Research & Development

Apart from training future designers and technocrats, NIIFT is also guiding the industry by offering its professional expertise in planning, designing and research and development. It associates itself with esteemed organizations for solicitation and planning of future proposals. It has also become a nodal agency for providing the industry with international fashion forecasts and study of trends. NIIFT also offers facility of providing custom made corporate training programmes. To name a few projects undertaken by NIIFT are:

• Training of top-level executives from M/s Vardhman Group in all aspects related to shirt manufacturing. 

• Entrepreneur Development Programmes (EDP) in Fashion and Technology, in association with Regional Centre for Entrepreneur Development (RCED), Chandigarh.

• Product development and improvement of orthotic aids for Tynor Orthotic Ltd. Mohali.

• Advanced Vocational Teachers Training in Computer Aided Designing for Regional Institutes of Chandigarh, J&K etc.

• Design and Product Development of Women's Suits / Tops/ Kurtis in Khadi for Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

• Development of Khes material in Khadi for Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

• Organized workshops for Rural Women with an objective to enable them to set up their own small Enterprises.

• Designed winter Jacket for Punjab Police.

• Assisted different NGOs in Product and Design Development.

• Development of new designs of Punjabi Jooti and dissemination of the designs to the artisans.

• Training of Sales Executives of Phulkari Emporiums for sales effectiveness.

• Training of Weavco women employees in the field of Quality Improvement and Product Development.