Requests of concerned State Governments for setting up of new National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) campuses at Panchkula (Haryana) and Ranchi (Jharkhand) have been approved by the Board of Governors of NIFT. At present, NIFT has 16 Campuses all over India, as given below:
| S. No | NIFT Campuses | State |
| 1 | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 2 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| 3 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| 4 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
| 6 | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 7 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
| 8 | Kangra | Himachal Pradesh |
| 9 | Kannur | Kerala |
| 10 | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 11 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 12 | New Delhi | Delhi |
| 13 | Patna | Bihar |
| 14 | Raebareli | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15 | Shillong | Meghalaya |
| 16 | Srinagar | Jammu & Kashmir |
Ministry of Textiles received various communications from State Government of Punjab vide letters dated 05.05.2010, 24.02.2011, 30.06.2011, 15.11.2011 and 10.10.2013 for merger of its institute, Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT), Mohali along with two centres at Ludhiana and Jalandhar with NIFT, Delhi. Further, the Ministry also received a letter on 03.09.2013 from the then Minister for Information and Broadcasting for setting up of NIFT at Ludhiana.
In response, policy for establishing of NIFT Campus was shared with State Government and it was requested to submit the proposal as per this policy vide letter dated 19.11.2012. Further, Board of Governors (BOG) of NIFT on representations from the State Government of Punjab had deliberated on 13.2.2013 and directed to explore the possibility of merging NIIFT Mohali campus for granting NIFT degrees and having its Jalandhar & Ludhiana Centres as Extension Centres for Advances Certificate and Diploma courses. The same was communicated to DG-NIIFT Mohali by DG-NIFT vide letter dated 01.03.2013 with request to get back with the proposal. However, no proposal was received from the State Govt. of Punjab as per policy of opening of new NIFT Campus or as per the decision of BOG taken on 13.02.2013.
In view of the recent trends of apparels and costumes, and based on the feasibility study conducted by NIFT, the following Under Graduate Programmes will be introduced by NIFT at its existing two NIFT campuses from academic session 2020-21.
NIFT Shillong
1) Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)
2) Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)
NIFT Bhopal
1) Bachelor of Design (Fashion Communication)
2) Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)
3) Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production)
The above programmes will be in addition to the existing programmes already running at these campuses.
As per National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Policy for establishment of new campuses, the proposal is required to be submitted by the respective State Government along with following commitments:
(i) 20-30 acres of land;
(ii) Rs. 150-200 crore for construction of Campus at the price rates of CPWD for 2011-12;
(iii) Rs. 30 crore for provision of equipments, machines and furniture at the price rates of 2011-12;
(iv) Annual revenue grants to adjust revenue deficit, till the Campus becomes financially viable.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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