The Punjab government has given in-principle approval to the merger of Northern Indian Institute of Fashion Technology, Mohali (NIIFT) and its centres at Ludhiana and Jalandhar with National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi (NIFT).
It has also approved to provide Rs 48 crore over a period of three years to NIFT along with the immediate transfer of the existing infrastructure available with the NIIFT at Mohali, evaluated to be of Rs 12 crore.
Terming this decision as beneficial to the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Badal said that it was a matter of pried that a prestigious institute like NIFT had agreed to take over NIIFT for its up gradation at international standards which would certainly contribute brilliant fashion designers to fashion industry.
It may be recalled here that state-of-the-art institution in Fashion Technology NIFT is presently running degree course in six different states and after this merger the existing infrastructure of NIIFT, Mohali would be developed as per the international standards by NIFT, besides diploma course in fashion technology, which is being run by NIIFT, would be upgraded as degree course in fashion technology.