NIFT’s placement takes sharp nosedive across centres

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NIFTs placement takes sharp nosedive across
centres Campus placement of graduates in all 15
branches of the prestigious National Institute of
Fashion Technology (NIFT) during 2018-19 tumbled
sharply! Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani made
this revelation at the Lok Sabha (Lower House)
today.
Irani's claims once again validated the findings
of apparel resources.com on NIFT's poor placement
record this year, which appeared in the news
under the
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headline 'Pressure on placements!'
(https//bit.lv/2RpQpTA), three weeks ago. In her
written reply to a question in the Parliament,
Irani underlined out of the 15 NIFT branches, 11
could not even provide jobs to half its graduates
through placement compared to last year.
What's more centres like New Delhi and Bengaluru,
where fashion retail sector, IT and apparel
manufacturing are very vibrant, NIFT's campus
placements in these two metro cities decline by
61 per cent and 59 per cent respectively!
This year's campus placement by NIFT is in sharp
contrast to that of 2017-2018. Refer to the
details in the table below for more clarity.
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Sr. No. Cam pus 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18 2018 19
Place ment () Place ment () Place ment () Place ment ()
1 Beng alur u 50 98 97 38
2 Bho pal 34 80 82 39
3 Bhu bane swar 47 61 79 27
4 Che nnai 42 83 87 38
5 Gan dhin agar 40 83 77 46
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6 Hyd erab ad 41 64 86 41
7 Jodh pur 43 48 89 51
8 Kang ra 37 48 59 24
9 Kan nur 42 46 50 22
10 Kolk ata 66 77 98 50
11 Mu mbai 48 73 77 37
12 New Delh 1 42 80 98 37
13 Patn a 33 53 81 46
14 Rae bare li 30 45 66 21
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15 Shill 33 52 67 30
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Source Press Information Bureau, Govt. of
India Over the years, NIFT has become a favourite
destination for fashion designers, creative
managers, tech-savvy fashion professionals of not
only leading companies in fashion business but
also for those in technology, FMCG, media,
journalism and consulting. Even as NIFT's
placement is on the decline, other top private
institutes claim to have made substantial
progress in this aspect over the years. Even DKTE
Society's Textile and Engineering Institute has
seen continuous growth in the placement of
textile and apparel students. Just a few days
back, a Dhaka-based company, Noize Jeans has
hired 31 Indian students from
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fashion technology and textile technology
departments/courses from this institute, which is
the highest hiring by a foreign company from any
India's textile or apparel institute so far. We
are awaiting NIFT's response on the issue of
placement....Will update you as soon as we get to
hear from them keep an eye on this
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