Manohar Lal Khattar, chief minister, Haryana and Piyush Goyal, union minister has inaugurated the seventeenth campus of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Panchkula calling it a “fulcrum of development of the textile sector in the state.” Khattar said as per the coverage of NIFT, 20% of seats on this institute might be reserved for the residents of Haryana.
He talked about that on December 29, 2016 Smriti Irani, the then Union Textiles Minister, had laid the muse stone of this campus.
The CM additional said that an quantity of Rs 133.16 crore has been spent on the development of the institute constructing over 10.45 acres of land, in-built collaboration with the textile ministry. Khattar added that he had sought the Centre’s assist for some works within the second section for this institute, embody the constructing of the hostels and auditorium. He was helped on this by Goyal, he mentioned.
The minister requested NIFT to provide you with initiatives to introduce hybrid programs to broaden its attain. Three on-line hybrid programs — pictures for e-commerce, social media advertising, and digital designing for textiles — might be began within the new NIFT campus, he mentioned.
“In Jhajjar, I am told wood-carving and pottery work is famous, likewise in Bhiwani handloom work is famous, in Ambala and Patiala ‘phulkari’ work is famous, if we can connect these industries with NIFT it will help them upgrade as well,” he mentioned.
Developing co-curriculum with institutes like National Institute of Design and National Institute of Packaging could be explored as part of the “holistic training,” Goyal mentioned. He mentioned he was advised that after Delhi, that is the second most wanted campus of NIFT in north India.
Goyal lauded CM Khattar, saying below his ready management Haryana has made appreciable progress throughout fields.
Comparing it with cities like Gurugram, Goyal mentioned that Panchkula can be rising as township which can outline Haryana’s improvement.
Talking in regards to the NIFTs within the nation, Goyal mentioned, “Like IIT is known for engineering, IIM for management, NIFT is known for fashion technology for last 36 years.” The Institute will provide four-year diploma programs within the areas of Fashion Design/Textile Design, Apparel Production and two-year grasp diploma programs in Fashion Technology, Design and Fashion Management.
Apart from this, there may even be certificates programmes of 1 yr and 6 months length, Khattar mentioned.
He mentioned that this newly inaugurated NIFT campus would give a significant increase to the textile, handloom and cottage industries within the state.
He mentioned that PM Modi’s imaginative and prescient of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat‘ can be realised only through skilling of people. That’s why Haryana has linked schooling with skilling, he added.
With inputs from PTI.
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