NIFT Placement
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has always been a favourite destination for impeccable designers, creative managers, tech savvy fashion professionals and not only for the leading core companies in fashion business, but also for leading technology, FMCG, media, journalism, consulting and other companies.
The Percentage of NIFT graduates provided placement during 2015-16 to 2018-19, institute-wise, is given below:
| S.No. | Campus | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
| Placement (%) | Placement (%) | Placement (%) | Placement (%) | ||
| 1 | Bengaluru | 50 | 98 | 97 | 38 |
| 2 | Bhopal | 34 | 80 | 82 | 39 |
| 3 | Bhubaneswar | 47 | 61 | 79 | 27 |
| 4 | Chennai | 42 | 83 | 87 | 38 |
| 5 | Gandhinagar | 40 | 83 | 77 | 46 |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 41 | 64 | 86 | 41 |
| 7 | Jodhpur | 43 | 48 | 89 | 51 |
| 8 | Kangra | 37 | 48 | 59 | 24 |
| 9 | Kannur | 42 | 46 | 50 | 22 |
| 10 | Kolkata | 66 | 77 | 98 | 50 |
| 11 | Mumbai | 48 | 73 | 77 | 37 |
| 12 | New Delhi | 42 | 80 | 98 | 37 |
| 13 | Patna | 33 | 53 | 81 | 46 |
| 14 | Raebareli | 30 | 45 | 66 | 21 |
| 15 | Shillong | 33 | 52 | 67 | 30 |
Companies are provided with NIFT campus placement brochure every year, which carries detailed placement guidelines. In order to ensure 100 per cent placement of such NIFT graduates, NIFTadopts the placement processare given below:
Placement Process at NIFT
The NIFT has a centralized placement process. Companies can employ students from any campus or course of the institute through two routes which are facilitated by the institute:
On Campus Placements
Companies can register for campus placements, the schedule of which is given for 2018. Upon being given a confirmed time and date, they may come to the campus for the placement procedure.
Pre-Placement Offers (PPO)
Companies can extend a job offer to students before the on-campus placement. Acceptance of the offer is considered as job placement. In order to provide fair opportunity to all, such students are not allowed to participate in the On Campus placement. These offers may be made on the basis of internships/ training/ projects undertaken by the students in the said company.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Textiles, SmritiZubinIrani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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