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National Institute of Design (NID) was founded in Ahmadabad, in 1961 by the Indian Ministry of Industry, to meet the market demand and requirement of fashion and design. It has five faculty streams and sixteen design domains to choose from. Admission is on the basis of an entrance test followed by interview. Here again, the selection process is very difficult, but those with a creative bent of mind and passion for design get through. NID offers undergraduate, post graduate and PG Diploma courses. It is an institute of international repute. The institute has an exchange program with 35 foreign universities. It also conducts various creative projects throughout the year that tests the creativity of students and helps them better it. And conducts industry programs also. NID has recently set up its Research and Development campus in Bangalore.

Pearl Academy of Fashion is located in Delhi, Jaipur, Chennai, Ludhiana, with international campus in Bangladesh and UAE. It was established by the Little People Education Society and promoted by the House of Pearl Fashions Ltd. Pearl Academy is a member of Hongkong Research Institute for Textile and Apparels, FICCI Higher Education Network, Society of Dyers and Colorists, and International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes. It conducts exchange programs with U.K, Canada, Netherlands, Japan and Germany, with many universities in each of these. The institute offers UG, PG, PG Diploma and Professional Program in Fashion.

J.D Institute of Fashion Technology in Karnataka was founded in 1988. It offers a 3 year degree course in fashion design. This course includes the study of business management, marketing, merchandising, textile science and latest technology in the fashion industry as well. J.D Institute also has a one year degree course in fashion.

Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT), Mohali, was established in 1995 by the Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Punjab. Admission is based on an entrance examination, the situation test, group discussion and personal interview. The institute pays a lot of importance to practical knowledge. And to research and development. NIIFT offers an undergraduate degree to 10 plus 2 students, and post graduate degree to graduates in any stream.

Apeejay Institute of Design in Delhi, is affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University of Punjab. It started functioning in September 1992. The various courses include fashion design, interior, textile, graphic and ceramic design. Admission to undergraduate degree course in design is based on an aptitude test followed by interview. Interview and portfolio presentation is the basis of admission to PG - Master's in design. For PG Diploma, the criteria is interview. The institute conducts exhibitions, workshops, field visits, club activities and competitions quite often.

Several other well known and good fashion design colleges in India are the Amity School of Fashion Technology in Noida, Bangalore Institute of Fashion Technology, National Institute of Fashion Design, Indian Institute of Fashion Technology in Bangalore, Symbiosis Center of Design (Pune), Anima Institute of Fashion in Kolkata, Apparel Training and Design Center in Chennai, School of Fashion Technology in Pune, Mount Carmel College (Bangalore) and Academy of Fashion Studies in New Delhi. You have innumerable options to select from for a course in fashion design in India.

The Fashion Design Colleges in India are proficient teachers of fashion, every aspect of it. Fashion design course is not about bookish knowledge or mugging up facts. It trains you to be observatory, innovative, experimental, creative and ready to take up the challenges of the profession. And the ever expanding market guarantees a prosperous future.