Entries Tagged as ‘NIFT news’

October 6, 2006

NIFT granted statutory status

The National Institute of Fashion Technology Bill, 2006 has been enacted. After the President’s assent to the legislation as approved by Parliament in its previous session and its gazette notification, the legislation has come into force.
The Act aims at nurturing and promoting excellence in fashion technology. Its object is to grant statutory status to the [...]

September 19, 2006

NIFT to open Rae Bareily center

NIFT is in the process of setting up a center in the campus of the National Textile Corporation in Rae Bareily. NIFT is to be set up with a budget of Rs. 12 crores and will enable students to persure fashion technology without look at other alternatives. This plan was announced by the Union Minister [...]

August 22, 2006

KSIC employs NIFT designer

KSIC, Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation is going all out to modernise its image. They have always been popular with my grandmother but I guess that they have decided it was time they tried to find newer potential clients.. To that end Mysore Silk has acquired a geographical intent patent and is now bringing out a [...]

August 17, 2006

Indian Students develop Software

Indian students from the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technolgy and NIFT develop some cool software to compete for the Imagine Cup, a competition held by Microsoft.
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