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annual report 2011-12
accordance with the vision statement of
NIFT expresses its concern for social
and human values. The exposure to
crafts is an integral part of the design
curriculum which provides benefit to the
artisans and also provides students with
a valuable exposure to the craft heritage
of India. Six years back, NIFT introduced
a new paradigm in Fashion education
by synchronizing the curriculum to the
socio-cultural realities of India to connect
to the grassroots. The activities include
craft visits for diagnostics, documentation
and prototype development which have
been undertaken in over 5 clusters in
different states. Under this initiative over
7913 beneficiaries have been identified
and trained; 212 training workshops have
been conducted involving over 3000
students of NIFT.
With a view to collate all instructions,
directives and policy changes which
have taken place in last few years, the
three guiding manuals of the Institute,
the Academic Manual, the Establishment
Manual and the Financial Manual have
been revised and republished during
the year.
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC
LINKAGES
The International Linkages and Exchange
programmes provides opportunities for
students and faculty exchanges and joint
research projects. NIFT has entered into
agreements with leading fashion institutes
across the globe. Efforts have been made
to optimise international collaborations
& network with foreign institutes by
undertaking a comprehensive review of
the existing MOUs incorporating rating of
institutes, curriculum mapping and credit
equivalence which have been formalised
to create equitable platforms for exchange
and interaction.
NIFT currently has 34 MOUs with leading
universities. In 2011-12, 45 NIFT students
had the opportunity for semester exchange
in reputed institutes like London College
of Fashion (UK), De Montfort University
(UK), Mod Art International (Paris), QUT
(Australia), University of Manchester
(UK), ENSAIT (Roubaix, France) and
others. 17 NIFT students attended a
customized summer programme at Swiss
Textile College, Zurich.
NIFT was also the academic destination
for 28 foreign students from International
institutes like Ryerson University, Canada,
AMFI, ENSAIT, Swiss Textile College,
Saxion University, Academy of Arts, San
Francisco and Queensland University of
Technology who studied at NIFT Delhi,
Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai under
different student exchange programmes.
Leading universities like Queensland
University of Technology and Creative
Academy in Italy, offered scholarships to
NIFT students at the UG & PG levels.
In 2011, existing MoUs have been
reviewed. This has resulted in signing of
four new MOUs in the year 2011, updation
of the existing ones and discontinuation
of a few earlier ones due to either nonmatching
of courses, non-availability of
adequate infrastructure or due to language
barriers.
The four new MoUs have been
signed with prestigious institutes like
Fashion Institute of Technology, New
York; BGMEA Institute of Fashion
Technology, Bangladesh; University of
Wolverhampton, UK and Royal Academy
of Arts, the Hague.
In a high level delegation led by the Prime
Minister of India, an MOU was signed in
the presence of Prime Ministers of both
the countries wherein NIFT has entered
into a association with BGMEA Institute
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