule 8 B of Fixed assets.
18. In respect of Providing Fire Fighting system in Hostel Building, RTDS Building and upgradation of Fire Fighting
pipeline at NIFT Gandhinagar, the advance of Rs 32.43 lakhs has been issued to CPWD and in this regard, the
expenses of Rs 11.75 lakhs has been capitalized under the head of Capital work in progress with reference to
Form- 65(A) given by CPWD. Further, with reference to Solar water heating system at NIFT Gandhinagar, “ NIL”
expenses has been shown by CPWD in Form-65(A) against the advance issued to CPWD worth Rs 16.25 lakhs.
19. In respect of parking shed for two wheelers and providing and fixing of New Pipeline for water supply at NIFT
Gandhinagar and work for creation of Lawn for NIFT Gandhinagar, the advance of Rs 24.54 lakhs has been
issued to CPWD. CPWD has not provided Form 65(A) mentioning expenses incurred by CPWD upto March,
2021 till date due to prevailing Covid outbreak and Lockdown situation despite frequent follow ups and
telephonic conversations made by NIFT Gandhinagar. Therefore, no expenses have been capitalized under
the head of Capital work in progress as on 31-03-2021.
20. There is delay in completion of work and hand over of work in progress amounting to Rs. 90 Lakhs at Kannur
campus towards electrical works by CPWD Calicut, for Hostel annex – Girls, is due to the prevailing pandemic
and Announcement of code of conduct for Assembly Elections in Kerala, held in April 2021 by Election
Commission. 85% of the electrical work is completed and 15% of the pending completion is due to civil works
to be carried out toward connecting Solar Geyser from Roof top to wash rooms of the Hostel. CPWD Civil wing
Kannur is entrusted the above civil works.
21. CWIP in Schedule-8 includes the amount of 71.81 Lakhs, being the Renovation expenses done by State
Government at the time of start of NIFT Patna in its Temporary Campus situated at Udyog Bhawan has been
written off by the Patna campus from its books for the financial year 2020-21.

22. As per letter no. 1/19/2005- NIFT (VIII) dated 31st October, 2019 from Ministry of Textiles, GOI, it has been
instructed to await for renewal of lease deed for the time being. The decision w.r.t. lease deed is awaited.
Hence, provision has not been created by the Raebareli campus towards ‘Rent for Building’ for the financial
year 2020-21.
23. The MOU entered between the “National Institute of Fashion Technology” and “Government of Jammu and
Kashmir” Para 1.9 states that Government of Jammu and Kashmir vide its letter No. Ind/HI-44/2009 dated 03-
10-2015 has agreed to provide an amount of Rs.67.47 Crore for operating of temporary Campus at Rangreth
and for establishment and running of permanent campus of NIFT at Ompora, Budgam with break-up of Rs.
28.65 crores as 10% of the Construction & Infrastructure Development cost and Rs. 38.82 crores as viability
gap funding spread over a period of 10 years. During the year 2019, the bill was passed to revoke Article 370
and subsequently the status of Jammu and Kashmir changed from State to Union Territory. Assuming that
the existing MOU will continue and not be impacted due to change of the status of the Jammu & Kashmir, the
Srinagar Campus has booked “Grant in Add (revenue)” recoverable from the state government.
24. In compliance to the C&AG Audit observation regarding treatment of expenditure on non movable items at
temporary campus at Rangreth Srinagar, it is submitted that the expenditure incurred at temporary campus
are under two head i.e. Movable Assets and Non Movable Assets. The Movable Assets will be transferred to
new campus when the permanent building were completed and handed over to NIFT and the Non Movable
Assets cannot be taken back but the value of the same will be claimed from State Govt after permanent
shifting to the new campus.
Compiled by:
Batliboi & Purohit
FRN 101048W

Sd/- Sd/- Sd/- Sd/-
M.No. 30615

Place: New Delhi
Date: 17.07.2021

ANNEXURE 1: ASSET PURCHASED OUT OF ENDOWMENT FUND/DDF/CDF Rs. in Lakhs
Asset acquired out of Endowment fund 166.50 441.82
Asset acquired out of DDF/CDF 54.05 119.94
TOTAL 220.55 561.76
ANNEXURE 2: PROJECT LIABILITIES Rs. in Lakhs

"Amount Received From Projects 5168.03 5015.95

TOTAL 5168.03 5015.95
ANNEXURE 3: SUNDRY CREDITORS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES Rs. in Lakhs

Mess Fees Payable 49.90 71.64
Sundry Creditors HO 34.69 3.05
Sundry Creditors DEL 0.00 0.00
Sundry Creditors KOL 190.70 204.03
Sundry Creditors CHN 0.00 0.73
Sundry Creditors HYD 0.10 5.84
Sundry Creditors MUM 0.00 0.00
Sundry Creditors GNR 0.53 2.03
Sundry Creditors BLR 0.00 0.00
Sundry Creditors RBL 48.17 25.23
Sundry Creditors SLG 139.37 82.98
Sundry Creditors PTN 59.68 68.75
Sundry Creditors KNR 0.00 0.00
Sundry Creditors BPL 83.30 99.43
Sundry Creditors KGR 0.00 0.33
Sundry Creditors BBS 26.71 26.06
Sundry Creditors JDP 0.10 0.10
Sundry Creditors SNR 65.14 158.14
TOTAL 698.38 748.34
ANNEXURE 4: SUNDRY CREDITORS OTHERS Rs. in Lakhs

Expenses Payable 311.72 558.60
Amount Payable 1625.80 1235.69
New Admission Tuition Fee (HO) 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 1937.53 1794.29
ANNEXURE 5: ADVANCE FEE RECEIVED FROM STUDENTS Rs. in Lakhs

Advance Fees Received From Students 2300.94 2745.80
Advance Tution Fees Received From Students 6807.82 6311.76

TOTAL 9108.76 9057.56

ANNEXURE 6: SECURITY DEPOSIT/EMD/RETENTION Rs. in Lakhs
Security Deposit (Hostel) 340.81 370.56
Security Deposit (Academics) 1286.88 1032.10
Security Deposit (Resource Centre) 37.79 39.37
Security Deposit (Vendor) 699.06 719.95
EMD 71.60 72.06
Retention 30.03 32.21
Security Deposit (Others) 270.06 260.12
Security Deposits (Refundable -Bridge Programme) 3.95 7.71
TOTAL 2740.17 2534.08
ANNEXURE 7: STATUTORY LIABILITIES OTHERS Rs. in Lakhs

EPF Payable 132.27 132.53
CPF 11.84 11.54
GPF (Recovery Of Advance) 3.22 0.37
GPF (Recovery Of Advance) 0.20 0.00
VPF 5.98 5.81
GLIS 0.65 0.98
EDLI Payable 0.00 0.13
Professional Tax Payable 1.27 0.91
Service Tax Payable 0.00 0.00
TDS On Salary 75.94 56.93
TDS On Contractor 53.18 80.92
TDS On Professional Service 29.25 21.06
TDS On Rent 2.82 4.56
TDS On Other 2.88 0.57
Other Statutory Taxes & Duties -0.04 5.37
CGEGIS Payable 0.23 0.03
CGHS Payable 0.10 0.12
Housing Licence Fee 0.12 0.13
VAT Payable 0.00 0.00
TDS On Regular Faculty/Staff 0.00 0.27
Education Cess On TDS 0.00 0.01
NPS Employeer Contribution 0.65 0.13
NPS Employee Contribution 0.74 1.47
GST CGST Payable 15.90 17.75
GST SGST Payable 15.90 17.75
GST IGST Payable 13.97 8.36
GST UTGST Payable 0.00 0.00
GST Compensation Cess 0.00 0.01
TDS CGST Payable 6.21 8.30
TDS SGST Payable 6.19 8.30
TDS IGST Payable 4.60 5.49
EPF Govt Share Payable (Employees) 0.52 0.00
TCS Payable -0.02 -0.02
Gratuity Claim Payable 5.41 0.00
TOTAL 389.98 389.79

ANNEXURE 8: OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES Rs. in Lakhs
Salary Payable 714.56 792.41
HRA Payable 2.84 0.99
Amount Payable To Guest Faculties 108.61 97.58
LIC Salary Saving Scheme Payable 1.65 1.64
Salary Recoverable Viz Court,Loan Etc 1.56 0.34
PLI Payable 0.00 0.00
Advance Income Received 26.07 74.86
Scholarship And Award Money Payable 267.17 125.49
Regional Design Workshop BBS 0.00 0.00
Regional Design Workshop KOL 0.00 0.00
Regional Design Workshop CHN 0.00 0.00
Student Insurance Claim Payable 0.23 0.23
Stale Cheque 47.78 55.77
IRS (Asso) 0.00 0.00
Cluster Initiative (MOT) 1.25 4.32
Cluster Initiative H. Loom 18.64 29.66
Cluster Initiative H. Craft 6.59 9.34
Graduation Project H.craft (MOT) 33.13 24.45
Graduation Project H.Loom (MOT) 0.53 1.74
NIFT Design Centre (NCDPD) 0.00 0.00
Employees Donation Payable 0.27 1.74
TOTAL 1230.88 1220.56
ANNEXURE 9: PROVISION FOR GRATUITY Rs. in Lakhs

Provision for Gratuity 56.44 2.78
Provision for Employees Group Gratuity 0.00 21.83
TOTAL 56.44 24.61
ANNEXURE 10: PROVISION FOR LEAVE ENCASHMENT Rs. in Lakhs

Provision for Leave Encashment 48.37 53.56
Provision for Employees Group Leave Encashment 4460.88 3927.48
TOTAL 4509.25 3981.04
ANNEXURE 11: WIP Rs. in Lakhs

Provision for WIP 271.05 248.36
TOTAL 271.05 248.36
ANNEXURE 12: OTHER PROVISION Rs. in Lakhs

Provision For Pension -0.07 -0.07
Provision For LSC For Deputationist 34.87 23.00
Provision For Expenses Vendor 797.11 1149.20
Provision For CE Program 90.43 147.34
Provision For Bad & Doubtful Debts 63.75 62.33
Provision For Statutory/Internal/CAG Audit Fees 21.40 15.98
Provision For Staff Expenses 405.59 422.34
Provision For CPWD Works 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 1413.09 1820.12

ANNEXURE 13: INVENTORY Rs. in Lakhs
Closing Inventory 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 0.00 0.00
ANNEXURE 14: SUNDRY DEBTORS Rs. in Lakhs

Amount Recoverable From Parties 95.13 71.43
Amount Recoverable From MOT 13.09 1008.25
Amount Recoverable From Project 24.40 24.51
Amount Recoverable From State Government 244.21 411.19
Margin Money 0.00 0.00
CPWD Deposit Work 93.65 284.66
Amount Recoverable From Others 606.06 443.50
Amount Recoverable From Employees 17.52 4.55
Amount Recoverable From Students 1252.20 463.86
Cluster Initiative Handloom Receivable 66.01 51.42
Cluster Initiative Handicraft Receivable 158.75 126.05
TOTAL 2571.03 2889.39
ANNEXURE 15: CASH IN HAND Rs. in Lakhs

Cash In Hand 1.01 1.76

TOTAL 1.01 1.76
ANNEXURE 16: DEPOSIT ACCOUNT Rs. in Lakhs

Fixed Deposits with UBI 41515.51 29724.72
Fixed Deposits with Axis Bank 2671.50 5559.70
Fixed Deposits with HDFC Bank 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposits with IDBI Bank 3690.77 4526.11
Fixed Deposits with Other Banks 3317.65 4263.26
Fixed Deposit (Endowment Fund) 16312.66 16787.11
Fixed Deposit (General Fund) 14320.52 14023.46
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- BLR 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- BPL 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- BBS 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- CHN 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- DEL 79.84 75.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- GNR 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- HYD 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- JDP 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- KGR 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- KNR 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- KOL 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- MUM 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- PTN 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- RBL 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- SLG 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- SNR 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- HO 0.00 0.00
Fixed Deposit/Investment EF- PKL 31.98 103.55
Fixed Deposit (Department Development Fund) 876.26 671.98

Fixed Deposit (NIFT Development Fund) 100.32 371.25
Fixed Deposit (Alumni Association Fund) 28.34 25.06
NIFT General Fund 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 82945.36 76131.20
ANNEXURE 17: BANK ACCOUNT Rs. in Lakhs

UBI 52409.14 42780.98
SBI 22.67 15.47
AXIS Bank 212.32 136.14
IDBI Bank 884.12 0.14
HDFC Bank 0.00 0.00
SBBJ Account 129.95 212.12
Any Other Bank 0.00 9.45
Bank Endowmwnt Fund 5.36 2.15
Fixed Deposit With Other Banks 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 53663.56 43156.45
ANNEXURE 18: STAFF LOANS Rs. in Lakhs

Festival Advance HO 2.11 0.00
Festival Advance DEL -0.01 0.00
Festival Advance KOL 0.48 0.00
Festival Advance CHN 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance HYD 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance MUM 2.40 0.00
Festival Advance GNR 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance BLR 1.50 0.00
Festival Advance RBL 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance SLG 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance PTN 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance KNR 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance BPL 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance KGR 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance BBS 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance JDP 0.00 0.00
Festival Advance SNR 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance HO 0.67 0.87
Computer Advance DEL -0.08 0.00
Computer Advance KOL 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance CHN 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance HYD 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance MUM 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance GNR 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance BLR 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance RBL 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance SLG 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance PTN 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance KNR 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance BPL 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance KGR 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance BBS 0.00 0.00
Computer Advance JDP 0.00 0.00

Computer Advance SNR 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance HO 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance DEL 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance KOL 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance CHN 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance HYD 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance MUM 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance GNR 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance BLR 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance RBL 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance SLG 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance PTN 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance KNR 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance BPL 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance KGR 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance BBS 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance JDP 0.00 0.00
Scooter Advance SNR 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance HO 0.24 0.24
Motor Car Advance DEL 0.38 0.54
Motor Car Advance KOL 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance CHN 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance HYD 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance MUM 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance GNR 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance BLR 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance RBL 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance SLG 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance PTN 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance KNR 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance BPL 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance KGR 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance BBS 0.00 0.00
Motor Car Advance JDP 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance HO 2.63 2.79
HBA Advance DEL -0.45 -0.14
HBA Advance KOL 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance CHN 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance HYD 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance MUM 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance GNR 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance BLR 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance RBL 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance SLG 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance PTN 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance KNR 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance BPL 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance KGR 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance BBS 0.00 0.00
HBA Advance JDP 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 9.86 4.30

ANNEXURE 19: ADVANCE ON CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Rs. in Lakhs
Advance To Contractors 207.24 552.93

Advance To Construction Agency 5749.73 4012.31
TOTAL 5956.97 4565.24
ANNEXURE 20: PREPAYMENT Rs. in Lakhs

Prepaid Insurance 72.57 57.08
Prepaid AMC Charge 1.02 5.90
Prepaid Others 85.20 96.58
TOTAL 158.79 159.56
ANNEXURE 21: SECURITY PAID Rs. in Lakhs

Security Paid For Hall Booking 1.01 4.01

Security Paid For Supply Of Petrol 2.05 2.05
Security Paid- Electricity Board 163.66 157.60
Security Paid- Telephone 5.49 5.33
Other- Security Paid 95.54 85.65
TOTAL 267.75 254.64
ANNEXURE 22: STAFF ADVANCES Rs. in Lakhs

LTC Advance HO 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance DEL 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance KOL 0.36 0.00
LTC Advance CHN 0.00 0.47
LTC Advance HYD 1.43 0.00
LTC Advance MUM 0.56 0.00
LTC Advance GNR 0.00 0.13
LTC Advance BLR 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance RBL 0.06 0.00
LTC Advance SLG 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance PTN 3.16 0.56
LTC Advance KNR 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance BPL 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance KGR 0.20 0.44
LTC Advance BBS 0.01 0.35
LTC Advance JDP 0.95 1.02
LTC Advance SNR 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance PKL 0.00 0.00
LTC Advance 0.62 1.38
Other Advances HO 19.88 22.50
Other Advances DEL 5.15 5.34
Other Advances KOL 1.03 1.52
Other Advances CHN 0.01 0.88
Other Advances HYD 0.10 0.81
Other Advances MUM 0.05 2.61
Other Advances GNR 0.15 0.68
Other Advances BLR 0.00 0.04
Other Advances RBL 0.35 0.19

Other Advances SLG 0.80 0.38
Other Advances PTN 3.06 13.09
Other Advances KNR 0.00 10.75
Other Advances BPL 0.05 1.42
Other Advances KGR 2.36 5.30
Other Advances BBS 1.12 3.68
Other Advances JDP 1.24 4.97
Other Advances SNR 1.37 4.88
Other Advances PKL 0.26 0.36
Medical Advance 30.08 32.52
TOTAL 74.40 116.27
ANNEXURE 23: ADVANCES FOR PROJECTS Rs. in Lakhs

Advances For Projects 792.82 55.99

Project In Progress 242.68 228.85
TOTAL 1035.49 284.84
ANNEXURE 24: OTHER ADVANCES Rs. in Lakhs

Advances To Parties 50.79 155.55

Advance Rent 1.67 1.67
Advance To Suppliers 8.15 19.92
Advance To Service Provider 15.43 13.11
Advance To Student 16.26 15.61
Interest Free Laptop Loan 18.94 12.76
TOTAL 111.24 218.63
ANNEXURE 25: INTEREST ACCURED ON FDR Rs. in Lakhs

Intererst Accrued On FDR 2365.83 1876.76
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- BLR 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- BPL 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- BBS 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- CHN 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- DEL 0.98 1.56
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- GNR 430.96 158.20
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- HYD 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- JDP 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- KGR 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- KNR 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- KOL 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- MUM 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- PTN 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- RBL 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- SLG 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- SNR 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- HO 0.00 0.00
Intt. Accrued on Fixed Deposit/Invest EF- PKL 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 2797.78 2036.52

ANNEXURE 26: INTEREST ACCURED ON OTHERS Rs. in Lakhs
Interest Recoverable From Staff 0.00 0.00

Interest Recoverable From Others 3.32 0.10
TOTAL 3.32 0.10
AANEXURE 27: CLAIMS RECEIVABLES Rs. in Lakhs

TDS Receivable Up To (2010-11) 23.03 23.03

TDS Receivable (2011-12) 7.16 0.18
TDS Receivable (2012-13) 0.33 0.33
TDS Receivable (2013-14) 4.90 4.90
TDS Receivable (2014-15) 1.87 1.87
TDS Receivable (2015-16) 1.12 1.12
TDS Receivable (2016-17) -12.15 38.90
TDS Receivable (2017-18) 16.44 42.28
GST Input CGST 11.97 12.03
GST Input SGST 11.96 12.02
GST Input IGST 0.20 0.20
GST Reverse Charge CGST -1.84 -1.70
GST Reverse Charge SGST -1.84 -1.70
GST Reverse Charge IGST 0.00 0.00
GST Reverse Charge UTGST 0.00 0.00
Service Tax Recoverable 0.00 0.00
Other Tax (Recoverable) 30.72 61.13
TDS Receivable (2018-19) 18.51 38.76
TDS - CGST Receivable (2018-19) 0.16 0.50
TDS - SGST Receivable (2018-19) 0.16 0.50
TDS - IGST Receivable (2018-19) 0.00 0.00
TDS Receivables (2019-20) 53.70 53.69
TDS -CGST Receivable (2019-20) 0.00 0.01
TDS -SGST Receivable (2019-20) 0.00 0.01
TDS -IGST Receivable (2019-20) 0.00 0.00
TDS Receivable (2020-21) 9.46 0.00
TDS Receivables (2021-22) 0.06 0.00
TOTAL 189.98 288.06
ANNEXURE 28: INTER CAMPUS Rs. in Lakhs

NIFT Head Office 2487.25 2414.82
NIFT Bengaluru -975.73 -994.38
NIFT Bhopal 138.39 142.50
NIFT Bhubaneswar 214.66 192.52
NIFT Chennai 281.27 282.82
NIFT Gandhinagar -755.31 -785.22

NIFT Hyderabad -545.50 -562.43
NIFT Jodhpur 404.01 395.16
NIFT kangra 198.49 205.39
NIFT Kannur 4.98 50.45
NIFT Kolkata -809.06 -807.47
NIFT Mumbai 282.77 275.68
NIFT Delhi -1737.99 -1597.91
NIFT Patna 388.60 383.66
NIFT Shillong 125.68 127.64
NIFT Raebareli 106.85 98.92
NIFT Project Cell 70.47 74.28
NIFT Srinagar 108.85 95.56
NIFT Surat Ext 0.00 0.00
NIFT HO Group Gratuity Trust -263.97 -360.56
Nift Panchkula 11.81 8.25
TOTAL -263.47 -360.32
ANNEXURE 29: INVESTMENT Rs. in Lakhs

Investment 0.00 0.00

LIC Group Gratuity Fund 0.00 0.00
LIC Group Leave Encashment Fund 4702.80 4162.64
TOTAL 4702.80 4162.64

Amit Agarwal & Co. 2nd Floor, Ramdiri House
Chartered Accountant Dadi ji Lane, Boring Road
Lucknow, Chandigarh, Ghaziabad, Patna Patna-800001, Bihar
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF NIFT EMPLOYEES GROUP GRATUITY TRUST
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of NTFT EMPLOYEES GROUP GRATUITY TRUST (“the
Trust”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2021, Income and Expenditure Account and the
Receipt & Payment Account for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and
other explanatory information.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Trust’s Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair
view of the financial position, financial performance of the Trust in accordance with the Accounting Standards
applicable to non-corporate entities issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in accordance with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and
maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give
a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our
audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the
financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Trust’s preparation and fair presentation of the
financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting
estimates made by the Management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid
financial statements give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India;
a) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Trust as at 31st March, 2021;
b) In the case of the Income and Expenditure Account, of the loss of the Trust for the year ended on that date;
and
c) In the case of the Receipt and Payment Account, of the Trust for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
We report that:
a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were
necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Trust so far as it appears
from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Income and Expenditure Account, and the Receipt and Payment Account dealt with
by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the Income and Expenditure Account and the Receipt & Payment Account comply with the
Accounting Standards applicable to non-corporate entities issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India.
e) In addition to the above, we would like to report that NIFT EMPLOYEES GROUP GRATUITY TRUST is required
to obtain separate PAN from Income Tax Department, as this entity is registered under India Trust Act vide
Certificate No IN-Dl63927024439038P dated 30th day of March 2017.
Date: 17th July 2021

For Amit Agarwal & Co.
Place: New Delhi
FRN: 008359C

Sd/-
(CA. ANKIT KUMAR)
Partner
Membership No. 432749
UDIN: 21432749AAAAJS2158

NIFT EMPLOYEES GROUP GRATUITY TRUST
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 2021
Rs. in lakhs
LIABILITIES Current Previous ASSETS Current Previous
Year Year Year Year
2020-21 2019-20 2020-21 2019-20
Gratuity Account (Liabilities) Gratuity Account
(Investment)
Opening Balance 5,197.06 4,585.37 Closing Balance of 5,203.27 4733.20
PAV Investment
Add: Contribution payable 415.20 448.39 Amount receivable 307.67 448.39
from NIFT
Campuses
Less: Transfer of Contribution (231.46) (137.85) Balance at Bank 164.15 15.46
Received to Respective Units
Less: Adjustment as per (25.15) (12.52)
Acturial Report
Add: Excess of Income over (319.44) (313.66)
Expenditure during the year
TOTAL 5,675.09 5,197.06 TOTAL 5,675.09 5,197.06


Chartered Accountants For NIFT Employees Group Gratuity Trust
FRN: 008359C

Sd/- Sd/- Sd/- Sd/- Sd/-
(CA. Ankit Kumar) Shantmanu Col. Agendra Mukul CMA B. K. Pandey Sadanand G. Swami
Partner Director General Director (HO) Director (F&A) Registrar

Place: New Delhi
UDIN:21432749AAAAJS2158

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST MARCH 2021
Rs. in lakhs
EXPENDITURE Current Previous INCOME Current Previous
Year Year Year Year
2020-21 2019-20 2020-21 2019-20
Administration & Other Interest Earned/
Charges Accrued on
Investment
Mortality Charges (MOC) 12.14 9.65 MFR For the Period 24.71 22.53
Pol Admin Charges (PAC) 0.96 0.84 AIR For the Period 333.58 326.38
Fund Management Charges 22.73 20.78 Interest on LIC 1.99 0.00
Investment Fund
Service Tax on MOC, PAC & 6.45 5.63
FMC
Bank Charges 0.00 0.00 Interest Earned/
Accrued on Bank
Account
Union Bank of India 1.44 1.66
Excess of Income over 319.44 313.66
Expenditure transferred to
Balance Sheet
TOTAL 361.71 350.56 TOTAL 361.71 350.56

FRN: 008359C


Place: New Delhi

RECEIPT & PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST MARCH 2021
Rs. in lakhs
RECEIPT Current Previous PAYMENT Current Previous
Year Year Year Year
2020-21 2019-20 2020-21 2019-20
Opening Balance 3,309.54 3,015.16 Expenses/Charges
paid
Contribution made to Gratuity 414.30 545.21 MOC Charges 12.14 9.65
Trust by NIFT Campuses during
the Year
PAC Charges 0.96 0.84
Claim Received from LIC 188.25 132.64 Fund Management 22.73 20.78
Charges
Service Tax on MOC, 6.45 5.63
PAC & FMC
Interest Earned/Accrued on Bank Charges 0.00 0.00
Investment
Interest on LIC Investment 1.99 0.00
Fund
MFR For the Period 24.71 22.53 Payment to LIC 339.68 545.21
Gratuity Trust
AIR For the Period 333.58 326.38
Interest Earned/Accrued on 1.44 1.66 Gratuity claim paid/ 188.25 151.92
bank Account settled during the
year
" Closing Balance 3,703.60 3,309.54
(Accumulated
contribution made
by NIFT to LIC Group
Gratuity Investment)
"
TOTAL 4,273.80 4,043.58 TOTAL 4,273.80 4,043.58

FRN: 008359C


Place: New Delhi

Significant Accounting Policies & Notes to accounts for the year ended on 31st March 2021
1. Basis of preparation of financial statements: The financial statement of Trust has been prepared in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) under the historical cost convention, on
accrual basis and the applicable accounting standards issued by “The Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India (ICAI).
2. Revenue Recognition: Income of the Trust has been recognized in accordance with Accounting Standard 9
and accounted for in the books of accounts on accrual basis.
3. Investment: Long-term investments are stated as per report submitted by LIC.The investments of the Trust
have been made in New Group Gratuity Cash Accumulation Scheme of Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC).
The interest on investment has also been included (reinvested) in investment value of the current financial
year as per gratuity scheme.
4. Interest on Investment: The interest income on investment has been reinvested in Investment of Trust.
5. Expenditure: Expenses are accounted for on accrual basis as per fund statement submitted by LIC.
6. Employee’s benefit (Gratuity): The Trust account for its liability for future Gratuity benefits based on the
actuarial valuation as at the date of Balance Sheet using the projected unit credit method in accordance with
applicable Accounting Standard 15 issued by ICAI as per statement submitted by LIC.
7. Provisions, Contingent Liabilities & Contingent Assets: Provisions involving substantial degree of
estimation in measurement are recognized when there is a present obligation as a result of past events and
it is probable that there will be an outflow of resources. Contingent liabilities are not recognized but are
disclosed in notes. Contingent assets are neither recognized nor disclosed in the financial statements.
8. The figures in financial statementhave been shown in rupees in lakhs. For this purpose, the figures have been
rounded off to near lakh with two decimal points.
9. Corresponding figures for previous year presented have been regrouped, where necessary, to conform to the
current year classification.

FRN: 008359C


Place: New Delhi

Col. Subroto Biswas
BENGALURU
BHOPAL
Ms. Susan Thomas, IRS
Campus Director Campus Director
Prof. Dr. Yathindra Mr. Akhil Sahai
Joint Director (I/c) Joint Director
NIFT Campus NIFT Campus

No. 21st, 16th Cross Street M P Bhoj (Open) University
27th Main Road, Sector 1 Campus,
HSR Layout, Bengaluru — 560 102
Kolar Road,
(Karnataka)
T: (080) 22552550 to 55 Bhopal- 462016 (MP)
F: (080) 22552566 T: (0755) 2493636/736
F: (0755) 2493635
Mr. Shovan Krishna Sahu, IRS Prof. Dr. Anitha M. Manohar
CHENNAI
BHUBANESWAR

Mr. Ajit Kumar Sahu Mr. B. Narasimhan
NIFT Campus NIFT Campus,

IDCO Plot No-24 Rajiv Gandhi Salai Taramani,
Opp. KIIT School of Mgmt. Chennai - 600 113
Chandaka Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu
Bhubaneswar — 751024, Odisha Tel: +91-44-22542759
T: (0674) 2305700, 2305701 Fax: +91-44-22542769
F: 0674-2305710
Mr. Vijay Kumar Mantri, IAS

HYDERABAD
GANDHINAGAR
Prof. Dr. Ajit Khare

Mr. P K Jha Mr. L Madan Kumar Reddy

GH - 0 Road, Behind Info City, Opposite Hi-tech City,
Near DAICT Cyberabad Post,
Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat Madhapur, Hyderabad-500 081
T: (079) 23265000, 23240832, Telangana
23240834 T: (040) 23110841/42/43,
F: (079) 23240772 23110630.
F (040) 23114536

Prof. Dr. G. Hari Shankar Prasad Mr. Aakash Dewangan, IRS
JODHPUR
KANGRA
Mr. Anil Kumar Mr. D. K. Rangra

Karwar, Jodhpur - 342 037, Chheb, Kangra-176001,
Rajasthan Himachal Pradesh
T: (0291)- 2659558, 2659556 T: (01892) 263872
F: (0291) 2659556 F: (01892) 260871
Mr. Shovan Krishna Sahu, IRS

KANNUR
Dr. Puneet Sood
KOLKATA
Campus Director Campus Director (I/c)
Dr. Bhaskaran K M Mr. Brijesh Deore

Dharmasala, Mangattuparamba, Plot No. 3B, Block - LA,
Kannur - 670 562 (Kerala) SEC-Ill, Salt Lake City,
T: (0497) 2784780-86 Kolkata-700106, West Bengal
T: (033) 23358872, 23358351,
23357332
F: (033) 23355734
Prof. Dr. Amandeep Singh Grover

PATNA
Mr. Sanjay Shrivastava

PANCHKULA

Mr. S K Jha
NIFT Campus Joint Director
Sector-23, Panchkula,
Haryana - 134109 NIFT Campus
Mithapur Farms,
Patna -800001 (Bihar)
T: (0612) 2340032/64/54
F: (0612) 2360078, 2366835

Dr. Bharat Sah Prof. Dr. Pavan Godiawala
RAEBARELI
MUMBAI
Mr. N. S. Bora Mr. Khushal Jangid

Doorbhash Nagar, Plot no 15, Sector 4,Kharghar,
Sector - I, Navi Mumbai - 410210
Raebareli - 229 010 (UP) (Maharashtra)
T: (0535) 2702422/31 T: (022) 27747000, 27747100
F: (0535) 2702423/24/29 F: (022) 27745386
Ms. Manisha Kinnu, IRS Dr. Arindam Das

NEW DELHI
SHILLONG
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh Mr. S Basu
Joint Director Joint Director (I/c)

Hauz Khas, Umsawli, Mawpat,
Near Gulmohar Park Shillong – 793012,
New Delhi - 110016 Meghalaya
T: (011) 26867704, 26542149, T: (0364) 2308815, 2308811
26542214
F: (011) 26542151
Dr. Javid Ahmad Wani

SRINAGAR (J&K)
Campus Director
Mr. Nissar Ahmad Bhat
Consultant
NIFT Campus
SIDCO, Electronic Complex,
Rangreth, Srinagar- 191132 (J&K)
T. 0914 2300994/95

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59 Enterprise Resource Planning

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Name & Designation of BOG Members

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Ms. Saroj Pandey

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