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IAM’s Spreecast attracted many
It was for the first time in India a Fashion Institute
tried out new technology of Spreecasting to communicate
with their prospective students. Mr. Somesh
Singh, Joint Director, Institute of Apparel Management
presented details of courses offered by IAM from
Gurgaon through Spreecast.
“The development of apparel industry in 80’s were
mostly dedicated to exports. In 90’s there were time
both the domestic market and exports boomed. Indian
brands were a hit in domestic market. By 2000 there
was a stable domestic and retail market and in new
millennium the focus shifted towards the arena of retailing
due to FDI and other government initiatives.
Today the industry has dramatically shifted towards
innovation and technology. And this is the time when
we require Gen next professionals to help the industry.”
adds Mr. Singh who was discussing the evolution
of apparel industry in India.
IAM admissions are now open for Indian and International
Pathways. There are B.Sc and M.Sc programs
in domain of Fashion.
As many as 156 people attended the Spreecast
of which most of them where from South and North
Eastern States of India.
Fashion Jobs
App Design
We are living in an intelligent world and
our devices control most of things. Fashion
Communication students of Institute
of Apparel Management (IAM) has recently
launched a new Mobile App ‘Fashion Jobs’
that helps job seekers in fashion industry to
find designer placements.
The App provides latest information regarding
jobs and career options in fashion
styling, fashion design, web content creation,
merchandising, photography etc. The
App will also have sections for visual advertisements,
videos, events and social media
networking with a job posting option for the
employers.
“As the final year students of Fashion
Communication, we have been looking for
internship options and we found that there
is a need for ‘compiled job listings’ so that
we could select the best job offers....’ says
Tarang Agarwal, Fashion Communication
student.