National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Admission 2012
NIFT 2012 Written Exam Date: 12th February, 2012 (Sunday)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India
NIFT Bachelor & Master Programmes Admission 2012
National Institute of Fashion Technology was set up in 1986 under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It has emerged as the premier Institute of Design, Management and Technology, developing professionals for taking up leadership positions in fashion business in the emerging global scenario. NIFT has been granted statutory status under the act of Parliament of India in 2006, empowering the Institute to award degrees and other academic distinctions.
The Institute is a pioneer in envisioning and evolving fashion business education in the country through a network of twelve professionally managed domestic centres at New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Raebareli, Bhopal, Kannur, Patna and Shillong. NIFT has further spread its wings globally with the opening of an international centre at Mauritius.
NIFT has set academic standards and excelled in thought leadership by providing a pool of creative genius and technically competent professionals. The Institute provides a common platform for fashion education, research and training.
NIFT Entrance Exam 2012: Admission to following courses in National Institute of Fashion Technology for Academic Year 2012-13.
Programmes on Offer:
| PROGRAMME | ELIGIBILITY & TOTAL SEAT |
| BACHELOR PROGRAMMES (4 years) |
| Bachelor Programme (B.Des.) - Design | 10+2 from a recognised Board of Education |
| Fashion Design | 330 (30 Seats each at Bengaluru, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kangra, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patna, Raebareli & Shillong) |
| Leather Design | 120 (30 seats each at Chennai, Kolkata, NewDelhi & Raebareli) |
| Accessory Design | 240 (30 seats each at Bengaluru, Bhopal, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kangra, New Delhi, Raebareli & Shillong) |
| Textile Design | 330 (30 seats each at Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai & New Delhi) |
| Knitwear Design | 210 (30 seats each at Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai & New Delhi) |
| Fashion Communication | 150 (30 seats each at Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kangra, Mumbai & New Delhi) |
| Bachelor Programme (B.FTech.) - Technology | 10+2 (with Physics, Chemistry & Maths) from a recognised Board of Education |
| Apparel Production | 323 (32 seats each at Bengaluru, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kangra, Kannur, Kolkata, Mumbai & 35 seats at Jodhpur) |
| MASTER PROGRAMMES (2 years) |
| Master of Design (M.Des.)-Design | Undergraduate Degree from any institute/university recognised by law in India or Diploma in UG Design from NIFT/NID. |
| Design | 60 (30 seats each at Mumbai & New Delhi) |
| Master of Fashion Management-M.F.M. | Undergraduate Degree from any institute/university recognised by law in India or Under Graduate Diploma of minimum 3 years duration from NIFT/NID. |
| Fashion Management | 324 (32 seats each at Bengaluru, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi & 35 seats each at Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur & 30 seats at Patna) |
| Master of Fashion Technology - M.FTech. | B.FTech. From NIFT or B.E./B.Tech from any institute/ University recognised by law in India |
| Fashion Technology | 93 (31 seats each at Bengaluru, Gandhinagar & New Delhi) |
The medium of instruction in NIFT is English and all aspirants applying to NIFT must posses working knowledge of English language.
All aspirants applying to NIFT must possess basic computing knowledge and skill as applied to operation system, word processing, text editing, spread sheet, data base application, presentation as well as net surfing abilities.
NIFT 2012 Important Dates:
| Application Form Available Online | 21 November, 2012 to 10 January, 2012 |
| Last Date of receipt of the Filled Forms | 12th January, 2012
(Forms received after Last Date will be rejected) |
| Availability of Admit Card | On or After 28 January 2012 (1400 hours) |
| Written Entrance Examination | 12 February, 2012 (Sunday) |
| Declaration of Written Examination Result | End of March, 2012 |
| Situation Test/GD/Interviews | April - May, 2012 |
| Declaration of Final Results Bachelor/Master Programmes | End of May, 2012/June, 2012 |
| Counselling | June, 2012 and July, 2012 |
| 2nd Round Counselling | End of July, 2012 |
| 3rd Round Counselling | August, 2012 |
Eligibility Criteria:
ELIGIBILITY FOR BACHELOR PROGRAMMES - DESIGN
B.Des. (Fashion Design / Leather Design / Accessory Design / Textile Design / Knitwear Design / Fashion Communication)
The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognised Central/State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School of Certificate Examination, New Delhi.
or
General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri-Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
or
Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in Foreign countries recognised by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.
or
A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.
or
3 or 4-years diploma recognised by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.
Please note that the upper age limit for applying in bachelor programmes is restricted to 23 years as on 1st November, 2011.
ELIGIBILITY FOR BACHELOR PROGRAMME - TECHNOLOGY
B.FTech. (Apparel Production)
The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognised Central/State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School of Certificate Examination, New Delhi with Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
or
General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri- Lanka) at the advanced (A) level with Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
or
Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognised by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system with Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
or
A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects with Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
or
3 or 4-years diploma recognised by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education (Engineering background).
Candidate must be pass in Physics, Chemistry & Maths.
Please note that the upper age limit for applying in bachelor programmes is restricted to 23 years as on 1st November, 2011.
ELIGIBILITY FOR MASTER PROGRAMME - DESIGN
M.Des. (Master of Design)
Undergraduate Degree from any Institute / University recognized by law in India.
or
Diploma in UG Design from NIFT / NID only. (Design Space is an advanced course that demands an understanding of fundamentals in design & presupposes that candidates would be familiar with the basic skills and theories for successful completion of the programme. NIFT programme would not provide any basic knowledge & skill development in design as a part of Master programme.)
ELIGIBILITY FOR MASTER PROGRAMME - MANAGEMENT
M.F.M. (Master of Fashion Management)
Undergraduate Degree from any Institute / University recognised by law in India.
or
Undergraduate Diploma of minimum three years duration from NIFT / NID.
ELIGIBILITY FOR MASTER PROGRAMME - TECHNOLOGY
M.FTech. (Master of Fashion Technology)
B.F.Tech. from NIFT
or
B.E / B.Tech. from any Institute / University recognised by law in India.
IMPORTANT NOTE
1. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply provided:
(a) That they are able to produce the proof of having acquired minimum prescribed qualifications at the time of counselling/admission.
or
(b) If the 12th class/final year/final semester (as the case may be) result of qualifying degree/certificate examination is not declared by the concerned Board/University till the date of counselling/admission, his/her admission in that case will be strictly provisional subject to the following conditions:
(i) Affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.10/- in the prescribed Proforma (please see Annexure –II) is submitted. In case the candidate is minor i.e. below 18 years of age, the affidavit shall be signed by his/her parent/guardian. Candidates/ parent /guardians may note that submission of false affidavit is a punishable offence;
(ii) The candidate will have to submit the final result of qualifying degree/certificate providing his/her eligibility on or before 30th September, 2012 to their Centre Director / Registrar where the admission has been granted.
(iii) In case the candidate fails to submit his/her final result of qualifying degree in the manner as prescribed at (ii) above to prove his/her eligibility on or before 30th September, 2012, whatsoever the reason may be, his/her admission will be treated as null and void (cancelled) and entire fee will be forfeited. Any exception will be as per decision of DG on case to case basis.
(iv) The Centre Director / Registrar will be responsible to ensure that the eligibility of all students are checked by them to ensure correctness of admission specially incase of provisional students. The provisional admission will automatically stand cancelled if the candidate fails to submit result in time i.e. 30th September, 2012.
(v) Those candidates who are seeking provisional admission due to non-declaration of their final year/final semester/12th class (please see Annexure -II) will have to provide proof of having passed all papers in all the previous years /semesters of qualifying degree examination (whichever relevant).
(vi) The candidates will also bring the datesheet /admit card/ principal's certificate as proof of having appeared in the qualifying exam.
(vii) Candidates who have appeared for compartment/ Supplementary examination(s) in the 12th standard or final semester/ final year of graduation and the result of the same is not declared by the time of counseling/ admission, such candidates will be considered for admission as per para 1 (b) above, for the academic session 2012-13.
2. Any candidate who has not appeared for the qualifying exam before the date of counselling/ admission to NIFT, will not be eligible.
3. It is further clarified that provisional admission will be considered only in such cases where the result of Final year/semester of the qualifying degree has not been declared by the concerned Board/University in its totality. In case the result has been declared by the concerned Board/ University but it has not been declared in a specific case, for any reason, such cases will NOT be considered under provisional admission category.
NIFT Centres: BANGALORE, BHOPAL, BHUBANESWAR, CHENNAI, GANDHINAGAR, HYDERABAD, JODHPUR, KANGRA, KANNUR, KOLKATA, MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, PATNA, RAI BAREILLY and SHILLONG.
Reservation of Seats:
The seats reserved for SC / ST / Physically Handicapped Candidates (PHP) / Foreign Nationals / SAARC / NRI, in each programme are as under:
SC - 15%
ST - 7.5%
OBC - 27%
Physically Handicapped (with 40% or more disability) - 3% Horizontal reservation for physically handicapped candidates cutting across all sections i.e. SCs, STs, OBCs Non-Creamy and General category. Centres and programmes will be allotted on rotation, at the discretion of NIFT.
Foreign Nationals/SAARC/NRI - 15% (supernumerary)
State Domiciles - 20% (supernumerary)
The qualifying candidates need to meet the eligibility and admission requirements of NIFT.
Category once filled up in the application form will not be changed at any stage.
Requirements of each category are as follows:
SC/ST Candidates: Candidates applying under this reserved quota will have to produce a Caste/Tribe certificate from the Competent Authorities of the respective States/Union Territories/ National Commission of Tribes.
OBC Candidates: Candidates applying under this quota would have to satisfy the caste and creamy layer requirement details. National Commission for Backward Class (NCBC) website may be seen for reference:
http://www.ncbc.nic.in/backward-classes/index.html
http://www.ncbc.nic.in/html/creamylayer.html
Candidates applying under this quota would have to produce a caste certificate from the Competent Authorities of the respective States/Union Territories certifying that they do not belong to the creamy layer.
Candidates seeking admission under physically handicapped quota must produce a Disability Certificate at the time of counselling issued by the Medical Board attached with the Vocational Rehabilitation Centre (VRC) working under the Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India. To prevent disappointment, candidates are advised to have themselves examined by VRC especially under following cases:
Visual Impairment (VH) : Visual acuity less than 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) with correcting lens(Blind by one eye are not eligible)
Hearing Imapairment(HH) : Hearing loss of 60db or more, in both ears.
Mild Mental Retardation : Mild Mental Retardation - IQ between 51 to 70 only.
NIFT reserves the right to disqualify the candidature in case of inability of the candidate to perform for a particular programme.
Note:
The required certificate (s) for reserved categories / classes will be essential at the time of the counselling / admission and no provisional admission shall be granted for want of caste/category certificate from the local competent authority. Further, the caste/category certificate has to be in the name of candidate himself/ herself and not in favour of respective parents/ guardians.
In case of married women applying to any course under reserved category, she has to produce the caste certificate in her own name. Certificate in the name of husband / mother/ father is not acceptable.
Schedule of Written Entrance Examination:
Written Entrance Examination on 12 February 2012(Sunday).
| BACHELOR PROGRAMMES | TEST | TIME |
| B.Des | GAT
CAT | 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon
2.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. |
| B.F.Tech | GAT
MAT | 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. |
| MASTER PROGRAMMES | TEST | TIME |
| M.Des | GAT
CAT | 10.00 a.m.- 12.00 noon
2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
| M.F.M. | GAT
MAT | 10.00 a.m.- 12.00 noon
2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. |
| M.F.Tech | GAT
MAT | 10.00 a.m.- 12.00 noon
2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. |
The result of the written entrance examination will be displayed at all NIFT Centres and on the NIFT website in the end of March 2012. Shortlisted candidates will also be informed separately by registered post about the dates of subsequent tests. Maximum number of candidates called for second test is four times the number of the seats in the programme. All those called for the second test are required to attend Situation Test/Interview/Group Discussion as the case may be to complete the process of selection.
The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility criteria for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination for which they are admitted by NIFT viz. Written Test, Situation Test, Group Discussion and Interview (as the case may be) will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on verification at any time before or after the Written Test, Situation Test, Group Discussion and Interview (as the case may be), it is found that candidate does not fulfil any eligibility criteria, his/her candidature for the examination shall stand cancelled without any notice or further reference. NIFT shall not be liable for any consequences on account of such cancellations.
Clarification: In case you require any clarification regarding the online registration please send e-mail to nift@aima-ind.org. Please note that no other form of communication will be entertained including telephone calls, conventional mail, fax etc…
Note: Send the duly completed Print Version of Online Application Form having Auto Generated Application No. to
"The Project Manger CMS, All India Management Association, Management House, 14, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003" so as to reach on or before 12 January 2012. Registration Process will be completed only on receipt of Print Version of Online Application Form.
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Contact:
Assistant Registrar (Admissions)
Tel: (011) – 26850470, 26542000
Email: admissions@nift.ac.in
HEAD OFFICE:
NIFT Campus,
Hauz Khas, Near Gulmohar Park,
New Delhi - 110 016.
Tel: +91-11-26542000
Fax: +91-11-26866414
E-mail: nift.ho@nift.ac.in
Website:
www.nift.ac.in
