NIFT Shillong organises orientation programme

Newmai News Network
SHILLONG, Aur 1: The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Shillong, on Wednesday organised a 3-day Orientation Programme for fresh batches of students in the four years undergraduate and two years post graduate degree programmes.
The primary objective of the orientation programme was to introduce the fresher students to the campus, the departments and courses, facilities, teaching faculty members, among others.
Shankar Jha, Director, NIFT Shillong addressed the fresher students by welcoming them during the opening day of the Orientation Programme.
Currently, NIFT Shillong runs four years undergraduate Bachelor of Design (B.Des) courses in Fashion & Lifestyle Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Communication, Textile Design, and two years postgraduate Master of Fashion Management (MFM) programmes.
NIFT has 19 campuses across the country with NIFT Shillong being the only campus in the NE region.
Few seats are allotted, in each department under the Domicile Category at NIFT Shillong for students hailing from 8 NE States, over and above the all India SC/ST category seats.
An up-to hundred percent Sarthak Scholarship Scheme against the academic fee, semester-wise is also provided by NIFT for students who are from economically weaker sections of the society.
Notably, the NIFT is a premier leading institute in the country in fashion, design and technology, innovation and retail education, and the course curriculum and the pedagogy are designed in such a manner that the students are ready to face the challenging, and competitive industry.