NIFT ties up with New York college

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has tied up with the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, for a dual degree under-graduate programmes. According to an official statement, all selected students from NIFT would avail of the opportunity to obtain a joint degree awarded by NIFT and FIT. The agreement will be implemented at the earliest for the benefit of the NIFT students.

Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma said the objective of forging a strong global connect and offering international academic exposure to its students has been instrumental in NIFT undertaking a commendable initiative of establishing academic linkages with the New York-based fashion institute in the form of dual degree.

In fact, NIFT was established in 1986 in collaboration with FIT with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). At the initial stage, NIFT entered into a decade-long agreement for academic and infrastructural support. Since then, NIFT has seen tremendous growth with 15 centres and the expansion of international and domestic linkages.

Source: The Hindu, October 22, 2011